Media/Press Releases and Statements

Media Releases 2008
28 August 2008	Chris Evans should declare his hand and compensate locked-away students
27 August 2008	Project SafeCom extends best wishes to Snedden in Extradition appeal
17 August 2008	Forwarded Christmas Island photos: send in the implosions experts
3 August 2008	Former Diplomat attacks Immigration over Al Masri death
1 August 2008	No change to Immigration's $25 million Christmas Island annual squandering
30 July 2008	The next Peter Qasim will also be detained forever
29 July 2008	Detention changes welcomed, but smoke and mirrors stay in the picture
28 July 2008	Rudd government to be congratulated for immigration policy courage
1 July 2008	Courier Mail owes apology to its readers, the Rudd government and asylum seekers
27 June 2008	Extradition monitoring needs to extend to deported asylum seekers
16 June 2008	Suicide of Deported asylum seeker shows Ministerial Intervention Farce
13 June 2008	WA Rights group launches Australian Refugee Week online letter campaign
23 May 2008	Christmas Island's Reffo Jail Open for White Elephant Business
23 May 2008	Kevin Rudd shares a fib with the nation about Christmas Island detention
14 May 2008	Budget buries Renewables as if it was Dirty Coal
8 May 2008	In Australian Immigration, it's The Department That Runs The Minister
21 April 2008	Rudd should ban company-linked paid lobbyists from future Summits
18 April 2008	2020 Summit should put one billion people Centre Stage
13 March 2008	Never a better time to dump GSL and close Villawood
27 February 2008	WA Prisons Minister should go much further than current lame Departmental review
18 February 2008	Immigration Minister Chris Evans has no mandate to white-ant ALP Policy
8 February 2008	Immigration Minister throws human servant into "Limbo detention"
31 January 2008	Global Solutions Ltd Kalgoorlie death in custody is not the first one
16 January 2008	Rudd government should mothball John Howard's Christmas Island gulag

Media Releases 2007
18 December 2007	Immigration Minister should heed his strong "deter and deny" words
10 December 2007	Labor's New Immigration policy moves applauded
27 November 2007	Human Rights group renews call for Immigration Dept Royal Commission
23 November 2007	Kevin Rudd ready to govern and embrace Australians, but not refugees
21 November 2007	Boat arrival opportunity for Howard redemption in 3 days
13 November 2007	Rudd's Razor Gang needs to hit Immigration, ASIO, hard and with ruthlessness
3 November 2007	Refugee advocacy group issues major parties' Refugee Report Card
17 October 2007	While reporters look elsewhere, DIAC's Kevin Andrews does his dirty work
12 October 2007	Mr Howard should now also recant his undermining of the UN Indigenous Peoples Declaration
5 October 2007	Labor should not prevent journalists and citizens from visiting detention centres
3 October 2007	Refugee vilification: it's time for Kevin Andrews to resign
28 September 2007	Howard government remains silent on its own Burmese asylum backyard
25 September 2007	In typical Howard govt style, Keelty gets it wrong on displaced people
17 September 2007	Kevin Rudd should bring Nauru refugees home by Christmas
13 September 2007	Minister Andrews needs a UN Work Experience to learn his lessons
12 September 2007	Sri Lankan assessment undermines UN Convention and the Will of the Australian people
11 September 2007	Stephen Harper is "the PM's Other Mate" as UN Treaty Underminer
4 September 2007	Politicians' Smoke and Mirrors do not make civil dissent violent
21 August 2007	Haneef court decision shows Migration Act danger for all Australians
10 August 2007	Peter Andren's withdrawal from politics noted with regret
27 July 2007	Immigration Minister's Haneef 'staged withdrawal from presumed guilt' just to save his own skin
26 July 2007	Academic and Kayaker to circle Christmas Island, Ashmore Reef
5 July 2007	Nauru Sri Lankans show first signs of mental health deterioration
29 June 2007	John Howard admits Aboriginal land grab intent
20 June 2007	World Refugee Day still marred by Howard's Heart of Darkness
12 June 2007	Downer, Ruddock et al have some Habib questions to answer
23 May 2007	Quarter million per day refugee jailing costs mocks 'good economic manager' labelling
18 May 2007	US Democrats-Republican Immigrant deal further sinks Australia's treatment ranking
8 May 2007	Costello's Climate Denial Budget only believes in recycling solar promises
7 May 2007	Howard's Foolish US Swap policy already bears 'sour immigration fruits'
4 May 2007	Immigration's Indonesia plans look like UNHCR Warehousing Bribe
26 April 2007	Hundreds of Advocates Come Knocking on Labor's Door before Convention
18 April 2007	Howard's US Refugee Exchange may help solve Guantanamo Bay problem
18 April 2007	US Refugee Exchange: sign of Howard's desperate responsibility avoidance
17 April 2007	Rights advocates pack Kevin Rudd's Inbox about Guantanamo-style refugee detention
30 March 2007	Australia's First Refugee Advocate a failure, breaches his primary duty
18 March 2007	Kevin Andrews needs to explain Sri Lankan letter promises
15 March 2007	Sri Lankan Nauru "deportation" does not export Howard's election problem
12 March 2007	'People-are-our-business Department' screws its clients and the 'Bleeding Hearts' brigade
27 February 2007	Sending Sri Lankans to Indonesia will endanger lives of all family members
25 February 2007	Secret Indonesia meeting would have risked Sri Lanka asylum seeker safety
24 February 2007	Sending Sri Lankans back home would constitute severe International Law breach
23 February 2007	Nauru solution for Sri Lankans will cost Howard precious votes
23 February 2007	Immigration Minister is creating a Christmas Island stand-off of his own making
22 February 2007	Bring those sixty Sri Lankans inside our country, Kevin Andrews!
21 February 2007	Only reinstatement of permanent residency will silence Jovicic case call
20 February 2007	Turnbull's incandescent lightbulb is a Nanny-State solution that solves nothing
18 February 2007	DIAC's Sandy Logan should not undermine SA's Public Advocate's Office
8 February 2007	Flannery should address Parliament about solar-thermal geothermal replacing coal industry
2 February 2007	Govt needs to explain link between Perth Islamic raids and Federal Imam training
1 February 2007	Australia had three Centuries of "suspicious arrivals", Immigration Minister!
31 January 2007	Permanent "security threat" Protection Visa demands outside ASIO scrutineer
29 January 2007	Welcome Kevin Andrews, and what about the 388 million kids' prison???
26 January 2007	Flannery remarks show independent scientists should have the last word on Howard plans
25 January 2007	Howard lacks morals, ethics to bring Australia together in water policy
23 January 2007	Vanstone dumping: a loss of brains and backbench rebels win
19 January 2007	PM disgraces himself with message to "would-be anti-Muslim Terrorist group"
16 January 2007	Government fails on Climate change policies, Australians say
9 January 2007	CSIRO needs international support to counter Howard's bullying

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