Muir And Leyonhjelm Unlikely To Back Coalition's 'Good Order' Bill Without Changes
The Coalition faces an uphill battle securing support for legislation allowing potentially deadly force to…More
Tagged: detention centres
The Everyday Violence In Our Detention Centres
In the early hours of 21 May in 2011, a detainee in a Christmas Island…More
'Lost Cause' Tamil Refugee On Suicide Watch
Refugee advocates say a Tamil man in his early 30s was taken to Royal Melbourne…More
A Far Cry From Flemington
About a month ago Jacob Grech was talking with some friends about where to have…More
Australia's New Detention Capital
Wickham Point Immigration Detention Centre is Darwin’s newest detention facility. It’s a 40km drive south…More
Detention Dividends
"I took my clothes off because they treat us like animals," said Mercy Guobatia, a…More
No Hard Feelings?
In the wake of the recent changes to our policy on refugee detention, I find…More
Detention centre workers
Over-stressed, over-worked and under-trained, Australian immigration detention staff are buckling under the pressure and their…More
The quieter revolutionaries
What a difference three years can make. In the wake of the terrorist attacks on…More