Tagged as: detention centres

EXCLUSIVE: Manus MP Ron Knight predicted detention centre violence

EXCLUSIVE: Manus MP Ron Knight predicted detention centre violence

Sarah Smith
Had warnings by a local MP been heeded, the Manus Island detention centre shootings may have been avoided.
19 May 2017, 12:00pm Manus IslandRon KnightRonny Knight. Manus
Assaulted by Hells Angels in Villawood: Asylum seeker speaks out

Assaulted by Hells Angels in Villawood: Asylum seeker speaks out

Shira Sebban
An asylum seeker seriously assaulted in detention speaks out, writes Shira Sebban.
31 March 2017, 1:00pm 501 visasspousal visasMigration Act
Ban on Muslims? It's a standard Aussie response

Ban on Muslims? It's a standard Aussie response

John Passant
While Malcolm Turnbull was telling the UN how wonderful our offshore gulags are, 49% of Australians wanted to ban Muslim immigration. John Passant  looks [...]
27 September 2016, 4:30pm John Passant@JohnPassantEssential Poll
Australia’s Indigenous children are incarcerated at the world’s highest rate

Australia’s Indigenous children are incarcerated at the world’s highest rate

Gerry Georgatos
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children are sentenced and incarcerated at the world's highest rate ahead of the mother of all gaolers – the USA [...]
9 September 2016, 4:30pm Gerry Georgatos@GerryGeorgatosdetention centres
Wilson Security bows out of the Turnbull Government's abusive detention centres

Wilson Security bows out of the Turnbull Government's abusive detention centres

Jade Manson
After an intensive social media campaign including protests and blockades at Wilson sites across the capital cities, the company has announced it is bowing [...]
3 September 2016, 11:20am Jade Manson@JadeAlanaMWilson Security
Abuse in youth detention centres not restricted to the Northern Territory

Abuse in youth detention centres not restricted to the Northern Territory

The Conversation
What difference will a royal commission into young people in detention in NT make if we don't address why Australia's regulatory systems have failed? UNSW's [...]
28 July 2016, 4:30pm Chris CuneenDon Daleyouth detention centres
Why isn't the erosion of our democracy an election issue?

Why isn't the erosion of our democracy an election issue?

Greg Barns
Criminal lawyer and spokesperson for the Australian Lawyers Alliance, Greg Barns, looks at the erosion of rights over the course of the past three years by [...]
24 June 2016, 7:30am @barnsgregGreg BarnsAustralian Lawyers Alliance
Australia's day for secrets, flags and cowards

Australia's day for secrets, flags and cowards

John Pilger
John Pilger writes about the significance of 26 January for Indigenous Australians — a history of theft, mass murder and dispossession.
25 January 2016, 7:00am John PilgerUtopiaAustralia Day
ScoMo and Crabb: No human rights on the menu

ScoMo and Crabb: No human rights on the menu

Gaye Demanuele
Will Annabel Crabb invite Scott Morrison back into the kitchen when it is no longer de rigueur to pimp Scott Morrison's ride but to declaim his human rights [...]
25 October 2015, 7:30am human rightsScott MorrisonAnnabel Crabb
Turnbull on transparency: Shielding the rich and shrouding gulags in secrecy

Turnbull on transparency: Shielding the rich and shrouding gulags in secrecy

John Passant
PM Turnbull says he's keen on transparency but shields the rich from transparency on tax, shrouds our gulags in secrecy about atrocities in detention and [...]
22 October 2015, 7:00am En Passant@JohnPassanttax shield for rich

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