Seven months after the government’s expert panel on asylum seekers handed down its findings, boat arrivals are increasing. Crikey checks back to see which of the panel’s recommendations have been implemented.
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MANUS ISLAND
Deterrence goal locks us onto a path of cruelty
The government has no alternatives in its treatment of asylum seekers other than deterrence. It will stick to his guns no matter the public outcry over camp conditions.
READ MORENo advantage? Nobody knows what that means
It’s the cornerstone of the expert panel report and Australia’s new asylum seeker policy, but the government still hasn’t decided what a “no advantage” principle means.
READ MOREOnshore or offshore? That is the question
Crikey media wrap: Thanks to the High Court, Julia Gillard essentially has only two asylum seeker policy options: reinstate a Pacific Solution 2.0 with Tony Abbott’s help or abandon offshore processing altogether.
READ MOREPNG plan takes heat off Malaysia deal
Crikey media wrap: The Malaysian Solution remains gridlocked in the High Court, but Gillard has had a win in the asylum seeker debate with Papua New Guinea agreeing for a detention centre to be re-opened on Manus Island.
READ MORERichard Farmer’s political bite-sized meaty chunks
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