Social Justice
Between 2000 – 2005, as per the Department of Immigration, 2003 students were detained for breaching visa conditions. The current...
The Federal Government today announced significant changes to mandatory detention. Minister for Immigration Chris Evans said that detention will now...
The previous Howard Liberal Government decided on the so called pacific solution to lock up asylum seekers offshore. The new...
The Government plans to ratitfy the UN’s optional Protocol on Torture, a move spurned by the previous Howard government.
The Government has finally settled the compensation amount for Cornelia Rau. In 2005 Ms Rau made international headlines when she...
The last 21 remaining refugees left Nauru for Australia today, to be settled here with visas. The closing of this...
While the ‘Pacific Solution’ will disappear with the new Labor Government the policy of mandatory detention and offshore processing will...
Today 16 Indonesians – including 9 children and a baby – are being taken to Christmas Island, after they were...
Politics & Economy
The Green and Democrats have renewed their call for an end to immigration detention following revelations that a Vietnamese refugee...
The Greens Immigration spokeswoman, Senator Kerry Nettle, says she and other Greens candidates have been banned from visiting Villawood Immigration...