Tag Archives: Australia

Transfield Services/Broadspectrum profits from cruelty

Transfield Services/Broadspectrum profits from cruelty Saturday, November 7, 2015 By Susan Price The Annual General Meeting of Transfield Services (where shareholders voted to change its name to Broadspectrum) was the focus… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Now’s the time to boycott companies that profit from detention

Now’s the time to boycott companies that profit from detention Antony Loewenstein Serco and Broadspectrum (once Transfield) are vulnerable to shareholder pressure thanks to their indefensible complicity in offshore detention ‘There’s… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Qualifications Authority marks Serco low for training

Qualifications Authority marks Serco low for training Updated at 12:03 am on 12 November 2015 The Qualifications Authority has criticised low pass rates in Serco’s New Zealand prison officer training programme.… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Serco cuts short lossmaking Australian navy contract

Last updated: November 9, 2015 9:03 pm Serco cuts short lossmaking Australian navy contract Gill Plimmer and Nathalie Thomas ©Getty An Australian Navy vessel intercepts a boat with suspected asylum seekers… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Transfield confirms contract extension for Nauru, Manus Island

Transfield confirms contract extension for Nauru, Manus Island The Australian October 28, 2015 10:18AM Kylar Loussikian Journalist Sydney Transfield Services has confirmed it has secured a short-term extension to its contract… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Brisbane protest questions Wilson role in Manus, Nauru detention centre security

Brisbane protest questions Wilson role in Manus, Nauru detention centre security Date:   November 6, 2015 Protesters gather to campaign against Wilson Security’s running of Australian detention centres. Photo: Daniela Sunde-Brown… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Cost of offshore detention centres on Nauru, Manus Island blows out by $100 million: Immigration Department annual report

Cost of offshore detention centres on Nauru, Manus Island blows out by $100 million: Immigration Department annual report By political reporter Stephanie Anderson Updated 6 Nov 2015, 11:15pm Photo: Only one… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Riotous Refugees or Systemic Injustice: A Sociological Examination of Riots in Australian Immigration Detention Centres

Riotous Refugees or Systemic Injustice: A Sociological Examination of Riots in Australian Immigration Detention Centres You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to register  

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Dual Loyalties and Impossible Dilemmas: Health care in Immigration Detention

Dual Loyalties and Impossible Dilemmas: Health care in Immigration Detention You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to register  

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Hidden Men: Bearing witness to mandatory detention in Australia

Hidden Men: Bearing witness to mandatory detention in Australia You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to register  

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