Has Any Country Ever Been So Kind?
Have you ever felt so proud to be Australian? Has ever your chest swelled more…More
Browsing: Asylum Seekers
Gillard Gambles It All On Asylum Seekers
So, it’s come to this. Labor has suddenly reversed almost all its long-held positions on…More
Gillard And Bowen Sing From Howard's Songbook
Angus Houston, Michael L’Estrange and Paris Aristotle handed down their report on asylum seekers yesterday.…More
Pacific Solution Lessons Forgotten
Yesterday’s announcement was a punch to the stomach for advocates, lawyers, academics and anyone capable…More
Let's Get Behind Our Ethical Politicians
Australia’s mistrust of its politicians is a common subject of media reporting. Voters are sick…More
How The Big Parties Lost Their Way On Refugees
Democracy rises from grass roots. To be effective it cannot be driven by "faceless men".…More
'Kick Them Out, Keep Them Out'
To this day many facts about what happened in Nauru in the early years of…More
The Three Waves Of Nauru Anguish
In response to calls to reopen Nauru, New Matilda has published this timeline by Wendy…More
Our Nauru Amnesia
The federal parliamentary proposal to send asylum seekers arriving by boat to Malaysia and Nauru…More
The Fantasy Of Wishful Sinking
Amal Basry reminded us often that her name meant hope in English. In the last…More