Refuse Guantanamo Bay inmates

Malcolm Turnbull

Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull has called on Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to immediately reverse his decision to accept Guantanamo Bay inmates for resettlement in Australia.

“It would be difficult to imagine the circumstances in which any claims on humanitarian grounds should take priority over the many applicants for humanitarian entry currently awaiting approval,” Mr Turnbull said.

“It is understood that there are around 250 inmates currently detained in the military prison, with 60 considered by the United States authorities suitable for release. More

Rudd open to taking former Guantanamo inmates

KEVIN Rudd has left open the possibility of Australia taking former inmates from the prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, but warned that any US request for an inmate to come would be subject to legal criteria and assessed on a case-by-case basis. The Weekend Australian

Rudd forced to act – Christmas Island detention centre to open

IMMIGRATION officials have been forced to open the 800-bed, Howard-era detention centre on Christmas Island to accommodate a growing number of unauthorised boat arrivals intercepted in the past three months. The Australian

People smugglers aim at Australia again

Malcolm Turnbull

The arrival of the sixth boat of people smugglers off Broome just today, shows there is a real problem with the security of our borders, Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull said today.

“The Prime Minister spent last week in parliament denying there was a problem with people smuggling,” Mr Turnbull said.

“We have seen six boats arrive since August, since the Government abolished temporary protection visas. Now, they were introduced in 1999 specifically for the purpose of discouraging people smuggling. When the Government abolished these temporary protection visas they said it would have no impact on the level of people smuggling, on this vicious trade that puts so many human lives at risk, and, of course, threatens the security of our borders. More

Dad’s army in charge of border protection

In 12 months, the Rudd Government has given the criminal syndicates who profit from human misery a green light. Piers Akerman

Were they ever really refugees anyway?

Two more of the 43 Papuan asylum seekers who arrived in Cape York by boat in 2006 have returned to Indonesia. ABC News

Mumbai: multiculturalism tolerating intolerance

THE involvement of Britons among the terrorists responsible for the murders of more than 150 people in Mumbai last week signals another milestone in the march of multiculturalism. Piers Akerman

Clarke Report should be released today

Shadow Attorney-General

There is no justification for the Government delaying the release of the Clarke Report, the Shadow Attorney-General, Senator George Brandis SC, said today. More

Best intent can’t fudge Sudanese, Somali crimes

CHRISTINE Nixon yesterday confirmed it. She did mislead us on crime rates of African refugees. It’s actually four times worse than she’d claimed. Andrew Bolt

Race offence against truth

CHRISTINE Nixon has proved we still can’t hold a frank and honest debate on immigration. Andrew Bolt

People smugglers try again

Shadow Minister for Immigration and Citizenship

This fifth boat that has been intercepted on its way to Australia, once again demonstrates that the Rudd Labor Government may still be guilty of not clearly articulating Labor policy in relation to continuing the Coalition’s excised migration zones and mandatory detention policies. More

MPs silent on PC issues – Pasquarelli

John Pasquarelli

John Pasquarelli, artist, author, columnist, former PNG MP and One Nation adviser, isn’t afraid to speak out on issues that those who have been intimidated by the bullies of political correctness refuse to touch. This week he wrote:

“African thugs slashed at each other in a busy Adelaide shopping centre on Wednesday Nov 12, leaving one dead. About a year ago in Flemington Victoria, police were assaulted by African punks but no charges were laid. More

Visa victory for family of Down Syndrome child

Shadow Minister for Immigration and Citizenship

In what will be huge relief for one small family and good news for the people of Perth the Federal Minister for Immigration, Chris Evans, today buckled to Coalition pressure to approve the permanent residency application for a family who had been denied this right because their daughter had Down Syndrome. More

Shorten sits on fence over Dr Bernhard Moeller

Tue, 4th November 2008
Senator Cory Bernardi
Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities, Carers and the Voluntary Sector

Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities, Bill Shorten has been silent on the appalling decision to deny Dr Bernhard Moeller and his family permanent residency on the basis of his son having Down syndrome, Coalition Spokesman for Disabilities Senator Cory Bernardi said today. More

Time to consign SBS to history?

SBS, the self-described “voice of multiculturalism,” will, along with the ABC, be the subject of the public inquiry into the role of the national broadcasters that federal Communications Minister Stephen Conroy More