Andrew Hickling imported drugs and dirty money into WA,running a lucrative business all while incarcerated at Northam’s Yongah Hill Detention Centre.
Children being held in adult watch houses for extended periods of time are using mattresses to surround themselves when using the toilet.
Another day,another kid found dead in a prison cell. It’s not the system that needs to change,it’s our thinking.
Qld youth workers are in despair over kids spending 20-plus hours a day confined to a room,while judges last week described one child’s isolation as a disgrace.
The immigration minister has been under fire over a directive he issued last year that has been linked to several tribunal decisions allowing visa holders to stay despite committing serious crimes.
A Queensland Liberal senator is urging a rethink from all sides of politics,saying the proposed legislation would have “real-world consequences” for vulnerable people.
Party sources say Bennelong MP Jerome Laxale questioned the impact of provisions blocking visas from countries who don’t accept the return of their citizens.
The government intends to mount a fresh defence in the High Court against asylum seekers who refuse to co-operate with Australian authorities.
Robert Taylor was facing deportation to the UK under strict immigration laws despite living in Australia his whole life. His fight to be released back to his family was eventually successful.
The new detention laws pushed through parliament before Christmas have been branded unacceptable by a committee chaired by a Labor MP.
“No one is directly responsible or accountable for the time a child spends in a watch house nor the impact this has on their wellbeing,” principal commissioner behind review says.