Confusion in the Turnbull Government
Much about the Turnbull Government confuses me. Either I don’t know what they’re talking about, or they themselves have no idea what they’re talking about. […]
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“Tony” – A Case Study in Radicalisation
Apart from Karen’s case study, there are many others. Take “Tony”. As a young man, Tony had the simple ambition of becoming the Pope, but […]
Immigration Detention: try living with the life changing effects
So many experts have warned the government about the effects of detention on asylum seekers. The experts have been publicly denouncing detention for years, yet we detain […]
Arise Scott Morrison, Lord Sixwords of Cronulla!
There’s little doubt that Scott Morrison is the Abbott Government’s most notorious minister. We read about him almost daily, largely about his hard-line towards asylum […]
The Abbott Government has been an easy one to predict
On the eve of the 2013 election I wrote a piece titled, of all things, The 2016 Election. It was my prediction of who would […]
Protesting for protesting sake?
Tracie Aylmer attended the Villawood protest yesterday. Tracie is a migration agent and solicitor who comes into regular contact with asylum seekers. In this guest […]
What’s there to crow about?
Tony Abbott is gleefully crowing about “100+ days without a boat”. What Mr Abbott seems oblivious to is that he has closed yet another door […]
The boats have ‘apparently’ stopped, but are any of us actually better off?
What issues are important to Australians? I don’t speak for all people but I’d suggest that if I said the issues included rising unemployment/job security, […]