Vindicating Warnings, Government Told To Scrap Most Extreme Elements Of Citizenship Stripping Bill
A joint parliamentary committee has recommended the Abbott government scrap some of the most controversial…More
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One Positive To Take From The Labor Conference
By the time Michele O’Neil took the stage on the second day of Labor’s national…More
The Refugee Question That Richard Marles Couldn’t Answer
It was a big weekend for the shadow minister for immigration. As the ALP’s national…More
Move To Have Labor Oppose Asylum Seeker Turn Backs Fails
Labor will not adopt clear opposition to the Abbott government policy of boat turn backs,…More
Labor Poised To Go 'Down The Rabbit Hole' On More Immigration Detention Cruelty
As the first day of Labor’s 2015 national conference winds down, the party’s position on…More
Accepting Turn Backs Is About Helping Labor Not Asylum Seekers, Says Refugee Body
The push to have Labor adopt the Coalition’s policy of turning asylum seeker boats back…More
Major Refugee Groups Slam Boat Turn-Backs As Labor Mulls Policy Shift
The national umbrella organisations for refugee and asylum seeker groups has condemned calls for Labor…More
Labor Is A Shambles On Asylum Seekers
On Wednesday Richard Marles, Labor shadow minister for immigration, called on Immigration Minister Scott Morrison…More
Even Shiny New Governments Need Reform
State Liberal leaders met in Melbourne last week to "assert the role of the State…More