Manus Island or Menaced Island? Is there a better solution?

Contributed article by Jay Nicolevski Recent events at the Manus Island detention centre should have all Australians asking questions about the Abbott Government’s “tough” policies on the people we may as well refer to, charitably, as “asylum ...
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What if Indonesia won’t take back asylum shoppers?

The federal Coalition, led by Tony Abbott, has made much of their determination to put a stop to the perpetual invasion of asylum seeker boats making their way into Australian sovereign territory, on their way to the Land of Milk and Honey, which is ...
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Attack on young woman at Macquarie University, where refugees are being housed

A story has been reported on Radio 2GB (873am) about an alleged indecent assault of a 20-year-old woman at Macquarie University, where it has been reported that approximately 80 male asylum seekers from Sri Lanka have been housed by the government in ...
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Reducing foreign aid to pay for asylum seeker expenses makes good sense

The Australian Protectionist Party applauds the recent decision by the federal Labor government to divert money from the foreign aid budget to pay for the expenses of asylum seekers on the Australian mainland. The decision sends an important message ...
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ABC campaigning for asylum seekers

Mark Henderson writes: Nothing is guaranteed to bring out the ABC’s true colours more than a row over asylum seekers. The ABC has thrown away any semblance of objectivity and impartiality in its coverage of the Sri Lankan boat people ...
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