Australia鈥檚 cruel, immoral and illegal refugee policy is supposedly being carried out in our name. Janet Parker argues we must do everything within our power to bring it to an end.
children overboard incident
In a moment of devastating irony, former immigration minister Philip Ruddock, the man responsible for 鈥渃hildren overboard鈥 and the architect behind what became the anti-terror laws, has been nominated as Australia's UN Special Envoy for Human Rights.
On July 12, Ruddock was given a platform at the Wheeler Centre 鈥 which claims he has 鈥渂een a vocal advocate on several human rights issues鈥 鈥 to talk 鈥渉uman rights, the death penalty, and the changing Australian political landscape鈥.