The Onion’s take on border security — Mexicans building a wall to keep Americans out.
Border protection
Video of the Day: The Great Mexican Wall
Putting the Ruddock back into shadow immigration?
An email exchange about former Philip Ruddock chief of staff Ann Duffield, who is now working for Shadow Immigration minister Sharman Stone, makes for revealing reading.
Swan confronts the enemy within, and without
The Government used the Budget to push through a significant increase in spending on counter-terrorism, national security and border protection.
Budget 09 leaks: a Crikey list
This year, with a GFC-affected Budget, leaks are being used to help people — especially higher income earners — adjust to the idea that it won’t just be bonuses and handouts.
Australia’s $18m bid to keep asylum seekers in Indonesia
The sound bites may have shifted, but the policy around interception of asylum seekers in Indonesia never changed.
Mungo MacCallum: Boat people crisis sham
In the old days, maps of the southern seas used to warn off the unwary with the legend: Here Be Dragons. In modern times we have a new legend to frighten the gullible: Here Be Boat People.
Ashmore explosion: a commentary time line
A timeline of events in the Ashmore explosion.
Nothing soft — or cheap — about our border protection
The most alarming thing about our border protection arrangements in north-western Australia is not that they are insufficient, it’s that they are far in excess of what is justified.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Crikey defends use of anonymous sources
In today’s letters section, journalist Brian Toohey questions Crikey’s use of an anonymous source and his (her!) “unsubstantiated surmise about the ‘religious nutter’ Frank Costigan.”
