What has happened to the 11,990 Syrian refugees?
John Menadue. Republished from his blog, Pearls and Irritations. After telling us for months that Australia would not take additional Syrian refugees, Tony Abbott...
John Menadue. Republished from his blog, Pearls and Irritations. After telling us for months that Australia would not take additional Syrian refugees, Tony Abbott...
Bruce Duncan. How has it come to this, that the Australian government is poised to send back 37 babies, 54 children, and their families...
Arja Keski-Nummi & Libby Lloyd. Reprinted from John Menadue’s blog, Pearls and Irritations. Australia has one of the best refugee resettlement systems in the world....
Peter Whiting. Millions of people have been mesmerised by Pope Francis speaking to the joint sitting of US Congress and the United Nations General...
Michael Walter. Australia’s Catholic bishops call for an increase in our intake of refugees, immediate closure of offshore detention centres on Manus Island and Nauru,...
Brendan E Byrne. The recent decision by the ALP National Conference to back Opposition Leader Bill Shorten’s push to adopt the ‘turn back the...
John Hassett. The most significant legacy of Magna Carta is its symbolism. We respect it today as a cornerstone of our freedom. This year...
Bruce Duncan. Against the advice from Save the Children, which is under contract to provide welfare services on Nauru, a baby girl of five...
Australia treats murderers better than we treat asylum seekers. Despite repeated appeals and protests from churches and other Australians, our government persists in detaining...
Caz Coleman. If only there were an opportunity to cut through the politics to name what Australia needs to do to address the harm to...
Brian Johnstone. Professor Gillian Triggs, president of the Australian Human Rights Commission, has found that, by reason of its policy of the continued retention...