Refugee rights activists rallied outside home affairs minister Peter Dutton鈥檚 electorate office in Queensland on May 11. They are hoping Dutton will lose his seat at the federal election on May 18.
Peter Dutton
The bizarreness of Australian politics was summed up in multi-millionaire mining magnate Clive Palmer鈥檚 election advertisement accusing Labor of 鈥渟upporting the big end of town鈥. He's right, though he is in no position to point the finger, writes Carlo Sands.
In the aftermath of the terrorist attack on mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, in which 50 people were killed, some of the comments from those with a public platform have been breathtakingly offensive.
Events over the last few weeks have revealed just how politicised Australia鈥檚 immigration policy has become.
Deposed Liberals Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull described the factional implosion in his party as 鈥渁 kind of madness鈥. It sure looked like it 鈥 and there may be even more 鈥渕adness鈥 ahead.
A lot of people are alarmed at the rate at which prime ministers get changed these days. Personally, I鈥檇 be happy to have a new PM every week so long as none of them torture any innocent people in isolated offshore prison camps, writes Carlo Sands.
The federal Coalition government remains unstable even though Scott Morrison has replaced Malcolm Turnbull as Prime Minister in the August 24 leadership spill.
The fate of more than 600 people rescued at sea by the Doctors Without Borders rescue ship Aquarius is one more example of the impact of right wing populism on human rights in Europe today.
Refugee activists in Melbourne, Canberra and Sydney held protest vigils for Salim Kyawmin, an elderly Rohingya man who died on Manus Island on May 22. The largest action was in Melbourne where 200 people occupied the streets for a short, time stopping traffic. In Perth refugee activists occupied the department of Immigration, making flowers and in Brisbane a protest was held in front of Peter Duttons office.
The dishonorable Minister for Home Affairs, Immigration and Border Protection was invited to speak to the right wing 鈥渢hink tank鈥 Gerard Henderson鈥檚 Sydney Institute on May 16. A group of determined refugee activists turned up to greet Dutton when he arrived.
Members of the Whistleblowers, Activists and Citizens Alliance (WACA) blockaded the Home Affairs Department building and the Wilson Security Car Park in Canberra on March 28.
They were protesting the treatment of refugees held in indefinite detention and at risk of being deported to danger. The activists held banners that read 鈥淏order Force Tortures Refugees鈥, 鈥淒eportations = Death鈥, 鈥#Justice4Refugees鈥, 鈥#SackDutton鈥 and 鈥淎ll Refugees in Detention are Political Prisoners鈥.
Explaining his call to fast track visas for white South African farmers, the renowned humanitarian Peter Dutton, whose famed concern for those in need of asylum is matched only by his complete lack of potato-like features, explained: 鈥淭hey need help from a civilised nation like ours.鈥
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