There has been a dust-up in the past few months about an attempt by the Department of Immigration to force media organisations to give bureaucrats the right to edit their reports in return for access to detention centres.
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How our detention centres are run: the government’s contract with Serco
Serco is the company that runs detention centres in Australia. New Matilda uncovers for the official contract between Serco and the Department of Immigration, outlining the experience required of Serco staff and how it deals with issues of detainee depression.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Misinformation and onshore processing
Onshore processing: Sandi Logan, Immigration spokesman writes: Re. “Crikey clarifier: what’s a bridging visa?” (14 October, item 3) & Marion Le (Monday, comments). There has plenty of misinformation circulating since last week’s announcement of a move towards onshore processing and Crikey, Marion Le and Jennifer Burn have got some of it wrong too. 1) Those […]
Metcalfe memo to staff: we have to operate in the real world
To follow is the three page memo sent to staff by the secretary of the Department of Immigration, Andrew Metcalfe, the day after the High Court decision…
Cost of detention? $113,000 per asylum seeker
Over the last decade we’ve spent over $100,000 detaining each and every boat arrival.
Our shrinking asylum seeker problem
While Australia’s asylum seeker numbers fall, Labor is ensuring it will always lose the debate by remaining wedded to mandatory detention.
Government facing crisis of perception over Christmas Island
After a week of violent protests on Christmas Island, it’s clear the federal government is facing a humanitarian crisis with no clear resolution.
Nothing to see here: Serco (probably) fined for (possible) breaches
What happens when Serco breaches its multimillion dollar detention centre contract with the Depearment of Immigration and Citizenship? Well, we can’t tell you, because no one has the obligation to say.
New angle for the Coalition? Asylum seekers and child p-rn…
A Liberal senator has gone fishing trying to connect asylum seekers and child pornography.
Christmas Island detention unsustainable, says Ombudsman
The current scale of immigration detention operations on Christmas Island is unsustainable and more asylum seekers should be processed on the mainland, says the Commonwealth Ombudsman in a report released today.
Retailer Allied Brands accused of breaching immigration laws
Queensland company Allied Brands has been accused of running an elaborate immigration rort where it sponsored a group of Korean nationals to work in administrative roles under 457 visas, put them to work in its Baskin Robbins stores and in some cases sold Baskin Robins franchises to their family members.
What lay behind the Villawood
protests?
Are immigration detainees risking their lives under the belief protests will be rewarded? The government is keen to send the signal that they won’t be after a recent spate of protests at the Villawood Detention Centre.
2 deaths, 10 years, what have we learned?
The death of a 36-year-old Fiji detainee at Villawood detention centre bears disturbing similarities to the death a decade earlier of a Tongan man on the day he was due to be deportation from the Maribyrnong detention centre in Melbourne. Inga Ting reports.
Australia says no to people-smuggling — via YouTube
The Government is running a new round of ads to try to deter asylum seekers coming to Australia by boat. But the target audience is local, not overseas.
Why Leonora? ‘There are a range of considerations’, apparently
Nearly 90 asylum seekers recently arrived at the small town of Leonora in outback WA. We’re still not sure why, since it’s in the middle of nowhere and has few support services.
Are adult asylum seekers posing as kids?
There are claims that asylum seekers are exploiting our preferential treatment of child asylum seekers by claiming to be minors. But refugee advocates say it’s yet another discredited myth about refugees.
They’re here! The racist ham eating muslins have arrived!
Why does Kevin Rudd hate homebrand Hawaiian Pizza?
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours: Disaster looming at Immigration Dept?
“Disaster is just around the corner” at the Department of Immigration, says a tipster. Plus: cutbacks could be coming for frequent flyers, and will Rees front up over Sydney’s Environmental Impact Assessment?
Vanstone may have to walk over mafia visa
If the John Howard Liberals took money from the Exclusive Brethren then why would alleged Mafia dollars be refused? asks Barry Everingham.
Tips and rumours
Peter Costello won’t be in town for the resumption of Parliament – he’s overseas. Where is he and what’s he doing? Scouting for jobs…? Exclusive footage of the aftermath of the Nando’s explosion in Ultimo, Sydney: Worthwhile looking here and at the Victorian Energy Minister’s request for a Victorian Jurisdictional Derogation (Advanced Metering Infrastructure Roll Out). Why […]
I is for incompetence: Andrews in a muddle again
Kevin Andrews’ comments in today’s Age about the unavoidably long delay in processing eight Burmese asylum seekers on Nauru won’t help to dispel the cries of incompetency that continue to dog the Immigration Minister, writes Sophie Black.
Tips and rumours
Brian Burke, former WA Premier and leading lobbyist was seen last night dining in a Launceston restaurant with John Gay, Exec Chairman of Gunns Ltd. A comfortable fit with the existing Gunns’ Board! An illustration of the vanity of John Howard and his urge for self glorification is the fact that, unlike his Labor predecessors, […]
DIAC: making every dollar count
Crikey has obtained a copy of the Secretary of the Department of Immigration and Citizenship’s Weekly Message, and going by the memo, times are tough, writes Sophie Black.
Tips and rumours
Andrew Metcalfe, secretary of the Department of Immigration and Citizenship, will take up the role of head of ASIO from 1 July with current dep sec Bob Correll taking over as secretary of Immigration. Kava imports have been banned as part of the Federal Government’s “Child abuse response”. I live in the mining town of […]
