What Deterrence Really Means
The need to deter refugees from risking their lives on boats has been the argument…More
Tagged: asylum-seekers
Labor Needs A Sea Change On Asylum Seekers
At the risk of being told (yet again) to go back where I came from…More
How To Keep Asylum Seekers Keen
"Treat ’em mean, to keep ’em keen". We use this phrase so often in our…More
The Solution That Won't Fix Anything
You’ve got to hand it to Julia Gillard and Chris Bowen. When it comes to…More
Two Years On, Still In Villawood
Mr and Mrs Jayaraman* live in a small red brick house. It could be just…More
The Leonora Waiting Game
This is the second of a two part series on life in Leonora. Read the…More
Living In Leonora
Leonora Alternative Place of Detention opened in June 2010 in a disused mining camp. It…More
Why The High Court Said No This Time
Oh what a tangled web we weave when asylum seekers travel to Australia by boat…More
This Is Not Judicial Activism
In the hours after the High Court’s emphatic decision yesterday that the Government’s proposed "Malaysian…More
That's It For The Malaysia Solution
So, it has come to this. Less than four years ago, the Rudd government came…More