The Journal
asylum seekers
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Tony Abbott Causes Everything
Yet another ship carrying illegal immigrants sinks in the Indian Ocean. Somehow this is Tony Abbott’s fault, or George Bush’s or John Howard’s, or something. Even though the boats had slowed to a stop under the…
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On The Persistent Promulgation Of Platitudes
It is a tad disappointing that church leaders trot out the same bland comments about illegal immigrants year after year. You might hope that if all they can up with is platitudes, they could at least try to…
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Is The Age Finally Seeing the Light?
Although The Age is a left leaning paper, I was a regular reader up until a few years ago. I am not sure what changed, but it seemed to me that The Age was no longer content…
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Better Border Security Means Fairer Treatment For Refugees
Some interesting facts in an article by Paul Sheehan in yesterday’s Sydney Morning Herald. The Department of Immigration … is busy spending an unprecedented amount delivering an ineffective program on the scale of waste comparable to…
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Random Conversations
News of the latest violent incident at a detention centre for illegal immigrants brought to mind a couple of recent conversations with customers. The first was with a woman who said she could understand people wanting to get away…
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Ready or Not
Boats of illegal immigrants are arriving in Australia, or being intercepted on the way here, at a rate of one every second day. Liberal churches and community groups claim they must be welcomed, given the benefit…
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Refugees and Holidaymakers
This story is a couple of days old now, but it has been hectic at work, and I have not had time to post anything the last few days. Or to play World of Warcraft either,…
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Nasty Canadians Don’t Want Illegal Immigrants
If the Tamil asylum seekers thought they were going to have an easier run in Canada than in Australia, they may be in for an unpleasant surprise. A poll of 1500 Canadians reported in the Toronto…