28th October 2011
Govt must establish 24-hr medical services for fragile detainees
Sarah Hanson-YoungGreens MPs, 25th October 2011
Ten Years On and Still No Answers
On 19th October 2001, at the height of the Howard government's election campaign based on the mantra, "We will decide who comes to this country.." the SIEV X sank on its way to Australia with the shocking loss of 353 lives including 142 women and 146 children. 41 adults and three children survived. The truth about what happened to the SIEV X has never been told as no judicial inquiry or coroner's inquiry was ever held because the ship apparently did not sink in Australian waters. Huge questions remain:
Why were the asylum seekers on the SIEV X transported to the boat in buses with blacked out windows and forced to board by Indonesian police carrying guns?
What did Australian authorities know about the SIEV X before it departed given that Australia was involved in or knew about "disruption" activities in Indonesian ports at that time?
Did the Shoal Bay tracking station know where the SIEV X was and where it was sinking? Was a tracking device on the ship?
Greens MPs, 25th October 2011
Coalition tied in knots over gay marriage
Greens MPs, 18th October 2011It costs less to be humane
Greens MPs, 12th October 2011Today Melbourne delivered
Greens MPs, 11th October 2011The bigger picture
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