Tag: Manus Island
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Decriminalising Asylum Seekers
On a regular basis asylum seekers are referred to as illegal. This week a link was drawn between asylum seekers, crime and paedophilia. What is missing from this debate is a means of decriminalising asylum seekers: * After release, asylum seekers would have to wear an electronic tracking tag and report daily to a police […]
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Is This The Most Boring Opposition Ever?
Politically, I always thought it was the role of the Government to bore the electorate to death. And then be re-elected. But, and especially of late, that role has been taken on by the Opposition. As posted yesterday, it was the asylum seeker debate. Now it is the AWU scandal which dominated Parliament yesterday with allegations that […]
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Tony and Julia : Put Out The Welcome Mat We Need More People Like This!
As a political junkie, the most boring issue for me is how both sides of politics treat asylum seekers. Nothing ever changes except the number of boats and sadly the death toll. Both sides treat asylum seekers as a law and order issue. Abbott on a regular basis decries them as illegal which is incorrect.The […]
Andrew James Whalan 