Tag: asylum seekers
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Thoughts on the Biennale Boycott
A record of my thoughts from a conversation across two Facebook posts about the outcome of the boycott campaign by some artists/activists to get the Sydney Biennale to divest from links with Transfield Holdings, a subsidiary of which runs the Australian detention centre in Nauru and which was last week awarded a billion-dollar contract to…
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Blind arrogance or sheer ignorance
I am not prone to anger, but this sentence from the first front page article of The Saturday Paper got my blood boiling: “These deaths weighed heavily on the conscience of politicians as they struggled in 2012 to find a policy that would stop people undertaking the journey.” Love3 Share Tweet Share Pin
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They came from somewhere
The explosion on a boat of asylum seekers off the north-west of Australia, killing five and injuring more, has rekindled some familiar issues and debates. From the right of the fence, we’re given the impression (yawn) that Australia is in danger of being over-run by economic refugees arriving by sea to take advantage of Australia’s…