Malaysia
Government abandons principles over Malaysia deal
Sarah Hanson-Young Australian Immigration Minister Chris Bowen has visited Kuala Lumpur to sign the Malaysian solution and now he and Prime Minister Julia Gillard are promoting it.
Asylum seeker debate out of proportion
Sarah Hanson-Young Yesterday the full bench of the High Court began hearing a challenge to the Malaysian solution. The Greens hope David Manne and Debbie Mortimer, SC, and their legal team succeeds, not least because ..
Rights of children should be above politics
Sarah Hanson-Young Yesterday the High Court extended an injunction to hear a legal challenge to the Malaysian people-swap deal. The full bench of the court in Canberra will now sit on August 22. The Greens maintain ...
We're back in town
Sarah Hanson-Young We politicians are back in Canberra this morning after a five-week winter recess. It sounds like a long break, but federal politicians work seven days a week, so it passed by in a flash. As a mother .
Let conscience rule on gay marriage
Sarah Hanson-Young It's been a bit of a Bizzaro World in Australian federal politics in recent weeks. First we had the opposition saying they were concerned about the human rights of vulnerable people who will be ...
Attack on campaign is hypocritical
Sarah Hanson-Young Tens of thousands of people attended peaceful rallies around the country on Sunday in support of action on climate change, despite the Coalition and News Ltd media empire's negative campaign against .
Don't export our humanity
Sarah Hanson-Young As we gear up for World Refugee Day next Monday, it's time to remind the Gillard government why it should not be exporting Australia's humanity to third countries.
No progress on freeing children from detention
Sarah Hanson-Young Imagine you had to ask permission of a uniformed guard to use a microwave to heat your baby's bottle.
Labor’s border protection chaos deepens
Julie Bishop The true cost of Labor's 2008 decision to weaken Australia's border protection laws became clearer last night when Treasurer Wayne Swan revealed a budget costs blowout of more than $1.
Busting the asylum seeker myths
Sarah Hanson-Young It's time we confronted some of the myths about asylum seekers.
Border (out of) control
Daniel Flitton Australians are generally comfortable tucked away behind the moat. Complain as we might about the tyranny of distance when travelling abroad for holiday or business, when it comes to protecting ...
Vote count: Australia's Security Council bid
Daniel Flitton A heavy barrow of cow-dung to push up-hill? I was asked this question (or something close to it) more than once while making the dozens of phone calls all around the world to Comments 4
