(no subject)
Dec. 10th, 2007 07:58 pmAustralia's new government has accepted seven Burmese asylum seekers being held in Nauru, signalling a wind-down of a controversial immigration policy. Immigration Minister Chris Evans said admitting the group was a first step in dismantling the previous government's so-called "Pacific Solution".
I think we picked a winner, folks.
No, I mean, I'm sure he'll cock it up soon enough, and he still has a long way to go on the gay front, but the past couple of weeks have been filled with sigh of relief after sigh of relief, you know what I mean?
Meanwhile, I heard on the radio today that companies like BHP Biliton are paying their employees to sign Australian Workplace Agreements before they get phased out mid next-year. Motherfuckers. You know what I hate, it's impossible to boycott oil companies and still, like, live in this world because they're all as fucking bad as each other.
I think we picked a winner, folks.
No, I mean, I'm sure he'll cock it up soon enough, and he still has a long way to go on the gay front, but the past couple of weeks have been filled with sigh of relief after sigh of relief, you know what I mean?
Meanwhile, I heard on the radio today that companies like BHP Biliton are paying their employees to sign Australian Workplace Agreements before they get phased out mid next-year. Motherfuckers. You know what I hate, it's impossible to boycott oil companies and still, like, live in this world because they're all as fucking bad as each other.
(no subject)
Aug. 21st, 2007 10:07 amBaxter Detention Centre to close....
Australia's conservative government now believes it has the upper hand in its fight against illegal immigration, and has said that Baxter is no longer needed.... That approach is being reinforced by the construction of another offshore processing centre on Christmas Island, a remote Australian territory in the Indian Ocean.
Australia's conservative government now believes it has the upper hand in its fight against illegal immigration, and has said that Baxter is no longer needed.... That approach is being reinforced by the construction of another offshore processing centre on Christmas Island, a remote Australian territory in the Indian Ocean.
*Captain Jack voice*
THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY IS WHEN IS ALL CHANGES!!!!!!!!!
Cr Treloar told the Herald people were worried that allowing the families to move to Tamworth "could lead to a Cronulla riots-type situation. Ask the people at Cronulla if they want more refugees."
He added that "of the 12 Sudanese people who live in Tamworth, eight have been before the courts for everything from dangerous driving to rape. These people don't respect authority … they come from countries where there are outbreaks of TB [tuberculosis] and polio. How can we trust the department to screen those things?"
What? I mean...........what?? How is that thought at all?
THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY IS WHEN IS ALL CHANGES!!!!!!!!!
Cr Treloar told the Herald people were worried that allowing the families to move to Tamworth "could lead to a Cronulla riots-type situation. Ask the people at Cronulla if they want more refugees."
He added that "of the 12 Sudanese people who live in Tamworth, eight have been before the courts for everything from dangerous driving to rape. These people don't respect authority … they come from countries where there are outbreaks of TB [tuberculosis] and polio. How can we trust the department to screen those things?"
What? I mean...........what?? How is that thought at all?
(no subject)
Aug. 16th, 2005 11:04 pmFuck you, Howard and Vanstone, just, fuck you. There are no words for what a kick in the face this is for people locked up on detention centres and on Nauru and people who, thanks to Nelson and Howard and his cronies, won't be able to afford the higher education and training to become skilled workers.
Fuck you.
Fuck you.
(no subject)
Mar. 1st, 2005 07:43 pmWell, I never had much of an opinion about Dick Smith, but now I think he's cool bananas. This is excellent.
Similarly, but much more superficially, I've always been pretty lukewarm about Halle Berry, but she too has risen in my estimation.
Similarly, but much more superficially, I've always been pretty lukewarm about Halle Berry, but she too has risen in my estimation.
