New Immigration Minister Chris Evans seems intent on rapid change within his department, reports Sophie Black.
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Rudd cleaning out the messy media messengers
The furore over the handling of Haneef – let AFP chief Mick Keelty’s views on the media and terrorism – may have died down for now, but the Rudd Government has learned the lessons, writes Christian Kerr.
Crikey Says: Crikey Says
By now we all know that there’s precious little the Australian government can do to smooth the mood swings of the international markets. We know that in matters of foreign policy we’re pretty much a bit player, or at best a pawn. But what about sport?
Barns: Oh, what a mess for Keelty and Andrews
The publication of an email in morning’s Australian, which details AFP plans to detain Mohammed Haneef if he was granted bailed, raises a series of questions which must be answered, writes Greg Barns.
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.
Migration has always skirted close to the underbelly
Discussion of Kevin Andrews and the Sudanese made me think of other migrant groups which have had trouble integrating and have had their own brushes with the wrong side of law and order, writes Glenn Dyer.
Kevin Andrews and the lonely fight for white Australia
Australia’s immigration intake is like native title: it’s one of those areas of life and law to which our much-trumpeted anti-discrimination standards simply don’t apply, writes the ANU’s Jennifer Clarke.
The Apprentice Dog Whistler
As a federal election draws closer, the Coalition is again employing underhand tactics to send an inflammatory message about race to the electorate. This time the Prime Minister’s deputy dog whistler is Immigration Minister Kevin Andrews, writes Josh Fear.
Visa charges waived for Catholic World Youth Day “pilgrims”
While the Catholic Church has the advantage of having its own country, for immigration purposes it now appears that the Government treats the Church - or at least the Sydney archdiocese - as a sovereign state, writes David MacCormack.
Kevin Andrews prods the Sudanese in the woodpile
Will Australia’s successful and decades old refugee program now be dictated by Herald Sun headlines?
Give overseas trained doctors a break
Working in remote areas without adequate support can be difficult for even the best trained and most experienced of doctors, writes Cloncurry GP Sheilagh Cronin.
This transcript is Kevin Andrews’ “children overboard”
For how much longer does the Australian public have to put up with Kevin Andrews – our hapless Immigration Minister. Today with the release of 378 pages of the second record of interview by Federal Police with Dr Haneef once again Mr Andrews’ has been undermined by the facts, writes Greg Barns
Greg Barns: a victory over guilt by association
In addition to providing Dr Mohamed Haneef with a significant victory over the Australian government, Justice Jeffrey Spender’s judgment is a powerful rebuke to those politicians and conservative commentators who argue that our courts ought to defer to government when it comes to matters involving national security, writes Greg Barns. And we must guard against governments who believe in guilt by association. So says Justice Spender.
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.
For Howard, YouTube is the new talkback
Howard is actually using social media rather cunningly – to play the mainstream media rather than appeal directly to the “YouTube generation”.
Bringing back memories of our son’s deportation
Dr Haneef’s deportation has brought back memories of my son for whom we could not do anything, write Inderjit and Margaret.
Haneef: return to sender
Immigration Minister Kevin Andrew’s statement has been overshadowed by the leak of a transcript to Crikey proving top level intervention in the interrogation of Dr Mohamed Haneef…
Haneef: wrong to charge him, right to deport him
Immigration Minister Kevin Andrews yesterday made material public relating to his decision to cancel Dr Haneef’s visa. He released Advice obtained from the Solicitor-General David Bennett QC which Advice quoted some material.
Kevin Andrews: moronic, not mendacious
As all the sophisticates who read Crikey know, Kevin Andrews is at the centre of a vast wedge campaign to blacken the name of Mohamed Haneef.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Crikey Says – 17 July, 2007
Are the government’s much vaunted anti-terror laws not worth the paper they’re printed on?
Haneef could be detained “forever”
Terror suspect Dr Mohamed Haneef could be held in administrative detention “forever”, says Michael Clothier, former senior member of the Australian Government’s Immigration Review Tribunal.
Haneef’s fleeting freedom: section 501 strikes again
Section 501 of the Migration Act has been used to detain terror suspect Dr Mohamed Haneef, and it has given rise to considerable dissent in the legal fraternity. Thomas Hunter reports.
As you sit in your traffic jam, Immigration Dept plays numbers down
From Brisbane to Perth and all major centres in between, Australian cities are groaning under inadequate infrastructure, choked roads, unaffordable housing, failing public transport.
