Is This A Just Peace?
On 19 May 2009, Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa officially declared the end of a…More
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Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind?
In October last year, Indonesian authorities intercepted a boat carrying Sri Lankan asylum seekers at…More
What Would Kevin Do?
When John Howard won the 2004 federal election one of the things he did not…More
Has Life In Sri Lanka Really Normalised?
Political alarm over the spike in boat people arrivals last week prompted the Rudd Government’s…More
Rudd Caves In On Refugees
Remember the phrase "Don’t throw the ‘fair go’ out the back window"? As Opposition Leader,…More
Scenes From The Sri Lankan Election Campaign
On 26 January Sri Lanka held its first presidential election since the government of incumbent…More
Who's Hearing The People Smuggling 'Message'?
On Saturday afternoon, on a sweltering street corner in central Perth, an intense silence cut…More
Asylum Seekers: A User's Guide
Whenever Australia finds itself in the throes of a wild orgy of intense policy debate,…More
Next Time Check Your Facts, Philip
"The toilets are only less than five metres from my tent and the smell was…More
A New-Model Totalitarian
Not long before Sunday Leader editor Lasantha Wickrematunga was killed six months ago, his brother…More