Thanks Sue, That reminded me of the minister's performance as reported on Media Watch, which I've just linked to the story.
I picked up a copy of the summary of A Last Resort? (the summary to the national inquiry) pp 72, for a read and review if anyone is interested. Stephen > Sue Bolton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >Government denounced for child detention policy > >Speakers from across the party-political spectrum and several faith > >groups on June 10 denounced the Howard Government's policy of > locking > >asylum seeker children in detention centres. READ ON > > > I attended a ChilOut meeting last week at which Dr Sev Ozdowski > described the meticulous research that had gone into the HREOC "A > Last > Resort?' Report. To have it tabled in Parliament on the eve of the > Budget was a disgrace. To then have DIMIA invite Telegraph > journalists > along to a raid on Doyles [for those interstate: a top Sydney seafood > restaurant] thus further diverting media and public attention from > the > Report makes my blood boil. Then to have Sen Vanstone praise the > journalists for covering the raid, when journalists have been refused > access to Nauru and other detention centres, makes me tremble with > rage! > > At a public meeting with our local member - Dr Brendan Nelson - the > Friday before last, my daughter asked his opinion of the Report. His > reply: "Oh I haven't had time to look at it, but I believe that it's > all about the past, and only twelve children remain in detention!" As > we left the meeting she was able to tell him that "12" was Amanda's > distortion of the figures. > > While the government is quietly doing some "nice" things for > asylum-seekers now in preparation for the elections they shouldn't be > allowed to get away with this! > > Sue > > > > > > Sue Bolton > Sydney, Australia > ><http://nsw.uca.org.au/news/2004/children-in-detention-rally_10-06-0 > 4.htm> ------------------------------------------------------ - You are subscribed to the mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put in the message body 'unsubscribe insights-l' (ell, not one (1)) See: http://nsw.uca.org.au/insights-l-information.htm ------------------------------------------------------
