In an Olympic-worthy display of policy gymnastics, the Gillard Government has announced that it intends to propose at the Labor Party’s national conference this weekend an increase of almost 50% in Australia’s intake of refugees, from 13,750 to 20,000. No timeline has been put on this initiative.
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Government gets tough on destructive asylum seekers – but what about our home-grown vandals?
DIAC has released a new fact sheet relating to the Character Requirement, Factsheet 79, which includes an additional provision; that a person will not pass the character test where: they have been convicted of any offence that was committed while in immigration detention,during an escape from immigration detention, during a period where a person escaped from immigration detention, or if the person has been convicted of the offence of...
Government payments to asylum seekers – Kochie sets the record straight
As media interest in asylum seekers increases, a fresh spate of hoax emails is circulating nationally, claiming that asylum seekers are paid higher social security benefits than pensioners and veterans, with some claiming they are given “settlement grants” of hundreds of thousands of dollars at taxpayer expense. I’ve even seen emails claiming that all an asylum seeker has to do is land in Australia to be given a free...
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