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Post by kayoneuu1 on Aug 31, 2018 1:37:32 GMT
I don’t always agree with Walid Aly, but this piece absolutely nails it. www.canberratimes.com.au/politics/federal/dutton-s-au-pair-drama-shows-hypocrisy-of-immigration-policy-20180830-p500np.htmlIn conclusion: I don’t know the story of this woman. Maybe she really does have unique humanitarian circumstances that would melt my heart. After all, I have nothing against her. But is this what our humanitarian cases look like? Is the bar really set so that the Iranian asylum seeker nearing death who has broken no laws cannot even be allowed into the country to access medical treatment, but a French woman simply must be allowed to be an au pair if we are to be a “humane and generous society”?
Is there some principle being applied consistently that accounts for both cases? Or can we now admit that this posturing of law and order, of national sovereignty, of the solemn duty to banish “unlawful arrivals” is just so much bullshit, conveniently dropped for the right kind of people?
I’m not saying this is the scandal of the decade. I suspect this will all soon pass without much cost to Dutton and that’s probably fair enough. But if it passes without a clear verdict of hypocrisy, not just on Dutton but on the way we frame our public discussion of immigration, it will only be because we’ve long since abandoned any approach to the subject that has anything to do with principles. |
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deb
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Post by deb on Aug 31, 2018 2:17:43 GMT
and there's this man Kay
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Post by pennybanger on Aug 31, 2018 2:54:03 GMT
If Dutton is forced to resign it will mean another bielection - not good for a government already so on the nose with the general public.
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Post by maggiemay on Aug 31, 2018 3:19:48 GMT
send him (the people smuggler) to Nauru
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Post by deb on Aug 31, 2018 22:41:56 GMT
and there is another story going around about Dutton doing favours for a disgraced former Ipswich mayor, Paul Pisasale, on behalf of “young Asian women”.
there is more and more chatter going on about that now
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Post by lyn on Aug 31, 2018 22:52:28 GMT
I hope he gets nailed good for all his dodgy dealings.
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deb
Keating recalling Morrison passing around coal in QT calls him "ä fossil in a baseball cap""
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Post by deb on Aug 31, 2018 23:06:25 GMT
Dutton
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Post by avatarcat on Sept 1, 2018 0:40:34 GMT
I think that Dutton's days may be numbered.
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deb
Keating recalling Morrison passing around coal in QT calls him "ä fossil in a baseball cap""
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Post by deb on Sept 1, 2018 8:25:25 GMT
They should be AC
what we really need is an early election
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Post by deb on Sept 2, 2018 0:27:12 GMT
Malcolm Turnbull's son is encouraging people to donate to Labor ahead of the Wentworth by-election for the ex-prime minister's former seat.
Alex Turnbull has re-tweeted Labor candidate Tim Murray's call for donations for the upcoming poll for the federal Sydney electorate
"Best bang for the buck you'll get in political donations in your life," the former Liberal leader's son said in his re-tweet of Mr Murray's post on Saturday.
"Tight race, tight margin for the government, big incremental effect whatever happens.
"If you want a federal election now this is the means by which to achieve it."
LOL
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Post by pennybanger on Sept 2, 2018 6:28:16 GMT
That should set the cat among the pigeons.
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Post by duffy on Sept 2, 2018 6:36:30 GMT
Dutton is SUCH an asshole.
This government needs to go.
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kayoneuu1
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Post by kayoneuu1 on Sept 3, 2018 3:59:28 GMT
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Post by maggiemay on Sept 3, 2018 4:42:00 GMT
should be more asians for the ipswich mayor
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Post by Clarabelle on Sept 3, 2018 21:25:54 GMT
I think Dutton looks like voldemort
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Post by kayoneuu1 on Sept 3, 2018 22:31:41 GMT
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Post by avatarcat on Sept 4, 2018 1:42:02 GMT
www.asrc.org.au/2018/09/03/nauru-report-exposes-offshore-processing-abuse-as-regional-leaders-meet-for-pacific-island-forum/-The dramatic escalation of children with symptoms of traumatic withdrawal syndrome. -Legal intervention forced 25 overseas medical requests for transfer to Australia in the past eight months against Australian government blocks. -Around 50 overseas medical requests being actively blocked by the Australian government. -Children as young as 7 with repeated incidents of suicidality and self-harm, including incidents of setting themselves alight. -35 families separated. -Accounts of rape and sexual abuse of females, including by those paid to protect them, with at least 24 women flown to Australia to terminate pregnancies, many of them as a result of rape. -The U.S. deal to resettle 1,250 refugees, has only resulted in around 371 people leaving in almost two years since the agreement.
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Post by maggiemay on Sept 4, 2018 4:20:40 GMT
that is hard to read, Ava, just horrifying
NZ premier is again pleading with australia to allow NZ to take them
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Post by duffy on Sept 4, 2018 8:33:28 GMT
LOL Kay.
AC- those poor women and children. It's heartbreaking.
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deb
Keating recalling Morrison passing around coal in QT calls him "ä fossil in a baseball cap""
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Post by deb on Sept 4, 2018 21:27:02 GMT
hmmm interesting
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Post by avatarcat on Sept 4, 2018 21:34:29 GMT
An asylum seeker in Melbourne has committed suicide and there are reports that the young man who attempted suicide in the WA immigration centre has died.
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Post by avatarcat on Sept 4, 2018 21:36:20 GMT
www.radionz.co.nz/news/pacific/365662/nz-reporter-released-after-being-detained-in-nauruRNZ's reporter on Nauru said it was understood Ms Dreaver was taken to the police station on the island after trying to interview a refugee outside of the camp. She said they asked for her visa, told her she was breaching her conditions and stripped her of her accrediation for the Pacific Islands Forum being held on the island. World Vision New Zealand said it helped Ms Dreaver connect with refugees on Nauru and it was contacted by its liaison person this afternoon. They said Ms Dreaver's interview had been stopped by the Nauru police, and she was taken by them. The Nauru Government has limited the movements of journalists covering the summit and placed restrictions on who they can talk to. An official from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade was with Ms Dreaver during the incident. New Zealand's opposition National party said New Zealand must get assurances from Nauru no other journalists would be detained on the island for doing their job. "Freedom of the press is a fundamental part of any democracy and journalists must be free to tell important stories," said Foreign Affairs spokesman Todd McClay. New Zealand's ACT party said the government should send a stern warning that millions in foreign aid will be cut if Nauru does not respect basic human rights.
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Keating recalling Morrison passing around coal in QT calls him "ä fossil in a baseball cap""
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Post by deb on Sept 4, 2018 21:48:38 GMT
it beats me why the Pacific forum is even being held in a place like Nauru.. very telling that Morrison didn't go
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Keating recalling Morrison passing around coal in QT calls him "ä fossil in a baseball cap""
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Post by deb on Sept 4, 2018 21:50:18 GMT
the corrupt Vic LNP... Guy used millions in tax payer fuinds to pay his way out of trouble here... also interesting to note was the purchaser was a friend of the Kennett family
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Post by avatarcat on Sept 4, 2018 22:25:04 GMT
He's another corrupt politician. He thinks that he'll become the next Premier of Victoria. Pfft.
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Post by Carmella on Sept 5, 2018 1:02:40 GMT
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Post by maggiemay on Sept 5, 2018 5:37:08 GMT
Julie Bishop could be Governor-General by APRIL 
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Post by deb on Sept 5, 2018 8:16:27 GMT
I hope not Maggie So is Peter Dutton's home security border force going to investigate him.. The problems with giving one man too much power  |
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Post by deb on Sept 5, 2018 8:25:21 GMT
How come it costs so much to put a child into child care.. But the child care workers only get paid $22ph.. Where does all the money go? I guess insurance would be high.. But $22 an hour is not enough.
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Post by avatarcat on Sept 6, 2018 0:39:43 GMT
A quick update on the Manus refugee who lost the sight of one eye during the attack that killed Reza Berati and was losing sight in the other eye. Thanks to a Court Order, he arrived in Australia a few days ago for treatment. The doctors will be doing all that they can but due to the length of time that it has taken, they are doubtful that they can save what little sight he has left.
Another Court Order was given for woman with severe mental health issues to be transferred here. This is meant to happen tomorrow but for the first time, the Nauran government is blocking it. I don't know why and I hope that it isn't what I suspect.
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