More on the good news
Jul. 30th, 2008 09:58 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dreamer_easyMandatory detention policy overturned
Immigration Minister Chris Evan's speech, giving the details of the new policy
Tampa recedes into a shameful past
Amnesty International Australia comments. (Although if you go there right now, you'll see the "censored" version, protesting China's Internet censorship.)
This will save lives, minds, and an absolute shedload of cash. The previous policy literally cost billions.
I'm still just staggered. Australia has been tormenting already traumatised human beings with this nonsense since 1992. It was a vote-winning mainstay of the previous guvmint.
Immigration Minister Chris Evan's speech, giving the details of the new policy
Tampa recedes into a shameful past
Amnesty International Australia comments. (Although if you go there right now, you'll see the "censored" version, protesting China's Internet censorship.)
This will save lives, minds, and an absolute shedload of cash. The previous policy literally cost billions.
I'm still just staggered. Australia has been tormenting already traumatised human beings with this nonsense since 1992. It was a vote-winning mainstay of the previous guvmint.
