children in detention

Indefinite Detention of Asylum Seekers Not Lawful

By fgolding@bigpond.net.auPosted on 12 September 2014Posted in UncategorizedTagged Asylum seekers, children in detention, Frank Golding, refugees, temporary protection visas

After a long period of ambivalent rulings, the Australian High Court on Thursday (11 December 2014) finally defined the limits of mandatory detention of asylum seekers. In recent years, many of us in Australia have been disturbed by what seemed to be a routinised indefinite detention of thousands of refugees, including children. “Since September 2013, the average time spent in […]

Spin doctors and children in detention

By fgolding@bigpond.net.auPosted on 25 August 2014Posted in UncategorizedTagged Catholic Church, child abuse, child welfare, children in detention, forced adoption, Frank Golding, orphanage

The wheel turns on media spin. In June this year, Fairfax media reported that the number of ‘spin doctors’ and communications staff employed by the Australian Immigration Department had risen to 95 – up from 13 under the previous government in 2011. This in a time when the Government is telling us there’s a budget crisis […]

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