Agreed! except that Hurst wouldn't have written the headline (or the
'standfirst' - first par as in writes Mike Hurst or the like) - those
inaccessible and crusty ol' subeditors would have done that according to
space ... *grr* cheers...Christine
From: Trudy Bray [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To:
Last financial year, Australia took 406 Afghan refugees from offshore out of an
offshore refugee and special humanitarian intake of
8,261. Most places under the program went to Europeans.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/0109/26/text/national1.html
Trudy
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Ruddock lies:
Mr Ruddock said attempts to liken the legislation to the White Australia Policy
were
badly misconceived.
Refugees arriving under Australian resettlement programs came from Africa, the
Middle East, the Balkans and Asia, he said.
They don't come from Europe in the main
When Costello, Ruddock, Reith, Slipper and Anderson all link the asylum seekers
to terrorists while Howard piously denounces attacks on Muslims, there seems to
be very little 'inadvertent' about it.
Trudy
ABC News
Tue, 25 Sep 2001 18:39 AEST
Govt inadvertantly sparked
racial hatred:
Media Release
September 25, 2001
A Gungalidda grassroot's perspective on Refugees and the recent events in the US
Not all Aboriginal people agree with the views on asylum-seekers expressed
by ATSIC bureaucrat Marion Hansen (C/T, 22/9/01). I wonder if working for
the Government has affected
