Category Archives: Australia

Victoria’s Partly-Privatised Prison System: An Accountability Report Card

Posted on May 1, 2017 by

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Manus healthcare provider forced to leave for practising unlicensed

Posted on April 28, 2017 by

Manus healthcare provider forced to leave for practising unlicensed IHMS replaced by skeleton staff from PNG company providing detainees only basic and emergency medical care Some Manus detainees requiring medication for… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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Australia: Amnesty Intl. report alleges Ferrovial & Broadspectrum complicit & profiting from systematic abuse of refugees

Posted on April 12, 2017 by

Australia: Amnesty Intl. report alleges Ferrovial & Broadspectrum complicit & profiting from systematic abuse of refugees All components of this story 5 April 2017 Ferrovial position on the Amnesty International report… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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Offshore Processing of Asylum Seekers – Is Australia Complying with Its International Legal Obligations

Posted on March 21, 2017 by

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Australia’s Brave Whistleblower Nurse

Posted on December 21, 2016 by

Op-Ed Columnist Australia’s Brave Whistleblower Nurse Roger Cohen DEC. 20, 2016 From the start of its “offshore processing” program that has seen more than 2,000 asylum seekers and refugees dumped on… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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Can private security companies improve responses to victims of family violence?

Posted on November 29, 2016 by

Can private security companies improve responses to victims of family violence? November 7, 2016 2.05pm EST Authors Diarmaid Harkin Lecturer in Criminology, Deakin University Kate Fitz-Gibbon Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Monash University… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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Ferrovial – the hospital privateer behind Nauru asylum-seekers’ misery

Posted on November 28, 2016 by

Ferrovial – the hospital privateer behind Nauru asylum-seekers’ misery Nov 2016 Friday 25th posted by Morning Star in Features by Solomon Hughes THANKS to privatisation of government services, the firm that… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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Norway pension fund told to get out of Australian offshore detention business

Posted on November 28, 2016 by

November 27 2016 Norway pension fund told to get out of Australian offshore detention business Michael Gordon Norway’s biggest pension fund is under pressure to sell its interest in the Spanish… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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False Sanctuary: Australia, Ferrovial, and the Abuse of Refugees

Posted on November 3, 2016 by

False Sanctuary: Australia, Ferrovial, and the Abuse of Refugees By Lauren Kelly-Jones Clifton Gardens, Sydney, Australia looking out towards the Heads On October 5, footage from Australia’s offshore refugee detention camps… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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Leaked UNHCR report: Manus Island world’s worst

Posted on November 3, 2016 by

Oct 8, 2016 Leaked UNHCR report: Manus Island world’s worst Martin McKenzie-Murray As the government prepares to meet with the UNHCR, urgent action is being demanded on mental decay. BEHROUZ BOOCHANI… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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