How does a Christian ethicist rate the Australian government’s performance on asylum seekers?

In April and May 2004, a row erupted in Australia between the officers of three courts, and a Federal Government Minister. At the centre of the dispute were five detained children. Then in May, the Human Rights and Equal Opportunities Commission presented a report on its enquiry into children in detention in Australia. The dispute and the report highlight much that is wrong, and perhaps also right, about our Government’s current policy on asylum seekers.

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