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Conscience

A 17 year old faces lifetime detention without breaking the law, without reasons.

Offshore processing and the problem with Nauru

How do we respond to the fact of refugees drowning at sea trying to get here?

Public swearing

Excellent article by James Hathaway about asylum seekers being held by Indonesia

Have a look at the website of Welcome to Australia – a really beaut idea.

Myths about boat people – get the facts here

op-ed in Newcastle Herald 3 November 2011 (original as published here: slow to load)

Brooke Green recently arranged a song called Albanese for her group Josie and The Emeralds. The are a viol consort song: The Emerald City Viols with soprano, Josie Ryan.  It is a song for boat people everywhere

Fight Free February: an interesting innovation in dispute avoidance

The arguments about offshore processing

The folly of Gillard and Abbott and offshore processing

The Gillard government’s shameful attempted amendments to the Migration Act – see especially proposed section 198AA.  It did not get up, but they are still trying.

Lest we forget: précis here, and full transcript here

Michael Kirby Oration, Adelaide AABHL conference, 3 July 2010

Social debate and discussion at Agora

We are still keeping minors in immigration detention: see answers given in Senate Estimates.

Senate Access to Justice Report (Dec 2009)

Support for and information about detainees on Christmas Island: site is still under construction

Refugee facts from the Asylum Seekers Resource Centre

Download Uniting Church Human Rights kit ; get a useful factsheet on refugees and a useful summary of myths and facts from the Refugee Council of Australia; and a useful compilation of asylum facts prepared by the Parliamentary library

Australians All and The Justice Project

find a Community Legal Centre to help you

The Rendition Monologues: available here for any theatre group to perform

 

The arts

Art, music and theatre: what’s on at fortyfive downstairs (45 Flinders Lane Melbourne)

Wolfgang Sievers photographs for sale

Fine chamber music: Musica Viva Australia

 

Opinion: National Times

Today news headlines: SBS online, Age, SMH, Australian, ABC, Guardian,

Breakfast Politics

World clock graphically illustrating time zones

Current affairs and comment: Inside Story

Interesting and diverse legal coverage on Stephen Warne’s website

Latest news and projects

·        Special Review of CIA interrogation techniques in Guantanamo Bay etc

·        UN Human Rights Committee Report on Australia

·        A new report on the operation of the Victorian Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities

·        Human Rights Watch 2009 Report

·        The Australian Human Rights Group announces its campaign for a Human Rights Act for Australia, to coincide with the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: 10 December 1948 – 10 December 2008

·        Proust report on department of Immigration response to Palmer and Comrie reports

·        Sir Richard Kirby lecture, 2008

·        Report of joint parliamentary committee on detention

·        It’s Time for Australia to have a Charter of Rights

·        Magnificent bloopers in commentary at the Olympic Games

·        English Court of Appeal holds government to account for ‘special rendition’

·        Jail for politicians who mislead the public. Ignore Laurie Oakes and
Andrew Bolt who misrepresent or misunderstand the point.
See the argument here.

·        9th Manning Clark Lecture, delivered 10 March 2008

·        Age editorial calls for scrapping of mandatory detention

·        HREOC report on mandatory detention

·        Melbourne's most popular arts venue: fortyfivedownstairs at 45 Flinders Lane

·        The Charter of Rights in Victoria

·        The Centre for Constitutional Rights

 

 

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burnside@vicbar.com.au