Sheer bloody-mindedness
May. 1st, 2004 09:18 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dreamer_easyMinister rebuked by child case judge
"The Immigration Minister, Amanda Vanstone, has been forced to apologise to the Federal Court after returning five children to custody - by declaring that the suburban house they live in is a detention centre.
Senator Vanstone was rebuked yesterday by Justice Bruce Lander, who said it was extraordinary the minister had frustrated an application by lawyers for the children while it was still before his court."
Gotta keep Australia safe from those six year old kids!
More: High Court rules not to protect children from Immigration Dept (Australian Democrats media release)
