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External Territories of Australia

Labor slow on asylum claims

smh.com.au
Sep 4, 2008
        

LABOR is failing to comply with legal deadlines for deciding whether to allow asylum seekers to stay, despite having criticised the Coalition's treatment of people claiming refugee status. Figures tabled in Parliament this...

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Christmas Island detention centre inspected

andrewbartlett.com
Aug 21, 2008
        

After many years and hundreds of millions of dollars, the new immigration jail detention centre on Christmas Island has finally been completed – and of course stands empty. A range of community based human rights organisations...

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Detention Centre 'Extremely Harsh, Prison-Like': Amnesty

epochtimes.com
Aug 16, 2008 4 related
        

CANBERRA—Refugee advocates who have toured Australia's new immigration detention centre on Christmas Island say it is "extremely harsh" and unsuitable. The federal government recently softened immigration laws so that fewer...

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Oceans On The Precipice Of Mass Extinctions And Rise Of Slime

terradaily.com
Aug 15, 2008 35 related
        

San Diego CA (SPX) Aug 15, 2008 - Human activities are cumulatively driving the health of the world's oceans down a rapid spiral, and only prompt and wholesale changes will slow or perhaps ultimately reverse the catastrophic...

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Army chiefs admit servicemen's radiation exposure

fijitimes.com
Aug 12, 2008
        

BRITISH defence chiefs have admitted servicemen were exposed to dangerous radiation levels during nuclear tests in Australia and the South Pacific in the 1950s. The admission, after years of denial, features in papers filed in...

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AUSTRALIA: 'Refugee Detention Reforms Fine - More Needed'

ipsnews.net
Aug 12, 2008 1 related
        

By Stephen de Tarczynski MELBOURNE, Aug 12 (IPS) - While refugee advocates have welcomed recent changes to the government’s policy of mandatory detention of unauthorised arrivals to Australia, they argue that reforms should go...

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Christian Science Monitor / Australia no longer to detain asylum seekers

educationsansfrontieres.org
Aug 8, 2008
        

As immigrants from Iraq and Afghanistan pour into the country, human rights groups praise the new policy. But critics say it will undermine national security. Source : http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0730/p99s01-duts.html By...

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Indonesia, Australia complete border security alert computer project

antara.co.id
Aug 7, 2008
        

Indonesian Minister for Law and Human Rights Andi Matalatta and visiting Australian Minister for Immigration and Citizenship Senator Chris Evans on Wednesday announced the successful implementation of a major border movement...

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Govt Says British Nuke Tests In 1950s Exposed Soldiers

pacificislands.cc
Aug 4, 2008 18 related
        

has acknowledged in court proceedings that its nuclear weapons testing program in the Pacific during the 1950s exposed some service members to dangerous levels of radiation, Radio New Zealand International reports. According to...

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Young World Quiz (August 5, 2008)

hindu.com
Aug 4, 2008
        

1. Simple one to start with. The first human to set foot on moon celebrates his birthday on this date. Name the living legend. 2. For which 1908 novel is author Kenneth Graham best known? 3. The glamorous Hollywood actress born...

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