Home Affairs faces criminal charges alleging health neglect in Immigration detention
On Tuesday 15 March, a Sydney Local Court magistrate is expected to set down a hearing date for the charges, laid in March last year, against the Commonwealth government’s Department of Home Affairs, and...
Ukrainian refugees are welcome, open the border to Afghans fleeing war too
Hundreds of thousands of refugees have fled Ukraine following Russia’s brutal invasion. They should all be welcomed, and Australia should help play a role.
Scott Morrison has already flagged a special intake on top of...
COVID outbreak grips Villawood detention centre
There is every indication from inside the Villawood detention centre that the Covid outbreak remains out of control among residents and staff.
Neither staff nor detainees are being RAT tested daily, despite increasing case numbers....
Djokovic visa cancellation first time theatre, second time political farce
The government move to cancel Djokovic's visa is sheer political farce.
Immigration minister Alex Hawke's claim that Djokovic's visa has been canceled “on health and good order grounds, on the basis that it was...
COVID cases increasing in Villawood detention centre
More immigration detainees are testing positive inside the Villawood detention centre.
Since the initial five cases, in Mackenzie and Mitchell were reported, three more people tested positive in Lachlan compound yesterday (11.01.22).
Today, (Wednesday 12 Jan)...
More hypocrisy as Morrison renews threat to Djokovic’s visa
"Rules are rules," said Scott Morrison, but despite the government's agreement to release Djokovic from Immigration detention, the government is now threatening to ignore the rules and use Ministerial powers to again cancel his...
COVID outbreak creates crisis in Villawood detention centre
Five people in immigration detention in Sydney's Villawood detention centre (two people in Mackenzie and three in Mitchell compound) have tested positive for Covid, and authorities expect that number to increase significantly today.
Following...
Djokovic detention lifts the lid on hypocrisy and arbitrary immigration detention
“Rules are rules,” says Scott Morrison. But the detention of Novak Djokovic has shown that the only rules Morrison cares about are the ones that suit him.
Immigration decisions are inconsistent, arbitrary and capricious –...
Immigration detainees take over two compounds in Melbourne detention centre
A major protest has broken out in two compounds of MITA North (Ford and Glenelg), of Melbourne's immigration detention centre in Broadmeadows.
All Serco guards, including the emergency response team, have withdrawn from...
Attempted suicide at Yongah Hill detention centre
A Pacific Islander was rushed to hospital after a suicide attempt at Western Australia's Yongah Hill detention centre, yesterday, Thursday 4 November.
The man climbed onto the roof of the IHMS offices, inside the detention...
