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adam bandt’s maiden speech
From the Greens’ Adam Bandt, Member for Melbourne, in his maiden speech in Federal Parliament today: Ironically, it is usually those who want the fewest barriers for money to move across borders who...
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the u.s. gets it right (left?) on asylum seekers?
Everybody gets it right sometimes I guess. http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/us-slams-political-games-on-refugees-20101215-18y9s.html What seems most disgusting is the way in which both...
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refu-jeez…
On Saturday I went along to a protest looking to the end of mandatory detention for asylum seekers coming to Australia. While I am completely committed to the cause, I thought the protest was not well...
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are human rights only for those born “here”?
The asylum seeker incidents currently occurring around the country have no doubt caused a great deal of angst for many Australians. This has been made clear to me in a number of personal exchanges over...
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refu-jesus
It seems that in the last couple of days the Australian position on asylum seekers has moved backwards by about 10 years. What has been most depressing to me (and there is much to be depressed about)...
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“bogan” racism? the raquel moore episode
SBS’s “Go Back To Where You Came From” has been that channel’s most successful project this year, reaching the worldwide top Twitter trending topics list two nights in a row (with the third episode...
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asylum seeker stories from villawood
On Saturday some friends and I went to Villawood Immigration Detention Centre to visit some Tamil Sri Lankan asylum seekers and refugees currently housed there. I am somewhat hesitant to post this...
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neither refugee nor refuged: christ, empire & the unsolution
The so-called Malaysian Solution marks a terrible chapter in Australia’s immigration history. While many people have tried to argue that Julia Gillard lied about the carbon tax, I find this argument to...
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on the bridge between reconciliation and refugee
Many of you would have been aware that 27 May-3 June was National Reconciliation Week in Australia. Many would also be aware that coming up from 17-23 June is Refugee Week. As we find ourselves...
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through the waters: unchristians as exiles & strangers
I was a slave …..toiling under the gaze of the empire. And I was heard by a liberator …..led through the waters, through the chaos. I was a wanderer …..toiling under the gaze of the nations. And I was...
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a speech on asylum seekers and #lovemakesaway
The following is a short speech I was invited to give at a rally for asylum seekers on June 21, 2014. I was asked to represent #LoveMakesAWay, whose recent acts of civil disobedience have received...
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traumatic protection visas
“What [they] would be saying is that they have no place in Australia. They are only to be here temporarily … Can you imagine what temporary entry would mean for them? It would mean that people would...
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