News & Events

MEDIA REPORTS

See also the immigration section in The Age, and in the Sydney Morning Herald for an up-to-date source of news items on asylum seekers and detainees.

Media Reports - 2004 Archive File
Media Reports - 2005 Archive File

January 2006
February 2006
March 2006
April 2006
May 2006
June 2006
July 2006
August 2006

August

• Senators lobbied ahead of migration Bill vote, ABC Online News - August 14, 2006
• PM likely to walk plank on border protection, The Age - August 14, 2006 by Michelle Grattan
• Asylum-seeker No. 43 has a new start, The Age - August 14, 2006 by Michael Gordon
• Steve Fielding: Why I will not go Howard's way on illegals, The Age - August 14, 2006 by Steve Fielding
  
• Asylum law teetering as Fielding finally says no, The Age - August 14, 2006 by Jewel Topsfield
• Ads attack 'shameful' laws, SMH - August 14, 2006 by Mark Metherell
• Howard faces humiliating defeat on asylum legislation, SMH - August 14, 2006 by Mark Metherell and Mark Forbes
• Returned Afghanis had no choice: Dems, news.com.au - August 13, 2006 by Denis Peters
• Businessman funds migration Bill ads, news.com.au - August 13, 2006
• Offshore processing Bill's passage uncertain, ABC Online News - August 13, 2006
• Joyce looks to amend migration Bill, ABC Online News - August 13, 2006
  
• Fielding to oppose migration Bill in Senate, ABC Online News - August 13, 2006
• Vanstone account of Afghanis disputed, SMH - August 13, 2006
• Indonesian strategy 'defeats' Australia, The Age - August 13, 2006 by Tom Hyland
• Fielding asylum plan 'won't work', news.com.au - August 13, 2006
• Fielding to vote against migration laws, SMH - August 13, 2006
• Medical crisis on island marked for refugee processing, SMH - August 12, 2006 by Joel Gibson
• Darwin detention centre refurbishment costs blow-out, ABC Online News - August 12, 2006
• Asylum Bill in trouble as senators waver, Canberra Times - August 12, 2006 by Ross Peake
  
• Spark of hope among bullies, SMH - August 12, 2006 by Mike Carlton
• Campaign for human rights act, The Age - August 12, 2006 by Kenneth Nguyen
• High Court Justice praises lawyers of asylum seekers, ABC Online News - August 12, 2006
• Man of mystery keeps them guessing, The Age - August 12, 2006 by Michelle Grattan
• Fielding gets refugee's version of border protection, The Age - August 12, 2006 by Katherine Kizilos
  
• Top team urges senators to just say no, The Age - August 12, 2006 by Michael Gordon and Andra Jackson
  
• Crossing the line on borders, The Age - August 12, 2006 by Michael Gordon
• The lost art of crossing the floor, SMH - August 12, 2006 by Alan Ramsey
• Govt to get asylum seekers death details, SMH - August 11, 2006
• Crack down on Lib bullies: Beazley, news.com.au - August 11, 2006
• Vanstone offers to meet more senators over migration Bill, ABC Online News - August 11, 2006
• Fielding meets asylum seekers, news.com.au - August 11, 2006
• Fielding 'still making up mind', news.com.au - August 11, 2006
• Senators undecided on asylum laws, news.com.au - August 11, 2006 by Saffron Howden
  
• Rebel falls on sword over asylum, The Age - August 11, 2006 by Michael Gordon, Michelle Grattan and Jewel Topsfield
• Decision about Afghan boy being reviewed, SMH - August 10, 2006
• Rebel MPs 'can expect less respect', news.com.au - August 10, 2006
• PM woos Family First on immigration, SMH - August 10, 2006
• It's Bomber v Ironbar, SMH - August 10, 2006
• Senators mum on migration vote, news.com.au - August 10, 2006 by Jane Bunce
• No PM deals on migration law: senator, news.com.au - August 10, 2006
• PM says he never meant to offend Joyce, news.com.au - August 10, 2006
• Forrest quits after migration vote, SMH - August 10, 2006
• Three Libs cross floor on migration, news.com.au - August 10, 2006
• Nats whip quits after asylum vote, news.com.au - August 10, 2006
• Anger over Indonesia's role in migration debate, ABC Online News - August 10, 2006
• PM beats rebels on asylum law, SMH - August 10, 2006 by Phillip Coorey
• Rebels to force Howard's hand, The Australian - August 10, 2006 by Cath Hart and Steve Lewis
• We shall not be moved: rebel MPs will fight on, SMH - August 10, 2006 by Phillip Coorey
• Risking political death but undeterred, The Age - August 10, 2006 by Michael Gordon
• More Libs cross Howard on asylum law, The Age - August 10, 2006 by Jewel Topsfield and Michael Gordon
• MPs stand up for the right to seek asylum - and to dissent, The Age, Editorial - August 10, 2006
• Mike Steketee: Party history goes overboard, The Australian - August 10, 2006 by Mike Steketee
  
• Howard's 'insult' on Barnaby's dinner menu, The Australian - August 10, 2006 by Matt Price
• Refugees 'rely' on support services, The Age - August 9, 2006
• Fate of Afghan asylum seekers 'unknown', The Age - August 9, 2006
• Rebel MP slams 'draconian' laws, The Age - August 9, 2006
• Backbenchers defy PM on asylum bill, The Age - August 9, 2006
• Dissident MPs label migration Bill 'disturbing', ABC Online News - August 9, 2006
• Offshore asylum bill facing defeat, The Australian - August 9, 2006 by Cath Hart
• Coalition MPs face asylum Bill pressure, ABC Online News - August 9, 2006
• Asylum seeker's suicide attempt a warning for MPs, says agent, ABC Online News - August 9, 2006
• Torture rife among refugees: report, news.com.au - August 9, 2006 by Jane Bunce
• Stop bullying rebel MPs: Joyce, news.com.au - August 9, 2006 by Peter Veness
  
• Coalition MPs argue over asylum law 'high ground', ABC Online News - August 9, 2006
• Migration Bill draconian, Lib MP says, news.com.au - August 9, 2006
• MP risks career on detention Bill, news.com.au - August 9, 2006
• Rebel Libs defy PM on asylum law, The Age - August 9, 2006 by Michael Gordon and Jewel Topsfield
• Howard begs MPs: don't stray on asylum, SMH - August 9, 2006 by Louise Dodson and Cynthia Banham
• Dissidents under a microscope, The Age - August 9, 2006 by Michelle Grattan
• Cambodian Govt says asylum seeker a fraud, The World Today - August 8, 2006 by Brendan Trembath
• Seven-year overstay on tourist visa, news.com.au - August 8, 2006
• Vanstone weighs future of asylum seeker 'Jack', ABC Online News - August 8, 2006
• Labor steps up offshore processing opposition, ABC Online News - August 8, 2006
• High stakes in refugee claims: Labor, news.com.au - August 8, 2006
  
• MPs may cross the floor over immigration, news.com.au - August 8, 2006
• Govt sceptical over asylum seeker deaths, AM - August 8, 2006 by Michael Edwards
  
• Group says asylum seekers killed upon return to Afghanistan, AM - August 8, 2006 by Nance Haxton
• Georgiou to cross floor on asylum Bill, ABC Online News - August 8, 2006
• Parliament resumes after winter break, AM - August 8, 2006 by Samantha Hawley
  
• Case studies: Afghan deportees from Nauru, The Australian - August 8, 2006 by Cath Hart
• Immigration Bill debate looms, news.com.au - August 8, 2006 by Saffron Howden and Maria Hawthorne
  
• Asylum seeker deaths inquiry call, news.com.au - August 8, 2006
• Deported Afghans 'jailed, tortured and killed', The Australian - August 8, 2006 by Cath Hart
• Asylum vote pressure on, The Age - August 8, 2006 AAP
  
• Pressure on rebels over immigration laws, news.com.au - August 8, 2006
• Failed asylum seekers killed after repatriation, group says, ABC Online News - August 8, 2006
• Vanstone 'incorrectly informed' on Afghan deaths, ABC Online News - August 8, 2006
• Attempted suicide of asylum seeker raises mental health concerns, PM - August 7, 2006 by Nance Haxton
• Suicide bid detainee's visa reconsidered, ABC Online News - August 7, 2006
• Mentally-ill detainee to return to Baxter, ABC Online News - August 7, 2006
• Baxter detainee 'attempts suicide', ABC Online News - August 7, 2006
• Uniting Church speaks on immigration, news.com.au - August 7, 2006 by Sandra O'Malley
• Group claims returned asylum seekers killed, Lateline -August 7, 2006 by Margot O'Neill
• Nine ex-Nauru detainees 'killed', The Age - August 7, 2006 AAP
• Dissent MPs urged to reject migration bill, ABC Online News - August 7, 2006
• Child refugees denied basic rights - study, SMH - August 7, 2006 by Anna Patty
• Key senator set to cross floor on asylum law, The Age - August 7, 2006 by Michelle Grattan
• System 'victimises' child asylum seekers, news.com.au - August 6, 2006 by Saffron Howden and Jane Bunce
• Rebel MPs 'may backflip' on detention, news.com.au - August 6, 2006 by Jane Bunce
• Liberals rally for detainees top ally, The Age - August 6, 2006 by Michelle Grattan
• Howard unmoved on migration bill, ABC Online News - August 6, 2006
• Child refugees at risk under proposed migration laws: report, ABC Online News - August 5, 2006
• Young, alone and legally abandoned, SMH - August 5, 2006 by Adele Horin
• The return of the Incredible Hulk, Crikey - August 4, 2006 by Christian Kerr
  
• PM vows good detention boat conditions, The Age - August 4, 2006 AAP
• Asylum critic faces preselection battle, news.com.au - August 4, 2006 AAP
  
• Parents sue over refugee baby's death, news.com.au - August 4, 2006 AAP
• Howard defends jail ship, The Australian - August 4, 2006 by Simon Kearney
• Asylum hopeful told 'try the UN', The Australian - August 4, 2006 by Patrick Walters
  
• Moylan challenger linked to Tuckey, The Australian - August 4, 2006 by Tony Barrass and Cath Hart
• Darwin's African immigrants tell of intimidation, attacks, ABC Online News - August 3, 2006
• Govt faces tough Habib damages case, The Age - August 3, 2006 AAP
  
• Detention ship plan 'requires Indonesian support', ABC Online News - August 3, 2006
• HREOC asked to probe at-sea detentions, ABC Online News - August 3, 2006
• Plan to hold illegals at sea 'cruel', news.com.au - August 3, 2006 AAP
• Howard rules out asylum-law changes, news.com.au - August 3, 2006 by Saffron Howden and Paul Osborne
• Illegals to be held on Customs prison hulk, The Australian - August 3, 2006 by Simon Kearney
• Papuan asylum seeker says visa refusal was political, The Age - August 3, 2006 by Andra Jackson
• Govt under fire over prison 'mother ship' plan, ABC Online News - August 3, 2006
• Coalition refugee tiff set to flare, SMH - August 2, 2006 by Craig Skehan
• Refugee advocate says detention a waste of money, AM - August 2, 2006 by Lynn Bell
• Justice comes ashore, The Age - August 2, 2006 by Michelle Grattan
• Australia 'too self-righteous', news.com.au - August 2, 2006 by Sandra O'Malley
• Student bailed after threats to court, The Age - August 2, 2006 AAP
• Govt pushes ahead with immigration laws, The Age - August 2, 2006 AAP
• Indonesia blamed for rights abuses, The Age - August 2, 2006 by Jewel Topsfield and Michelle Grattan
• New detention centre 'better' than home, The Age - August 1, 2006 AAP
• Vanstone may appeal Papuan refugee decision, The Age - August 1, 2006 AAP
• Papuan could be 'last asylum seeker', news.com.au - August 1, 2006 by Saffron Howden and Paul Carter
• Last Papuan refugee gets visa, The Australian - August 1, 2006 by Natalie O'Brien and Cath Hart
• Papuan asylum detention overturned, The Age - August 1, 2006 by Michael Gordon
  
• Tribunal allows Papuan to stay, SMH - August 1, 2006 by Craig Skehan
  
• PhD student charged over death threats, SMH - August 1, 2006 by Les Kennedy
• Govt wants private boat to patrol northern waters, ABC Online News - August 1, 2006

July

• Surprise release for student facing deportation, SMH - July 29, 2006 by Harriet Alexander
• Japanese student released from Villawood, ABC Online News - July 29, 2006 by Brendan Trembath
  
• Ruddock faces state push on Hicks, news.com.au - July 26, 2006
• Japanese student seeks Australian asylum, SMH - July 25, 2006 AAP
• Population or immigration: Costello issues warning, The Age - July 25, 2006 by Misha Schubert
• Indonesian sect 'may seek asylum', news.com.au - July 24, 2006 by Rob Taylor And Olivia Rondonuwu
  
• Japanese student seeks asylum, PM - July 24, 2006 by Conor Duffy
  
• Deportation looms for gifted law student, SMH - July 24, 2006 by Harriet Alexander and Ben Cubby
• Govt urged to be 'generous' with Lebanese refugees, ABC Online News - July 23, 2006
• Democracy damned by secret justice, SMH - July 22, 2006 by Adele Horin
  
• East Timorese refugees told to go home, news.com.au - July 21, 2006
• Govt rejects push to try Hicks in Australia, ABC Online News - July 20, 2006
• Open letter asks for Hicks's release, ABC Online News - July 20, 2006
• Deported activist seeks access to ASIO files, ABC Online News - July 20, 2006
• Peace activist, refugees seek ASIO documents, news.com.au - July 20, 2006
• Going the wrong way on rights, The Age - July 20, 2006 by Brian Walters
• Indonesia opts out of migration debate, The Age - July 19, 2006
• Sedaqatyar family: another tale of misery, Green Left Weekly - July 19, 2006 by Andrew Hall
• States attack English test for migrants, The Age - July 19, 2006 by Jewel Topsfield
  
• Detainees moved after escape bid, news.com.au - July 18, 2006
• Lawyers urged to speak out about Hicks' treatment, ABC Online News - July 18, 2006
  
• Gay men molested in Aussie refugee jail, Gay.com - July 17, 2006 by Cath Pope
• Immigration admits detention security lapse, ABC Online News - July 17, 2006
• 29 Australians wrongly held, The Age - July 15, 2006
• Abuse claims prompt fears of systemic problem in detention centres, The Age - July 15, 2006 by Andra Jackson
• Migration policy 'hurts PNG', news.com.au - July 15, 2006
• Cornelia Rau missing in Arnhem Land, ABC Online News - July 15, 2006
• Cornelia Rau found in Adelaide, ABC Online News - July 15, 2006
• Locking up men, women, kids and ..... fat pigs, The Age - July 13, 2006 AAP
• Concern over health of Japanese student in detention, PM - July 12, 2006 by Brendan Trembath
• Concern grows for detained Japanese academic, ABC Online News - July 12, 2006
• Plan to 'shock' detainee, The Age - July 12, 2006 by Andra Jackson
  
• Guantanamo detainees entitled to Geneva rights, says US, ABC Online News - July 12, 2006
  
• Nauru officials visit Baxter detention centre, ABC Online News - July 10, 2006
• Fragile freedom, The Age - July 8, 2006 by George Williams
• Student accused of terrorism may challenge charges, SMH - July 7, 2006 by Tim Dick
  
• Rights reduced to rhetoric, The Age - July 6, 2006 by Waleed Aly
• Action now to stop bad refugee policy, Green Left Weekly - July 5, 2006 by Anna Samson
  
• Push for probe on refugee contract, news.com.au - July 5, 2006
• Immigration delay revealed, PM - July 5, 2006 by Andrew Fowler
• Immigration Dept apologises to mother over 3-year delay, ABC Online News - July 5, 2006
• Pay us or we'll sue, dead boy's family warns, SMH - July 5, 2006 by Greg Ray
• Nauru aims to lift camp standards, The Age - July 5, 2006 by Michael Gordon
• Lawyer renews plea for Hicks's release, ABC Online News - July 4, 2006
• Indonesian MP says Papuan issue settled, ABC Online News - July 4, 2006
• Refugee worker says Glenside not accepting detainees, ABC Online News - July 4, 2006
• Michelle Grattan: Shelling out false justice, The Sunday Age - July 2, 2006 by Michelle Grattan

June

• PNG rejects asylum request, Canberra Times - June 30, 2006 by Ross Peake
  
• Turning our backs on people in need, The Age - June 30, 2006 by Scott Burchill
• Indonesia refuses joint illegal fishing patrols, ABC Online News - June 30, 2006
• Bogus asylum claims 'won't be tolerated', SMH - June 30, 2006 AAP
  
• Supreme Court Rejects Guantanamo War Crimes Trials, The Washington Post - June 29, 2006 by William Branigin
• What's wrong in Papua, The Age - June 29, 2006 by Kenneth Davidson
• Indonesia to sign prisoner exchange deal, The Age - June 28, 2006
• Vanstone dry-eyed over asylum cases, The Age - June 27, 2006 AAP
  
• Scorning those in need, The Age - June 27, 2006 by Arnold Zable
• Warfare in the West as refugee law rift deepens, The Age - June 27, 2006 by Jewel Topsfield
• Nauru given $40m to take refugees - and fight graft, SMH - June 26, 2006 by David Humphries
• Vanstone to boost Burmese refugee intake, ABC Online News - June 26, 2006 by Anne Barker
• Indonesia meeting on, relations cool, The Age - June 25, 2006 by Tom Hyland and Mark Forbes
• Migration Bill unlikely to change: Minchin, ABC Online News - June 25, 2006
• The Tampa effect isn't likely to reappear, The Australian - June 24, 2006 by George Megalogenis
• Howard's power house, SMH - June 24, 2006 by David Humphries
• Indonesia puts treaty in doubt, The Age - June 24, 2006 by Mark Forbes
• Rebel backbenchers are branded anarchists, The Australian - June 23, 2006 by Cath Hart
• Villawood rape claims examined, SMH - June 23, 2006 by Ben Cubby
• The human face of the Pacific Solution, The Age - June 23, 2006 by Michael Gordon
• Govt passes asylum seekers on to PNG, PM - June 23, 2006 by Gillian Bradford
  
• Govt off-loaded asylum seekers: Democrats, ABC Online News - June 23, 2006
• Asylum seekers returned to PNG, ABC Online News - June 23, 2006
• Scrap immigration Bill: Labor, news.com.au - June 22, 2006
• Immigration laws 'must not change', news.com.au - June 22, 2006
• Howard left empty-handed as rebels dig in on migration laws, The Age - June 22, 2006 by Michael Gordon
• Migration laws delay angers MPs, ABC Online News - June 22, 2006
• Coalition division delays migration bill, ABC Online News - June 22, 2006
• Rebel MPs stick to their guns on Nauru, SMH - June 22, 2006 by Louise Dodson
• Backbench revolt on refugees and stem cells, The Australian - June 22, 2006 by Samantha Maiden and Cath Hart
• Refugee bill meets storm of protest, The Guardian - June 21, 2006 by Bob Briton
  
• Howard, MPs fail to reach agreement over migration changes, ABC Online News - June 21, 2006
  
• PM agrees to law changes, SMH - June 21, 2006
• Migration Bill's fate won't stop PM's trip, Canberra Times - June 21, 2006 by Ross Peake
• Pacific Solution: A New White Australia Policy?, New Matilda - June 21, 2006 by John Langmore
  
• Refugees: PM gags rebel, The Australian - June 21, 2006 by Samantha Maiden and Cath Hart
• PM cuts short fiery debate on migration laws, The Age - June 21, 2006 by Michael Gordon
• Tampa won us votes: Libs, SMH - June 21, 2006 by Louise Dodson and Phillip Coorey
• PM ends migration bill debate, 7.30 Report - June 20, 2006 by Michael Brissenden
• Papuans rally, call for man to be granted asylum, ABC Online News - June 20, 2006
• We're all responsible for this Government's inhumanity, The Australian - June 20, 2006 by Malcolm Fraser
• Fate of nine-year-old Afghan awaits all, Scoop NZ - June 20, 2006
• Immigration Bill unlikely to pass Senate, PM - June 20, 2006 by Catherine McGrath
• PM steps in to end MPs row, news.com.au - June 20, 2006
• PM ends migration bill debate, ABC Online News - June 20, 2006
• Time to find a solution, says Nauru, The Age - June 20, 2006 by Michael Gordon
• Vanstone gives ground on refugee plan, SMH - June 20, 2006 by David Humphries
• Talks stall over Nauru detention plan, The Australian - June 20, 2006 by Cath Hart
• Appeal for El Salvadorian family could hamper stay, ABC Tasmania - June 19, 2006
• Vanstone flags concessions over migration bill impasse, news.com.au - June 19, 2006
• Howard's key to asylum deadlock, The Australian - June 19, 2006 by Samantha Maiden
  
• Deal likely on migration laws: MP, news.com.au - June 19, 2006
• PM 'patient' on immigration, news.com.au - June 19, 2006
• Howard ready to bend on Nauru, SMH - June 19, 2006 by Mark Metherell
• Fijian family fights to stay, news.com.au - June 19, 2006
• Rebel backbenchers put Govt under pressure, The World Today - June 19, 2006 by Alexandra Kirk
  
• Rebel asylum talks continue, news.com.au - June 19, 2006 by Kylie Williams
  
• ALP to scrap offshore detention, news.com.au - June 19, 2006
• Libs' refugee policy in dock, The Australian - June 19, 2006 by Mark Dodd
• Vanstone still to win backbencher support over immigration changes, ABC Online News - June 18, 2006
• IR, immigration to dominate parliament, The Age - June 18, 2006
• Bashir issue separate to Migration Act changes: Govt, ABC Online News - June 18, 2006
• Pope urges respect for refugee rights, ABC Online News - June 18, 2006
• Strains in shadow play, The Age - June 18, 2006 by Michelle Grattan
• Detainees held in 'box-like' cells, news.com.au - June 17, 2006
  
• ASIO spies forget visas, The Age - June 17, 2006 by Michael Gordon
• Family fears 'unknown' intervention in asylum case, ABC Online News - June 17, 2006
• Indonesian MP warns Aust not to be 'silent enemy', ABC Online News - June 16, 2006
• PM denies appeasing Indonesia, news.com.au - June 16, 2006
• Three Papuan men to be sent to PNG, The Age - June 16, 2006 AAP
• Process asylum seekers in Australia: PNG, The Age - June 16, 2006 AAP
• Asylum changes excise mainland: Beazley, ABC Online News - June 15, 2006
• Senators review migration Bill, The Australian - June 15, 2006
• Asylum debate delayed over relations, news.com.au - June 15, 2006
• Australia bars entry to Filipino migrants' adopted child, The Age - June 15, 2006 by Andra Jackson
• Vanstone admits Indonesian influence, The Age - June 15, 2006 by Michael Gordon
  
• Answering to Jakarta, The Age - June 15, 2006 by Scott Burchill
• Labor to oppose offshore processing bill, ABC Online News - June 15, 2006
• Vanstone stands by migration bill, ABC Online News - June 14, 2006
• Indonesia driving asylum changes, Burke says, Australian Broadcasting Corporation - June 14, 2006 by Quentin Dempster
• Migration changes consider Indonesia's concerns: Vanstone, ABC Online News - June 14, 2006
• "Cornelia Rau Discoverer" speaks: World Refugee Day, Project SafeCom - June 14, 2006
• Migration bill changes possible: Costello, ABC Online News - June 14, 2006
• Offshore asylum laws in doubt as back bench rebels, The Age - June 14, 2006 by Louise Dodson and Stephanie Peatling
• Politicians cross party lines to oppose detention, The Age - June 14, 2006 by Michael Gordon
• Minister to meet backbenchers over migration report, ABC Online News - June 14, 2006
• Labor challenge on refugee bill, news.com.au - June 14, 2006
• Joyce weighs voting against Bill, news.com.au - June 14, 2006
• Australian-born girls 'not citizens', news.com.au - June 14, 2006
• Senate scuttles PM's offshore asylum plan, The Courier Mail - June 14, 2006 by Lachlan Heywood
  
• An open letter to Amanda Vanstone, Green Left Weekly - June 14, 2006 by Joe Collins
• Crikey: No refuge over refugees?, Crikey - June 13, 2006 by Christian Kerr
• Call to abandon asylum seeker laws, news.com.au - June 13, 2006 by Sandra O'Malley
  
• A tolerant society is more than just an attitude, The Age, EDITORIAL - June 13, 2006 AAP
• Joyce joins immigration fray, The Age - June 13, 2006 AAP
  
• Coalition senators threaten migration bill revolt, ABC Online News - June 13, 2006
• Mental health team to visit Nauru detainees, ABC Online News - June 13, 2006
• Indons hold hope of visa review, news.com.au - June 13, 2006
• Fed Govt under pressure to revise asylum seeker laws, The World Today - June 13, 2006 by Gillian Bradford
  
• Push to scuttle asylum laws strengthens, The Age - June 13, 2006 AAP
• Liberal MP won't vote on immigration law, ABC Online News - June 13, 2006
• Report urges asylum changes be dropped, ABC Online News - June 13, 2006
• Jakarta's man returns in time for migration vote, The Australian - June 13, 2006 by Cath Hart and Dennis Shanahan
• Senate revolt over asylum laws grows, The Age - June 13, 2006 by Annabel Stafford and Sarah Smiles
• Call to bring Papuan detainees to mainland, news.com.au - June 13, 2006
• PM shrugs off immigration poll, news.com.au - June 12, 2006
• Howard unmoved by immigration poll, ABC Online News - June 12, 2006
• Most oppose offshore asylum seeker processing: poll, ABC Online News - June 12, 2006
• UN seeks funds for E Timorese refugees, ABC Online News - June 12, 2006 by Anne Barker
• Detention abuse 'widespread', news.com.au - June 12, 2006 by Kylie Williams
  
• Scrap immigration law changes: Labor, The Age - June 12, 2006 AAP
• Envoy's return ends rift on Papua, The Australian - June 12, 2006 by Joseph Kerr
• Report on detention abuse due, SMH - June 12, 2006 by Ben Cubby
• Four new sex abuse cases in detention, The Australian - June 12, 2006 by Cath Hart
  
• Senate may query new asylum laws, The Age - June 12, 2006 by Jewel Topsfield
• Call for experts to help immigration, The Age - June 11, 2006 AAP
• Immigration lawyer welcomes drug, assault claims probe, ABC Online News - June 10, 2006
• Rau lawyer 'shocked' over wrongful detention revelations, ABC Online News - June 10, 2006
• ALP wants Villawood claims investigated, The Age - June 10, 2006 AAP
• Detainee rape report 'due soon', The Sunday Times - June 10, 2006 by Peter Veness, Amy Coopes and Nick Ralston
  
• Villawood rape allegations under investigation, ABC Online News - June 10, 2006
• Detainee 'raped in front of her toddler', The Australian - June 10, 2006 by Cath Hart
• Immigration admits another 26 wrongful detentions, ABC Online News - June 9, 2006
• Anti-refugee Bill might be defeated by the Senate, The Bartlett Diaries - June 8, 2006 by Andrew Bartlett
• Minister to determine migrant family's future, 7.30 Report - June 8, 2006 by Matt Peacock
• Winter waiting game, The Hobart Mercury - June 8, 2006 by Alison Ribon
• Indonesia acts to repair ties, The Age - June 8, 2006 by Mark Forbes
• Immigration denies hampering access to asylum seekers, ABC Online News - June 7, 2006
• Late DIMA officers displease MPs, ABC Online News - June 6, 2006
• Thousands petition against asylum changes, ABC Online News - June 6, 2006
  
• Nauru child detainees 'sent home', news.com.au - June 6, 2006 by Saffron Howden
• Baby, do they want to stay in Tassie, The Mercury - June 5, 2006 by Heather Low Choy
• Parents win visa fight, news.com.au - June 5, 2006 by Katelyn John
• QC slams Ruddock over security checks, The Age - June 5, 2006 AAP
• SBS-TV Insight: BORDER SECURITY, SBS - TV - June 5, 2006
• UN criticises portrayal of asylum seekers, ABC Online News - June 5, 2006
  
• Papuan's visa decision faces reversal, The Australian - June 5, 2006 by Cath Hart
• Keyboard a springboard in refugee success story, The Age - June 5, 2006 by Robin Usher
• Judges seek fair trial for Hicks, The Australian - June 3, 2006 by Richard Kerbaj
• Birth highlights asylum seeker policy cruelty, MP says, ABC Online News - June 3, 2006
• 'Oogabooga' wrote refugee tribunal, The Age - June 2, 2006 by Peter Barrett and Julie Szego
• Vanstone defends Immigration Dept's jeans ban, ABC Online News - June 2, 2006
• Nauru detention fear for Afghan asylum seekers, The Age - June 2, 2006 by Sasha Shtargot
• Advocates demand to see asylum seekers, The Age - June 1, 2006 AAP
• Immigration spent $1.5m fighting boy's stress suit, The Age - June 1, 2006 by Jewel Topsfield
• $1.5m spent fighting claim, SMH - June 1, 2006 by David Humphries

May

• Freddie fights for refugees, The Courier Mail - May 31, 2006 by Natascha Mirosch
• RMIT refugee project under threat, Green Left Weekly - May 31, 2006 by Andrea Mears
• New refugee policy introduces 'era of cruelty', Green Left Weekly - May 31, 2006 by Tony Iltis
• West Papua: Aus-Indon security pact a return to form, Green Left Weekly - May 31, 2006 by Rohan Pearce
  
• Australian military 'failing refugees', NineMsn News - May 29, 2006 AAP
• Refugee activists criticise Baxter facilities upgrade, ABC Online News - May 29, 2006
• Vanstone opens new Baxter facilities, The Age - May 29, 2006 AAP
• Iraqi nationals 'plan to jump queue', The Sunday Times - May 29, 2006 by Bryan Littlely
  
• Vanstone brushes aside job speculation, The Age - May 29, 2006 AAP
• Govt to monitor E Timor refugee situation: Vanstone, news.com.au - May 29, 2006 AAP
  
• Vanstone talks up 'enjoyable' Baxter sporting facilities, ABC Online News - May 29, 2006
• Iraqi family gets no answer to asylum plea, The Age - May 29, 2006 by Sarah Smiles
• Coalition MPs oppose offshore processing laws, ABC Online News - May 29, 2006
• Rights at risk: Liberals, The Age - May 28, 2006 by Jason Dowling
  
• Staff give Amanda a dressing down over dress-up orders, SMH - May 28, 2006 by Catharine Munro
  
• Vanstone's staff made to check hemlines, The Age - May 28, 2006 by Catharine Munro
• Mike Steketee: The Vanstone wiggle, Opinion, The Australian - May 27, 2006 by Mike Steketee
• UNHCR 'barred' from Papua, ABC Online News - May 26, 2006
• Nauru Is 'Australia's Gitmo', SBS Radio - May 26, 2006
  
• Refugee group accuses Australia of going against conventions, Radio New Zealand International - May 26, 2006
• Refugee group queries family handling, news.com.au - May 26, 2006 AAP
• Immigration defends offshore processing, ABC Online News - May 26, 2006
• Asylum plan set to be difficult, UN says, The Age - May 26, 2006 AAP
• W Papuan supporters protest, news.com.au - May 26, 2006 AAP
• Semi-naked Papuans lead asylum protest, The Age - May 26, 2006 AAP
  
• A visa that denies fundamental human rights, The Age - May 26, 2006 by Ben Saul
• Indonesia spying on Papuans: Greens, The Age - May 26, 2006 by Sarah Smiles
• Ethnics roped into tribal law ban, The Australian - May 26, 2006 by Chris Merritt
• Canberra refuses bid for asylum, The Age - May 25, 2006 by Jewel Topsfield and Penelope Debelle
• Greens worry over asylum child, news.com.au - May 25, 2006 AAP
• Refugees may be sent to PNG, news.com.au - May 25, 2006 AAP
• Indonesian MPs question Aust ambassador over Papua, ABC Online News - May 24, 2006
• Amnesty slams Aust offshore asylum policy, ABC Online News - May 24, 2006
  
• MPs join chorus against immigration laws, The Age - May 24, 2006 AAP
• Immigration: Pacific Solution Mark II, New Matilda - May 24, 2006 by Susan Metcalfe
  
• PNG flags asylum seeker issues, ABC Online News - May 24, 2006
• Papuan asylum seeker to appeal against visa decision, ABC Online News - May 24, 2006
  
• No visa for 43rd Papuan, news.com.au - May 24, 2006 by Lauren Ahwan
  
• Papuan's visa request rejected, ABC Online News - May 24, 2006
• Immigration investigates Torres Strait arrivals, ABC Online News - May 24, 2006
• Australia failing in regional rights role, SMH - May 24, 2006 by Cynthia Banham
• UN slams refugee plan, The Australian - May 24, 2006
• Offshore asylum processing gets negative response, ABC Online News - May 23, 2006
• Doctors 'ignored' over mentally ill detainees, The Age - May 23, 2006 by Andra Jackson
• Australia gets poor report from Amnesty, The Age - May 23, 2006 AAP
• Labor 'alarmed' over detainee health, news.com.au - May 23, 2006 AAP
• Medicos 'determine detainees treatment', The Age - May 23, 2006 AAP
• Men searching for Papuan woman's safe house, Lateline - May 22, 2006 by Steve Marshall
  
• Immigration detainees returned against psychiatrists' advice, 7.30 REPORT - May 22, 2006 by Jonathan Harley
• Australian bishops oppose boat people processing plan, Indian Catholic - May 21, 2006
  
• Howard faces MP revolt over asylum change, The Age - May 21, 2006 by Kerry-Anne Walsh
  
• Department eyes compo over lost boat, news.com.au - May 19, 2006 by Dave Donaghy
• Few Guantanamo detainees interrogated: commander, ABC Online News - May 19, 2006
  
• Boat people processing plan opposed, The Age - May 17, 2006 AAP
• Dutch MP who lied for asylum forced to leave, The Australian - May 17, 2006
  
• Bush fails to quell fears over migrants, The Australian - May 17, 2006 by Geoff Elliott
  
• Migration changes welcomed, news.com.au - May 17, 2006 AAP
• Indon wants Papua pledge from Australia, The Age - May 17, 2006 AAP
• Indonesians back stand on Papuans, The Age - May 16, 2006 by Mark Forbes
• Booby in peril as laws ignored, The Australian - May 15, 2006 by Alana Buckley-Carr
  
• Downer holds Papua talks, news.com.au - May 15, 2006 by Rob Taylor
  
• Cabinet switch: Vanstone set to go, The Age - May 15, 2006 by Jewel Topsfield
• Breaking the Jakarta code, The Age - May 15, 2006 by Damien Kingsbury
  
• Avoiding the real West Papua, The Age - May 15, 2006 by Scott Burchill
• New rules on visas for refugees, The Age - May 15, 2006 by Andra Jackson
• Can Howard find refuge?, The Age - May 14, 2006 byMichelle Grattan
• Alvarez deal 'must be respected', news.com.au - May 13, 2006 AAP
• Alverez' condition 'was known', news.com.au - May 13, 2006 AAP
• Dept knew of Alvarez condition, news.com.au - May 13, 2006 by Amy Coopes and Peter Veness
  
• The Ban The Boatpeople Bill, Project SafeCom - May 13, 2006
• Solon's claim to cost $10 million, SMH - May 13, 2006 by Robert Wainwright
  
• Offshore processing standards worry UNHCR, ABC Online News - May 13, 2006 by Stephanie Kennedy
• UN Agency WIll Ask Australia To Change Off-Shore Refugee Processing Legislation, newswire.co.nz - May 13, 2006
• Joyce joins doubters on border bill, The Age - May 12, 2006 by Jewel Topsfield
• Libs get thanks from Papuan, grief from MPs, SMH - May 12, 2006 by David Humphries and Cynthia Banham
  
• Joyce to vote for new migration legislation, ABC Online News - May 12, 2006
• Rights groups slam govt over Papuans, SMH - May 12, 2006 AAP
• Papuan woman 'forced' to demand daughter's return, Lateline - May 11, 2006 by Steve Marshall
  
• New migration laws in Parliament, The Australian - May 11, 2006
• PM's asylum bill hits the rocks, The Age - May 10, 2006 by Misha Schubert, Jewel Topsfield and Michael Gordon
  
• Baxter centre put in mothballs, The Age - May 10, 2006 by Jewel Topsfield
• Our Australian blindside, Online Opinion - May 10, 2006 by David Holdcroft
• Process Papuans in Australia: Greens, The Age - May 9, 2006 AAP
• Three Papuans arrive in Torres strait, Seven News - May 9, 2006 by Denis Peters
• Govt to close two detention centres, The Age - May 9, 2006 AAP
• National TV ads protest proposed detention laws, ABC Online News - May 3, 2006
• Australia can take more refugees: Democrats, ABC Online News - May 2, 2006
• Government 'endangered' detainees, news.com.au - May 2, 2006 AAP
• Immigration denies endangering Chinese asylum seekers, ABC Online News - May 2, 2006
• TV ads to protest immigration policy, The Age - May 2, 2006 AAP
  
• Vanstone caps refugee numbers, ABC Online News - May 2, 2006
• US illegals stop work to protest immigration laws, ABC Online News - May 2, 2006
• DIMA braces itself for more criticism, The Age - May 2, 2006 AAP
• Minimum pay boost for skilled immigrants, The Age - May 1, 2006 AAP
• Asylum application delayed, news.com.au - May 1, 2006 AAP
• Vanstone warns of possible E Timor refugees, ABC Online News - May 1, 2006

April

• Papuan activists raise flag, The Australian - April 30, 2006
• Thompson takes aim on asylum policy, SMH - April 30, 2006 by Catharine Munro
• REVIEW: The Infernal Optimist, The Australian - April 29, 2006 By Natasha Cica
  
• We'll sink under the Atlantis solution, The Age - April 29, 2006 by Melanie La'Brooy
  
• Let's not support separatism, The Australian - April 29, 2006
• Greens call for Vanstone sacking, Sunday Times - April 29, 2006 by Xavier La Canna
• NAURU: Who Knew Hell Had a Phone Number?!, Jessie Taylor's Blog - April 28, 2006
• Papuan asylum case ends in federal court, SMH - April 28, 2006 AAP
• Children locked up for 134 days, The Age - April 27, 2006 by Andra Jackson
• Australia: One step forward ­ two steps back, Amnesty International - April 26, 2006
• Howard's Australia: Unfair Go, New Matilda - April 26, 2006 by Julian Burnside
  
• Papuans 'hiding' after boat sinking, The Age - April 26, 2006 by Andra Jackson and Mark Forbes
• Peace workers refused visas despite assurances, SMH - April 26, 2006 by Adele Horin
• 30 years ago today, the first Vietnamese boat people arrived, The Age - April 26, 2006 by Farah Farouque
• Games athletes plead for asylum, The Australian - April 26, 2006 By Cath Hart
  
• Howard aims to banish all 'boat people', Green Left Weekly - April 26, 2006 by Sarah Stephen
• Games athletes visas about to expire, The Age - April 25, 2006 AAP
• Immigration released murder suspect, news.com.au - April 25, 2006 by Kylie Williams
  
• Chinese consider asylum claims, The Australian - April 25, 2006 By Michael McKenna
• 'Move faster on Papuan's visa', The Australian - April 25, 2006 By Mark Dodd
• Georgiou warned to cool stance, The Australian - April 25, 2006 By Samantha Maiden
• Fury at murder case bungle, The Age - April 25, 2006 by Gary Tippet
• Melbourne life's an 'open prison' for refugee denied work, The Age - April 25, 2006 by Jewel Topsfield
• Asylum seekers 'forced into life of poverty', The Age - April 25, 2006 by Jewel Topsfield
• Closing the Asylum Gate, Time Pacific Magazine - April 24, 2006 by Lisa Clausen
  
• Habib sues Fed Govt for damages, news.com.au - April 24, 2006 AAP
• Georgiou 'a great asset' to Liberals, The Age - April 24, 2006 AAP
• Georgiou win unrelated to refugee policy: Costello, ABC Online News - April 24, 2006
• Refugees 'unable to access' counselling, ABC Online News - April 24, 2006
• Voters don't believe PM on AWB, The Age - April 24, 2006 by Michelle Grattan
• Vanstone denies asylum seekers plan breaches agreement with MPs, ABC Online News - April 24, 2006
• Vanstone on kids in detention, Petro Georgiou and Solomon Islands, The World Today - April 24, 2006 by Alexandra Kirk
  
• Georgiou takes Kooyong in a canter, The Age - April 24, 2006 by Michael Gordon
• Activists want protection visas, news.com.au - April 23, 2006 AAP
• Enter this way, else there's always Nauru, The Australian - April 22, 2006 By Elisabeth Wynhausen
  
• Visa row on links to terror, The Australian - April 22, 2006 By Natalie O'Brien
• Inside story: Linda Jaivin's 'Infernal Optimist', The Australian - April 22, 2006
  
• Maribyrnong Today - reflections of a visitor, Jess Taylor - April 22, 2006
• Solomon Islands riot victims eye asylum, The Australian - April 22, 2006 By Michael McKenna
• Papuan mother remains in hiding, The Age - April 22, 2006 by Michael Gordon and Mark Forbes
• Detained Papuan is top leader's son, The Australian - April 22, 2006 By Amanda Banks
  
• PM's new refugee plan left in tatters, The West Australian - April 22, 2006 by Andrew Probyn and Rhianna King
• Right-Wing Media Teaching to Hate the Innocent, The Independent - April 21, 2006 by Johann Hari
• Jakarta 'concerned' about 42 Papuans, news.com.au - April 21, 2006 AAP
• Indonesia continues to seek child's return, ABC Online News - April 21, 2006
• Secrecy surrounds Australian envoy's Indonesian talks, ABC Online News - April 21, 2006 by Geoff Thompson
• PNG mum 'not back in Indonesia', news.com.au - April 21, 2006 AAP
• Villawood detainees all returned, news.com.au - April 21, 2006 AAP
  
• Bill Hayden says nation needs bill of rights, The Age - April 21, 2006 AAP
• Detainee remains critical but stable, news.com.au - April 21, 2006 AAP
• Palestinian asylum seeker crosses strait, The Age - April 21, 2006 by Andra Jackson
• Suspected Papuan refugee boat sinks, The Age - April 21, 2006 by Mark Forbes
• Bring child asylum seeker home: family, ABC Online News - April 20, 2006
• Asylum seekers deserve dignity: bishop, ABC Online News - April 20, 2006
  
• Detainee swallows razors: advocates, news.com.au - April 20, 2006 AAP
• Riot gear raises suspicions on Christmas Island, ABC Online News - April 20, 2006
• Australia's Papua stance not helping Indonesian democrats, The Age - April 20, 2006 by Kenneth Davidson
  
• Intolerance undermines refugee system: UN, ABC Online News - April 20, 2006
• Death report blames Immigration errors, The Age - April 20, 2006 by Jewel Topsfield
• Jakarta attacks Uniting Church over West Papua, The Age - April 20, 2006 by Mark Forbes
• Howard is wrong on refugees, The Australian - April 20, 2006 By Mike Steketee
• Villawood detainee attempts self-harm, ABC Online News - April 20, 2006
• Report finds Immigration Dept contributed to death of elderly woman, AM - April 19, 2006 by Daniel Hoare
• Agha case findings please GP, ABC Online News - April 19, 2006
• Immigration 'stressed' dying woman, news.com.au - April 19, 2006 AAP
• Island 'told nothing about refugee plans', The Australian - April 19, 2006 By Alana Buckley-Carr and Amanda Banks
• Govt's new refugee rules cause concern for UNHCR, AM - April 19, 2006 by Jean Kennedy
• Ruddock 'disappointed' by UNHCR criticism, ABC Online News - April 19, 2006
• UN issues refugee warning to Australia, The Age - April 19, 2006 AAP
• Christmas Is group welcomes asylum seeker policy changes, ABC Online News - April 19, 2006
• Abandoning West Papua, Editorial New Matilda - April 19, 2006
  
• Millions of refugees victims of war on terror, The Independent, UK - April 19, 2006 by Andy McSmith and Anne Penketh
  
• UN fears Australia's asylum precedent, ABC Online News - April 19, 2006
• Immigration in the clear, SMH - April 19, 2006 by David Humphries
• Agha case prompts Immigration Dept reforms, ABC Online News - April 19, 2006
• UN agency to examine Papua claims, The Age - April 19, 2006 by Michael Gordon and Mark Forbes
  
• Most Australians back Papuan Independence, news.com.au - April 19, 2006 AAP
• Tampa women find hope, The Hume Star - April 18, 2006 By Brigid Harkin
  
• MPs told to zip it on immigration, news.com.au - April 18, 2006 AAP
• Changed Naomi enjoys freedom, The Australian - April 18, 2006 By Elizabeth Gosch
• Villawood 'welcome back' protest, news.com.au - April 18, 2006 by Nick Ralston
• Papua appeasement backfires: ALP, news.com.au - April 18, 2006 AAP
  
• Opposition says Govt to blame for Indonesian demands, ABC Online News - April 18, 2006
  
• Diplomatic mission 'will fail', news.com.au - April 18, 2006 AAP
• UN 'should step in' over Papua girl, news.com.au - April 18, 2006 AAP
• PM stands by Papuan visa decision, ABC Online News - April 18, 2006
• Refugee child ignites Indonesia tensions, The Age - April 18, 2006 by Michael Gordon
• Georgiou puts career on line for boatpeople, The Australian - April 18, 2006 By Samantha Maiden
• Papuan mother 'was coerced', news.com.au - April 18, 2006 AAP
• Easter bunny in refugee rights protest, Nine News - April 17, 2006
  
• Detention plans stir rebel Liberals, The Weekend Australian - April 17, 2006 by Samantha Maiden
• Canberra joins the people traffickers, SMH - April 17, 2006 by Frank Brennan
• Children face detention again, The Courier Mail - April 17, 2006
• Lib MPs rebel over hard line on asylum, SMH - April 17, 2006 by David Humphries
• Churches slam PM on human rights record, SMH - April 16, 2006 by Frank Walker
  
• Vanstone paddling faster than a Papuan refugee, The Age - April 16, 2006 by Jason Koutsoukis
• Labor decries refugee approach, The Advertiser - April 16, 2006 by Kylie Williams, Rob Pash and Amy Coopes
• Soccer pitch has detainees asking to stay, news.com.au - April 15, 2006 AAP
• UK Guardian: The ignorance of Mr Howard, The Guardian - April 15, 2006
• Victims pay to appease the persecutors, Editorial The Age - April 15, 2006
• Countries look to our asylum lead, The Australian - April 15, 2006 By Joseph Kerr
  
• Criticism swells over new refugee processing laws, AM - April 15, 2006 by Jean Kennedy
• Australia leader in trashing refugee rights, The Age - April 15, 2006 by Mark Baker
• Wrong on refugees, Editorial The Australian - April 15, 2006
• New asylum policy sneaked through: Labor, The Age - April 14, 2006
• Changes to Australia's Migration Act a travesty of justice, Amnesty International Australia - April 13, 2006
• Govt prepared to repel asylum seekers, Ellison says, ABC Online News - April 8, 2006
• Papuans under 'house arrest', news.com.au - April 8, 2006 AAP
  
• Indonesia forces asylum concession, The Age - April 8, 2006 by Michael Gordon and Andra Jackson
• Papua's Pacific Solution, The Australian - April 8, 2006 By Greg Sheridan and Samantha Maiden
  
• Ignoring the lesson of East Timor, The Age - April 8, 2006 by Mark Baker
• In the national interest: PM takes tougher line on asylum, SMH - April 8, 2006 by Louise Dodson, Mark Forbes and Craig Skehan
• Lawyer says Hicks' UK bid hampered, news.com.au - April 7, 2006 AAP
• Deny athletes asylum: Sierra Leone, news.com.au - April 7, 2006
• Hunt for Papuans continues, news.com.au - April 7, 2006 AAP
• Indonesia to object to Papuan asylum, news.com.au - April 7, 2006 AAP
• Leave politics out of Papuan debate: refugee advocate, ABC Online News - April 7, 2006
• PM calls for restraint on Papua issue, The Age - April 7, 2006
• Indonesia welcomes Australian review of asylum seeker process, ABC Online News - April 7, 2006
  
• Papua visas under review, says PM, news.com.au - April 7, 2006 AAP
• PM asks for Indonesian understanding on Papuan visas, ABC Online News - April 7, 2006
• Eight years jail for people smuggler, news.com.au - April 7, 2006 AAP
  
• Pakistani people smuggler jailed for eight years, ABC Online News - April 7, 2006
• We must not bow to threats over refugees, The Advertiser - April 7, 2006 by Tony Kevin
• Danger of miring navy in Jakarta's dirty work, The Age - April 7, 2006 by Mark Baker
• Deliver justice or pay a heavy price, province's governor warns, The Age - April 7, 2006 by Mark Forbes
• Papuan boat people not wanted: PM, The Age - April 7, 2006 by Michelle Grattan, Canberra, and Lindsay Murdoch
• Jovicic has visa extended, news.com.au - April 6, 2006 AAP
• 'More effort needed' on Indonesia, news.com.au - April 6, 2006 AAP
• 'Don't encourage' Papuans to leave, news.com.au - April 6, 2006 AAP
• Indonesian MPs cancel Australia visit, ABC Online News - April 6, 2006
  
• The refugees of Manus, The National - April 6, 2006
• We don't want you, PM tells Papuans, ABC Online News - April 6, 2006
• Cartoonists are not in the foreign service, The Australian - April 6, 2006 By John Birmingham
• Supporters of Papuan separatism revealed, The Age - April 6, 2006
• Howard urges against encouragement of Papuan independence, PM - April 6, 2006 by Gillian Bradford
  
• The point of no return, The Age - April 6, 2006 by Andra Jackson
• Papuan students to make mass asylum bid: reports, PM - April 6, 2006 by Peter Cave
  
• Papuans prepared to 'risk lives' for asylum, ABC Online News - April 6, 2006
  
• Papuan family never arrived on Aust island: Customs, ABC Online News - April 6, 2006
• Navy may force Papuan boats back: ministers, SMH - April 6, 2006 by Craig Skehan, Lindsay Murdoch and Mark Forbes
• Visas 'don't give comfort' to Papuans, news.com.au - April 6, 2006 AAP
• Calls for mainland Papuan processing, news.com.au - April 5, 2006 AAP
• Jovicic still in dark over visa: lawyer, news.com.au - April 5, 2006 AAP
• Asbestos find won't shut Villawood, news.com.au - April 5, 2006 by Samantha Baden and Adam Bennett
  
• Asbestos fibres found at Villawood detention centre, ABC Online News - April 5, 2006
• Villawood under police asbestos ban, news.com.au - April 5, 2006 AAP
• Papua arrivals 'will worry' Indonesia, news.com.au - April 5, 2006 AAP
• Papuans are Indonesian: Howard, news.com.au - April 5, 2006 AAP
• Customs yet to find evidence of Papuan arrivals, ABC Online News - April 5, 2006
• Fleeing Papuans no surprise: Greens, news.com.au - April 5, 2006 AAP
• Patrols to halt Papuan exodus, news.com.au - April 5, 2006 by Rob Taylor
• Indonesia's President issues warning over Papua, ABC Online News - April 5, 2006
• Papuan landing still unconfirmed, news.com.au - April 5, 2006 by Jo Prichard
  
• Testing times in Papua, Editorial The Australian - April 5, 2006
• Refugee advocate says human rights take precedence over politics, The World Today - April 5, 2006 by Alison Caldwell
• More arrivals 'will stir Papua row', news.com.au - April 5, 2006 by Kylie Williams
  
• Another Papuan group lands on Australian island, ABC Online News - April 5, 2006
• Both sides must face it - the Papua problem is not going away, SMH - April 5, 2006 by Peter King
• Urgent quest to patch Papua rift, SMH - April 5, 2006 by Louise Dodson and Craig Skehan
  
• Two nations must focus on mutual interest, The Age - April 5, 2006 by Mark Forbes
• Refugees settle in to their new surrounds, The Age - April 5, 2006 by Andra Jackson
• Papuan boat arrival fuels crisis, The Age - April 5, 2006 by Mark Forbes
• Respect laws in Papua row: Costello, news.com.au - April 4, 2006 AAP
• PM 'notes' Yudhoyono comment, news.com.au - April 4, 2006 AAP
• Scott Parkin court challenge begins, Melbourne Indymedia - April 4, 2006 By Iain Murray
• Visa row prompts Indonesian hotel ban on Aussies, ABC Online News - April 4, 2006
  
• Jovicic faces deportation when visa ends, The Age - April 4, 2006
• Refugee warns on Papuan genocide, The Australian - April 4, 2006 By Michael Davis
  
• Offer to detainee leaves him in limbo, news.com.au - April 4, 2006 AAP
• Baying hounds a signal that it's time for cool heads, The Age - April 4, 2006 by Mark Baker
• Free at last, West Papuan refugees rejoice in new dawn, The Age - April 4, 2006 by Andra Jackson
• Falun Gong kept out of the way, The Australian - April 3, 2006 By Paige Taylor
  
• Falun Gong protests during Wen visit, The Age - April 3, 2006
• Embassy protesters claim court win, news.com.au - April 3, 2006 By Max Blenkin
  
• Papuans make plea for freedom, news.com.au - April 3, 2006
• Papua refugees arrive in Melbourne, news.com.au - April 3, 2006
  
• Call for Papuans to be reunited, news.com.au - April 3, 2006
• Yudhoyono 'regrets' asylum seeker visas, ABC Online News - April 3, 2006
  
• Downer plays down Indon comments, news.com.au - April 3, 2006
  
• Papuans 'vanishing' after mine protest, The Age - April 3, 2006 by Andra Jackson
• Habib accuses police of mistreatment after shooting, The Age - April 3, 2006 by Tom Allard
• Lebanese Muslims 'worse off' than other migrants, The Age - April 3, 2006 by Jewel Topsfield
• Home, so near yet so far away, The Nationa l- April 2, 2006 by Lloyd Jones
• Indonesian MPs plan to visit Australia over Papuans, ABC Online News - April 2, 2006
• Papuan protests won't affect relations: Rudd, ABC Online News - April 2, 2006
• Reprisals ongoing in Papua: minister, news.com.au - April 2, 2006 by Jane Bunce
  
• Protesters highlight West Papuan's plight, ABC Online News - April 2, 2006
• Runaways to apply for permanent protection visas, The Age - April 1, 2006 by Jewel Topsfield
• Govt 'underestimated' reaction to Papuan visas, ABC Online News - April 1, 2006
• Absconders inspire shame as well as sympathy, The Age - April 1, 2006 by Martin Daly
  
• Leak returns cartoon salvo, news.com.au - April 1, 2006 AAP

March

• Terror suspect locked in cell in undies, The Age - March 31, 2006 by AAP
• Overstayer complains of 'inhumane' detention, The Age - March 31, 2006 by Andra Jackson
• Italy grants asylum to Afghan Christian, ABC Online News - March 30, 2006
• Papua row strains Indonesian relations, The Age - March 30, 2006 by AAP
• Detention led to 'Mr X's' mental illness: Ombudsman, AM - March 30, 2006 by Jennifer Macey
  
• Grant Mr X visa: Labor, news.com.au - March 30, 2006 AAP
• Mentally ill man kept in detention for six years, ABC Online News - March 30, 2006
• Visa curbs to keep hate preachers out, The Australian - March 30, 2006 by Richard Kerbaj
• Canberra mocked on Papuans, The Age - March 30, 2006 by Mark Forbes
• Vanstone pressed on 'Mr X', The Age - March 30, 2006 by Andra Jackson
• West Papua problem is here to stay, The Age - March 29, 2006 by Michelle Grattan
• West Papua: The Act of No Choice, New Matilda - March 29, 2006 by Marni Cordell
• West Papua: Reluctant Indonesians, New Matilda - March 29, 2006 by Clinton Fernandes
• Cartoon sends Papua row to new low, SMH - March 29, 2006 AAP
• SBS Dateline: West Papua - Long Boat to Freedom, SBS Dateline - March 29, 2006 by George Negus
  
• Cameroon athletes found in Perth, news.com.au - March 29, 2006 AAP
  
• First round of Alvarez talks completed, SMH - March 29, 2006 AAP
• Vanstone incompetent and indolent, says Qld Govt, ABC Online News - March 29, 2006
• Guantanamo tribunals challenged in US court, ABC Online News - March 29, 2006
• Runaway athletes surface in Sydney, Perth, The Age - March 29, 2006 by Russell Skelton, Peter Ker and Martin Boulton
• Climate expert slams refugee policy, Green Left Weekly - March 29, 2006 by Ben Courtice
• Glenside mentally ill detainees "dumped" against psychiatrist advice, Project SafeCom Inc. - March 28, 2006
• Hume: Most oppose detention centre, The Hume Star - March 28, 2006 by Brigid Harkin
  
• Thousands protest against US immigration reforms, The World Today - March 28, 2006 by Kim Landers
  
• Labor unveils immigration plan, news.com.au - March 28, 2006 AAP
• Six more athletes 'get bridging visas', news.com.au - March 28, 2006 AAP
• Afghanistan frees Christian convert, ABC Online News - March 28, 2006
• Indonesia commits to Australian ties, ABC Online News - March 28, 2006 by Peter Cave
• Oz gets what it deserves on West Papua, Crikey.com.au - March 28, 2006 by Michael Pascoe
  
• Two missing Cameroon athletes contact Perth officials, ABC Online News - March 28, 2006
• Six Sierra Leonean runaways win visas, The Age - March 28, 2006 by Martin Boulton, Chris Johnston and Peter Ker
• Couple offer home rent-free to West Papuan refugees, The Age - March 28, 2006 by Andra Jackson and Jewel Topsfield
• Now to make amends for a shattered life, SMH - March 28, 2006 by Natasha Wallace
• Yudhoyono's Papua challenge, SMH Editorial- March 28, 2006
• Jakarta postpones bird flu agreement over Papuan visas, ABC Online News - March 27, 2006
• Visa tension no threat to Indonesian ties, says PM, SMH - March 27, 2006 by Stephanie Peatling and AAP
• Solon to seek care for life, SMH - March 27, 2006 by Robert Wainwright
• Protesters rally outside Jakarta embassy, Yahoo News/AAP- March 27, 2006
• Immigration questions African athletes, ABC Online News - March 27, 2006
• African athletes granted bridging visas, ABC Online News - March 27, 2006
• Indonesia attacks senators over Papua stance, ABC Online News - March 27, 2006
• Turning a blind eye would invite another East Timor, The Age Editorial - March 25, 2006
• Lost at sea in political storm, The Australian - March 25, 2006 by Carmel Egan
  
• Visa huff shows contempt for law: Brown, ABC Online News - March 25, 2006
• Refugee row threatens prisoner exchange, Yahoo News/AAP- March 25, 2006
• Hanging on by the seat of his pants, SMH - March 25, 2006 by Louise Dodson
• Australian Web Site Forced To Shut Down, PropagandaMatrix.com - March 24, 2006 by Richard Phillips
• The liberal the Liberals have to have, The Age - March 24, 2006 by Tony Cutcliffe
  
• Mentally ill citizen held for 253 days, The Australian - March 24, 2006 by Cath Hart
• Vanstone says 'sorry' to detainee, The Age - March 24, 2006 by Andra Jackson
• Vanstone admits dept has long way to go, Nine News - March 24, 2006
  
• Mentally ill man the worst case, says Ombudsman, SMH - March 24, 2006 by David Humphries
• Govt moves to prevent Indonesian anger over Papuan visas, ABC Online News - March 23, 2006
• Granting visas to Papuans 'an unfriendly gesture', SMH - March 23, 2006
• Papuans granted temporary visas, ABC Online News - March 23, 2006
• Ruddock: illegal detention is not my fault, SMH - March 23, 2006
• Bungles show 'entrenched cruelty', The Sunday Mail - March 23, 2006 by David Cranshaw
• Embrace asylum seekers: survivor's final wish, The Age - March 22, 2006 by Andra Jackson
• Indonesia considers banning Australian senator over Papua violence, Radio New Zealand International - March 22, 2006
• Amal Basry's long journey finds home, The Age - March 21, 2006 by Arnold Zable
  
• Former asylum seeker claims jail fear was ignored, The Age - March 15, 2006 by Andra Jackson
• Remaking the mistakes of East Timor, The Age - March 15, 2006 by Scott Burchill
• Our Common Cause: Don't forget the asylum seekers, Green Left Weekly - March 15, 2006 by Tony Dewberry
• Democrats push to close Guantanamo jail, The Age - March 14, 2006 AAP
• Immigration policy is still a blight on the land of the fair go, The Age - March 14, 2006 Editorial
  
• Terror fears may spark asylum bids, The Advertiser - March 14, 2006 by Graham Lloyd
• Business visa program out of control: ACTU, The World Today - March 12, 2006 by Jennifer Macey
  
• ACTU calls for visa inquiry, ABC Online News - March 13, 2006
• Terror laws unused and 'unjustified', The Age - March 12, 2006 by Phillip Hudson
• Labor hits 'gross incompetent' handling of Jovicic case, ABC Online News - March 11, 2006
• International Muslim group denounces Western 'double standards', ABC Online News - March 11, 2006
• 'Living hell' built for two, The Age - March 11, 2006 by Michael Gordon
• Court refuses to hear appeal from British man facing deportation, ABC Online News - March 10, 2006
• Govt ramping up African refugee efforts, The Age - March 10, 2006 AAP
• Jovicic urged to take Serbian citizenship, ABC Online News - March 10, 2006
• Deportation fears loom for stateless man, The Age - March 11, 2006 by Andra Jackson
• The invalid brought home, only to be told to become a Serb, SMH - March 11, 2006 by Ben Cubby, Malcolm Brown and Stephanie Peatling
• Jovicic given four-week visa, news.com.au - March 10, 2006 AAP
• Home and away - now for a fresh start, SMH - March 10, 2006 by Ben Cubby
• The mysterious past and present of multi-talented Mr X, The Age - March 10, 2006 by Andra Jackson
• Ambassador scolds pro-Papua mob, The Australian - March 10, 2006 by Geoff Elliott
• Stateless man flies in but his future's still up in the air, The Age - March 10, 2006 by Andra Jackson
• Greens Party Accepts Invite To Visit West Papua, Pacific Magazine, HI - March 9, 2006
  
• Rights review eyes IR laws, Cronulla, detention, news.com.au - March 9, 2006 AAP
• I want to be valued, says deported man, SMH - March 9, 2006
• Jovicic to learn if he can stay, news.com.au - March 9, 2006 by Vera Devai and David Crawshaw
• Visa about-turn as deportee heads back to Sydney, SMH - March 9, 2006 by Ben Cubby
• Georgiou defeats critics in seat, The Australian - March 9, 2006 by Jason Koutsoukis
• Refugee disease screening questioned, SMH - March 9, 2006 by Andrew Clennell
• New words to same old song, SMH - March 9, 2006 by Ben Cubby
• Detention Centre Protest Easter 2006, no-racism.net - March 8, 2006
• Crackdown on migration agents, news.com.au - March 8, 2006 AAP
• Returned deportee's visa uncertain, ABC Online News - March 8, 2006
• Visa doubts for deportee, SMH - March 8, 2006 by Ben Cubby
• Workshop targets refugee crisis, Armidale Express - March 8, 2006
• Be wary of media, Muslim body told, The Australian - March 7, 2006 by Richard Kerbaj
• DFAT 'holding up torture case', news.com.au - March 7, 2006 by Adam Gartrell
• New visa needed for those at risk, The Australian - March 7, 2006 by Mark Dodd
• Rebecca Gilsenan: In denial over a living hell, The Australian - March 7, 2006
• State fights for asylum seeker, The Herald Sun - March 6, 2006 by Patrick O'Neil
  
• Mufti slams advisory group, The Australian - March 6, 2006 by Richard Kerbaj
• Honours galore for Age writers, The Age - March 6, 2006
• Lawyer seeks cap on deportation powers, ABC Online News - March 5, 2006
• Badraie payout no 'backdown', news.com.au - March 5, 2006 AAP
• Immigration decisions 'need review', The Australian - March 5, 2006
• When the good people are left in the dark, SMH - March 4, 2006 by Michael Pelly
• I'm sorry, you and me John, we're over, The Age - March 4, 2006 by Melanie La'Brooy
• Children from migrant families top state schools, The Age - March 4, 2006 by Chee Chee Leung
• Activists back health checks for detained fishermen, ABC Online News - March 4, 2006
• Laughter at last as boy wins settlement, SMH - March 4, 2006 by Ben Cubby
• Coroner urges medical examination of detained fishermen, ABC Online News - March 3, 2006
• Deportee 'proud to be an Aussie', news.com.au - March 3, 2006 AAP
• Detention payout may pave way for others, SMH - March 3, 2006 AAP
• Detention children scarred: Greens, news.com.au - March 3, 2006 AAP
• Detention 'psychologically harmed boy', news.com.au - March 3, 2006
• Immigration hit by day of backdowns, SMH - March 3, 2006 by Ben Cubby and Josh Paine
• Deportation reversed, The Age - March 3, 2006 by Jewel Topsfield
• Senate committee urges 90-day limit, The Age - March 3, 2006 by Jewel Topsfield
• Two more 'lost' in detention system, The Age - March 3, 2006 by Andra Jackson
• PM legacy a mean nation, The Courier-Mail - March 2, 2006, by Peter Charlton
• Labor votes against Rau compo in blunder, Nine News - March 2, 2006 AAP
• And the Lies, Contradictions & Evasions Just Keep On Coming, Sievx.com - March 2, 2006, by Marg Hutton
• Jovicic allowed to return to Australia, The Age - March 2, 2006
  
• Detention manager gets $5.7m payout, The Age - March 2, 2006
• Audit reveals detention centre tender flaws, ABC Online News - March 2, 2006
• Settlement for Iranian refugee boy, news.com.au - March 2, 2006
• Immigration Dept settles Badraie case, ABC Online News - March 2, 2006
• Nameless men interned for years, SMH - March 2, 2006 by Mark Metherell
• Detention shake-up follows scandals, The Age - March 2, 2006 by Jewel Topsfield
• No deliberate overboard lies: PM, news.com.au - March 1, 2006
• Government 'in contact with Rau lawyers', SMH - March 1, 2006 AAP
• Immigration changes aim to prevent wrongful detentions, ABC Online News - March 1, 2006
• Vanstone Announces Palmer Progress, DIMA Media Centre - March 1, 2006
  
• Howard's Hubris, SIEV 4 and SIEV X, Crikey.com.au - March 1, 2006 by Tony Kevin
  
• HOWARD'S AUSTRALIA: Rules for Immigrants, New Matilda - March 1, 2006 by John Hooker
  
• Vanstone delivers progress report on detention centres, The World Today - March 1, 2006 by Melanie Christiansen
• Overboard scandal: I didn't lie, SMH - March 1, 2006 AAP
  

February

• Still no compo deal for Rau: Vanstone, SMH - February 28, 2006
• Truth overboard - the story that won't go away, SMH - February 28, 2006 by David Marr
• Grandmother faces deportation over drug conviction, The Age - February 28, 2006 by Andra Jackson
• Editorial: A self-serving story, The Australian - February 28, 2006
• Mystery of how vessel was lost, The Australian - February 28, 2006 by Patrick Walters
• True spirit of asylum, The Age - February 27, 2006 by Denise Gadd
• Muslim garb confronting, says Howard, news.com.au - February 27, 2006
• AWB bigger terror threat than Thomas: QC, The Age - February 27, 2006
• Indon protest on Papua asylum bids, news.com.au - February 27, 2006 By Rob Taylor
• "Refugees don't sink damned boats, Mr Howard!", Scoop NZ - February 27, 2006
  
• Asylum-seekers top agenda in Jakarta, The Australian - February 27, 2006 by Patrick Walters
• Refugees 'sank the damn boat', says PM, The Australian - February 27, 2006 by George Megalogenis
• Rau still waiting for compensation, news.com.au - February 27, 2006
• Downer faces dual diplomatic tests, The Age - February 27, 2006 by Mark Forbes
• Saddam guard's visa anger, The Age - February 26, 2006 by Penelope Debelle
• Live here and be Australian, Howard declares, SMH - February 25, 2006 by David Humphries
• Some more equal than others, SMH - February 25, 2006
  
• West Papuan asylum seekers need protection, Green Left Weekly - February 22, 2006 by Gillian Davy
• PM accused over jihad remark, The Australian - February 21, 2006 by Richard Kerbaj and George Megalogenis
• Bill of rights debate reignited, news.com.au - February 21, 2006
• Immigration dept 'was under strain', The Age - February 21, 2006
• Howard accused of inflaming tensions, The Age - February 21, 2006 by Misha Schubert
• From refugees to outlaws: Kurdish group banned, SMH - February 21, 2006 by Tom Allard
  
• Criminal deportees may be entitled to compensation, AM - February 21, 2006, by Daniel Hoare
• Year Five & the Questions Continue..., Sievx.com - February 21, 2006, by Marg Hutton
• Challenges facing Australia Indonesia relations, ABC Asia-Pacific News: Viewpoint - February 20, 2006 By Hamzah Thayeb
• Muslim leaders disturbed, news.com.au - February 20, 2006 By Sandra O'Malley and Warwick Stanley
• PM shows Muslim ignorance: Islam council, SMH - February 20, 2006
• Howard hits out at 'jihad' Muslims, The Australian - February 20, 2006 by George Megalogenis
  
• European ambassadors seek Guantanamo shutdown, ABC Online News - February 20, 2006
  
• Still no visa ruling for Saddam's man, SMH - February 20, 2006 by Debra Jopson
• Conflict dogs Papuan peace chance, news.com.au - February 19, 2006 AAP
• From wooing Saddam to unsettling refugees, SMH - February 14, 2006 by Craig Skehan
• The amputee who was told to take the stairs, SMH - February 13, 2006 by Greg Ray
  
• 'Imported slaves' dig desert ditches, The Advertiser - February 13, 2006 by Bryan Littlely
• Vanstone upbeat about Immigration Dept changes, ABC Online News - February 13, 2006
• Cost of Papuans' medical tests $73,000, The Age - February 13, 2006
• End of the road for sad illegals, The Sunday Age - February 12, 2006
• Detention centre 'deceptive' on inmate services, The Australian - February 11, 2006 by Dan Box and Michael Atkin
• Defector launches protest against Chinese Govt, ABC Online News - February 10, 2006
• 'Unfair' deport rules under scrutiny, The Age - February 10, 2006 by Jewel Topsfield and Andra Jackson
• Boy may never get over fears: doctor, SMH - February 10, 2006 by Natasha Wallace
• Some Aussie crims 'unfairly deported', Nine News - February 9, 2006 by Kylie Williams
• Vanstone pressured to reveal detainee details, ABC Online News - February 9, 2006
• Vanstone confesses to 'another Rau', The Age - February 9, 2006 by Michael Gordon
• Investigation shows deportation of some Aust residents based on wrong information, The World Today - February 9, 2006 by Paula Kruger
  
• Issue of Papua presents diplomatic headache for Canberra, Financial Times, UK - February 9, 2006 by Shawn Donnan and Sundeep Tucker
• Why Howard is Wrong on Human Rights, New Matilda - February 8, 2006 by Spencer Zifcak
  
• Coonan attacked over geography gaffe, ABC Online News - February 8, 2006
  
• The looming conflict over West Papua, The Age - February 8, 2006 by Hugh White
• Free West Papua, free the refugees!, Green Left Weekly - February 8, 2006 by Peter Short
• West Papuan asylum seekers call for help, Green Left Weekly - February 8, 2006 by Sarah Stephen
• People smuggling 'kingpin' on trial, news.com.au - February 7, 2006 by Tim Clarke
• Papuans tortured, Jakarta admits, The Age - February 7, 2006 by Mark Forbes
• Indonesia pressures govt on boat people, The Age - February 6, 2006 AAP
  
• Tas conference to address human rights, The Age - February 6, 2006 AAP
  
• Indonesian Defense Minister Admits Some Human Rights Abuses in Papua, Voice of America News - February 6, 2006 by Nancy-Amelia Collins
  
• A year on, Rau forges new life, The Age - February 6, 2006 by Andra Jackson
• Islamic prayers could be illegal under new laws, The Age - February 6, 2006 by Barney Zwartz
  
• West Papuans 'must escape killing', The Australian - February 6, 2006 by Greg Roberts
• Prove Papuans fled in terror: Jakarta, The Herald Sun - February 6, 2006
• Indonesia pressures Australia over Papuan asylum seekers, ABC Online News - February 5, 2006
• Bashed Sudanese refugee dies, news.com.au - February 5, 2006 AAP
• Greens query Jakarta Papuan claim, Daily Telegraph - February 3, 2006
• Alarm over refugees' mental health, DeHavilland Information Services - February 3, 2006
  
• Concern over Britain's refugee detention policy, EurekAlert! - UK - February 3, 2006
• Joyce fears for fate of Papuan asylum seekers, AM - February 3, 2006, by Peta Donald
• Papuan refugee status could damage Aust-Indonesian relations, AM - February 3, 2006, by Peta Donald
  
• Papua asylum seekers 'tortured', BBC News - February 3, 2006
• Tension over Papuans seeking asylum, The Age - February 3, 2006 AAP
• Young detainee needed help sooner: court, The Age - February 2, 2006 AAP
• Claim Baxter detainees hoarding medication, ABC West Coast SA - February 1, 2006
  
• Concern for West Papuans' safety, Green Left Weekly - February 1, 2006 by Sarah Stephen

January

• Greens highlight continued Baxter shortcomings, ABC West Coast SA - January 31, 2006
• Detainees' conditions slammed, The Advertiser - January 31, 2006
• Medical tests confirm West Papuan has TB, The Age - January 30, 2006
• West Papuan asylum claims to be processed, The Australian - January 28, 2006 by Ian Gerard
• Return asylum seekers, Jakarta tells PM, Channel Seven News - January 28, 2006
• Still locked up, long after winning freedom, SMH - January 28, 2006 by Debra Jopson
  
• People trafficker jailed for 5 years, The Age - January 28, 2006 by Lindsay Murdoch
• Sydney man jailed for people trafficking, PM - January 27, 2006 Anne Barker
  
• Australia: state of fear, The Age - January 27, 2006 by John Bell
• Report highlights costs of Australia's Nauru detention centre, Radio New Zealand - January 27, 2006
  
• 'Wrongful deportee living in poverty', news.com.au - January 27, 2006 Kylie Williams
  
• NZ Greens lobby Govt to assist asylum seekers, Stuff.co.NZ - January 27, 2006 by Dan Eaton
  
• Papua asylum seekers have nothing to fear from returning home: Hassan, The Jakarta Post - January 27, 2006
• Papuans deemed fit for flight despite suspected tuberculosis, SMH - January 27, 2006 by Tom Allard
• Nauru cost blows out to $1m a month, The Age - January 27, 2006 by Michael Gordon
• UNPO Appeal Concerning West Papuan Refugees, The Hague - January 26, 2006
• NZ could save West Papuans from Aussie detention, Scoop New Zealand - January 26, 2006
• Komnas-HAM probes Papuan asylum bid, The Jakarta Post - January 26, 2006
• Ethics, laws and human rights, New Matilda - January 25, 2006 by Nick Carney
  
• Identity card way to prevent Rau case: Vanstone, The Advertiser - January 25, 2006 by Candice Keller
  
• West Papua: a Forgotten Story, New Matilda - January 25, 2006 by Alex Rayfield
• West Papuan asylum seekers must be treated fairly, Scoop New Zealand - January 25, 2006
• Papuans Worthy Asylum Seekers?, Paras Indonesia - January 25, 2006 by Roy Tupai
  
• Immigration Bars Christmas Island Citizens From Public Beaches, Pacific Islands Magazine - January 25, 2006
  
• Rights commission to probe shooting, asylum incidents, The Jakarta Post - January 25, 2006
  
• Indonesia increases military presence in Papua, The World Today - January 25, 2006 by Hamish Fitzsimmons
  
• West Papuan asylum seekers need our support, Green Left Weekly - January 25, 2006 by Sarah Stephen
• Jakarta sought access to Papuan asylum seekers, The Age - January 25, 2006 by Andra Jackson
• Papua protesters slam Indonesian 'occupation', The Age - January 24, 2006
• Nettle to break news on Papuan deaths, Wodonga Border Mail - January 24, 2006
  
• Independent probe sought into Papuan shooting, ABC Online News - January 24, 2006
  
• Vanstone considering Jovicic's return, SMH - January 24, 2006
• Immigration considers deportee's return from Serbia, ABC Online News - January 24, 2006
• Rally goers urge asylum for West Papuans, ABC Online News - January 24, 2006
• Fears for Indonesian backlash against families of Papuan refugees, Radio New Zealand - January 23, 2006
• Greens senator to visit asylum seekers, SMH - January 23, 2006
  
• Papuan campaigners call for immediate visas, ABC Online News - January 23, 2006
• Papua Asylum Seekers Just to Attract International Attention, Antara News Agency, Surabaya - January 23, 2006
  
• West Papua killing 'not linked' to boat people, The Age - January 23, 2006 by Andra Jackson
• Future Of West Papuan Refugees In The Balance, Epoch Times - January 22, 2006 by Sonya Bryskine
  
• Jakarta warns asylum case endangers ties with Canberra, The Jakarta Post - January 22, 2006 by Ivy Susanti
• Embassy asks for details on deaths, SMH - January 22, 2006 by Kerry-Anne Walsh
  
• Asylum seekers' move to Christmas Is 'shocking', ABC Online News - January 22, 2006
• Sarwari death: He's no victim - anger after refugee's fatal crash, Stuff.co.NZ - January 22, 2006 by Tony Wall
  
• Asylum seekers kept secret: officials, news.com.au - January 21, 2006 AAP
• Stall Indonesia treaty talks: Greens, news.com.au - January 21, 2006 AAP
• Australia seeks Papua deaths report, Channel 7 News - January 21, 2006 by David Crawshaw and Amy Coopes
• Indonesia ties won't affect asylum consideration: Downer, ABC Online News - January 21, 2006
• No link between Papua shooting, asylum seekers: rights activist, ABC Online News - January 21, 2006
• Downer praises Indon progress, The Australian - January 21, 2006
  
• What now that West Papuans got under our guard?, Canberra Times - January 21, 2006 by Tony Kevin
• Govt urged to seek answers over Papua shooting, ABC Online News - January 21, 2006
• East Timor man detained off Cape York, The Australian - January 21, 2006 by Sean Parnell and Ian Gerard
• Military kills Papuan man, SMH - January 21, 2006 by Tom Allard
• Four shot dead while walking to school, SMH - January 21, 2006 by Tom Allard
• Two Papua children 'shot dead', The Age - January 21, 2006 by Andra Jackson and Mark Forbes
• Pressure grows over killings, news.com.au - January 21, 2006 Agence France-Presse
  
• Labor 'deeply concerned' by West Papua murders, The Age - January 21, 2006
• Detainees held in isolation after dispute, ABC Online News - January 20, 2006
• Labor seeks inquiry into refugee's death, ABC Online News - January 20, 2006
• DIMIA falls at the first hurdle, Crikey - January 20, 2006 by Christian Kerr
• Papuan refugees' relatives 'shot, killed', ABC Online News - January 20, 2006
• Killed Papua man 'asylum seeker payback', The Age - January 20, 2006
  
• Plea for asylum seeker bridging visas, SMH - January 20, 2006
• Papuans have not filed for asylum: DIMIA, ABC Online News - January 20, 2006
• No aslyum requests from Indonesian arrivals: Australian officials, Radio Australia - January 20, 2006
• Papuan boat people move slammed, Queensland Sunday Mail - January 20, 2006
• Boat people flown out for processing, The Advertiser - January 20, 2006 by Ian Gerard
• Papuan asylum seekers moved to Christmas Island, AM - January 20, 2006 by Louise Yaxley
• Weipa boat people in Christmas Isle limbo, The Courier Mail - January 20, 2006 by Michael Madigan, Matthew Franklin, Cameron Atfield and wire services
  
• Australia criticised for treatment of Papuan asylum seekers, Radio New Zealand - January 20, 2006
• Papuans' move sparks protests, SBS World News - January 20, 2006
  
• PM defends asylum seeker transfer, news.com.au - January 20, 2006 AAP
• Papuan asylum seeker issue could harm ties with Australia: Indonesia, Japan Economic Newswire - January 20, 2006
• Indonesia rejects Papuans' genocide claims, ABC Online News - January 20, 2006
  
• Refugees waiting for 20 years, The Australian - January 20, 2006 by Greg Roberts
• Coroner rules out refugee inquest, SMH - January 20, 2006 by Greg Ray
• One prisoner, 140 airline seats, The Age - January 20, 2006
• Boatpeople flown out for processing, The Australian - January 20, 2006 by Ian Gerard
• Minister snubs calls on asylum seekers, The Age - January 20, 2006 by Andra Jackson
• Vanstone refuses to return Papuans, SMH - January 20, 2006 by Tom Allard
• Boat people test the winds of change, The Age - January 20, 2006 Editorial
• More Papuans expected to flee strife, says expert, ABC Online News - January 20, 2006
• Sarwari death: Dad's death kept from girl, Stuff.co.NZ - January 19, 2006 by Kim Ruscoe
  
• 'Asylum seekers' accuse Indonesian Govt of genocide, ABC Online News - January 19, 2006
• No special treatment for Papuans: Vanstone, ABC Online News - January 19, 2006
• Vanstone comments on court injunction, AM - January 19, 2006 by Peta Donald
  
• Papuans headed for Christmas Island, ABC Online News - January 19, 2006
• 'Access denied' to Papuans, The Age - January 19, 2006 by Clay Lucas
• Human rights group report slams US torture, abuses, ABC Online News - January 19, 2006
• People smuggler faces sentencing, news.com.au - January 19, 2006 AAP
• Vanstone defends attempt to deport Turkish man, ABC Online News - January 19, 2006
• Deportee case appeal foreshadowed, news.com.au - January 19, 2006 AAP
• Papuan asylum seekers spend night in Weipa, ABC Online News - January 19, 2006
• Australia urged to release asylum seekers into community, ABC Asia Pacific TV / Radio Australia - January 19, 2006
  
• Papuans 'assessed on merit', news.com.au - January 19, 2006 AAP
  
• Asylum seekers 'at RAAF base', news.com.au - January 19, 2006 AAP
• Australia doesn't rule out processing Papuan asylum seekers offshore, Radio New Zealand International - January 19, 2006 by Maire Leadbetter
• Papuans should be treated as refugees, law group says, ABC Online News - January 19, 2006
• Save our souls, plead West Papuans, The Australian - January 19, 2006 by Ian Gerard
• Boat people to test Jakarta ties, The Age - January 19, 2006 by Tom Allard and Andra Jackson
• Help too late for illegal fisherman, The Age - January 19, 2006 by Lindsay Murdoch
• West Papuan asylum seekers on Cape York, The Torres News - January 18, 2006 by Corey Bousen and Damian Baker
• Asylum seekers got 'brothel visits', news.com.au - January 18, 2006 by Karen Michelmore
• Guilty plea on people smuggling, news.com.au - January 18, 2006 AAP
• Court stops detainee deportation, news.com.au - January 18, 2006 by Lauren Ahwan
  
• Court order stops Turkish man's deportation, ABC Online News - January 18, 2006
• Minister for Immigration attempts to deport suicidal detainee, Project SafeCom Inc. - January 18, 2006
  
• Lost: the 43 people who just vanished, SMH - January 18, 2006 by Tom Allard
• Missing boatload of asylum seekers found at Cape York, PM - January 18, 2006 by Helen Tzarimas
  
• Papuan asylum seekers found, news.com.au - January 18, 2006 AAP
  
• Asylum seekers reach the mainland, news.com.au - January 18, 2006 AAP
• Calls for hospital transfer of Baxter detainee, ABC Online News - January 18, 2006
• Crash kills refugee, craftsman and gentleman, The Age - January 18, 2006 by Michael Gordon
• 40 asylum seekers missing at sea, news.com.au - January 18, 2006 AAP
• Torres Strait search for asylum seekers, The Age - January 18, 2006 by Tom Allard
• Fears for missing asylum seekers, ABC Online News - January 18, 2006
• Court hears of mass refugee bid from Buddhist temple, New Zealand Herald - January 17, 2006 by Tony Stickley
  
• More detainees 'want compensation', The Australian - January 17, 2006
• Vanstone to consider migration study, ABC Online News - January 17, 2006
• He fled a war zone to die on a NZ road, Stuff.co.nz - January 17, 2006
  
• Return and payout await ill deportee, The Australian - January 17, 2006 by Annabelle McDonald
• New ID card move stirs opposition, The Age - January 17, 2006 by Tim Colebatch
• Minister flags ID card inquiry, news.com.au - January 16, 2006 AAP
• Migrating to a world with no borders, The Age - January 16, 2006 by James Button
  
• How we wrongly locked away 60 people, The Age - January 15, 2006 by Russell Skelton
• Mandarin on a mission to clean up detention system, The Age - January 15, 2006 by Russell Skelton
• What should we believe?, SMH - January 14, 2006 by Marian Wilkinson
• Canberra aware of suspect's plight, SMH - January 14, 2006 by Marian Wilkinson
• Govt urged to reveal what ministers knew about Habib, ABC Online News - January 14, 2006
  
• Family disappointed as deportee awaits return in Serbia, ABC Online News - January 13, 2006
• It's a different view from inside detention, SBS Radio - World View - January 10, 2006
  
• Australia must renounce policies of suffering, The Age - January 10, 2006 Editorial
• Cornelia: from lost soul to new beginning, The Advertiser - January 8, 2006
• Muslim women lose pool access, Canberra Times - January 8, 2006 by Marcus Mannheim
• Holiday in 1984 may end exile's hopes, The Age - January 8, 2006 by Dewi Cooke
  
• Vietnam 'leaker' identified as a risk, The Australian - January 7, 2006 by Padraic Murphy
• Exile ends for 'lost soul' Ali, The Age - January 7, 2006 by Jewel Topsfield
• Make the asylum process transparent for all parties, The Australian, Opinion - January 7, 2006 by Rebecca Weisser
• Detainee wants freedom, The Advertiser - January 6, 2006 by Michelle Wiese Bockmann
• Govt rebuffs climate refugee proposal, ABC Online News - January 5, 2006
• We must plan for climate change refugees: Labor, SMH - January 5, 2006
• Labor calls for action on 'drowning' islands, The Age - January 5, 2006 by David Wroe
• SOS call as island nations go under, SMH - January 5, 2006 by Cynthia Banham and Richard Macey
• Australia 'dobs on refugees to keep Vietnam on side', The Australian - January 5, 2006 by Caroline Overington and Mark Dodd
• Sudanese refugees face new hurdles, The Australian - January 4, 2006 by Caroline Overington
• Refugee family to be given new caseworker, SMH - January 3, 2006 by Lee Glendinning
  
• No War protesters in paint-can stoush, news.com.au - January 3, 2006 by Amy Coopes
• 'No war' activists face court over paint auction bid, ABC Online News - January 3, 2006
• Pacific Solutions: From Afghanistan to Aotearoa, TVNZ.CO.NZ - January 2, 2006
  
• ALP vows to stop outsourcing immigration services, ABC Online News - January 2, 2006
  
• Cambodian police arrest human rights activists, ABC Online News - January 1, 2006
  

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