Detention debt destroyedAfter much debate, including a Crikey analysis of which Coalition members supported the bill, the charging of immigration detainees and asylum seekers for their mandatory detention has been scrapped.
Immigration detention
Couple still waiting for $262,000 detention bill to be waived
Evelyn and Masoud Shams are still waiting for the government to waive a detention debt of $264,000, reports Sophie Black.
Rudd: master of the firm understatement
Kevin Rudd might be the volatile and temperamental man in private that some journalists have described but in public he continues to show a discipline and calmness that is admirable in a political leader. He has developed quickly into a campaigner of great skill with his delivery of firm understatements, writes Richard Farmer.
Is immigration detention worse than prison?
Another remarkable development yesterday in the sad case of Dr Mohamed Haneef, when his legal advisers opted not to post bail. The obvious conclusion is that immigration detention is regarded as worse than prison, writes Charles Richardson.
