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

January 2005
February 2005
March 2005
April 2005
May 2005
June 2005
July 2005
August 2005
September 2005
October 2005
November 2005
December 2005

December

• The rights stuff, SMH - December 31, 2005 by Michael Pelly
• Voters abandon PM over Iraq war, The Australian - December 31, 2005 by John Kerin
• Ten killed as Cairo police blitz refugees, The Australian - December 31, 2005
• Migrant intake jumps in 2004-05, news.com.au - December 31, 2005 AAP
• Villawood staff accused of thuggery, ABC News Online - December 30, 2005 By Oscar McLaren
  
• Authorities 'failed' fatally ill refugee, The Advertiser - December 30, 2005 by Alyssa Braithwaite
• Detention drug claim, The Advertiser - December 30, 2005
• Refugee settlement review not needed: Govt, AM - December 30, 2005 by Nick McKenzie
  
• Call for refugee review after boy dies, The Australian - December 30, 2005 by Elizabeth Colman and Elizabeth Gosch
• Fake marriage numbers up by 20 per cent, Courier Mail - December 29, 2005 by Nicolette Burke
  
• Striking detainee claims corruption, Courier Mail - December 29, 2005 by Tara Raven
• Suicide bid on return to Baxter, The Age - December 29, 2005 by Andra Jackson
• Courts Criticize Judges' Handling of Asylum Cases, New York Times - December 26, 2005 by Adam Liptak
• Time for political honesty about racists among us, The Age - December 26, 2005 by Waleed Aly
  
• Blame PM, not us: imam, The Australian - December 26, 2005 by Richard Kerba
• An Aussie reason to celebrate this season, Canberra Times - December 24, 2005 by Kanchan Dutt
  
• Christmas gifts and the price we pay for them, The Age - December 24, 2005
• Fraser's blast for Ruddock, The Australian - December 23, 2005 by Rick Wallace
• Justice still in detention, SMH - December 23, 2005 by George Newhouse
• Bill of rights to be a lawyers' feast: Ruddock, The Australian - December 22, 2005 by Rick Wallace
  
• People smuggling rep appointed, news.com.au - December 19, 2005 AAP
• Australia's Dangerous Fantasy, New York Times - December 17, 2005 by Eva Sallis
  
• Habib aims a suit right at the top, The Age - December 17, 2005 by Kate McClymont
• Riots? What riots? Still relaxed and comfortable, The Age - December 17, 2005 by Adam Morton and Jamie Berry
  
• Deportee left to wander mean streets of Ankara, The Age - December 17, 2005 by Jewel Topsfield
  
• From refugee to dux in three busy years, The Age - December 17, 2005 by Katherine Kizilos
• Vivian Alvarez Solon: 'A turnstile of incompetence, Online Opinion - December 16, 2005 by Patricia Jenkings
• Nauru or Nuremberg? Australia - asylum seekers and war criminals, Online Opinion - December 16, 2005 by Jane McAdam
  
• When talk of racism is just not cricket, SMH - December 16, 2005
• Hansonism revisited, The Australian - December 15, 2005 by Mike Steketee
• Innes becomes Human Rights Commissioner, ABC News Online - December 15, 2005
• Constitutional challenge in terror trial, SMH - December 15, 2005 AAP
• Media challenges terrorism trial secrecy, ABC News Online - December 15, 2005
• 'Security risk' cleric faces deportation, The Age - December 15, 2005 AAP
• Hunt for illegals on north coastline, The Australian - December 14, 2005 by Mark Dodd
• High Court accuses refugee tribunal of unfairness, ABC News Online - December 14, 2005
• Media Report Into Immigration Scandals Receive Awards, Epoch Times - December 14, 2005 by James Burke
  
• A place under the sun for all Australians, The Australian - December 14, 2005 by James Jupp
• Deafening silence from our federal leaders, SMH - December 14, 2005 by Alan Ramsey
• Be Alert and Very Alarmed, New Matilda - December 14, 2005 by John Tomlinson
• Beach Blanket Racism, New Matilda - December 14, 2005 by Duncan Kerr
• Alan Jones: I'm the person that's led this charge, The Age - December 13, 2005 by David Marr
• Sick detainee ends 55-day hunger strike, Seven News - December 13, 2005 AAP
• Hunger striker prompts govt help calls, SMH - December 11, 2005 AAP
• 'We want our dads', Sunday Times - December 11, 2005 by Paul Lampakathis
  
• How Saddam's man was cleared, Skelton and Penelope Debelle
• Deported man appeals for medical attention, ABC News Online - December 9, 2005
  
• The great American hypnosis, The Age - December 9, 2005 by Harold Pinter
• Vanstone calls for indigenous change, news.com.au - December 9, 2005 AAP
• Inquiry told of jail transfer proposal, The Age - December 9, 2005 by Jonathan Pearlman
• Legal query in Sydney case, The Age - December 9, 2005 AAP
  
• Judge backs rights bill to balance terror laws, The Age - December 9, 2005 by Fergus Shiel
• Ssssh! Justice is blind, but not deaf, SMH - December 9, 2005 by Richard Ackland
  
• Habib 'vindicated' on torture, The Age - December 8, 2005 by Andra Jackson
• Two visas: look who can stay and who can't even visit, Canberra Times - December 7, 2005 by Kanchan Dutt
• Undermining three centuries of civil freedoms, Green Left Weekly - December 7, 2005 by Tony Iltis
• Government 'showing contempt', news.com.au - December 7, 2005 AAP
• Terror laws likely to increase wrongful detention, Green Left Weekly - December 7, 2005 by Sarah Stephen
  
• Coalition 'wets' cave in on new sedition laws, Green Left Weekly - December 7, 2005 by Doug Lorimer
• Ozdowski urges checks on terrorism laws, ABC News Online - December 7, 2005
• Activist vows to clear name, news.com.au - December 7, 2005 by Danny Rose
  
• Anti-terror laws rammed through - minus debate, The Age - December 7, 2005 by Jewel Topsfield
• The camp killer who's now fighting for protection, SMH - December 7, 2005 by Debra Jopson
• Inquiry backs ASIO on activist, The Age - December 7, 2005 by Jewel Topsfield
• How hearsay, politics keep a man in Villawood, SMH - December 6, 2005
• Our mandatory law shame, The Age - December 6, 2005 by Ronald Sackville
  
• Vanstone quizzed over Tekriti visa, news.com.au - December 5, 2005 AAP
• The clause to keep offenders out, SMH - December 5, 2005 by Debra Jopson
• Danger of being seen as war crimes haven, SMH - December 5, 2005
• System of torture, murder to maintain power, SMH - December 5, 2005 by Lisa Pryor
• Torturers, killers and rapists: look who wants to stay, SMH - December 5, 2005 by Debra Jopson and Lisa Pryor
• Saddam's minder in our midst, SMH - December 5, 2005 by Debra Jopson and Lisa Pryor
• From a reign of terror to a quiet life in the suburbs, SMH - December 5, 2005 by Debra Jopson and Lisa Pryor
  
• The town that's opening its arms, again, The Age - December 4, 2005 by Rachel Wells
• ACT ruling may affect counter-terrorism laws, ABC News Online - December 3, 2005
• Humour? You need a licence for that, SMH - December 3, 2005 by Mike Carlton
• Scope to scrap sedition laws, The Australian - December 2, 2005 by Samantha Maiden
• Howard gets his way on key legislation, The Age - December 2, 2005 by Michelle Grattan
• Senate to vote on amended terrorism bill, The Age - December 2, 2005 by Brendan Nicholson
• Brandis accepts terror law changes, news.com.au - December 1, 2005 AAP
• Terror law changes welcome: MP, news.com.au - December 1, 2005 AAP
• Sedition law 'won't catch media', news.com.au - December 1, 2005 AAP
• Anti-terror bill adjustments welcomed but not enough for many, The World Today - December 1, 2005 by Tanya Nolan
• Media organisations say sedition amendments not enough, AM - December 1, 2005 by Edmond Roy
  
• Legal experts still worried about anti-terror laws, AM - December 1, 2005 by Tanya Nolan
• Coalition party room agrees on anti-terrorism legislation, AM - December 1, 2005 by Peta Donald
  
• PM caves in to party revolt on terror laws, SMH - December 1, 2005 by Mike Seccombe and Andrew Clennell

November

• Petro Georgiou concerned over immigration policy breach, The World Today - November 30, 2005 by Louise Yaxley
• Art After Terror, New Matilda - November 30, 2005 by Eva Sallis
• The Damnation of Ruddock, New Matilda - November 30, 2005 by Julius Marlowe
• Cover-ups 'rife' in private jails, The Australian - November 30, 2005 by Tony Koch
• Moves to amend anti-terror laws, news.com.au - November 30, 2005 AAP
• Human rights reversed, says Fraser, news.com.au - November 30, 2005 AAP
• Coalition MPs approve changes to key bills, Lateline - November 30, 2005 by Sally Sara
• Ruddock defends sedition laws, news.com.au - November 30, 2005 AAP
• Minor changes set for govt's terror laws, The Age - November 30, 2005 AAP
• Detainee on 6-week hunger strike, news.com.au - November 30, 2005 by Sonya Neufeld
• Bring Jovicic home, family pleads, Lateline - November 30, 2005 by Margot O'Neill
  
• Immigration 'looking into' deported man's case, ABC News Online - November 30, 2005
• Immigration 'bungle' has family in limbo, The Age - November 30, 2005 AAP
• Terror laws rammed through without change, The Age - November 30, 2005 by Brendan Nicholson
• Detention laws too great a power boost: lawyers, SMH - November 30, 2005 by Michael Pelly
• Revolting MPs resist Howard control orders, The Age - November 30, 2005 by Michelle Grattan
• Youth concern on terror laws: study, news.com.au - November 29, 2005 by Vera Devai
  
• Wrong way, go back, but on they press, The Age - November 29, 2005 by Michelle Grattan
• Uncertainty and doubt over sedition laws, Australian Broadcasting Corporation - November 29, 2005 by Geoff Hutchison
  
• Senators ask for dozens of changes to terrorism bill, SMH - November 29, 2005 by Tom Allard, Marian Wilkinson and Mike Seccombe
• A new way to fill some of those job vacancies, SMH - November 29, 2005 by Gerard Henderson
• Lib senators blast PM's sedition law, The Age - November 29, 2005 by Brendan Nicholson
  
• Senators tinker at the edges of draconian laws, SMH - November 29, 2005 by Marian Wilkinson and David Marr
• Concerns grow for detainee on hunger strike, ABC News Online - November 28, 2005
• Govt not attacking press freedom with sedition laws: Ruddock, ABC News Online - November 28, 2005
• Greens refer new anti-terrorism laws to UN, ABC News Online - November 28, 2005
• Why LabLib senators said to say no to Howard's sedition plans, Margo Kingston's webdiary - November 28, 2005
• Scrap sedition laws, senators urge, ABC News Online - November 28, 2005
• 'Guantanamo Bay' comes to remote Aussie island, The Australian - November 28, 2005 by Ryan Emery and Mark Dodd
• Pressure mounts for sedition laws to be delayed, SMH - November 28, 2005 by Tom Allard
• At risk of exile after so many years, SMH - November 28, 2005 by Joseph Kerr
• Mother challenges detainee claim, The Australian - November 28, 2005 by Vanda Carson
• Teen detention stays in govt terror bill, The Age - November 27, 2005 AAP
• Sedition laws may be ditched, The Australian - November 26, 2005 by Simon Kearney
• Free care for asylum seekers, The Age - November 26, 2005 by Tom Noble
• Vanstone to review another deportee, The Age - November 26, 2005 by Jewel Topsfield
• The church must speak out on terror laws, The Age - November 25, 2005 by Muriel Porter
• Legalising abuse of power, The Age - November 25, 2005 by David Neal
• Families of deportees must accept some responsibility: Ruddock, ABC News Online - November 25, 2005
• Permanent resident granted bridging visa, ABC News Online - November 25, 2005
• Long time resident escapes deportation, ABC News Online - November 25, 2005
  
• Permanent resident faces deportation, ABC News Online - November 25, 2005
• Bring deported man home: Beazley, news.com.au - November 25, 2005 AAP
• Deportee's only home a snowy road, SMH - November 25, 2005 by Ben Cubby and Mike Seccombe
  
• Sister pleads 'let my brother come home', The Age - November 25, 2005 by Jewel Topsfield
• Almost 300 given their marching orders, The Age - November 25, 2005 by Meaghan Shaw
• Vanstone to review Turkey deportation, news.com.au - November 25, 2005 AAP
• Deported man probably entitled to visa: lawyer, ABC News Online - November 24, 2005
• Immigration to blame for man's deportation: family, ABC News Online - November 24, 2005
• Time for an Amnesty, New Matilda - November 23, 2005 by Anne Coombs
  
• A Guide to Terror Control, New Matilda - November 23, 2005 by Kirk McKenzie
• Howard's 'SEDITION!', New Matilda - November 23, 2005 by Guy Rundle
  
• Open Letter to the Prime Minister, New Matilda - November 23, 2005 by John and Barbara Gunn
• Sudanese immigrants die in blaze, news.com.au - November 23, 2005 AAP
• Deported Melbourne man pleads to return, ABC News Online - November 23, 2005
• West Timorese in island detention, The Age - November 23, 2005 by Jewel Topsfield
• Asylum seekers 'need Medicare', The Age - November 23, 2005 by Tom Noble and David Wroe
• SIEV-X people-smuggler appeals sentence, seven.com.au - November 22, 2005 by Johanna Leggatt
  
• Asylum seekers' Christmas Is move 'costly', ABC News Online - November 22, 2005
• Asylum seekers shifted to island, The Age - November 22, 2005 AAP
• Detainee 'has not eaten in a month', news.com.au - November 22, 2005 AAP
• Immigration 'biased on Muslims', The Age - November 22, 2005 by Ben Cubby
• Muslim fanatics terrorise a nation, The Australian - November 21, 2005 by Anthony Browne
• Vanstone's terror speech under fire, The Age - November 21, 2005 by Jason Koutsoukis
  
• Inquiry told of hunger strike flight, SMH - November 21, 2005 by Lee Glendinning
• ASIO intimidating Muslims: advocate, ABC News Online - November 20, 2005
  
• A marriage made in hell, The Sunday Age - November 20, 2005 by Penelope Debelle
• Alvarez Solon's struggle far from over, The Age - November 19, 2005 by Jordan Baker and David Marr
• Amnesty demands US detention camp investigation, ABC News Online - November 19, 2005
  
• Terror 'eroding refugee goodwill', news.com.au - November 19, 2005 AAP
• PM no plan for Alvarez apology, news.com.au - November 18, 2005 AAP
• Alvarez 'fatigued but excited', news.com.au - November 18, 2005 AAP
• Alvarez compo bid 'still likely', news.com.au - November 18, 2005 AAP
• Terrorism laws 'bristling' with safeguards, ABC News Online - November 18, 2005 by Tanya Nolan
  
• Solving problems that don't exist, SMH - November 18, 2005 by Peter Hartcher
• Solon en route to Australia, Detainees face fire chargesABC News Online - November 18, 2005
• US confirms white phosphorus use in Fallujah, ABC News Online - November 16, 2005
• Sedition!, New Matilda - November 16, 2005 by Spencer Zifcak
  
• An Open Call to Sedition, New Matilda - November 16, 2005 by Chas Savage
• Detainee hunger strike into 28th day, news.com.au - November 16, 2005 AAP
• Vanstone talks down further asylum seeker arrivals, ABC News Online - November 16, 2005
• Solon may return 'within days', ABC News Online - November 16, 2005
• Greens continue push for national bill of rights, ABC News Online - November 13, 2005
• Investigations continue into Baxter fires, ABC News Online - November 13, 2005
• Baxter fires 'show desperation', ABC News Online - November 13, 2005
• Detainees queried over Baxter fire, The Age - November 13, 2005 by Penelope Debelle
• 58 Baxter detainees evacuated, ABC News Online - November 13, 2005
• Three detainees end hunger strike, news.com.au - November 13, 2005 AAP
• Vanstone defends visa for pedophile, SMH - November 13, 2005 by Kerry-Anne Walsh
  
• Protesters highlight anti-terrorism concerns, ABC News Online - November 13, 2005
• Arsonists may lose visas, news.com.au - November 12, 2005 AAP
• Here and there, the signs of tyranny, SMH - November 12, 2005 by Alan Ramsey
  
• Ministerial art prompts treason complaint, ABC News Online - November 11, 2005
• End hunger strike, Vanstone urges, ABC News Online - November 10, 2005
• Four detainees hospitalised amid hunger strike protest, ABC News Online - November 10, 2005
• Call for independent assessment of detainees, ABC News Online - November 10, 2005
• Indonesian detainees being held in Darwin, ABC News Online - November 9, 2005
• Telstra 'worst privacy invader', news.com.au - November 8, 2005 by Jane Bunce
• No welcome for 'asylum-seekers', The Australian - November 8, 2005 by Mark Dodd
  
• Boat people arrivals first in two years, The Age - November 7, 2005 by Jewel Topsfield
• Boat people 'not asylum seekers', news.com.au - November 7, 2005
  

October

• Epic refugee play eclipses esoteric offerings, The Age - October 23, 2005 by Gabriella Coslovich
• Big Brother rules the great brown land, SMH - October 22, 2005 by Mike Carlton
• Bird flu fear grips Baxter detainees, The Advertiser - October 22, 2005 by Nigel Hunt
• The SIEV X Landmark of Conscience is born, SIEV-X Memorial - October 22, 2005 by Steve Biddulph
• Mum's the word in terrorist purge, SMH - October 22, 2005 by Joseph Kerr
• Sticking to his guns, The Age - October 22, 2005 by Jewel Topsfield
• Leaking minister in dog house, The Age - October 22, 2005 by Michael Gordon, Michelle Grattan and Brendan Nicholson
• WA premier backs off anti-terror laws, Nine News - October 21, 2005 AAP
• Just shoot me?, Online Opinion- October 21, 2005 by Irfan Yusuf
  
• ACT Chief Minister denied access to anti-terror laws draft, PM - October 21, 2005 by Louise Yaxley
• Govt retaliating over bill leak, Stanhope says, ABC News Online - October 21, 2005
  
• Follow UK terror laws: Georgiou, news.com.au - October 21, 2005 AAP
• Michael Costello: Don't put trust in Prince John, The Australian - October 21, 2005
• States draw the line at shoot-to-kill laws, SMH - October 21, 2005 by Andrew Clennell and Louise Dodson
• ADA Director Speaks Out On Sinking Location, SIEV.com - October 21, 2005 by Marg Hutton
• Immigration dept says no to detention centre closure call, ABC News Online - October 20, 2005
• SIEV X survivor recalls the children's dreams, Canberra Times - October 20, 2005 by C. Naylor
  
• Politicians, not terrorists are the danger, The Age - October 20, 2005 by Kenneth Davidson
• Jon Stanhope on why: a Webdiary exclusive, Margo Kingston's Webdiary- October 20, 2005 by Jon Stanhope
• SIEV X mourners remember the nameless dead, The Age - October 20, 2005 by Andra Jackson
• Son deported despite sick mother's plea, SMH - October 20, 2005 by Lee Glendinning
• A betrayal of trust and liberty, The Age - October 20, 2005 by Malcolm Fraser
• Govt urged to close Port Hedland detention centre, ABC News Online - October 19, 2005
• Drowned asylum seekers to be remembered, SMH - October 19, 2005 AAP
• Four years on, an "Aussie" missing boat sparks massive search, Project SafeCom Inc. - October 19, 2005
• PM plays down Georgiou's criticism of anti-terror laws, ABC News Online - October 19, 2005
• The triumph of paranoia over experience, Online Opinion- October 19, 2005 by John Tomlinson
• Report says terror laws breach rights, The Age - October 19, 2005 by AAP
  
• Detainee likens prison to Guantanamo Bay, SMH - October 19, 2005 by Tom Allard
• Unease mounts over anti-terrorism laws, The Age - October 19, 2005 by Michael Gordon, Barney Zwartz and Rachel Kleinman
• Petro Georgiou's reply to the terrorism Bills, Margo Kingston's Webdiary- October 18, 2005 by Petro Georgiou
• SIEV-X: still drowning in spin, Margo Kingston's Webdiary- October 18, 2005 by Jack H Smit
• The Howard counter-terrorism legislation, and me, Margo Kingston's Webdiary- October 18, 2005 by Tony Kevin
  
• The real threat to the life of the nation, Margo Kingston's Webdiary- October 18, 2005 by Brian Walters
  
• Three weeks until new year's day, 1984, Margo Kingston's Webdiary- October 18, 2005 by Kerri Browne
  
• Terminally ill migrant sues over immigration detention, ABC News Online - October 18, 2005 by Andrew Fowler
• Rau sister tells of hate mail, The Australian - October 18, 2005 by Steve Connoll
  
• Australia abstains from cultural diversity vote, ABC News Online - October 18, 2005
• We Remember SIEVX, SIEV.com - October 17, 2005 by Marg Hutton
  
• Commonwealth vetoes SIEV-X memorial for Canberra, ABC News Online - October 17, 2005
  
• Detention company fined over breaches, SMH - October 17, 2005 AAP
• ACT chief: I won't be led by the nose, The Age - October 17, 2005 by Brendan Nicholson
• No sign of missing Immigration boat, ABC News Online - October 16, 2005 by Glynn Greensmith
• Search continues for missing boat, news.com.au - October 16, 2005 AAP
• Massive search for missing Immigration boat continues, ABC News Online - October 16, 2005
• Police state fears over terrorism laws, SMH - October 16, 2005 AAP
• Libs waver on terror laws, SMH - October 16, 2005 by Kerry-Anne Walsh and Frank Walker
• Deflating terror's bubble, The Age - October 16, 2005 by Michelle Grattan
• £15m-a-year bill to hold two refugees, The Telegraph, UK- October 15, 2005 By Nick Squires
  
• A policy of suffering rather than success, The Age Editorial - October 15, 2005
• Close Nauru for good: Brown, The Herald Sun - October 14, 2005
• Le Dernier Caravanserail, SMH - October 14, 2005 by Bryce Hallett
  
• No detention conspiracy - Vanstone, Daily Telegraph - October 14, 2005 by Sharon Mathieson
• Serbians were 'fleeing persecution', Courier Mail - October 14, 2005
• Call for probe into fake ID claims, Queensland Sunday Mail - October 14, 2005
• Govt faked Serb's travel documents: ALP, Seven News - October 14, 2005 AAP
• Praise for 'end of Pacific Solution', The Age - October 14, 2005 AAP
• Howard claims Nauru an 'outstanding success', The Age - October 14, 2005 AAP
• Detainees to cast off from Nauru, The Age - October 14, 2005 by Michelle Grattan
• Bruce Haigh: the Fox and the Farmer are both Responsible, Margo Kingston's Webdiary- October 13, 2005 by Bruce Haigh
• Ruddock denies deportation 'bonuses', The Age - October 13, 2005 AAP
• Bonus outrage, Daily Telegraph - October 13, 2005
• Greens angry at deportation bonus claims, Seven News - October 13, 2005 AAP
• Govt defends detention funding bonuses, SMH - October 13, 2005 AAP
• Government defends deportation payments, The World Today - October 13, 2005 by Catherine McGrath
• Australian child rights condemned by UN, SMH - October 13, 2005 AAP
• ChilOut's Unfinished Business, New Matilda - October 12, 2005 by Dianne Hiles
  
• Petro Georgiou: Human Rights in a Global Era, New Matilda - October 12, 2005 by Petro Georgiou
• AJ Johnson: Dim & DIMIA, New Matilda - October 12, 2005 by AJ Johnson
  
• Greens claim Fed Govt overlooking Chinese detainees, ABC News Online - October 12, 2005
• Agha case highlights Immigration health concerns, AM - October 12, 2005 by Daniel Hoare
• Concerns mount over DIMIA's medical provider, AM - October 12, 2005 by Daniel Hoare
• A Human Rights Act for Australia Campaign Launch, New Matilda - October 12, 2005
• Residency for cricketer, family, The Advertiser - October 11, 2005
• Iran journalist disappears after second arrest, PM - October 11, 2005 by Mark Colvin
  
• Woomera pair back in custody, The Age - October 11, 2005 by Jewel Topsfield
• Govt criticised over treatment of Indonesian fishermen, ABC News Online - October 11, 2005
• Anti-terrorism laws 'an attack on personal freedoms', ABC News Online - October 10, 2005
• Solon case not ministers' fault: top bureaucrat, ABC News Online - October 10, 2005
• Escapees at large after three years, news.com.au - October 10, 2005 AAP
  
• Woomera escapees in wind, The Australian - October 10, 2005 by Jeremy Roberts
• Bakhtiyaris: it's time for official compassion, The Age - October 9, 2005 by Russell Skelton
• Cracks in Muslim endorsement of anti-terror laws, AM - October 8, 2005 by Karen Barlow
• Lawyer denies deal signed to return Solon, ABC News Online - October 8, 2005
• Not the reception she hoped for, SMH - October 8, 2005 by Jeni Porter
• Ailing Alvarez Solon awaits a promise, The Age - October 8, 2005 by Connie Levett
• Wrongful deportation no laughing matter, The Age Opinion - October 8, 2005
• Hundreds 'detained illegally', The Age - October 8, 2005 by Jewel Topsfield
• DIMIA and dimmer, Crikey.com.au - October 7, 2005 by Michael Pascoe
• Concern over Bakhtiyari apologies, The Advertiser - October 7, 2005 by Laura Anderson
• Govt must share blame in Solon case: minor parties, ABC News Online - October 7, 2005
• Vanstone not to blame: Howard, PM - October 7, 2005 by Alexandra Kirk
• PM rejects calls for Vanstone's sacking, ABC News Online - October 7, 2005
• Labor calls for action over Solon case, The World Today - October 7, 2005 by Louise Yaxley
• DFAT also at fault in Solon case: Labor, ABC News Online - October 7, 2005 by Louise Yaxley
• Make-shift Broome detention camps 'unfair', ABC News Online - October 7, 2005
• Migration system 'endangers' sex trade victims, ABC News Online - October 7, 2005
• Alvarez's family 'relieved', news.com.au - October 7, 2005 by Jade Bilowol
• Inquiry probing wrongful detention claim, The Age - October 7, 2005 AAP
• Ombudsman reveals 3-yr wrongful detention case, ABC News Online - October 7, 2005
• Department's culture is cruel, inhumane and racist, Turkish Weekly - October 7, 2005
• Immigration's off to school, SMH - October 7, 2005 by Louise Dodson
• ABC makes Bakhtiyari blue, The Age - October 7, 2005 by Sharon Mathieson
• Activists admit Bakhtiyari breakout 'ploy', The Australian - October 7, 2005 by Tom Richardson
• Queueing for justice, SMH - October 7, 2005 by Joseph Kerr
• The ABC of an uncaring system, SMH - October 7, 2005 by Joseph Kerr
• High Court ruling could play part in claims, SMH - October 7, 2005
• Cash offer smooths way back, SMH - October 7, 2005 by Joseph Kerr and Andrew Clennell
• 'It is a shameful episode', The Age - October 7, 2005
• No contrition from a joking Vanstone, The Age - October 7, 2005 by Michelle Grattan
• A victim, plenty of villains, and a lone hero, The Age - October 7, 2005 by Michelle Grattan
• Found by a drain... and the bungles began, The Age - October 7, 2005 by Andra Jackson
• Scott Parkin: Dissent Isn't Taken Lightly Down Under, CommonDreams.org - October 6, 2005 by Scott Parkin
  
• Centacare chief questions Bakhtiari teens' criticism, ABC News Online - October 6, 2005
• Baktiyari boys unlikely to get visas, news.com.au - October 6, 2005 AAP
• Official quits after Alvarez bungle, news.com.au - October 6, 2005 AAP
• Labor calls for Vanstone sacking, news.com.au - October 6, 2005 AAP
• Sack Alvarez officials: Democrats, news.com.au - October 6, 2005 AAP
• Immigration Dept handled Solon case catastrophically: Report, The World Today - October 6, 2005 by Alexandra Kirk
• Immigration treatment of Solon 'catastrophic', ABC News Online - October 6, 2005
• Alvarez set to return: lawyer, news.com.au - October 6, 2005 AAP
• Vanstone to stay despite Solon case, ABC News Online - October 6, 2005
• Vanstone on ministerial responsibility, PM - October 6, 2005 by Mark Colvin
  
• Labor calls for Ruddock, Vanstone to resign, PM - October 6, 2005 by Alexandra Kirk
  
• Immigration reform reaches a dead end, SMH - October 6, 2005 by George Newhouse
• Feeding the imagination, The Age - October 6, 2005 by Robin Usher
• Bakhtiyari boys sorry for the 'lies', The Australian - October 6, 2005 by Tom Richardson
• Bakhtiyari boys say sorry over bitter battle, The Age - October 6, 2005 by Andra Jackson
  
• Deported refugee boys say lawyers used them, SMH - October 6, 2005 by Paul McGeough
• Felon fights deportation to Sweden, The Age - October 6, 2005 by Jewel Topsfield
  
• Trio behind Alvarez cover-up, The Australian - October 6, 2005 by Elizabeth Colman
• Australia in a 'race to the bottom' on human rights, Online Opinion - October 5, 2005 by Howard Glenn
• Claims Fraser wanted terror report sexed up, Lateline - October 5, 2005 by Hamish Fitzsimmons
• Labor supports human rights bill call, The Age - October 5, 2005 AAP
• Anti-terrorism laws put rights at risk: Fraser, ABC News Online - October 5, 2005
• Bakhtiari boys seek return to Australia, ABC News Online - October 5, 2005 by Geoff Thompson
• Bakhtiari children appeal for Australian education, AM - October 5, 2005 by Geoff Thompson
• Lawyers warn of claims flood, news.com.au - October 5, 2005 AAP
• DIMIA facing compo claims from those illegally deported, AM - October 5, 2005 by Andrew Fowler
  
• Bakhtiari brothers seek return to Australia, Lateline - October 5, 2005 by Geoff Thompson
• Bakhtiari boys appeal to return, news.com.au - October 5, 2005
• Court ruling opens door for deportation payouts, ABC News Online - October 5, 2005 by Andrew Fowler
• ID databases 'won't prevent bungles', SMH - October 4, 2005 AAP
• National ID system proposed, SMH - October 4, 2005 by Louise Dodson
• Hate talk is God's gift to extremism, The Australian - October 4, 2005 by Phillip Adams
• Police to investigate ASIO leak over activist, ABC News Online - October 4, 2005
• AFP asked to probe Parkin case, news.com.au - October 4, 2005 AAP
• Our new terror laws too much like South Africa's, Canberra Times Opinion - October 3, 2005 by Bruce Haigh
• Head of UN refugee agency decries xenophobia, Financial Times, UK - October 3, 2005 by Frances Williams
• New Bill will leave refugees unrepresented, Online Opinion - October 3, 2005 by Marianne Dickie
  
• Migrants welcome - unless they're from the Middle East, SMH - October 3, 2005 by Joseph Kerr
• Australia shuns Middle East migrants, The Age - October 3, 2005 by Joseph Kerr
• Pacific 'backlash' over Aussie dominance, SMH - October 2, 2005 AAP
• Journeys without end, The Arts - October 1, 2005
• You have the right to be locked up, SMH - October 1, 2005 by Mike Carlton
  
• Perils of protest in the new age, SMH - October 1, 2005 by Wendy Frew
  
• They know where you live, SMH - October 1, 2005 by David Marr
  
• Backing resistance no crime: PM's man, SMH - October 1, 2005 by Tom Allard
  
• Journalists welcome contempt law change, ABC News Online - October 1, 2005
  

September

• Labor bares its empty soul for all to see, SMH - September 30, 2005 by David Marr.
• We must have the protection of a bill of rights, The Age - September 30, 2005 by Greg Barns
• Alleged people-smuggler in court, news.com.au - September 29, 2005 AAP
• Labor proposes new vision for Pacific, The Age - September 29, 2005 AAP
  
• Migrants carrying passports over detention fears, ABC News Online - September 29, 2005
• Ali, the enigmatic plumber with a leaky past, SMH - September 29, 2005 by Paul McGeough
• Immigration 'no' to reopening Bakhtiyari case, The Age - September 29, 2005 by Jewel Topsfield
  
• Bakhtiari Identity, SBS World View - September 29, 2005
• Migrants 'feel need to carry passport', news.com.au - September 29, 2005
• A bitter young man still searching for a refuge, SMH - September 28, 2005 by Paul McGeough
• Guilty Without Charge, New Matilda - September 28, 2005 by Kirk McKenzie
• Mrs Bakhtiari is one of ours, say Afghan, SMH - September 28, 2005 by Paul McGeough
• Afghans after all - the family deported for being Pakistani frauds, SMH - September 28, 2005 by Paul McGeough
• Replace refugee tribunal with judge, inquiry told, ABC News Online - September 28, 2005
• Bakhtiari claims 'legitimate', news.com.au - September 28, 2005 AAP
• Bakhtiari case 'won't be reopened', news.com.au - September 28, 2005 AAP
• Bakhtiyari papers were on Vanstone's Desk in 04, Scoop NZ - September 28, 2005
• Evidence 'proves Bakhtiyaris genuine', ABC News Online - September 28, 2005
  
• Pakistan confirmed Bakhtiaris' citizenship: Vanstone, ABC News Online - September 28, 2005
• Govt stands by decision to deport Bakhtiari family, The World Today - September 28, 2005 by Daniel Hoare
  
• Vanstone & Ruddock, Zoltan Karpathy's heirs, Crikey.com.au - September 28, 2005 by Michael Pascoe
• Bakhtiaris have no right to stay: govt, The Age - September 28, 2005 AAP
• Govt urged to reopen Bakhtiyari case, Lateline - September 28, 2005 by Hamish Fitzsimmons
  
• ASIO terrorises refugees, Green Left Weekly - September 28, 2005 by Sarah Stephen
• Terror laws 'short-sighted', news.com.au - September 27, 2005
• 'Appalling' anti-terrorism laws draw criticism, ABC News Online - September 27, 2005
• Police immunity call alarms rights watchdog, ABC News Online - September 27, 2005
• Senate examines Baxter's impact on mental health system, ABC News Online - September 27, 2005
• Christmas Is detention centre sparks mental health fears, ABC News Online - September 27, 2005
• Detainees 'could sue' over mental health care, ABC News Online - September 27, 2005
• Limit immigration detention to one month: QC, ABC News Online - September 27, 2005
• Talks under way on Baxter health handover, ABC News Online - September 27, 2005
• No change to Immigration Dept culture: lawyer, PM - September 26, 2005 by Nance Haxton
• Immigration policy racist: Rau's lawyer, SMH - September 26, 2005 AAP
• Rau's lawyer calls for royal commission, ABC News Online - September 26, 2005
  
• Ombudsman probes long-term detainee cases, ABC News Online - September 26, 2005
• How Ashes triumph could save the 'last Brit' in Guantanamo, The Observer - September 25, 2005 by David Rose
• Launching Webdiary and Club Chaos in WA, Margo Kingston's Webdiary - September 23, 2005 by Jack H Smit
  
• Experts sent to evaluate Nauru detainees, The Age - September 22, 2005 by Michael Gordon
• Georgiou questions detention proposal, SMH - September 21, 2005 by Louise Dodson
  
• Deporting activist was 'proper', news.com.au - September 21, 2005
• Peace activist's deportation probed, The Age - September 21, 2005 by Jewel Topsfield
• Man faces people-smuggling charges, The Age - September 21, 2005 by Lindsay Murdoch
• How a farmer became a refugee activist, Green Left Weekly - September 21, 2005 by Sarah Stephen
  
• Vanstone plays down self-harm, The Age - September 20, 2005 by Jewel Topsfield
• Aust: Vanstone's Baxter Cage spruce-up disgusting, Scoop New Zealand - September 20, 2005
• Law journal knocks back race-intelligence article, ABC News Online - September 20, 2005
• The expulsion of Scott Parkin, SMH - September 19, 2005 Editorial
• Parkin supporters confront Attorney General, Melbourne Indymedia - September 19, 2005
  
• Baxter detainees get more food choice, activities, ABC News Online - September 19, 2005
• Illegal fishermen released on good behaviour bonds, ABC News Online - September 19, 2005
  
• Detainees to get $500,000 sports centre, The Sunday Mail - September 19, 2005 by Bronwyn Hurrel
• Vanstone disputes self-harm figures, The Age - September 19, 2005 AAP
  
• Psychiatrist slams detention centre upgrade, PM - September 19, 2005 by Nance Haxton
  
• Vanstone announces 'user-friendly' changes to detention, The World Today - September 19, 2005 by Nance Haxton
• AFP investigates Baxter mattress fire, ABC News Online - September 19, 2005
• Advocates appalled over detention revelations, ABC Lateline, - September 19, 2005 by James Coventry
  
• Hundreds of detainees try self-harm, The Age - September 19, 2005 by Jewel Topsfield
• Who guards the guard dogs in the security world?, The Age - September 19, 2005 by Chas Savage
  
• Without safeguards, new laws are suspect, SMH - September 19, 2005 by Ben Saul
• 'Golden years' lost in island detention, The Age - September 19, 2005 by Karen Kissane
• Hamid Karzai criticises refugees' mandatory detention, ABC News Online - September 18, 2005 by Geoff Thompson
  
• UN summit backs weaker reforms, ABC News Online - September 17, 2005
• The secret country, The Age - September 17, 2005 by Ian Munro.
• 'If they'd ignored him, he'd have gone away', The Age - September 17, 2005 by Gerard Wright
• Immigration Corruption - the early days, Greg Moylan - September 17, 2005
• The refuge of Mr Ramezani, Port Pirie Recorder - September 16, 2005
• Plea for parents to identify Valbona and Ergi Kola, Statement by Marion Le OAM - September 16, 2005
  
• Compensation for deported activist unlikely: Ruddock, ABC News Online - September 16, 2005
  
• Australian Govt bills US peace activist $11,000 for his own deportation, AM - September 16, 2005 by Karen Percy
• Fed Govt mistakenly cancels 8,000 student visas, The World Today - September 16, 2005 by Julia Limb
• Students wrongly detained, deported, news.com.au - September 16, 2005 by Max Blenkin
  
• Deported activist landed with bill, news.com.au - September 16, 2005 AAP
• Alvarez false sex claim slammed, The Age - September 16, 2005 by Jewel Topsfield
• Another bad mark for Immigration, SMH - September 16, 2005 by Joseph Kerr
• Govt slaps peace activist with $11,000 travel bill, ABC News Online - September 16, 2005
• Christine Rau: Accidental activists, Australian Doctor - September 15, 2005 by Christine Rau
• Libs call for tougher citizenship tests, The World Today - September 15, 2005 by Emma Jolliff
• Villawood electric fence 'hypocritical', news.com.au - September 15, 2005 by Amy Cooper
  
• Detained US peace activist deported, The World Today - September 15, 2005 by Daniel Hoare
  
• US activist's deportation 'political', Brown says, ABC News Online - September 15, 2005
• Peace campaigner kicked out of country, news.com.au - September 15, 2005 AAP
• Peace activist thrown out of Australia, ABC News Online - September 15, 2005
• Deported activist fights visa claims, news.com.au - September 15, 2005 AAP
• Parkin escorted to airport ahead of deportation, ABC News Online - September 15, 2005
• Govt taken to task over treatment of Vivian Solon, The World Today - September 15, 2005 by Catherine McGrath
• Alvarez report blasts immigration, news.com.au - September 15, 2005 AAP
• 'Cultural problem' to blame for Solon case, ABC News Online - September 15, 2005
• Immigration Dept failed Solon, Senate inquiry finds, ABC News Online - September 15, 2005
• Kolas' identities can't be guaranteed, news.com.au - September 15, 2005 AAP
• Suspicious fire at Villawood, news.com.au - September 15, 2005 AAP
• Villawood gets shock treatment, SMH - September 15, 2005 by Joseph Kerr and Lee Glendinning
• Vanstone threatens to sue, The Age - September 15, 2005 by Jewel Topsfield
  
• US peace activist 'baffled' at ruling, The Age - September 15, 2005 by Mark Phillips
• The war on terrorism goes a step too far, SMH - September 15, 2005 by Daryl Melham
• 'Detainee' in airport plunge, news.com.au - September 14, 2005 AAP
• Immigration accused of issuing fake documents to asylum seekers, The World Today - September 14, 2005 by Toni Hassan
• Fresh claim of Immigration 'people smuggling' tactics, ABC News Online - September 14, 2005
• Vanstone releases documents in false ID row, ABC News Online - September 14, 2005
• Vanstone rejects claims of fraudulent travel documents, PM - September 14, 2005 by Louise Yaxley
• No detention conspiracy - Vanstone, news.com.au - September 14, 2005 AAP
  
• Scott Parkin: Deporting Dissent, New Matilda - September 14, 2005 by Ellis Ireland
• What Are Human Rights?, New Matilda - September 14, 2005 by Jane Stratton
  
• Arrest sets off alarm bells on security powers, The Age - September 14, 2005
• Protest advice led to US activist's detention, The Age - September 14, 2005 by Andra Jackson, Michelle Grattan and Brendan Nicholson
• Activist agrees to deportation, ABC News Online - September 14, 2005
• Detained couple were issued false IDs, SMH - September 14, 2005 by Joseph Kerr
• Vanstone denies identity fraud claim, ABC News Online - September 14, 2005 by Louise Yaxley
• Department under fire over travel documents, The Age - September 14, 2005 by Misha Schubert
• Asylum seekers still in detention, Green Left Weekly - September 14, 2005 by Sarah Stephen
• Bridging visa E: 'It's still like detention', Green Left Weekly - September 14, 2005 by Sarah Stephen
• Barbeques on the menu for Baxter detainees, ABC News Online - September 13, 2005
• US peace activist to appeal against cancellation of visa, PM - September 13, 2005 by Lyn Bell
• Lawyer demands answers from Govt on behalf of detained US peace activist, The World Today - September 13, 2005 by Daniel Hoare
• Baxter menu fails to meet standards, ABC News Online - September 13, 2005
• No politics in activist's detention: Ruddock, ABC News Online - September 13, 2005
• Activist's detention 'not political', news.com.au - September 13, 2005 AAP
• Security thumbs-down will affect US activist's travel: lawyer, ABC News Online - September 13, 2005
• Govt accused of acting like people smugglers, PM - September 13, 2005 by Louise Yaxley
• DIMIA 'gave refugees fake IDs', AAP - September 13, 2005 by Sharon Mathieson
• Labor accuses Govt of identity fraud in deportation case, ABC News Online - September 13, 2005
  
• Inquiry lashes department over envoy's asylum bid, The Age - September 13, 2005 by Jewel Topsfield
• Pacifist tourists, the big new threat, The Age - September 13, 2005 by Brian Walters
• Lawyer appeals to stop US activist's deportation, The Age - September 13, 2005 by Andra Jackson
  
• Teacher to fight security-risk deportation, SMH - September 13, 2005 by Lee Glendinning and Joseph Kerr
• Wife says detained husband attempted suicide, ABC News Online - September 13, 2005
• US activist in solitary detention, news.com.au - September 13, 2005 AAP
• Diarist sets sail with online newspaper, The Age - September 12, 2005 by Jenny Sinclair
  
• Ombudsman points the finger at Alvarez officials, SMH - September 12, 2005 by Joseph Kerr
• Detainees in hunger strikes, suicide bid, news.com.au - September 12, 2005 by Tom Richardson and John Stapleton
• Detainee's suicide attempt 'evidence of Baxter tensions', ABC News Online - September 12, 2005
• Community rallies behind Afghan family, ABC News Online - September 12, 2005
• Asylum seeker family win five year battle to stay in Australia, The World Today - September 12, 2005 by Tim Jeanes
  
• ASIO detains US peace activist, The World Today - September 12, 2005 by Alison Caldwell
  
• US peace activist faces deportation, AM - September 12, 2005 by Tanya Nolan
• Activist may go quietly: Lawyer, news.com.au - September 12, 2005 AAP
• Detained activist in distress: lawyer, news.com.au - September 12, 2005 AAP
• Activist's arrest prompts questions about security powers, ABC News Online - September 12, 2005
• Peace activism no reason for deportation, Beazley says, ABC News Online - September 12, 2005
• Activist seeks visa assessment, news.com.au - September 12, 2005 by Kellee Nolan and Charisse Ede
• Detainees continue hunger strike in hospital, ABC News Online - September 12, 2005
• Detainees taken to hospital, news.com.au - September 12, 2005 AAP
  
• Inquiry finds Govt 'insensitive' in Chen defection case, ABC News Online - September 12, 2005
• Australia to deport US peace activist, The Age - September 11, 2005 by AAP
  
• Protesters decry US peace activist's arrest, ABC News Online - September 11, 2005
• Anti-terror summit criticised, news.com.au - September 11, 2005 AAP
  
• Muslim leaders gather for anti-terrorism summit, ABC News Online - September 11, 2005
• Detainee in suicide attempt, news.com.au - September 11, 2005 AAP
• Baxter 'drives detainees to suicide', The Age - September 11, 2005 by AAP
  
• Muslim community expresses concern over anti-terrorism laws, ABC News Online - September 11, 2005
• Baxter detainee 'attempts suicide' after scuffle with guards, ABC News Online - September 11, 2005
• US activist arrested after Govt revokes visa, ABC News Online - September 11, 2005
• Why the big rush?, The Age - September 9, 2005 by Michelle Grattan
  
• Howard's security move 'draconian', The Age - September 9, 2005 by Ian Munro and Fergus Shiel
• Legal bodies raise the alarm, SMH - September 9, 2005 by Marian Wilkinson
• Fear that law changes will curb free speech, SMH - September 9, 2005 by Tom Allard
• Terror laws 'infringe human rights', news.com.au - September 9, 2005 AAP
• 87 detainees on hunger strike at Guantanamo, ABC News Online - September 9, 2005
• Villawood protest baffles Vanstone, Seven News - September 9, 2005
• Vanstone defends detainees at work, news.com.au - September 8, 2005 by Sharon Mathieson and Rob Pash
  
• Baxter suicide attempt reports prompt mental health fears, ABC News Online - September 8, 2005
• Students to cycle for asylum seekers, Ballarat Courier - September 8, 2005
  
• Unions claim detainees used for cheap labour, AM - September 8, 2005 by Karen Barlow
• Asylum seekers 'exploited', news.com.au - September 8, 2005 AAP
• Detainees do chores for $1 an hour, The Age - September 8, 2005 by Nick O'Malley
• High Court overturns detainee paedophile ruling, ABC News Online - September 8, 2005
• 'Four suicide attempts' in detention, The Australian - September 8, 2005
• Human Rights Act needed because of institutional failures, New Matilda - September 7, 2005 by John Menadue
  
• Howard 'should be run out of town', news.com.au - September 7, 2005 by Maria Hawthorne
• Alvarez lawyer slams govt action, news.com.au - September 7, 2005 AAP
• Alvarez resolution 'in sight', news.com.au - September 7, 2005 AAP
• Unions seek explanation of detainee work claims, ABC News Online - September 7, 2005
• Govt 'dragging its feet' in Solon case, supporters say, ABC News Online - September 7, 2005
• Deported Palestinian brought back to Australia, PM - September 7, 2005 by Alexandra Kirk
• DIMIA caught red handed breaching UN Convention, Scoop New Zealand - September 7, 2005
• Four suicide attempts in Aust. detention centres, Scoop New Zealand - September 7, 2005
  
• UN inquiry failed to halt deportation, SMH - September 7, 2005 by Joseph Kerr and Josh Paine
  
• Life on the outside, Green Left Weekly - September 7, 2005 by Sarah Stephen
• Immigration Dept defied UN request: Nettle, PM - September 6, 2005 by Alexandra Kirk
• Taxpayer bears cost of Immigration deportation bungle, AM - September 6, 2005 by Nick McKenzie
  
• Immigration blunder sees man deported and brought back, The World Today - September 6, 2005 by Alexandra Kirk
• Asylum seeker's deportation 'breached conventions', ABC News Online - September 6, 2005
  
• Govt followed 'proper process' in deportation case, ABC News Online - September 6, 2005
• Thousands spent in deportation mess, news.com.au - September 6, 2005 AAP
• Questions raised over search for Alvarez, The Age - September 6, 2005 AAP
• Our favourite media moments, SMH - September 6, 2005 by David Dale
  
• Immigration deports, returns asylum seeker, ABC News Online - September 6, 2005 by Nick McKenzie
• Five-year-old's detention trauma: broken sleeps, nightmares and stress, SMH - September 6, 2005 by Lee Glendinning
• Court hears of detention boy's nightmares, The Age - September 6, 2005 by Lee Glendinning
• Baxter creates mental health problems: report, The Age - September 6, 2005 by Jewel Topsfield
• UN intervenes to stop a deportation, The Age - September 6, 2005 by Andra Jackson
• Immigration detention - reading the tea leaves, Online Opinion - September 5, 2005 by Howard Glenn
  
• Detainee hunger strike enters day 14, news.com.au - September 5, 2005 AAP
• Call for review of services at Baxter, The Age - September 5, 2005 AAP
• Detainees vow to starve themselves to death, SMH - September 5, 2005 by Lee Glendinning
• Vanstone stonewalling, says lawyer, The Age - September 5, 2005 by Jewel Topsfield
• Asylum seekers are 'beyond help' The Age - September 4, 2005 by Peter Ellingsen
• Detainees mount hunger strike over visa decision, ABC News Online - September 4, 2005
• Dramatic plunge in number of detainees, The Age - September 4, 2005 by Michelle Grattan and Jewel Topsfield
• ACT flags Canberra site for SIEV-X memorial, ABC News Online - September 3, 2005
• Development body rejects SIEV-X monument, ABC News Online - September 3, 2005
• 'Different times' call for bill of rights, says QC, ABC News Online - September 3, 2005
• Boy terrified 'only after detention', The Advertiser - September 2, 2005 by Nick Ralston
  
• Exhibition advocates SIEV-X memorial, ABC News Online - September 2, 2005 by Tim Jeanes
• Advocate of last resort fears rough justice, SMH - September 1, 2005 by Justin Norrie
• Democrats want Bill of Rights debate, SMH - September 1, 2005 AAP
• Public picks up visa bills, The Herald Sun - September 1, 2005 by Nicolette Burke
• We should accept Pacific refugees: Brown, The Age - September 1, 2005 AAP
• Situation of sick detainees is 'toxic', The Advertiser - September 1, 2005 by Lisa Allison
  

August

• Health services for detainees inadequate: Ozdowski, ABC News Online - August 31, 2005
• Asylum seeker loses appeal, news.com.au - August 31, 2005 AAP
• Immigration faces review over elderly woman's death, ABC News Online - August 31, 2005
• Everyone has right to fair go: Georgiou, The Age - August 31, 2005 by Michelle Grattan
• Medical certificate weakens Immigration Dept claims, PM - August 30, 2005 by Daniel Hoare
• Hijab ban call 'shakes democracy': Afghan ambassador, SMH - August 30, 2005 by David Williams
• Medical certificate contradicts Immigration, ABC News Online - August 30, 2005
• Woomera traumatised boy, court told, SMH - August 30, 2005 by Lee Glendinning
• Row over detention centre site, news.com.au - August 30, 2005 by Jade Bilowol
• Detention lawyer claims prejudice, news.com.au - August 30, 2005 AAP
• Greens urge Govt to scrap billing immigration detainees, ABC News Online - August 29, 2005
• Court hears refugee's compensation case, ABC News Online - August 29, 2005
• 'Failure' in care of detained boy, news.com.au - August 29, 2005 AAP
• Minister 'ignored' duty of care, news.com.au - August 29, 2005 by Nick Ralston and Kim Arlington
• Boy sues over damage in detention, news.com.au - August 29, 2005 AAP
• Ethnic groups tell of 'climate of fear', The Age - August 28, 2005 by Peter Ellingson
• Iranian refugee seeks compensation, AM - August 27, 2005 by Karen Barlow
• Masked teenager arrested at anti-Howard protest, ABC News Online - August 27, 2005
• Activists heckle PM in Adelaide, ABC News Online - August 27, 2005
• Australia probes alleged assault at detention camp, Gulf Times, Qatar - August 27, 2005 AFP
  
• Australia gets tough on journalists, New Zealand Herald - August 27, 2005 by Greg Ansley
• Baxter inmate alleges assault, The Age - August 26, 2005 by Andra Jackson
• Police investigate broken leg incident, news.com.au - August 26, 2005 by Sharon Mathieson and Max Blenkin
• Tampa Anniversary Still Causing Damage 4 Years On, Dems Media: - August 26, 2005 by Senator Andrew Bartlett
• Advocates remember Tampa, news.com.au - August 26, 2005 AAP
• Guards broke my ankle, says detainee, news.com.au - August 26, 2005 by Elizabeth Colman
• Baxter detainee claims attack was deliberate, AM - August 26, 2005 by Tanya Nolan
• Baxter detainee says scuffle unprovoked, AM - August 26, 2005 by Tanya Nolan
• Excess force used to quell detainees, The Age - August 25, 2005 by Andra Jackson
• Family of Syrian woman want answers about her death, AM - August 25, 2005 by Daniel Hoare
  
• Behind bars and billed for the privilege, The Australian - August 25, 2005 by Mike Steketee
• Young Muslims choose Sept 11 for day of action, ABC News Online - August 24, 2005 by Tanya Nolan
• No apology expected on 'DIMIA death', news.com.au - August 24, 2005 AAP
• DIMIA offers sympathy after death, news.com.au - August 24, 2005
• Labor outraged at Immigration Dept's treatment of frail woman, ABC News Online - August 24, 2005
• Under pressure: Immigration may be sued over death, SMH - August 24, 2005 by AAP
  
• Doctor blames department for elderly woman's death, ABC News Online - August 24, 2005 by Daniel Hoare
• Refugees: tearing down the razor wire, Green Left Weekly - August 24, 2005 by Sarah Stephen
• Refugee supporter acquitted of passport charges, Green Left Weekly - August 24, 2005 by Sarah Stephen
• Skilled immigrants locked up, Green Left Weekly - August 24, 2005
• Journalists refuse to reveal source, news.com.au - August 23, 2005 by Danny Rose
• Journalists may face contempt charges, ABC News Online - August 23, 2005
• $24m spent on Govt recruitment, news.com.au - August 23, 2005 AAP
• Taxpayers slugged for Refugee Review Tribunal massages, news.com.au - August 23, 2005 AAP
• Boy in landmark case over detention, ABC News Online - August 23, 2005
  
• Child refugee sues over detention centre stay, ABC News Online - August 23, 2005
• Alvarez lawyer hits out at govt delay, SMH - August 23, 2005 by AAP
• An Aussie Muslim, The Age - August 23, 2005 by Larry Schwartz
  
• The Prime Minister's Muslims do not represent all Muslims, The Age - August 23, 2005 by Amir Butler
• Commitment to nation comes first, says Howard, The Age - August 23, 2005 by Meaghan Shaw
• Couple thrown together by war for peace, The Age - August 23, 2005 by Andra Jackson
• Child refugee sues over 'unjust' detention, The Age - August 23, 2005 by Fergus Shiel
• Immigration trap for hurt workers, The Age - August 22, 2005 by Andra Jackson
• The cover-up comes unstuck, SMH - August 22, 2005 by David Marr
• UK Home Office Pushes for Deportation Despite Torture Concerns, Epoch Times - August 21, 2005 by Simon Veazey
  
• Children in custody and the parents don't know, SMH - August 21, 2005 by Erin O'Dwyer
  
• Labor urges probe of Lightfoot over visas, The Age - August 21, 2005 by Russell Skelton
  
• Royal way's the only route to heal Tampa shame, SMH - August 21, 2005 by Frank Walker
  
• The lies that kept Vivian Alvarez hidden for years, SMH - August 20, 2005
• MP will seek to visit Alvarez, news.com.au - August 20, 2005
• For two years, they kept mum, SMH - August 20, 2005 by Joseph Kerr
• Asylum seekers' children lose fight to stay, ABC News Online - August 19, 2005
• Another four Afghans given refugee status, The Age - August 19, 2005 by Michael Gordon
  
• Free, but wanting to 'return to Baxter', The Age - August 19, 2005 by Andra Jackson
• Refugees on temporary visas suffer more stress: study, ABC News Online - August 19, 2005
  
• Detainee children lose case, news.com.au - August 19, 2005 by Nicole Azzopardi
  
• Former detainees not coping with life outside, spokesman says, ABC News Online - August 19, 2005
• Vanstone has 'culture of denial': Labor, PM - August 18, 2005 by Louise Yaxley
• Ombudsman says immigration inquiry report will be made public, AM - August 18, 2005 by Louise Yaxley
• Govt stands by migration zone changes, The Age - August 18, 2005 AAP
• Report warns against holding women, children in Darwin centre, ABC News Online - August 18, 2005
  
• Released immigration detainees experience life on the outside, The World Today - August 18, 2005 by Karen Barlow
• When the Baxter fence closes, - August 18, 2005 by Jack H Smit
  
• Vanstone flags further changes, The Advertiser - August 18, 2005 by Sharon Mathieson
• Detention probe has royal powers, news.com.au - August 18, 2005 AAP
• Reverse swing, The UK Guardian - August 17, 2005
• Our own Guantanamo?, The Herald Sun - August 17, 2005 by Nicolette Burke
  
• I'm a target, says defector, The Age - August 17, 2005 by Clay Lucas
  
• Anti-terror laws are tyrannical: Fraser, SMH - August 17, 2005 AAP
• Wrongful detention 'okayed', news.com.au - August 17, 2005 by Sharon Mathieson and Saffron Howden
  
• Vanstone agrees to release detainee information, ABC News Online - August 17, 2005
• Wrongful detentions old news: Vanstone, ABC News Online - August 17, 2005
• Detainees held too long: Vanstone, news.com.au - August 17, 2005 AAP
  
• Senate concerns on detention, news.com.au - August 17, 2005 AAP
• Alvarez refused allowance: Greens, news.com.au - August 17, 2005 AAP
• Detention's $1m damage trail, SMH - August 17, 2005 by Joseph Kerr
• Wrongful detentions: 56 held for 3 weeks, ABC News Online - August 17, 2005
• Habib given defamation case go ahead, The Age - August 16, 2005 AAP
• Detainees freed before Ombudsman steps in, SMH - August 16, 2005 by Joseph Kerr
• Vanstone denies special help for refugee, The Age - August 16, 2005 AAP
• It's now about getting out of the Iraq mess, The Age - August 15, 2005 by Bruce Grant
• Tears and laughter as asylum seekers reunite, The Age - August 15, 2005 by Andra Jackson
• Migration cases flood watchdog, SMH - August 15, 2005 by Joseph Kerr
  
• Senator oils the visa wheels, The Sunday Age - August 14, 2005 by Russell Skelton
• GetUp! to stand up, The Australian - August 13, 2005 by Paul Kelly
• Broken man sues over years behind wire, SMH - August 13, 2005 by Adele Horin
• Seven illegal immigrants arrested in WA, ABC News Online - August 13, 2005
• New detention centres may take asylum seekers, ABC News Online - August 13, 2005
  
• Building in a common cause, SMH - August 13, 2005 by Christopher Kremmer.
• Afghani family reunited and sets up life in 'Bridge, The Murray Valley Standard - August 12, 2005 by Nick Butterly
  
• Tampa crew `sedated refugees to make them look sicker', The Advertiser - August 11, 2005 by Nick Butterly
• Student's parrot jibe ruffles ministerial feathers, SMH - August 11, 2005 by Mark Metherell
• Bartlett seeks Senate support to disallow islands' excision, ABC News Online - August 11, 2005
  
• Alvarez wants to return home: govt, The Age - August 11, 2005 AAP
• Government tested on migration zone, news.com.au - August 11, 2005 AAP
• Nats refugee bashing, say Greens, New Zealand Herald - August 10, 2005
• MP demands Jakarta ambassador guarantee, The Age - August 10, 2005 AAP
  
• Australian Detention Centre on World Stage, The Epoch Times - August 10, 2005 by Leisa Park
• Chen Yonglin on defection and delay, Margo Kingston's Web Diary - August 9, 2005 by Chris Saliba
  
• Deportation e-mail fury, Courier Mail - August 9, 2005 by Jason Gregory
• Vanstone urged to issue pair visas, SMH - August 9, 2005 AAP
• All razor wire may be removed from centres, Courier Mail - August 8, 2005
• Senate committee changes alarm minor parties, PM - August 8, 2005 by Catherine McGrath
• Refugee centres empty: Millions paid as deterrent, Sunday Times - August 7, 2005
• Claire Harvey: A trotter in the mouth, New Zealand Herald - August 5, 2005
• Detainees questioned over food protest, ABC News Online - August 5, 2005
• Empty centres a waste of money, Courier Mail - August 5, 2005 by Nicolette Burke
• Jail that held Rau 'totally animalistic', Channel Nine News - August 5, 2005 AAP
• Dinky-di Aussie Muslims, The Age - August 4, 2005 by Geoff Strong.
• Callous maltreatment of refugees in Australian detention centres, World Socialist Web Site - August 4, 2005 by Joe Lopez
• Workers told to word up, The Herald Sun - August 4, 2005 by Jason Frenkel
• US torturing detainees in secret locations: Amnesty, ABC News Online - August 4, 2005 by David Mark
• Hicks can be tried in Australia, lawyers say, ABC News Online - August 3, 2005
• Amanda needs to be loved, The Age - August 3, 2005 by Suzanne Carbone and John Mangan
• Detention for visa offences, The Australian - August 3, 2005 by Dorothy Illing
• A quick fix for DIMIA but no policy change in sight, New Matilda - August 3, 2005 by Eva Cox and Terry Priest
• Seidler a citizen again, as bureaucrats pass the buck, SMH - August 3, 2005 by Tim Dick
• Australian-born child still faces deportation, SMH - August 2, 2005 by Lee Glendinning
• Defector policeman gets protection visa, The Age - August 2, 2005 by Jewel Topsfield
• Immigration blames detention centre operator, The Age - August 2, 2005 by Andra Jackson
  
• Don't let terrorism win, The Age - August 2, 2005 by Raimond Gaita
• Speaking out of turn is not free speech, SMH Opinion - August 2, 2005 by Gerard Henderson
• Releases leave Baxter detainees 'despondent', ABC News Online - August 2, 2005
• Harry Seidler 'not Australian', news.com.au - August 2, 2005 AAP
• Immigration in u-turn over architect, The Age - August 2, 2005 AAP
• Beattie opposes 'illegal' centre, Courier Mail - August 1, 2005 by Malcolm Cole and Chris Griffith
• Detainee treated 'like a dog', The Age - August 1, 2005 by Jewel Topsfield
• Leaked emails claim Guantanamo trials rigged, ABC News Online - August 1, 2005 by Leigh Sales
  
• Ruddock urges Qld to back detention centre, ABC News Online - August 1, 2005
• Lobbyist get up gears up for Senate, SMH - August 1, 2005 by Louise Dodson
• Still stained by inhumane detention, The Age - August 1, 2005 by Arnold Zable
  

July

• Musical 'Walter Mitty' is off home, The Age - July 31, 2005 by Mark Russell
• Qld Govt, local council criticise detention centre decision, ABC News Online - July 31, 2005
• Qld could veto detention centre, Mayor says, ABC News Online - July 31, 2005
• Refugee group pushes for royal commission, ABC News Online - July 31, 2005
• QLD detention centre land investigated, says Beattie, ABC News Online - July 30, 2005
• Beattie outraged by detention centre, news.com.au - July 30, 2005 AAP
• Government blamed for detainee abuse, news.com.au - July 30, 2005 AAP
• Deportation pair given reprieve, news.com.au - July 30, 2005 AAP
• Detainees' treatment 'the worst yet', news.com.au - July 30, 2005 AAP
• Govt's demonising to blame for detainee mistreatment: ALP, ABC News Online - July 30, 2005
• Detention centre operator 'not up to the job', ABC News Online - July 30, 2005
• Residents 'left out' of detention decision, ABC News Online - July 30, 2005
• Children emerge from the razor wire, The Advertiser - July 30, 2005 by Edith Bevin
• Last of children in detention set free, The Age - July 30, 2005 by Andra Jackson
• Border clamp paying off: Ruddock, The Age - July 30, 2005 by Michael Gawenda and Jewel Topsfield
• Islands lose asylum status, The Courier-Mail - July 30, 2005 by Nicolette Burke and Lachlan Heywood
• Detention company apologises for inhumane treatment, AM - July 30, 2005 by Nick Grimm
• Latest detention incident 'unacceptable': Vanstone, AM - July 30, 2005 by Karen Percy
• Five detainees treated inhumanely: inquiry, AM - July 30, 2005 by Nick Grimm
• Detainees denied food and water, news.com.au - July 30, 2005 by Selina Mitchell and Patrick Walters
• Detention centre contractor guilty of abuse, SMH - July 30, 2005 by Louise Dodson
• What of detainees left behind, AM - July 30, 2005 by Nance Haxton
• 42 children released from immigration detention, PM - July 29, 2005 by Samantha Hawley
• Australia rules islands out of bounds for refugees, Reuters.co.uk - July 29, 2005 by Paul Tait
  
• Last detention children released, news.com.au - July 29, 2005 AAP
• Govt shrinks migration zone, AM - July 29, 2005 by Louise Yaxley
  
• Detainee kids freed, The Advertiser - July 29, 2005
• Children freed, at last, The Advertiser - July 29, 2005 by Edith Bevin and Nicolette Burke
• Refugee groups praise families' release, ABC News Online - July 29, 2005
• Dems aim to overturn migration changes, The Age - July 29, 2005 AAP
• Islands excision move 'mean and tricky', ABC News Online - July 29, 2005
• Govt excises islands from migration zone, AM - July 29, 2005 by Louise Yaxley
• Asylum seekers leave detention behind, ABC News Online - July 29, 2005
• Vanstone announces new detention facility, ABC News Online - July 29, 2005
• Detention centre operator to pay for maltreatment, ABC News Online - July 29, 2005
• Last children in detention freed today, The Age - July 29, 2005 by Andra Jackson
• A bridge on the road to nowhere, SMH - July 29, 2005 by Joseph Kerr and Lee Glendinning
• Cry freedom as families let go, SMH - July 29, 2005 by Joseph Kerr and Lee Glendinning
• $320m for empty centre, The Age - July 29, 2005 by Jewel Topsfield
• Detainee standoff ends peacefully, news.com.au - July 28, 2005 AAP
• Immigrant tale of abusive priest rivets Italy, Bradenton Herald - July 28, 2005 by Ken Dilanian
• Children released from Immigration detention, The World Today - July 28, 2005 by Karen Barlow
  
• Children released from detention, PM - July 28, 2005 by Samantha Hawley
• Federal Court decision weakens Govt's refugee policy, The World Today - July 28, 2005 by Peta Donald
• Detainee, authorities in stand-off, news.com.au - July 28, 2005 AAP
• Christmas Island detainees to depart, The Age - July 28, 2005 AAP
• Uzbek refugees heading to Australia, ABC News Online - July 28, 2005
• Rau parents talk about pain, news.com.au - July 28, 2005 by Tamara McLean
  
• Vanstone mulls visa ruling appeal, ABC News Online - July 28, 2005
• Court or expulsion for detainee, The Advertiser - July 28, 2005 by Natasha Robinson
• Deporting of asylum seekers blocked, news.com.au - July 28, 2005 by Sharon Mathieson
  
• Empty detention centre to remain operational, ABC News Online - July 28, 2005
• Immigration scrambles to meet child release deadline, ABC News Online - July 28, 2005
• Police told of Baxter centre assaults, ABC News Online - July 28, 2005
• Vanstone to consider couple's right to visa, ABC News Online - July 28, 2005
• Court undermines key immigration law, ABC News Online - July 28, 2005
• Last detained children set for release, news.com.au - July 28, 2005 AAP
• 'Two Brothers': the play and the reviews, Margo Kingston's Web Diary - July 27, 2005 by Tony Kevin
• Suspicion widens in Alvarez case, SMH - July 27, 2005 by Joseph Kerr
• Homes not ready for freed children, SMH - July 27, 2005 by Joseph Kerr and Lee Glendinning
  
• Ruddock accused of double standards, news.com.au - July 27, 2005 AAP
• Detention law change considered, news.com.au - July 27, 2005 AAP
• Moira Rayner: A matter of identity, The Age - July 26, 2005 by Moira Rayner
• Rau returns, says guardian, The Advertiser - July 26, 2005
• Riot causes $70,000 damage to Baxter, The Age - July 25, 2005 AAP
• Bridging visa to where?, Online Opinion - July 25, 2005 by Anna Burke
• The 'losmen' of lost dreams, Jakarta Post - July 23, 2005 by Duncan Graham,
  
• Neo-Nazis in bid to drive out Africa refugees, The Australian - July 23, 2005 by Greg Roberts
• Vanstone pressed to explain latest bungle, SMH - July 23, 2005 by Lee Glendinning and David Humphries
• Vietnamese hero not legitimate enough for Vanstone?, Online Opinion - July 22, 2005 by Norm Bernard
• Kids' lawyer contradicts Vanstone, The Age - July 22, 2005
• Mike Steketee: Something rotten in Immigration, The Australian - July 21, 2005
• Washington Post: Asylum in Australia, The Washington Post - July 21, 2005
• Detained children excited to be back at school, ABC News Online - July 21, 2005
• Detention child 'thought of suicide', news.com.au - July 21, 2005 by Tara Ravens
  
• Revealing cases puts asylum seekers in danger, UN warns, SMH - July 21, 2005 by Craig Skehan
• 'Legal action' stopped deportation, news.com.au - July 21, 2005 AAP
• Released Villawood family considers legal action, ABC News Online - July 21, 2005
• Mother and children freed from Villawood, ABC News Online - July 21, 2005 by Andrew Fowler
• Children freed after DIMIA realises mistake, Lateline - July 20, 2005 by Andrew Fowler
• Family say they weren't illegal, Daily Telegraph - July 20, 2005 AAP
• Detained children, mum free, news.com.au - July 20, 2005 AAP
• DIMIA chief Andrew Metcalfe shows his colours, - July 20, 2005
• Sex abuse woman victim of smears, The Age - July 20, 2005 by Barney Zwartz
• Tony Burke slams Baxter's 'management unit', AM - July 19, 2005 by Louise Yaxley
• Allegations of sexual abuse at Curtin detention centre, The World Today - July 19, 2005 Samantha Hawley
• Govt faces scrutiny over detainee's abuse claims, ABC News Online - July 19, 2005
• One man freed, the detention agony continues, The Age, Editorial - July 19, 2005
• Ruddock denies reponsibility for DIMIA debacles, 7.30 Report - July 19, 2005 Kerry O'brien
• Ruddock rejects bungles responsibility, SMH - July 19, 2005 AAP
  
• Purgatory in Baxter, SMH - July 19, 2005 by David Marr
• Refugee abused in detention centre, SMH - July 19, 2005 by Barney Zwartz
• Vanstone offers freed detainee hope, The Age - July 19, 2005 by Meaghan Shaw and Michael Gordon
• Free Qasim to receive ongoing treatment, ABC News Online - July 19, 2005
• Baxter visit convinces Burke of need for royal commission, ABC News Online - July 19, 2005
• Refugee advocate airs ID card opposition, ABC News Online - July 19, 2005
• ID or not 2B under constant scrutiny, The Australian - July 19, 2005 by Phillip Adams
• Darwin detention centre 'needs $9m upgrade', ABC News Online - July 18, 2005
• Closed centre costing $260,000, The Advertiser - July 18, 2005
• Palmer shows the way, but more is needed, The Age - July 18, 2005 by Guy Coffey and Martin Clutterbuck
• Indon concern on Aussie envoy, news.com.au - July 18, 2005 by Rob Taylor
• Qasim heads for the beach, ABC News Online - July 18, 2005
• Probe into Qasim's ethnicity to continue, The Age - July 18, 2005 AAP
• Qasim's identity remains unknown: Vanstone, ABC News Online - July 18, 2005
  
• Legal team seeks compensation for Solon, Lateline - July 18, 2005 by Tony Jones
  
• Doctor can't remember details, Lateline - July 18, 2005 by Margot O'Neill and Lisa Millar
  
• Please swipe your card and press delete, Project SafeCom website - July 18, 2005 by Jack H Smit
• Cornelia Rau: the verdict, SMH - July 18, 2005 by David Marr
• Free at last: the longest-held detainee, SMH - July 18, 2005 by Penny Debelle
  
• Tributes for 'outstanding judge, visionary', The Age - July 18, 2005 by Ian Munro
• Claims against new ambassador concerning, says Labor, ABC News Online - July 17, 2005
• Liberals brush off Indonesian criticism of new ambassador, ABC News Online - July 17, 2005
• Howard confident of Farmer appointment, Channel Nine News - July 17, 2005 AAP
  
• 'Happy' Qasim thanks supporters, ABC News Online - July 17, 2005
• Qasim deserves certainty - Labor, news.com.au - July 17, 2005 AAP
• Long-awaited freedom for Qasim, news.com.au - July 17, 2005 AAP
• Qasim handed visa after seven years, news.com.au - July 17, 2005 AAP
• Sacking me won't help - Vanstone, news.com.au - July 17, 2005 AAP
• Rau says treatment 'horrendous', news.com.au - July 17, 2005 AAP
• Jurist Sir Ronald Wilson dies, ABC News Online - July 17, 2005
• Tributes paid to 'visionary' Sir Ronald Wilson, ABC News Online - July 17, 2005
• Tributes flow for dead judge, The Age - July 17, 2005 AAP
• Indonesian threat to block envoy, The Age - July 17, 2005 by Philip Hudson
• The buck stops where?, The Age - July 16, 2005 by Michelle Grattan and Jewel Topsfield
• Answers needed on detention, Townsville Bulletin, - July 16, 2005
• No end to detention, The Australian - July 16, 2005
• Fall guys' soft landing, SMH - July 16, 2005 by Mike Seccombe
  
• Howard ministers are bloody hard to sack, The Age - July 16, 2005 by Shaun Craney
  
• Rau family wants answers about other cases, SMH - July 16, 2005 by Jonathan Pearlman
  
• ASIO questions further detain Qasim, The Age - July 16, 2005 by Penelope Debelle
• Keeping pressure on Immigration, SMH - July 16, 2005 Editorial
• Immigration's change of heart on detainees, SMH - July 16, 2005 by Joseph Kerr and Jonathan Pearlman
  
• Academic stirs fight over race, SMH - July 16, 2005 by Tim Dick
  
• Slippery escape for invisible villains, SMH - July 16, 2005 by Alan Ramsey
• LATELINE Friday Forum: Jon Jureidini & Claire O'Connor, Lateline - July 15, 2005 by Maxine McKew
• SA Govt considers Palmer report changes, ABC News Online - July 15, 2005
  
• Rau's sister renews call for open inquiry, The Age - July 15, 2005 AAP
• Smuggler Jailed But Iraqi Boat People Wrangle Rages On, IPS-Inter Press Service - July 15, 2005 by Bob Burton
  
• Australian aid package undermines Nauru: report, ABC News Online - July 15, 2005 by Sean Dorney
  
• Sorry, but it'll take more than this to fluster the PM, The Australian - July 15, 2005 by Matt Price
• No basis for claim that deportee was sex slave, The Age - July 15, 2005 by Jewel Topsfield
  
• PM, Vanstone answer questions over Palmer report, AM - July 15, 2005 by Kim Landers
• Calls mount for Immigration judicial inquiry, ABC News Online - July 15, 2005
• Vanstone's shaming forced pregnant detainee's release: minister, ABC News Online - July 15, 2005
• Palmer report 'falls short', news.com.au - July 15, 2005 AAP
• DIMIA ignored Alvarez proof, news.com.au - July 15, 2005 AAP
• Dems want people smuggling inquiry, news.com.au - July 15, 2005 AAP
• Detention flaws 'won't change', news.com.au - July 15, 2005 AAP
• 'Courageous' Vanstone should stay: Hockey, news.com.au - July 15, 2005 AAP
• Alvarez to learn of Palmer findings, news.com.au - July 15, 2005 AAP
• Rau calls for Vanstone to go, ABC News Online - July 15, 2005
• Rau 'sets the record straight', news.com.au - July 15, 2005 AAP
• Alvarez lawyer rejects ID plan, news.com.au - July 15, 2005 AAP
  
• Immigration Dept workers embark on reforms, ABC News Online - July 15, 2005
• Solon lawyer hopeful after Vanstone's comments, ABC News Online - July 15, 2005
• Immigration Minister responds to Palmer report findings, AM - July 15, 2005 by Alexandra Kirk
• Solon case included in Palmer inquiry, AM - July 15, 2005 by Karen Barlow
  
• Rau lawyers says improvements at Baxter Detention Centre still inadequate, AM - July 15, 2005 by Tony Eastley
• Liberty disregarded by DIMIA: Palmer report, AM - July 15, 2005 by David Mark
  
• Rau says immigration minister should have ethnic background, The World Today - July 15, 2005 by John Faine
• Pressure mounts on Govt over immigration bungles, The World Today - July 15, 2005 by Alexandra Kirk
  
• Former immigration employees say reforming dept will be a challenge, The World Today - July 15, 2005 by Karen Barlow
• The women Australia abandoned force the PM to say sorry, SMH - July 15, 2005 by Joseph Kerr
• Don't let rare peek inside be worthless, SMH - July 15, 2005 by Christine Rau.
• Detainees still waiting on concrete action for help, SMH - July 15, 2005 by Lee Glendinning
• Moral right versus legal right, SMH - July 15, 2005 by David Humphries
• Old cop pulls no punches, SMH - July 15, 2005 by David Marr
• Apology not accepted until care agreed, SMH - July 15, 2005 by Andrew Clennell, David Humphries and Lee Glendinning
  
• PM lists ways to say sorry, SMH - July 15, 2005 by Mike Seccombe
• Alvarez case shows failure after failure, SMH - July 15, 2005 by Mike Seccombe
  
• Grounds for compensation many: lawyer, The Age - July 15, 2005 by Penelope Debelle
• Investigation into wrongful deportation continues, Lateline - July 14, 2005 by Tom Iggulden
  
• Peter Qasim's continued detention causes concern, The World Today - July 14, 2005 by Samantha Hawley
  
• Pregnant detainee to live with family, news.com.au - July 14, 2005 AAP
• People smuggler cries at jail sentence, The Age - July 14, 2005 AAP
• Nine years for SIEV-X smuggler, news.com.au - July 14, 2005 AAP
• Iraqi jailed for 9 years for SIEV-X role, ABC News Online - July 14, 2005
• Indonesian fishermen detained in Baxter, ABC News Online - July 14, 2005
• Students protest against detention centres, ABC News Online - July 14, 2005
  
• Howard apology 'crocodile tears', news.com.au - July 14, 2005 AAP
  
• Solon lawyer rejects Howard's apology, ABC News Online - July 14, 2005
• Inquiry only scratches surface: Labor, news.com.au - July 14, 2005 AAP
  
• Rau bungle avoidable: sister, news.com.au - July 14, 2005 AAP
• Inquiry slams immigration department, The Age - July 14, 2005 AAP
• Immigration shake-up announced, news.com.au - July 14, 2005 AAP
• More detention mistakes may happen: govt, The Age - July 14, 2005 AAP
• Mental health national shame: ABA, news.com.au - July 14, 2005 AAP
• Inquiries ongoing in Qasim case: Ruddock, ABC News Online - July 14, 2005 by Samantha Hawley
  
• Govt apologises to Rau and Alvarez, news.com.au - July 14, 2005 AAP
  
• PM apologises to Rau, Solon, ABC News Online - July 14, 2005
• Qld confronts Vanstone over detained pregnant woman, ABC News Online - July 14, 2005
  
• Prisoner lobby fears deportation for pregnant detainee, ABC News Online - July 14, 2005
  
• Detained pregnant woman released into community, ABC News Online - July 14, 2005
  
• Palmer report looms as Howard promises change, ABC News Online - July 14, 2005
• 'No hospital beds' for detainees, The Age - July 14, 2005 by Michelle Grattan
• The party of the true believers, The Age - July 14, 2005 by Wayne Swan
  
• Chen visa granted on false information, ambassador says, ABC News Online - July 13, 2005
• Palmer report won't call for royal commission, ABC News Online - July 13, 2005 by Adele Hodge
• PM vows immigration change is coming, ABC News Online - July 13, 2005
• Rau case prompts new ID checks, The Australian - July 13, 2005 by Samantha Maiden and Dennis Shanahan
• The Circle is complete, - July 13, 2005 by John Highfield
  
• Black and blue justice in Port Hedland, Project SafeCom website - July 13, 2005
  
• Qld asks Vanstone to move pregnant detainee, ABC News Online - July 13, 2005
• Let's not compromise the rule of law, The Age - July 13, 2005 by Malcolm Fraser
• Why did the refugees stop coming?, Green Left Weekly - July 13, 2005 by Sarah Stephen
  
• Racist academic attacks Sudanese migrants, Green Left Weekly - July 13, 2005 by Kerryn Williams
  
• Ruddock defends immigration bungles, SMH - July 13, 2005 AAP
• Wrong head rolls in Immigration, The Age - July 12, 2005
• Labor urges Palmer to return to security post, ABC News Online - July 12, 2005
• Government hypocritical over Afghanistan - Greens, Daily Telegraph - July 12, 2005 AAP
• ASIO checks holding up Qasim's visa: lawyer, ABC News Online - July 12, 2005
• Rau, Solon could have avoided detention: Ruddock, Lateline - July 12, 2005 by Tom Iggulden
  
• Editorial: Howard repays a loyal servant, The Australian - July 12, 2005
• Immigration head steeped in cover-up culture: Labor, SMH - July 12, 2005 by Mike Seccombe
• Editorial: The wrong man for Jakarta, The Age - July 12, 2005
• Violence begets violence, and so the horrors continue, SMH - July 11, 2005 by Tariq Ali
• Rights may be the price for security in our mind, The Courier Mail - July 11, 2005 by Andrew Lynch
• 'Danger' if ASIO laws permanent, news.com.au - July 11, 2005 AAP
• Rau family welcomes Farmer move, news.com.au - July 11, 2005 AAP
• Broken lives, The Courier Mail - July 11, 2005 by David Corlett
  
• The political matrix, Online Opinion - July 11, 2005 by Natasha Cica
• Howard continues to back Vanstone, ABC News Online - July 11, 2005
  
• PM defends Farmer's diplomatic posting, The Age - July 11, 2005 AAP
• China blasts Australia over defector's visa, ABC News Online - July 11, 2005
• Detention report to be made public, Channel Seven News, - July 11, 2005 by Sharon Mathieson
• Immigration head given plum post in Indonesia, The Age - July 11, 2005 by Michelle Grattan
• Resignation of immigration head angers lawyer, ABC News Online - July 11, 2005
• A big mess, but don't blame ministers!, The Age - July 11, 2005 by Michelle Grattan
• Australians Riled Over Indonesian Case, New York Times - July 10, 2005 by Raymond Bonner
  
• Burke takes on tough portfolio, Insiders - July 10, 2005
  
• Immigration scapegoat given elite job, The Age - July 10, 2005 AAP
• PM defends Vanstone in wake of dept head resignation, ABC News Online - July 10, 2005
• Australian immigration head replaced after bungles, SwissInfo, Switserland - July 10, 2005 by Paul Tait
• Chinese defector wins permanent residency, SMH - July 9, 2005 by Tom Allard
  
• The full Rau story, SMH - July 9, 2005
• The Hilton is a cheaper option for detainees, SMH - July 9, 2005 by Alan Ramsey
• Chinese diplomat granted visa: Greens, ABC News Online - July 8, 2005
  
• Govt in the dark over detention centre management: Opposition, ABC News Online - July 8, 2005
• Detainee violence costs us $17m, The Australian - July 8, 2005 by Samantha Maiden
• Two psychiatric nurses appointed at Baxter, ABC News Online - July 7, 2005
  
• Rau owed up to $500,000 compensation: QC, ABC News Online - July 7, 2005
• Auditor questions health care delivery for detainees, ABC News Online - July 7, 2005
• More damning detention centre reports, The Age - July 7, 2005
  
• Envoy accuses Chen of greed, The Courier Mail - July 7, 2005 by Chris Herde
  
• Faults in health care standards for detainees, PM - July 7, 2005 by Ian Townsend
  
• The abuse of one exposes what we're doing to them, The Age - July 7, 2005 by Julian Burnside
• Rau to seek substantial damages and apology, SMH - July 7, 2005 by Mike Seccombe
• Immigration attacked over sad saga of neglect, SMH - July 7, 2005 by David Marr
• Rau to seek compensation for wrongful detention, PM - July 6, 2005 by Nance Haxton
• 'Litany of deficiencies' behind Rau's jailing, Townsville Bulletin - July 6, 2005 by Jamie Walker
• 'Cowboy culture' in immigration, news.com.au - July 6, 2005 by Nicole Azzopardi
  
• Rau treatment 'demonstrably inadequate', ABC News Online - July 6, 2005 by Karen Barlow for 'AM'
• Govt 'embarrassed' by Immigration Dept, ABC News Online - July 6, 2005
• Qld to stop holding female immigration detainees in jail, ABC News Online - July 6, 2005
• Rau seeks apology, compensation, ABC News Online - July 6, 2005
• Rau to seek apology, payout, news.com.au - July 6, 2005 AAP
  
• Draft report documents failures in Rau affair, ABC Lateline - July 6, 2005
  
• Media spotlight the key to visas, refugee group says, ABC News Online - July 6, 2005
• The left won't listen, New Matilda - July 6, 2005 by James Gallaway
• Following them home: talking with Alamdar, New Matilda - July 6, 2005 by David Corlett
• Damning report on Rau affair, The Age - July 6, 2005 by Michelle Grattan
• Locked up against the rules - the Rau verdict, SMH - July 6, 2005 by Matthew Thompson and David Marr
• Rau's odyssey, The Age - July 6, 2005 by Jewel Topsfield
  
• Now let's have some action, The Age - July 6, 2005 by Michelle Grattan
• Peter Qasim and the 'removal pending' visa, Green Left Weekly - July 6, 2005 by Sarah Stephen
• The 2005 Amnesty Report - Summary, Project SafeCom website - July 5, 2005
• Christine Rau: my sister's 309 days, Project SafeCom website - July 5, 2005
• Refugees leave Bendigo, Bendigo Advertiser - July 4, 2005
  
• Schoolgirl's secret proves toughest lesson of all, SMH - July 3, 2005 by Catharine Munro
• Howard's boat people claim 'rubbished', The Age - July 2, 2005 by Larry Schwartz
• Warning for Baxter workers, The Age - July 1, 2005 by Michelle Grattan
• Laurie joins Labor's Europe jaunts, The Australian - July 1, 2005 by Samantha Maiden
  
• Baxter psychologists unregistered, letter reveals, ABC News Online - July 1, 2005

June

• Vanstone grants Chinese couple visa extension, The Age - June 30, 2005 AAP
• Amnesty finds Aust still breaching human rights, ABC West Coast SA - June 30, 2005
• Detainees revel in freedom, The Herald Sun - June 30, 2005 by Sharon Mathieson
  
• Detainee centre for mentally ill urged, The Australian - June 30, 2005 by Jeremy Roberts and Michelle Wiese Bockmann
• Legal action over Baxter detentions likely, says lawyer, ABC News Online - June 30, 2005
  
• Ruddock admits immigration ID inadequate, Seven News - June 29, 2005 AAP
• Leaks don't tell whole story, says Vanstone, The Age - June 29, 2005 AAP
• Heads must roll over Rau report: Labor, Channel 7 News - June 29, 2005 by Sharon Mathieson
  
• Refugee advocates attack ombudsman, The Age - June 29, 2005 AAP
• 'Second rate' detention inquiry criticised, ABC News Online - June 29, 2005
• Labor's immigration spokesman praises predecessor, ABC News Online - June 29, 2005
• Last Nauru detainee family heads for Canberra, ABC News Online - June 29, 2005
• Rau's lawyer pushes for royal commission, ABC News Online - June 29, 2005
• Nauru detention family calls for complete release, ABC News Online - June 29, 2005
  
• The Bulletin: Black and blue justice, The Bulletin - June 29, 2005 by Julie-Anne Davies and Madeleine Byrne
• Vanstone defends Alvarez Solon action, The Age - June 29, 2005 by Meaghan Shaw
• 'Softly, softly' on Chinese rights raises hackles, The Age - June 29, 2005 by David Wroe
  
• Revealed: How nation failed Rau, The Australian - June 29, 2005 by Jeremy Roberts and Michelle Wiese Bockmann
  
• Aladdin Sisalem - one year on, Green Left Weekly - June 29, 2005 by Sarah Stephen
• Labor votes for Howard-Georgiou deal, Green Left Weekly - June 29, 2005 by Sarah Stephen
• Immigration says Solon was fit to travel, ABC News Online - June 28, 2005
• Alvarez seeks at least 12 months of care, SMH - June 28, 2005 AAP
• Fraser slams Howard's anti-terror stance, SMH - June 28, 2005 AAP
• ASIO powers criticised after raids, ABC News Online - June 28, 2005
• Govt accused of being sneaky over Darwin detention plans, ABC News Online - June 28, 2005
• Amnesty praise for Catholic Women action, Catholic News - June 28, 2005
• Activist teen in running for prize, The Bendigo Advertiser - June 28, 2005
• Burke plans to visit Baxter, The Age - June 28, 2005 by Michelle Grattan
• Back in the headlines, but now it's good news, The Age - June 28, 2005 by Meaghan Shaw
• Australian government: Under mounting pressure...., World Socialist Web Site - June 27, 2005 by Mike Head
• Human rights talks wrap up in Beijing, ABC News Online - June 27, 2005
• Solon deported despite serious injuries, Lateline - June 27, 2005 by Tom Iggulden
  
• Solon, Government negotiations stall, Lateline - June 27, 2005 by Tony Jones
• Alvarez, government negotiations stall, The Age - June 27, 2005 AAP
• Work in progress, SMH - June 27, 2005 by Lee Glendinning
• Test For Inexperienced Shadow Minister, SBS World News - June 27, 2005
• Aust, China talk on human rights, ABC News Online - June 27, 2005
• Train ride to immigration limbo, SMH - June 27, 2005 by Lee Glendinning
  
• Amnesty's gulag idiocy, The Age - June 27, 2005 by Pavel Litvinov
• The Bulletin: Rationale overboard, The Bulletin - June 27, 2005
  
• The Age Editorial: Labor's crossroads, The Age, Editorial - June 26, 2005
• Boat people condemn loss of monument, The Sunday Age - June 26, 2005 by Peter Wilmoth
• Christmas Is detention centre construction to continue, ABC News Online - June 25, 2005
• A new landscape, The Australian - June 25, 2005 by Dennis Shanahan
  
• Phil Adams: Aching conscience, The Australian - June 25, 2005 by Phil Adams
  
• Tony Burke makes initial Immigration statements, The Age - June 25, 2005 by Misha Schubert
• PM says his work is never done, news.com.au - June 25, 2005 by Maria Hawthorne
• Christmas Is detention centre construction to continue, ABC News Online - June 25, 2005
• Landslide win for hardliner in Iranian president poll, ABC News Online - June 25, 2005 by Reuters/AFP
• Detention motion withdrawn from meeting, The Age - June 25, 2005 AAP
• Last Nauru detainees [sic] to arrive this week, The Age - June 25, 2005 AAP
  
• King of the castle, SMH - June 25, 2005
• Senate changes will make scandals harder to expose, says Labor, SMH - June 25, 2005 by Louise Dodson
• Chen Yonglin: CCP Believes Australian Government Can Be Bought, The Epoch Times - June 24, 2005
• Jane Keogh: Baxter a formidable place, The Border Mail - June 24, 2005
• Anger in ranks at ALP shuffle, The Australian - June 24, 2005 by Steve Lewis and Samantha Maiden
• Vanstone on defence over war vet's visa, The Age - June 23, 2005
• Refugee advocates hopeful of Nauru closure, AM - June 23, 2005 by Nick Grimm
  
• Family in Nauru detention centre issued visas, AM - June 23, 2005 by Louise Yaxley
• Interrogated detainee granted visa, news.com.au - June 23, 2005 AAP
• Ferguson to lose immigration, news.com.au - June 23, 2005 AAP
• BAXTER CLOSING: Big expansion plans for SA Army training area, ABC News Online - June 23, 2005
• Senate passes detention bill, Seven News - June 23, 2005 AAP
• Once over lightly: the Palmer inquiry into Cornelia Rau's detention, SMH - June 23, 2005 by David Marr
• Toe-ing the backbench rabble line, Jack H Smit - June 23, 2005
  
• Labor backs resident's visa for Vietnam vet, ABC News Online - June 23, 2005
• Digger ordered to leave the country, The Australian - June 23, 2005 by Simon Kearney
• Family held in detention on Nauru to live in Canberra, ABC News Online - June 23, 2005
• Afghan family's 'suffering relieved', news.com.au - June 23, 2005 AAP
• Beazley expands frontbench, news.com.au - June 23, 2005 AAP
  
• Last family on Nauru granted humanitarian visas, The Age - June 23, 2005 by Lee Glendinning and Joseph Kerr
• DEPORTATION: How Australia reversed the burden of proof, Australian Policy Online - June 22, 2005 by Glenn Nicholls
• 1000 women 'live in slavery here', news.com.au - June 22, 2005 AAP
• Chinese defector breaks down, fears return to China, SwissInfo - June 22, 2005 by Reuters
  
• Ferguson unfazed by Beazley rebuke, news.com.au - June 22, 2005 AAP
• Julia Irwin's Great Unwashed Plotting Band, Margo Kingston's Web Diary - June 22, 2005
• Bruce Baird's speech to the Howard Bill, Margo Kingston's Web Diary - June 22, 2005 by Margo Kingston
• Petro Georgiou: 'It will usher in a new era...', Margo Kingston's Web Diary - June 22, 2005 by Margo Kingston
• Probe reveals detention centre health worker unregistered, PM - June 22, 2005 by Mary Ann Jolley
• Ferguson's comments 'unfortunate' says Irwin, PM - June 22, 2005 by Alexandra Kirk
  
• Vanstone grants visa to last Nauru detainee family, ABC News Online - June 22, 2005
• Baxter not good for mental health: claim, The Age - June 22, 2005 AAP
• Last child detained on Nauru to be freed, The Age - June 22, 2005 AAP
  
• IR, immigration provide fillip for Labor, The Australian - June 22, 2005 by Dennis Shanahan
• Vanstone hints at Nauru family decision, ABC News Online - June 22, 2005
• Labor muddle may force reshuffle, SMH - June 22, 2005 by Mark Metherell and Joseph Kerr
  
• The detention system isn't fixed, The Age, Editorial - June 22, 2005
• Tanner: 'Decent caring Australia is finally asserting itself', Margo Kingston's Web Diary - June 21, 2005 by Margo Kingston
• John Forrest: Member for the TPV holders, Margo Kingston's Web Diary - June 21, 2005
  
• Tanya Plibersek: Get the kids out of detention now, Margo Kingston's Web Diary - June 21, 2005
• New laws soften detention policy, SMH - June 21, 2005 AAP
• Govt introduces detention Bill, news.com.au - June 21, 2005 by Sharon Mathieson
  
• Ferguson backs down on Qasim comments, PM - June 21, 2005 by Stephanie Kennedy
  
• Internal rumblings continue in ALP, 7.30 Report - June 21, 2005 by Michael Brissenden
  
• Peter Andren (Calare) on Howard's Bill, Margo Kingston's Web Diary - June 21, 2005 by Margo Kingston
• Greens call for Christmas Is detention centre closure, ABC News Online - June 21, 2005
• Qasim supporters claim Govt's 'cooperation' demands are a smokescreen, AM - June 21, 2005 by Louise Yaxley
• Visa offered to Peter Qasim after nearly seven years in detention, AM - June 21, 2005 by Louise Yaxley
• Govt asked to reveal visa details, ABC News Online - June 21, 2005
  
• RBPV Clauses: Summary Legal Opinion, June 21, 2005 by Naleya Everson
• Beazley backs migration law changes, ABC News Online - June 21, 2005
• Qasim's possible release a 'worrying precedent': Labor, ABC News Online - June 21, 2005
• Detainees may 'refuse visas', news.com.au - June 21, 2005 AAP
• Free at last, but a prisoner still of his tortured mind, SMH - June 21, 2005 by Joseph Kerr
  
• Adelaide couple offers Qasim a home, ABC News Online - June 21, 2005
• Qasim co-operated, says refugee advocate, The Age - June 21, 2005
• Detainees fear tricks with new visas, advocate says, ABC News Online - June 21, 2005
• Nick Poynder: The Rebel 4 deal analysed, Margo Kingston's Web Diary - June 21, 2005 by Margo Kingston
• Big Kim on the Rebel 4's compromise bill, Margo Kingston's Web Diary - June 21, 2005 by Margo Kingston
• Come on, Amanda, get real, Margo Kingston's Web Diary - June 21, 2005 by Margo Kingston
• Menzian Liberalism in our Parliament, Margo Kingston's Web Diary - June 21, 2005 by Margo Kingston
• Freedom near for Qasim, The Age - June 21, 2005 by Michelle Grattan
• Howard turns dissent into democracy, The Age - June 21, 2005 by Tony Parkinson
• We don't want you here, The Age - June 21, 2005 by Glenn Nicholls
• A symbol of how the politics have changed, The Age - June 21, 2005 by Michelle Grattan
• Nearly free, but normal life a distant dream, The Age - June 21, 2005 by Penelope Debelle
• Conditions for latest bridging visa relaxed, PM - June 21, 2005 by Alexandra Kirk
• Climate Refugees: the hidden cost of climate change, Online Opinion - June 20, 2005 by Stephanie Long and Cam Walker
  
• PM admits immigration changes long overdue, 7.30 Report - June 20, 2005 by Kerry O'Brien
• Senate immigration detention inquiry expected, ABC News Online - June 20, 2005
• PM tight-lipped over draft Palmer inquiry report, ABC News Online - June 20, 2005
  
• Hundreds join march against detention policy, The Age - June 20, 2005 by Julia Medew
• Canberra offer 'would reduce Solon to begging', The Age - June 20, 2005 by Michelle Grattan
• Alvarez lawyers fear report will be censored, The Age - June 20, 2005 AAP
• Qasim could be released 'within days', The Age - June 20, 2005 AAP
  
• The day Howard bowed to winds of change, The Age - June 20, 2005 by Tony Kevin
• Detainees could opt to stay behind bars, The Age - June 20, 2005 AAP
• Palmer exposes 'mindless zealotry', The Sunday Age - June 19, 2005 by Russell Skelton
  
• Rebel steel forces Howard to give ground on detainees, SMH - June 19, 2005 by Michelle Grattan
• Georgiou faces challenge for seat, The Australian - June 16, 2005 by Michael Bachelard and Samantha Maiden
• In the great China sale, economics and politics don't mix, The Age, Opinion - June 16, 2005 by Sushi Das
• Howard's present is our past, The Age - June 16, 2005
• Liberal divide gets bitter and personal, The Age - June 16, 2005 by Michelle Grattan with Meaghan Shaw
  
• Rebel MP hopes detention bills won't be needed, ABC News Online - June 16, 2005
  
• Rau report damns department culture, SMH - June 16, 2005 by Louise Dodson, Mike Seccombe and Joseph Kerr
• Int'l Complaint launched against GSL over Aus Detention, International Commission of Jurists - June 15, 2005
• The mental torture of Temporary Protection Visa holders, New Matilda - June 15, 2005 by Lorraine McGinnus
  
• Greens move to force debate on detention bills, ABC News Online - June 15, 2005
• Palmer delays handover of Rau report, ABC News Online - June 15, 2005
• Vanstone accused of covering up wrongful detention payout, ABC News Online - June 15, 2005
• Palmer's immigration report delayed, SMH - June 15, 2005 AAP
• New UN refugee commissioner starts work, ABC News Online - June 15, 2005
  
• Tampa-era Howard rebuffs his rebels, The Age - June 15, 2005 by Michelle Grattan
• Claims Chinese spies attempting to influence Australian politics, AM - June 15, 2005 by Liz Foschia
  
• Chinese interrogation of asylum seekers 'reckless', ABC News Online - June 15, 2005
  
• Revolt in country's interests: MP, news.com.au - June 15, 2005 AAP
• Firestorm as detention MPs slammed, news.com.au - June 15, 2005 AAP
  
• Deportees' sons want to stay, news.com.au - June 15, 2005 AAP
  
• Consular access to immigration detainees 'standard', ABC News Online - June 15, 2005 by Liz Foschia
• Chinese interviewed detainees, news.com.au - June 15, 2005 AAP
  
• Immigration criticised for giving Chinese Govt access to detainee information, The World Today - June 15, 2005 by Liz Foschia
• Detainee questioning 'an outrage', news.com.au - June 15, 2005 AAP
  
• Govt heading for showdown over Georgiou bills, AM - June 15, 2005 by Stephanie Kennedy
• MPs condemn 'political terrorist' comments, ABC News Online - June 15, 2005 by Alexandra Kirk
• Libs conflict heats up over immigration detention, The World Today - June 15, 2005 by Alexandra Kirk
  
• Vanstone reiterates faith in Palmer inquiry, ABC News Online - June 15, 2005
• It's about the values of liberalism, John, Margo Kingston's Web Diary - June 15, 2005 by Margo Kingston
  
• PM hopes for detention resolution, news.com.au - June 15, 2005 AAP
• Dithering over Chinese visas attacked, The Age - June 15, 2005 by Brendan Nicholson
  
• China interrogated detainees, SMH - June 15, 2005 by Tom Allard and Joseph Kerr
  
• Vanstone's duty: fix the faults, SMH, Editorial - June 15, 2005 by Michelle Grattan
• PM pushes to avert split on detention, SMH - June 15, 2005 by Louise Dodson and Mike Seccombe
• Alvarez cancels flight over concerns, The Age - June 15, 2005 by AAP
  
• Family faces separation or detention, news.com.au - June 14, 2005 by Adam Gartrell
• Downer defends contact with Chinese embassy on Chen, ABC News Online - June 14, 2005
• Third defector 'more valuable' than Chen, Hao, ABC News Online - June 14, 2005
  
• Govt defends handling of Chen case, The Age - June 14, 2005 by AAP
• Detention Bills set for Monday, news.com.au - June 14, 2005 AAP
  
• Lib MPs give PM detention deadline, The Age - June 14, 2005 by AAP
• Rift remains over Coalition immigration policy, PM - June 14, 2005 by Louise Yaxley
• ALP struggling to exploit Government's woes, 7:30 Report - June 14, 2005 by Michael Brissenden
  
• Palmer report to add impetus to mental health changes, ABC West Coast SA - June 14, 2005
• Rau, Alvarez 'tip of iceberg', The Advertiser - June 14, 2005
• Wrongful detention cover-up alleged, ABC News Online - June 14, 2005
• Liberal rebels to reveal outcome of detention talks, ABC News Online - June 14, 2005 by Elizabeth Byrne
• Beazley urges Georgiou to introduce private member's bills, ABC News Online - June 14, 2005
  
• Whistleblower 'shows need for probe', news.com.au - June 14, 2005 AAP
• 'Deadline' for detention Bill, news.com.au - June 14, 2005 AAP
• Georgiou detention Bills to go ahead, news.com.au - June 14, 2005 AAP
• Georgiou to table bills dismantling mandatory detention, ABC News Online - June 14, 2005
  
• Rift in Liberals over detention policy remains, AM - June 14, 2005 by Stephanie Kennedy
  
• Rau submission scathing of mandatory detention policy, The World Today - June 14, 2005 by Michael Vincent
• Moylan prepared to cross the floor for immigration change, The World Today - June 14, 2005 by Alexandra Kirk
• Tensions rise over immigration reform bills, The World Today - June 14, 2005 by Alexandra Kirk
  
• Vanstone urges whistleblower to come forward, ABC News Online - June 14, 2005
• The stakes get higher: rebel Libs outstare Howard, Margo Kingston's Web Diary - June 14, 2005 by Margo Kingston
• Chen defers talks with Immigration, The Age - June 14, 2005 by Michelle Grattan and Meaghan Shaw
  
• Vanstone stands by her headman, Farmer AO, The Age - June 14, 2005 by Michelle Grattan
• Visa decisions called into question, SMH - June 14, 2005 by Gerard Henderson.
• PM, backbenchers in detention deadlock, ABC News Online - June 14, 2005
  
• Howard to free families and limit detention, The Australian - June 14, 2005 by Samantha Maiden and Michelle Wiese Bockmann
• Immigration official gives insight into department, Lateline - June 13, 2005 by Margot O'Neill
  
• Immigration boss urged to refuse Queen's honour, ABC News Online - June 13, 2005
• Defecting diplomat emerges at rally, news.com.au - June 13, 2005 AAP
• Greens to seek Chen inquiry, news.com.au - June 13, 2005 AAP
• Chen visa bid a priority: Vanstone, news.com.au - June 13, 2005 AAP
• Falun Gong launches legal action against Downer, The World Today - June 13, 2005 by Eleanor Hall
  
• PM to discourage MP from introducing immigration Bills, The World Today - June 13, 2005 by Stephanie Kennedy
  
• Senate to set up inquiry into immigration system, AM - June 13, 2005 by Louise Yaxley
  
• ALP holds off backing immigration inquiry, ABC News Online - June 13, 2005
• Senate expected to set up immigration inquiry, ABC News Online - June 13, 2005
• Sweets for Vanstone's boys, SMH - June 13, 2005 by Mike Seccombe
• Residency sought for 7000 refugees, SMH - June 13, 2005 by Mike Seccombe and Louise Dodson
• Rebel Liberals out to liberate Qasim, The Age - June 13, 2005 by Michelle Grattan
  
• Injured refugee 'should not go back to Nauru', The Age - June 13, 2005 by Michael Gordon
• Award for immigration bureau chief, The Age - June 13, 2005 by Brendan Nicholson
• Buddhist push for detainees, Sunday Times, Perth - June 12, 2005 by Catherine Madden
  
• Identity questions detaining Qasim, The Age - June 12, 2005 by AAP
• Ruddock says detention works, news.com.au - June 12, 2005 AAP
• Spy claims will not help Chen's case: Ruddock, ABC News Online - June 12, 2005
  
• Qasim is in a terrible state, Smith says, ABC News Online - June 12, 2005
• Govt still unclear over Qasim identity, ABC News Online - June 12, 2005
  
• Intelligence agencies looking into defector claims: Ruddock, ABC News Online - June 12, 2005
  
• Opposition reiterates call for immigration royal commission, ABC News Online - June 12, 2005
  
• Refugee inquiry forces revamp, The Sunday Age - June 12, 2005 by Russell Skelton
• Rebel MPs await visa offer, The Sunday Age - June 12, 2005 by Michelle Grattan
• Labor reiterates call for release of Palmer report, ABC News Online - June 12, 2005
• Downer afraid of Beijing: Brown, news.com.au - June 12, 2005 AAP
• Chen fears for parents in China, SMH - June 12, 2005 by Matthew Benns
• Too close to the bone, The Sunday Age - June 12, 2005 by Michelle Grattan
  
• Envoys watch dissidents, probe students, The Sunday Age - June 12, 2005 by Jason Dowling
  
• Lives built on longing, The Sunday Age - June 12, 2005 by Russell Skelton
  
• Freeing Peter Qasim, The Sunday Age - June 12, 2005 Editorial
• Suicidal and without hope, The Sunday Age - June 12, 2005 by Penelope Debelle
• Labor group backs refugee bill, news.com.au - June 11, 2005 AAP
  
• Labor group backs proposed detention changes, ABC News Online - June 11, 2005
• Party isn't over until we say, SMH - June 11, 2005 by Hamish McDonald
• Spy left out in the cold, SMH - June 11, 2005 by Tom Allard.
  
• At the mercy of private guards, The Australian - June 11, 2005 by Elisabeth Wynhausen
• Chinese officials 'posed as immigration officers', ABC News Online - June 11, 2005
• Chen's support message to protesters, news.com.au - June 11, 2005 AAP
• Falun Gong stages protest, news.com.au - June 11, 2005 AAP
• Secret China data filed in ACT court, The Age - June 11, 2005 by Brendan Nicholson
  
• Backbencher, PM to meet again over detention, ABC News Online - June 11, 2005
• Howard keeps open mind on detention changes, ABC News Online - June 11, 2005
• Howard makes progress with asylum rebels, The Age - June 11, 2005 by Michelle Grattan
• Howard meets MPs halfway on asylum-seekers, The Australian - June 11, 2005 by Samantha Maiden
  
• Suddenly the tide of toughness turns, SMH - June 11, 2005 by Michael Duffy
• Asylum, of sorts, for seven-year detainee, The Australian - June 10, 2005 by Samantha Maiden
  
• Beazley defends quality of his MPs, The Australian - June 10, 2005 by Matt Price
  
• Student accused over refugee passport racket, The Australian - June 10, 2005 by Brad Norington
  
• HREOC's deadline on child detainees passes, ABC News Online - June 10, 2005
  
• Protesters demand end to detention of children, ABC News Online - June 10, 2005
• Qasim transferred from Baxter, news.com.au - June 10, 2005 by Belinda Tasker
• Howard open to suggestion on immigration detention, ABC News Online - June 10, 2005
• Detention talks amiable, PM says, ABC News Online - June 10, 2005
• Third Chinese man backs countrymen's claims, SMH - June 10, 2005 by AAP
• Vanstone's home away from home, SMH - June 10, 2005 by Malcolm Brown
  
• Howard moves on detention to rein in MPs, SMH - June 10, 2005 by Louise Dodson and Joseph Kerr
• Vanstone intervenes to cancel visa, The Age - June 10, 2005 by Andra Jackson
• Abbott, Costello back asylum for Chen, SMH - June 10, 2005 by Tom Allard
• Chinese defector urged to seek police protection, The Age - June 10, 2005 by Brendan Nicholson
• Fran Kelly @ Tony Kevin: SIEV-X Conviction, ABC Radio National "Breakfast" - June 9, 2005 by Fran Kelly
  
• Chen contacts US in second asylum bid, The World Today - June 9, 2005 by Michael Vincent
• Australian Falun Gong claims members harassed, The World Today - June 9, 2005
• PM says trade concerns won't affect Chen asylum decision, The World Today - June 9, 2005
• Govt criticised over treatment of defector's plea for asylum, The World Today - June 9, 2005 by Louise Yaxley
• 'I would rather die than return to China': Chen Yonglin, AM - June 9, 2005 by Kim Landers
• Asylum visa 'affront to China', news.com.au - June 9, 2005 AAP
• 'Duckshoving Downer' urged to grant Chen visa, ABC News Online - June 9, 2005
• Qld Falun Gong members support spy claims, ABC News Online - June 9, 2005
• China special, asylum bid isn't - PM, news.com.au - June 9, 2005 by Saffron Howden
• Govt examining detention policy impact, Channel Seven News - June 7, 2005 by Nicole Azzopardi
• New Villawood housing project launched today, AM - June 9, 2005 by Nick Grimm
• Renegade MP due to meet Howard over detention, ABC News Online - June 9, 2005
• Petro Georgiou labels mandatory detention a cruel policy, AM - June 9, 2005 by Lynn Bell
  
• Immigration 'has too much power', news.com.au - June 9, 2005 AAP
• Activists fear mass Chinese asylum seeker deportation, ABC News Online - June 9, 2005
• Democrats seek full inquiry into SIEV-X tragedy, The World Today - June 9, 2005 by Lisa Millar
• Fresh call for SIEV-X inquiry, news.com.au - June 9, 2005 AAP
• Doctor doubts detainee's full recovery, ABC News Online - June 9, 2005
• Longest serving immigration detainee transferred to psychiatric hospital, The World Today - June 9, 2005 by Nance Haxton
• Detainee given Baxter transfer, news.com.au - June 9, 2005 AAP
  
• Vanstone to launch 'family style' detention project, ABC News Online - June 9, 2005
• Fresh from the Secret Force, a spy downloads on China, SMH - June 9, 2005 by Gary Hughes and Tom Allard
• Defection sheds light on Falun Gong, 7.30 Report - June 9, 2005 by Jo McKenna
  
• Asylum seeker reveals China's 'Secret Force', The Age - June 9, 2005 by Gary Hughes
• Downer in row over asylum bid, The Age - June 9, 2005 by Brendan Nicholson
• Iraqi guilty of people smuggling, The Age - June 9, 2005 by Johanna Leggatt
• Pell pleads for detainee, The Age - June 9, 2005 by Andra Jackson
• Nauru detainees now part of the family, The Age - June 9, 2005 by Michelle Grattan
• Push for royal commission into SIEV-X disaster, ABC News Online - June 9, 2005
• Psychiatric care planned for longest-serving detainee, ABC News Online - June 9, 2005
• Child rights report critical of Aust, ABC News Online - June 9, 2005
  
• Liberal MP critical of Immigration's 'unscrutinised' powers, ABC News Online - June 9, 2005
• Govt knew Habib to be handed over: claim, The Age - June 8, 2005 AAP
  
• Second defector backs spies claim, news.com.au - June 8, 2005 AAP
• Census changes labelled a privacy threat, The Age - June 8, 2005 AAP
• People smuggler's conviction sparks SIEV-X inquiry push, ABC News Online - June 8, 2005
• Iraqi guilty of people smuggling, news.com.au - June 8, 2005 AAP
• Something to hide on Chen: Rudd, news.com.au - June 8, 2005 by AAP
• Defector 'handed over secret files', news.com.au - June 8, 2005 by AAP
• Asylum case 'won't affect trade talks', news.com.au - June 8, 2005 by AAP
• No Chen asylum claim: Downer, news.com.au - June 8, 2005 by AAP
• Defector 'gave Govt secret files', ABC News Online - June 8, 2005
• Greens reveal Chinese diplomat's asylum letter, ABC News Online - June 8, 2005
• Greens request diplomat protection, news.com.au - June 8, 2005 by AAP
• Labor seeks answers on Chinese defectors, spying, ABC News Online - June 8, 2005
• Fed Govt says Chen's application for political asylum not lodged, AM - June 8, 2005 by Kim Landers
• Former official backs Chen Yonglin's spy network claims, AM - June 8, 2005 by Nick Grimm
• Vaile says Australia-China trade solid despite Chen revelations, The World Today - June 8, 2005 by Liz Foschia
  
• Chen's Chinese spy ring claims backed by former security agent, The World Today - June 8, 2005 by Michael Vincent
• Letter proves Chen asylum bid, news.com.au - June 8, 2005 by Paul Osborne and Saffron Howden
• Lest the sun set on our basic rights, The Age - June 8, 2005 by Michelle Grattan
• A fragile China friendship, The Age - June 7, 2005 by Tony Parkinson
• ASIO could become our secret police, The Age - June 7, 2005 by Joo-Cheong Tham.
• Phil Adams: Seduced by the dark side, The Australian - June 7, 2005 by Phil Adams
• Costello proposes cutting appeal options for refugees, AM - June 7, 2005 by Nick Grimm
• Giau Nguyen spends 18th birthday in immigration detention, AM - June 7, 2005 by Nick Grimm
• Luck of the draw for Aussie visas: Trung, Channel Seven News - June 7, 2005
  
• Vanstone urged to reopen Vietnamese asylum cases, ABC News Online - June 7, 2005
• Jury still out on people smuggling trial, The Age - June 7, 2005 AAP
• Beazley denies frontbench reshuffle, The Age - June 7, 2005 AAP
• Chen sought asylum from US, SMH - June 7, 2005 by Tom Allard and Joseph Kerr
• Barriers are the problem, not borders, SMH - June 7, 2005 by Gerard Henderson.
  
• Push to end secret ASIO detentions, SMH - June 7, 2005 by Marian Wilkinson
• No signs of persecution, says ambassador, SMH - June 7, 2005 by Joseph Kerr
• Pro-democracy claims not convincing: China expert, SMH - June 7, 2005 by Hamish McDonald
• History shows defector has reason to fear the worst, SMH - June 7, 2005 by Tom Allard
• Chinese defector goes public, AM - June 6, 2005 by Kim Landers
• Chinese defector presents diplomatic dilemma, The World Today - June 6, 2005 by Eleanor Hall
  
• Chinese defector seeks political asylum, The World Today - June 6, 2005 by Louise Yaxley
• Chinese defector offers information on secret agents, The World Today - June 6, 2005 by Michael Vincent
• Diplomat safe if he returns: envoy, news.com.au - June 6, 2005 AAP
  
• Downer joins Vanstone in Alvarez cover-up, Margo Kingston's Web Diary - June 6, 2005 by Margo Kingston
• SIEV-X: an update, Margo Kingston's Web Diary - June 6, 2005 by Margo Kingston
• Jury considers verdict in SIEV-X case, ABC News Online - June 6, 2005
• Immigration under fire over couple, news.com.au - June 6, 2005 by Belinda Tasker
• Vanstone discusses Chinese diplomat case, PM - June 6, 2005 by Mark Colvin
• Diplomat 'has nothing to fear': China, PM - June 6, 2005 by Alexandra Kirk
• Chinese diplomat still on the run, PM - June 6, 2005 by Michael Vincent
• Advancing the asylum-seeker cause - a case for pragmatism, Adresss to The Sydney Institute - June 5, 2005 by Marion Lê
  
• Villawood kids: We want to get out, Daily Telegraph - June 5, 2005 by Clare Masters & Ben Johnson
• Ruddock to get tough on migrant appeals, The Age - June 5, 2005 by Michelle Grattan
• PM in bid to prevent family break-up, SMH - June 5, 2005 by Frank Walker
• Defector says he will expose 1000 Chinese secret agents, SMH - June 5, 2005 by Frank Walker and Kerry-Anne Walsh
• Heat on Vanstone over Rau memo, The Age - June 4, 2005 by Michelle Grattan & Andra Jackson
  
• Visa applicant in row over privacy, The Age - June 4, 2005 by Sushi Das
• Vivian Solon's return delayed, AM - June 4, 2005 by Nick Grimm
• Rau family calls for migration law review, ABC News Online - June 4, 2005
• Govt delaying Solon's return, say lawyers, ABC News Online - June 4, 2005 by Nick Grimm
  
• Vanstone confirms male officers watch female detainees shower, ABC News Online - June 4, 2005 by Andrew Fowler
• Ballarat battles for reject detainee's release, The Age - June 3, 2005 by Misha Schubert
  
• Baxter staff suspected Rau was a local, The Age - June 3, 2005 by Michelle Grattan
• Vanstone 'should be kicked out', The Age - June 3, 2005 by AAP
• Immigration Dept suspected Rau was Australian resident: memo, AM - June 3, 2005 by Tanya Nolan
  
• Rau lawyer says memo shows Govt lying, ABC News Online - June 3, 2005
• Jury hears final arguments in SIEV-X trial, ABC News Online - June 3, 2005
• Accused people smuggler a liar, court told, Daily Telegraph - June 3, 2005 by AAP
• A year after detention, Aladdin dreams of freedom, The Age - June 2, 2005 by Andra Jackson
• Family claims Immigration officer lied about destination, PM - June 2, 2005 by Toni Hassan
  
• Family claims it was tricked into detention, ABC News Online - June 2, 2005 by Toni Hassan
• Questions over toddler's citizenship, PM - June 2, 2005 by Andrew Fowler
• Costello hits out at detention reform bills, The Age - June 2, 2005 by Michelle Grattan
• Officials advised Rau might be Australian, ABC News Online - June 2, 2005
• Final evidence heard in SIEV-X trial, ABC News Online - June 2, 2005
• Labor denies wavering on detention policy, ABC News Online - June 1, 2005
• Stocktake call on detention, news.com.au - June 1, 2005 by AAP
• Liberal MPs willing to cross the floor over immigration detention, AM - June 1, 2005 by Alexandra Kirk
  
• Fed Govt divided over immigration detention, The World Today - June 1, 2005 by Louise Yaxley
  
• Refugee couple optimistic baby will get visa, ABC News Online - June 1, 2005
• Religious leaders unite in support of bill, SMH - June 1, 2005 by Linda Morris
  
• Call for hard heads, soft heart, SMH - June 1, 2005 by Louise Dodson
• Detainees languish in prisons, The Australian - June 1, 2005 by Natasha Robinson
• MPs' stand on detention proves a timely move, SMH - June 1, 2005 by Louise Dodson
• Inside the Coalition's fractured conscience, SMH - June 1, 2005 by Mike Seccombe
• Heretics rattle the high priests of Howard's broad church, The Age - June 1, 2005 by Michelle Grattan
  
• Incredibly, partyroom unity rings true, The Australian - June 1, 2005 by Matt Price
• PM won't budge on mandatory detention, ABC News Online - June 1, 2005
  
• PM open to detention overhaul, The Australian - June 1, 2005 by Samantha Maiden
  
• Kevin receives writers' award, Green Left Weekly - June 1, 2005 by Sarah Stephen
• Mandatory detention must go!, Green Left Weekly - June 1, 2005 by Sarah Stephen

May

• Georgiou to go ahead with detention law, SMH - May 31, 2005 AAP
• Coalition MPs debate immigration reform, The World Today - May 31, 2005 by Stephanie Kennedy
• Moylan confident changes will come to mandatory detention policy, PM - May 31, 2005 by Louise Yaxley
• Georgiou determined to bring in private member's bill on detention, PM - May 31, 2005 by Louise Yaxley
• Howard agrees to detention talks, news.com.au - May 31 by Maria Hawthorne
  
• Howard remains firm on mandatory detention, AM - May 31, 2005 by Stephanie Kennedy
• Petro Georgiou's bills receive little support from Coalition, AM - May 31, 2005 by Alexandra Kirk
• Howard noncommittal on detention bill debate, ABC News Online - May 31, 2005
• Tourists could join asylum push: PM, news.com.au - May 31 by AAP
• Immigration plea to party room, news.com.au - May 31 by AAP
• No visa offer for long-term detainee Qasim, ABC News Online - May 31, 2005
• Six Liberals back detention bill, ABC News Online - May 31, 2005
• Labor backs detention reform Bill, news.com.au - May 31 by AAP
• Refugee advocate seeks PM apology, ABC News Online - May 31, 2005
• Limited support for detention Bill, - May 31, 2005 From Agence France-Presse
  
• Liberals to thrash out detention issue, ABC News Online - May 31, 2005
• Rebel Libs leap from 5 to 9: Howard gets more talks, Margo Kingston's Web Diary - May 31, 2005 by Margo Kingston
  
• The core of liberalism, by Judi Moylan, Margo Kingston's Web Diary - May 31, 2005 by Margo Kingston
• Govt MPs brace for detention bill stoush, ABC News Online - May 31, 2005
• Scare tactics to plug those pesky leaks, SMH - May 31, 2005 by Louise Dodson
  
• Meet the barcode kids in detention, SMH - May 31, 2005 by Lee Glendinning and Louise Dodson
  
• Freedom for 10 long-term detainees, The Age - May 31, 2005 by Michelle Grattan and Michael Gordon
• Rau family verdict: there is another Australia, unrecognisable to most of us, SMH - May 31, 2005 by David Marr
  
• No visa for Australia despite proposed changes to asylum seeker rules, SMH - May 31, 2005 by Jane McAdam
• Bid for asylum conscience vote, The Australian - May 31, 2005 by Matt Price
  
• Detention overhaul mulled, news.com.au - May 31 by AAP
• Relaxing of detention policy worries PM, SMH - May 31, 2005 by AAP
• Coalition party room to debate detention, The Age - May 30, 2005 AAP
  
• Parents and newborn moved to detention house, ABC News Online - May 30, 2005
• Community for 10 asylum seekers, news.com.au - May 30 AAP
  
• Ten long-term detainees released on new visa, ABC News Online - May 30, 2005
• A Migration Agent on Delays in Processing, from Australians Against Racism Inc
  
• From my kitchen table, by Christine Rau, Margo Kingston's Web Diary - May 30, 2005 by Margo Kingston
• Rau family say migration laws flawed, AM - May 30, 2005 by Paula Kruger
• PM wrong on detainee numbers, news.com.au - May 30 AAP
• Chinese couple, Australian children face deportation, ABC News Online - May 30, 2005
• Family fears Rau was abused, ABC News Online - May 30, 2005
• Identify, punish bunglers: Rau family, news.com.au - May 30, by David Crawshaw
• DIMIA culture is fear and loathing: Rau Family, Margo Kingston's Web Diary - May 30, 2005 by Margo Kingston
• No help from Beattie: Rau family, Margo Kingston's Web Diary - May 30, 2005 by Margo Kingston
• Was Cornelia physically or sexually abused?, Margo Kingston's Web Diary - May 30, 2005 by Margo Kingston
• Politicians must unite to end child detention, The Age - May 30, 2005 by Tim Costello
• Rau family wants judicial inquiry over detention, The Australian - May 30, 2005 by Jeremy Roberts
  
• Rau family condemns `inhumane' system, The Advertiser - May 30, 2005 by Laura Anderson
• Rau family list failures that led to detention, The Age - May 30, 2005 by Andra Jackson
• Bakhtiyaris lose hope of returning, The Advertiser - May 30, 2005 by Jemma Chapman
  
• Labor moves closer to backing Georgiou plan to free detainees, SMH - May 30, 2005 by Mike Seccombe
• Howard may ease detainee visa rules, The Age - May 30, 2005 by Michelle Grattan and Michael Gordon
  
• Keneally and friends set loose detainees' voices, The Australian - May 30, 2005 by David King
• World Vision pushes for detention conscience vote, ABC News Online - May 30, 2005
• Costello asks MPs to fight detention, The Advertiser - May 30, 2005 by Nick Butterly
• Nine freed but mandatory detention stays, The Age - May 29, 2005 AAP
  
• AMA supports release of children from detention, ABC News Online - May 29, 2005
• Ferguson flags support for renegade detention bills, ABC News Online - May 29, 2005
  
• Abbott firm on mandatory detention, news.com.au - May 29, AAP
• Get out of our country, but your wife and twins are welcome, SMH - May 29, 2005 by Frank Walker
• Oh, the bog Vanstone's in, The Age - May 29, 2005 by Michelle Grattan.
• Nauru nine win freedom, The Age - May 29, 2005 by Michael Gordon
  
• Breakaway Liberal MPs push ahead with bill, SMH - May 29, 2005
• Don't let facts get in the way, The Australian - May 28, 2005 by Cameron Stewart
• Not the sharpest roll of razor wire, The Australian - May 28, 2005 by Dennis Shanahan
• Immigration mansion now a doghouse, The Australian - May 28, 2005 by Matt Price
• Abu Ghraib protest interrupts Rice speech, ABC News Online - May 28, 2005
• Commissioner laments UN funding shortfall, ABC News Online - May 28, 2005
• Men 'can watch' naked Baxter women, news.com.au - May 28, AAP
• Labor MP backs detention overhaul, news.com.au - May 28, AAP
• Nine Afghan asylum seekers get refugee visas, ABC News Online - May 28, 2005
• Michael row the boat ashore: sailing toward decency in Australia, Margo Kingston's Web Diary - May 28, 2005 by Margo Kingston
• Concerns about treatment of women detainees in Baxter, AM - May 28, 2005 by Andrew Fowler
  
• Driven mad by cruel uncertainty, SMH - May 28, 2005 by Adele Horin
  
• Workload explains immigration errors: Senator, ABC News Online - May 28, 2005
• Man sent back to Baxter after two days' freedom, The Age - May 28, 2005 by Andra Jackson
• A wedgie from his own ranks, SMH - May 28, 2005 by Mike Carlton
• 200 wrong detentions and the Government is in the naughty corner, SMH - May 28, 2005 by Mike Seccombe.
• Palmer's anti-terror team on to Rau case, The Australian - May 28, 2005 by Elizabeth Colman
• Immigration's dead letter office, The Australian - May 28, 2005 by Elizabeth Colman and Simon Kearney
• 'Nothing but dirt' left after detention centre auction, ABC News Online - May 28, 2005
• Priest lobbies for privacy for detained women, ABC News Online - May 28, 2005
• LATELINE's Friday forum: the Georgiou Bills, ABC Lateline - May 28, 2005 by Maxine McKew
• Andrew Bolt to John Howard: It's time for mercy, The Herald Sun - May 27, 2005 by Andrew Bolt
• Advocate says photo ban remains for parents of detainee baby, The Sunday Times - May 27, 2005 by Heather Quinlan
  
• Union anti-deportation developments, No Deportation List - May 27, 2005 by Ian Rintoul
  
• Coastguard should 'get them' instead of 'deter them', Margo Kingston's Web Diary - May 27, 2005 by Margo Kingston
• Immigration denies knowledge of Bakhtiyaris, ABC News Online - May 27, 2005
• Family say they were tricked by Immigration Dept, PM - May 27, 2005 by Andrew Fowler
  
• Detained boy claims Immigration tricked his family, ABC News Online - May 27, 2005 by Andrew Fowler
• Immigration The Mess Continues, Democrats E-Bulletin: Asylum Seekers
• PM'S Conscience Vote Ban Unconscionable, Democrats E-Bulletin: Asylum Seekers
• Democrats Renew Call For Release Of Asylum Seekers Children On Nauru, Democrats E-Bulletin: Asylum Seekers
• Beazley and the Georgiou Bills, Your Democracy.net - May 27, 2005 by Jack Smit
  
• Baby's parents illegals, says PM, The Age - May 27, 2005 by Michelle Grattan and Andra Jackson
• Palmer, Comrie linked to firm, The Age - May 27, 2005 by Michelle Grattan and Michael Gordon
• Alvarez's husband took passport: social worker, The Age - May 27, 2005 by Andra Jackson
  
• Howard's chance to lock up a bad joke, SMH - May 27, 2005 by Peter Hartcher.
  
• Let the babies out, says detained Chinese mother, SMH - May 27, 2005 by Lee Glendinning
  
• When getting punished means getting a promotion, SMH - May 27, 2005
• PM won't step up detainee inquiry, SMH - May 27, 2005 by Joseph Kerr and Louise Dodson
  
• State in lead on Alvarez, The Australian - May 27, 2005 by Simon Kearney
• Vanstone urged to hold judicial inquiry, The Australian - May 27, 2005 by Elizabeth Colman and Steve Lewis
• Anger over bid to change Migration Act Costello fury at renegades, The Australian - May 27, 2005 by Elizabeth Colman
• Bakhtiyari family may be in Afghanistan, ABC News Online - May 27, 2005
• Vanstone slams 'smear campaign', news.com.au - May 27, by Agence France-Presse
  
• Rau re-enters psychiatric hospital, ABC News Online - May 27, 2005
• Fact and fiction in the Corby case, SMH - May 27, 2005 by Tim Lindsey.
  
• Diplomacy and the death penalty, The Age, Editorial - May 27, 2005
• Labor missing in action, The Australian - May 26, 2005 by Mike Steketee
• Tim Dunlop on Kim Beazley's Georgiou replies, 'The Road to Surfdom' Blog - May 26, 2005 by Tim Dunlop
  
• Labor questions Palmer, Comrie business links, ABC News Online - May 26, 2005
• Immigration detainee attempts suicide, The World Today - May 26, 2005 by Paula Kruger
  
• Detention dramas bring Govt under attack, The World Today - May 26, 2005 by Stephanie Kennedy
  
• Govt defends differential treatment of child detainees, AM - May 26, 2005 by Fran Kelly
• Naomi Leong's release gives hope to other child detainees, AM - May 26, 2005 by Nick Grimm
• Immigration officials knew of wrongful deportation 2 years ago, AM - May 25, 2005 by Louise Yaxley
• PM 'did not bow to baby pressure', news.com.au - May 26, AAP
• PM sees off censure motion, backs Vanstone, ABC News Online - May 26, 2005
  
• Judi Moylan: Detention policy fails the test of humanity, The Australian - May 26, 2005
• Vanstone to give detainee 'sorry cake', ABC News Online - May 26, 2005
• PM on defensive as inquiry costs rise, news.com.au - May 26, by Sharon Mathieson and Darrin Barnett
  
• PM praises Vanstone, defeats censure motion, PM - May 26, 2005 by Louise Yaxley
• PM defends detention centres, The Age - May 26, 2005 AAP
• Centre development refused, The Age - May 26, 2005 by Andra Jackson
  
• Rau bungle prompts probe into 201 others, The Age - May 26, 2005 AAP
• Vanstone pleased with DIMIA apology, The Age - May 26, 2005 AAP
• Mum of baby detainee wants release, The Age - May 26, 2005 AAP
• 'No slanging match' on detention Bill, news.com.au - May 26, AAP
• Vanstone defends detaining children, news.com.au - May 26, AAP
  
• MPs talk Howard through detention policy bills, ABC News Online - May 26, 2005
  
• Government gags immigration debate, ABC News Online - May 26, 2005
  
• Police role in deportation defended, news.com.au - May 26, AAP
• Palmer inquiry cost nears half-million, ABC News Online - May 26, 2005
• Torture advocate to continue work for Immigration, ABC News Online - May 26, 2005
• Detained mother, daugher free to leave country: dept, ABC News Online - May 26, 2005
  
• Why we need a new policy on refugees, The Age - May 26, 2005
• Australia below-par on human rights: Amnesty, ABC News Online - May 25, 2005 by Kirsten Aiken
  
• Nothing done for children, The Age - May 26, 2005 AAP
  
• Fears for a son born in detention, The Age - May 26, 2005 by Andra Jackson
• Pressure on for a change to the menu, The Australian - May 26, 2005 by Dennis Shanahan,
  
• Immigration policy laughable, ex-official says, ABC News Online - May 26, 2005
  
• Vanstone's rethink on detainees, The Age - May 26, 2005 by Michelle Grattan
  
• Scandal explodes to 200 detainees, SMH - May 26, 2005 by Joseph Kerr, Louise Dodson and Lee Glendinning
  
• Beazley rules out conscience vote on detention bill, SMH - May 26, 2005 by Louise Dodson
• Liberals head for a crisis of conscience, The Age - May 26, 2005
• Vanstone, Immigration head should go now, The Age - May 26, 2005 by Michelle Grattan
• Georgiou tried everything else, says colleague, The Age - May 26, 2005 by Michelle Grattan
• As bad as it gets? Don't count on it, New Matilda - May 25, 2005 by Julian Burnside
• 68 children in detention: advocate, The Advertiser - May 25, 2005
• Leong facing detention again, SMH - May 25, 2005 AAP
• US leads global attack on human rights: Amnesty, ABC News Online - May 25, 2005
• Vanstone lifts ban on baby photos, news.com.au - May 25, by Sharon Mathieson
• Palmer to resign after Rau report, Margo Kingston's Web Diary - May 25, 2005 by Margo Kingston
• Immigration Dept knew of Solon in 2003, inquiry told, ABC Lateline - May 25, 2005
• Confusion surrounds detainee's baby, ABC Lateline - May 25, 2005
  
• Palmer to step down from immigration probe, ABC Lateline - May 25, 2005
• Psychiatrists consider detention centre work bans, ABC News Online - May 25, 2005
• Alvarez offered plane ticket, expenses, The Age - May 25, 2005 by Michelle Grattan
• Inquiry on Rau 'just for show', The Australian - May 25, 2005 by Andrew McGarry
• Andrew Bartlett visits children in detention in Nauru, AM - May 25, 2005 by Nick Grimm
• Naomi Leong's release highlights plight of children in detention, AM - May 25, 2005 by Nick Grimm
• Freedom tastes bittersweet for Naomi, The Age - May 25, 2005 by Sonya Neufled, Nicole Azzopardi and Sharon Mathieson
• Immigration detention changes criticised as inadequate, The World Today - May 25, 2005 by Eleanor Hall
  
• Fed Govt changes immigration detention policy, ABC News Online - May 25, 2005 by Kim Landers
• Amnesty slams mandatory detention, The Australian - May 25, 2005
• Immigration rules out detention for newborn, ABC News Online - May 25, 2005
• Asylum seekers asked to fund SIEV X fit-out, court hears, ABC News Online - May 25, 2005
• Solon in psychiatric clinic before deportation, ABC News Online - May 25, 2005
• Backbench revolt on detention, The Australian - May 25, 2005 by Elizabeth Colman
• Behind bars, they wait and rot, SMH - May 25, 2005 by Christine Rau.
• MPs' concerns boiled over, but PM was left steaming, SMH - May 25, 2005 by Louise Dodson
• Detainees' isolation too long: rights body, SMH - May 25, 2005 by Joseph Kerr
• Howard explodes at MPs' revolt, SMH - May 25, 2005 by Louise Dodson
• Party policy dissent puts pressure on Howard, SMH - May 25, 2005 by Louise Dodson
• Detainees using kids to get outcome: MP, Channel Seven News - May 25, 2005
• PM faces backbench rebellion over detention policy, The World Today - May 25, 2005 by Alexandra Kirk
• Split in Liberal ranks over refugee detention, AM - May 25, 2005 by Kim Landers
• Rau seeks payout for 'gruelling' treatment, The Age - May 24, 2005 by Penelope Debelle and Andra Jackson
  
• We'll fly you home, govt tells Alvarez, The Age - May 24, 2005 AAP
• Surprise and joy as mother and daughter freed on visa, The Age - May 24, 2005 by Lee Glendinning
• Psychiatrists criticise 'piecemeal' release of detainees, ABC News Online - May 24, 2005
  
• Liberal MP's bid to overturn detention law, SMH - May 24, 2005, AAP
• Lib MPs 'stand up for human dignity', Margo Kingston's Web Diary - May 24, 2005 by Margo Kingston
• People smuggling trial hears of shooting threat, ABC News Online - May 23, 2005
• My life was 'turned upside-down', The Age - May 23, 2005 by Penny Debelle and Jesse Hogan
• Doctor arrested over photographer's death in Iran: son, ABC News Online - May 23, 2005 AFP
• Iranian watchdog whittles down presidental nominees list, ABC News Online - May 23, 2005 Reuters
• Libya sues Amnesty over human rights report, ABC News Online - May 23, 2005
• Cornelia Rau to face the press, news.com.au - May 23, AAP
• Come home, Malaysia tells Naomi, SMH - May 23, 2005 by Lee Glendinning
• Spying an opportunity to entrench power, SMH - May 23, 2005 by George Williams and Ben Saul.
  
• Pain, suffering, separation: lawyers advise Alvarez to seek compensation, SMH - May 23, 2005 by Malcolm Brown
  
• Alvarez may come home this week, The Australian - May 23, 2005 by Ean Higgins and Simon Kearney
  
• Rudd renews immigration royal commission call, ABC News Online - May 22, 2005
• In U.S. Report, Brutal Details of 2 Afghan Inmates' Deaths, New York Times, by Tim Golden
• A Flexible Minister meets Unbending Injustice, Andrew Bartlett's Blog,
• Sweden 'violated' torture treaty, BBC News - Europe - May 21,
• Keeping Rau report secret 'not on', news.com.au - May 21, AAP
• In joyful strains then let us sing . to prove we're fair-dinkum Aussies, SMH - May 21, 2005 by Richard Glover
  
• Smugglers paid coast guard, capsize survivor says, SMH - May 21, 2005 by Marian Wilkinson
• Vanstone to vet Rau report before release, SMH - May 21, 2005 by Joseph Kerr
• Behind the battle to save Vivian, The Australian - May 21, 2005 by Ean Higgins and Cameron Stewart
• Town unites to save its model immigrants, SMH - May 21, 2005 by Linda Morris.
• More help on the way for Alvarez, The Age - May 21, 2005 by Michelle Grattan and Angela O'Connor
  
• Alvarez on police files, says brother, SMH - May 21, 2005 by Robert Wainwright.
• The long way home, SMH - May 21, 2005 by Robert Wainwright.
• Rau report may be kept secret, The Age - May 20, 2005 AAP
• Rau inquiry report 'within four weeks', news.com.au - May 20, AAP
• Rau inquiry findings to be made public, ABC News Online - May 20, 2005
• Vanstone flags changes to Migration Act, The World Today - May 20, 2005 by Alexandra Kirk
  
• Solon lawyer says Immigration Dept working on goodwill, The World Today - May 20, 2005 by Eleanor Hall
• Payout wrangle delays Alvarez return, SMH - May 20, 2005 by AAP
• Smuggler ring was well known, witness says, before collapsing, SMH - May 20, 2005 by Marian Wilkinson
• SIEV-X case hears smugglers posed as soldiers, May 20, 2005, by Tom Forbes
• Vanstone silent on Alvarez offer, news.com.au - May 20, AAP
  
• Office culture to blame for immigration stuff-ups: Bolkus, ABC News Online - May 20, 2005
• Opposition says Immigration Department needs overhaul, AM - May 20, 2005 by Alexandra Kirk
• Vanstone 'to blame, not the Act', ABC News Online - May 20, 2005 AAP
  
• Vanstone turns on officials, The Australian - May 20, 2005 by Simon Kearney and Elisabeth Wynhausen
• I have no plans to sue Australia, says citizen Alvarez, SMH - May 20, 2005 by Connie Levett
• Alvarez hinted at illegal entry to Australia, The Australian - May 20, 2005 by Cath Hart
• Refugee advocate appointed District Court judge, ABC News Online - May 19, 2005
• Smugglers met navy officer, court told, SMH - May 19, 2005 by Marian Wilkinson
• Alvarez stays put pending care provision, The Age - May 19, 2005 AAP
• Government could avoid Alvarez lawsuit, The Age - May 19, 2005 AAP
  
• Solon receives Govt offer of medical help, ABC Lateline - May 19, 2005 by Tom Iggulden
  
• Beattie calls for immigration system changes, ABC Lateline - May 19, 2005 by Tony Jones
  
• Asylum seekers granted reprieve, The Age - May 19, 2005 by Andra Jackson
  
• Vanstone to reconsider E Timor asylum seeker cases, ABC News Online - May 19, 2005
  
• Vanstone hints at Migration Act changes, ABC News Online - May 19, 2005
• Vanstone flags changes for flexibility, The Age - May 19, 2005 AAP
• Immigration Department under the spotlight, 7.30 Report - May 19, 2005 by Heather Ewart
  
• Exiled after arriving on tourist visa, The Australian - May 19, 2005 by Simon Kearney
• New deal for Afghan refugees, The Age - May 19, 2005 by Michael Gordon
  
• Free to find her true colours, if only for a day, SMH - May 19, 2005 by Lee Glendinning
  
• Passport only proof, lawyer says, The Age - May 19, 2005 AAP
• Seven seek detention redress, SMH - May 19, 2005 by Joseph Kerr, Connie Levett
• Police, coast guards helped SIEV-X: survivor, The Age - May 19, 2005 by Johanna Leggatt
• Vanstone loses visa illiteracy argument, SMH - May 19, 2005 by Michael Pelly
  
• Arresting job opportunity in captive market, The Age - May 19, 2005 by Sushi Das
• Torture sparks flood of abuse, The Age Letters - May 19, 2005
  
• An argument that fails the test of civilised society, The Age - May 19, 2005 by Malcolm Fraser
• Smuggler met with Indonesian navy officer, The Age - May 19, 2005 by Marian Wilkinson
• Rau, Solon cases 'tip of mental health iceberg', ABC News Online - May 19, 2005
• Jennifer Burn: Trafficking sex, University of Technnology by Jennifer Burn
  
• Torture is inhuman, illegal and futile, The Age - May 18, 2005 by Sarah Joseph and Marius Smith.
• 'Here?' Victim stumped by academics' views, The Age - May 18, 2005 by Fleur Leyden
• Torture advocate faces outcry, The Age - May 18, 2005 by Liz Minchin
• When democracy is corrupted, SMH - May 18, 2005 by Ben Saul.
• $1300 for a seat on death boat, The Age - May 18, 2005 by Johanna Leggatt, Marian Wilkinson
• Philippines plea on Alvarez Solon was ignored, The Age - May 18, 2005 by Michelle Grattan, David Wroe, Andra Jackson
• Chinese-born Australian sues over Immigration detention, ABC News Online - May 18, 2005
• Afghanis denied refugee status encouraged to return home, The World Today - May 18, 2005 by Kim Landers
• Danger in repatriating Afghan detainees: lawyer, PM - May 18, 2005 by Rachel Carbonell
• Cash on offer for Afghan detainees to go home, ABC News Online - May 18, 2005
  
• Refugee advocates slam Afghan deal, News.com.au - May 18, 2005 AAP
  
• Girl in detention since birth visits play group, ABC News Online - May 18, 2005
• Another case of wrongful detention brought to light, The World Today - May 18, 2005 by by Karen Barlow
  
• Alvarez lawyers want compensation offer, The Age - May 18, 2005 AAP
• Italy Offers Little Refuge, Inter Press Service News Agency by Raffaella Malaguti
  
• Man to sue Immigration Department over detention, ABC Lateline - May 18, 2005 by Hamish Fitzsimmons
• Radio National: A Knife's Edge, Radio National - May 18, 2005 by Kirsti Melville
• Academics say torture ok, Australian Broadcasting Corporation - May 17, 2005 by Chris Clark
• Baxter staff fight for pay boost, ABC News Online - May 17, 2005
• Accused people smuggler on trial, News.com.au - May 17, 2005 AAP
• Rescued SIEV-X passengers to give evidence, ABC News Online - May 17, 2005
• Pell urges immigration policy review, ABC News Online - May 17, 2005
• Qantas requested aid for Vivian Solon in Manila, The World Today - May 17, 2005 by Lisa Millar
  
• Ruddock 'in dark' on Alvarez, News.com.au - May 17, 2005 AAP
• Costello's warning over Alvarez bungle, The Advertiser - May 17, 2005 by Bronwyn Hurrell
  
• Philippines lash out at Australian govt, The Age - May 17, 2005 AAP
• Philippines tried to delay Solon deportation, Australian Broadcasting Corporation - May 17, 2005 by Hamish Fitzsimmons
  
• Lobbying puts asylum seeker's case back on Govt's desk, ABC News Online - May 17, 2005
• Afghani asylum seekers can [be] sent home, The Age - May 17, 2005 AAP
  
• Ruddock unaware of individual deportation cases, ABC News Online - May 17, 2005
• New doubts raised on Alvarez case, The Age - May 17, 2005 by Andra Jackson and Connie Levett
• Immigration saw Alvarez have seizure: nurse, SMH - May 17, 2005 by Connie Levett, Joseph Kerr, Lee Glendinning and Jordan Baker
  
• For our eyes, too, The Australian - May 17, 2005 by Chris Merritt
• Vivian Solon deported despite unproven illegal status, AM - May 17, 2005 by Lisa Millar
• SIEV-X families seeks answers from trial, AM - May 17, 2005 by Nick Grimm
• SIEV-X accused faces trial, ABC News Online - May 17, 2005
• Migration law ruled Rau case, news.com.au / The Australian - May 16, 2005 byElizabeth Colman and Tom Richardson
• From container arrival to container storage, New Matilda.com - May 16, 2005
• Alvarez may sue for multi-million payout, The Age - May 16, 2005 AAP
• PM offended by racism talk, News.com.au - May 16, 2005 AAP
• Blunder 'shouldn't have happened', - May 16, 2005 AAP
  
• Looks 'link' in Alvarez deportation, News.com.au - May 16, 2005 AAP
• Deporting Bakhtiaris cost $250,000, The Age - May 16, 2005 AAP
• Nurse says immigration official witnessed Solon seizure, PM - May 16, 2005 by Lisa Millar
• Last visitors tell of Solon fears, ABC News Online - May 16, 2005 by Lisa Millar
• Solon case must be looked at 'in detail', ABC Lateline - May 16, 2005 by Tony Jones
  
• Lawyers take up Vivian Solon's case, ABC Lateline - May 16, 2005 by Margot O'Neill
  
• New evidence 'casts doubt' on detainee, The Age - May 16, 2005 by Michelle Grattan
• Embassy foots the bill for deportee's family reunion, SMH - May 16, 2005 by Connie Levett
• Detainees' prints in record checks, SMH - May 16, 2005 by Joseph Kerr
  
• A letter to Webdiarists from Melba Marginson, a Filipina Australian, Margo Kingston's Web Diary - May 16, 2005 by Margo Kingston
  
• Citizen Jack:, Margo Kingston's Web Diary - May 16, 2005 by Margo Kingston
• Hidden In Plain View: The BASARNAS File On SIEVX, SIEVX.com - May 15, 2005 by Marg Hutton
• Democrats struggle and find direction, The Age - May 15, 2005 AAP
• Racist White Australia Deports Brown Australian Citizen, Countercurrents.org - May 15, 2005 by Gideon Polya
  
• Cornelia Rau: I feel fine, The Sunay Mail - May 15, 2005
  
• PM stands by Vanstone, officials, ABC News Online - May 15, 2005
• PM stands by embattled Vanstone, News.com.au - May 15, 2005 AAP
• Immigration policy gone mad, Manila Times - May 15, 2005 by Fr. Shay Cullen
  
• Deport row: PM wants details, The Age - May 15, 2005 by Phillip Hudson
• Dark forces in Alvarez case: Bolkus, SMH - May 15, 2005
• Seeking volunteers for Webdiary's 'people's inquiry' into Alvarez, Margo Kingston's Web Diary - May 14, 2005 by Margo Kingston
• Budget unveils assault on privacy, The Age - May 14, 2005 AAP
  
• DFAT confirms passport issued to deportee, ABC News Online - May 14, 2005 by Hamish Fitzsimmons
  
• Ex-immigration official urges open inquiry, ABC News Online - May 14, 2005
• AMA calls for health funds in detention, The Age - May 14, 2005 AAP
  
• Department's culture of fear, The Australian - May 14, 2005 by Elizabeth Colman
  
• Utter contempt, The Age, Letters - May 14, 2005
• The impact of outsourcing in immigration detention, Margo Kingston's Web Diary - May 14, 2005 by Margo Kingston
• Minister's migration two-step, The Advertiser - May 14, 2005
• I'm ashamed, The Age, Letters - May 14, 2005
• Freedom deal for detainees criticised, SMH - May 14, 2005 by Joseph Kerr
• Government considers 21 for new visa, The Age - May 14, 2005 by Michelle Grattan
• 'Not fit to be deported', The Australian - May 14, 2005 by Cath Hart and Sean Parnell
• Rau's family blasts 'ineffective' inquiry, The Australian - May 14, 2005 by Greg Roberts
• I'm a citizen, Vivian told immigration, The Australian - May 14, 2005 by Simon Kearney
• Nobody wanted to know her story - now everyone does, The Age - May 14, 2005 by Connie Levett
  
• Confused, terrified - the start of a sorry saga, The Age - May 14, 2005 by Andra Jackson
  
• 'I told them I was Australian', The Age - May 14, 2005 by Connie Levett
  
• The Alvarez case: a warning for us all, The Age - May 14, 2005 by Jacqueline Hewitt
• The face unacceptable to Australia, The Age - May 14, 2005 by Michael Gordon and Michelle Grattan
  
• Out of sight, out of mind, SMH - May 14, 2005 by Connie Levett and Joseph Kerr
  
• The regrettable case of Vivian Alvarez Solon, The Age Editorial - May 14, 2005
• So damned unfair, indeed, SMH - May 14, 2005 by Mike Carlton
• Solon had an Australian passport: DFAT, ABC Lateline - May 13, 2005 by Hamish Fitzsimmons
• Solon wants to see her kids, ABC Lateline - May 13, 2005 by Peter Cave
  
• Australia refuses to relent over detention of Indian asylum-seeker, UK Independent - May 13, 2005 by Kathy Marks
• Police probe Indonesian fishing boat cooking oil incident, ABC News Online - May 13, 2005
• Skipper critical after detention attack, News.com.au - May 13, 2005 AAP
• Alvarez begins journey back, News.com.au - May 13, 2005 by Jason Gutierrez
  
• Former social worker raises Solon bashing claim, ABC - AM - May 13, 2005 by Nick Grimm
  
• Deported to get medical care, News.com.au - May 13, 2005 by Jason Gutierrez and Sandra O'Malley
• I did not know I was being deported: Solon, ABC News Online - May 13, 2005 by Peter Cave
  
• Alvarez case beyond a joke: Beazley, News.com.au - May 13, 2005 AAP
  
• ALP continues Alvarez commission push, The Age - May 13, 2005 by AAP
  
• Solon case sparks calls for Royal Commission, The World Today - May 13, 2005 by Lisa Millar
  
• Human Rights Commissioner calls for Solon inquiry, The World Today - May 13, 2005 by Eleanor Hall
• Solon not told about deportation, The World Today - May 13, 2005 by Peter Cave
  
• Another mentally ill visa-holder in detention, The Australian - May 13, 2005 by Amanda Banks
  
• Johnnie of the "Idontknow", Margo Kingston's Web Diary - May 13, 2005 by DingoBob
• Our cruelty to detainees must stop, The Age - May 13, 2005 by Arnold Zable
• Gone, and just forgotten, SMH, Editorial - May 13, 2005
  
• Human rights should not be casualties of the war on terrorism, SMH, Opinion - May 13, 2005 by Jane Stratton and Robin Banks
• Scared of deportation? Tatts are just the ticket, The Age - May 13, 2005 by Tony Kevin
  
• ABC accused of bias over poor-taste joke, The Age - May 13, 2005 by Fleur Leyden
  
• Mental health chiefs blame 'ignorance', The Age - May 13, 2005 by David Wroe
  
• Vanstone under visa friendly fire, The Age - May 13, 2005 by By Michelle Grattan
  
• 'Regrettable' case, but no apology, The Age - May 13, 2005 by By Michelle Grattan, Michael Gordon
  
• Deported woman: I want to go home, The Age - May 13, 2005 By Oliver Teves, Connie Levett
  
• Government vows to make up for mistakes, The Age - May 13, 2005
  
• Officers not queried in deportee case, SMH - May 13, 2005 by Connie Levett and Joseph Kerr
  
• Deport bungle may cost millions, The Herald Sun - May 13, 2005 by Jason Frenkel
  
• Deported mum an Aussie once more, The Advertiser - May 13, 2005 by Bronwyn Hurrell
  
• Social worker says Solon bashed, ABC News Online - May 13, 2005
• It's time for Beazley to act on detention, Canberra Times - May 12, 2005 by Jerzy Zubrzycki
• Australia's immigration policies failed Michael Howard, Online Opinion - May 12, 2005 by Howard Glenn
  
• Govt short of Alvarez apology, News.com.au - May 12, 2005 AAP
  
• Govt under fire over wrongful deportation, ABC Lateline Transcript - May 12, 2005
  
• Solons reunite in Philippines, ABC Lateline Transcript - May 12, 2005
  
• Alarm over Ahwazi Asylum Seeker's Treatment in Australia, Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organisation - May 12, 2005
  
• Human rights boss seeks detention review, The Age - May 12, 2005 by AAP
• Greens, Dems slam Alvarez handling, News.com.au - May 12, 2005 AAP
  
• Labor wants royal commission, News.com.au - May 12, 2005 AAP
• Royal commission call renewed after deportee found, ABC News Online - May 12, 2005
  
• No record of deportee's convent stay, Vanstone says, ABC News Online - May 12, 2005
• Vanstone denies poor management of search for Vivian Solon, ABC - AM - May 12, 2005 by Tony Eastley
  
• Vivian Solon found in hospice for the dying, ABC - AM - May 12, 2005 by Nick Grimm
• Alvarez could be home now, Vanstone says, The Age - May 12, 2005 by AAP
  
• Govt admits deportation is regretful, The Age - May 12, 2005 by AAP
• Brother eager to see deportee, News.com.au - May 12, 2005 AAP
  
• Solons reunited as Howard expresses sadness, ABC News Online - May 12, 2005
• Ray attacks Liberal "blowhards" on Alverez cover up, Margo Kingston's Web Diary - May 12, 2005 by Margo Kingston
• Anthem: "Australia Doesn't care", May 12, 2005
• Charge of the female journos stuns Vanstone, Margo Kingston's Web Diary - May 12, 2005 by Margo Kingston
• Question Time in the Senate, Margo Kingston's Web Diary - May 12, 2005 by Margo Kingston
• Markus joins Lib backbench revolt, Crikey sealed section - May 12, 2005 by Christian Kerr
  
• Diplomats hope to interview Aust deportee, ABC News Online - May 12, 2005
• Wrongly deported Australian woman found, The Age - May 12, 2005 by Michelle Grattan
• Deported woman found in convent, SMH - May 12, 2005 By Connie Levett in Bangkok and Lisa Pryor
  
• Rau inquiry 'needs more powers', News.com.au - May 12, 2005 AAP
• Call for Royal Commission into immigration bungles, ABC - PM - May 11, 2005 by Lisa Millar
• Mentally ill asylum seeker now receiving psychiatric care, ABC - PM - May 11, 2005 by Mark Colvin
  
• Vanstone censured over wrongful detentions, ABC News Online - May 11, 2005
  
• Vanstone disappears, Brandis reads magazine ..., Margo Kingston's Web Diary - May 11, 2005 by Margo Kingston
  
• Alvarez found: Vanstone's statement, Margo Kingston's Web Diary - May 11, 2005 by Margo Kingston
• Govt believes it may have found Alvarez, The Age - May 11, 2005 AAP
• Claim missing deported Australian found in Manila convent, ABC News Online - May 11, 2005
  
• Government knew where Vivian was all the time: Priest, Margo Kingston's Web Diary - May 11, 2005 by Margo Kingston
  
• Deported Australian found in Manila, ABC Current Affairs - May 11, 2005
• Sister of an Australian woman wrongly deported talks, ABC Current Affairs - May 11, 2005
  
• Greens begin moves to censure Vanstone, The Age - May 11, 2005
  
• Immigration system a mess, says Beazley, The Age - May 11, 2005
• Detention centre workers, New Matilda.com - May 11, 2005 by Madeleine Byrne
  
• Govt accused of racism in wrongful deportation row, ABC News Online - May 11, 2005, By Margot O'Neill
• A detention system out of control, Green Left Weekly - May 11, 2005, by Sarah Stephen
• Detention policy costs another life, Green Left Weekly - May 11, 2005, by Kathy Newnam
• Ardeshir Gholipour released, Green Left Weekly - May 11, 2005, by Sarah Stephen
• Removal of Failed Asylum Seekers, Transcript of the Law Report, Radio National - May 10, 2005 by Damien Carrick
  
• Shahin Shafaei's Through the Wire: Inside story, The Age - May 10, 2005
  
• Trauma in desert camps, The Courier-Mail - May 10, 2005 by Madeleine Byrne
  
• Vanstone, minister for buck passing, doesn't know, won't ask, Margo Kingston's Web Diary- May 10, 2005 by Margo Kingston
• Government accused of racism over deportation, Lateline - May 10, 2005 by Margot O'Neill
  
• Rejected after 10 years 'at home' in Australia, The Age - May 10, 2005 By Andra Jackson
• Refugee expects to die in Australian Detention, SBS World View - May 10, 2005
• Govt rejects call for royal commission, The Age - May 10, 2005 AAP
• Government rejects immigration probe, The Advertiser - May 10, 2005 by Denis Peters
  
• Vanstone in Alvarez case admission, The Age - May 10, 2005 AAP
• Govt 'not responsible' for failed asylum seekers, ABC News Online - May 10, 2005
  
• Australia admits to wrongful deportation, Reuters UK - May 10, 2005 by Michael Perry
  
• Vivian Young's deportation prompts calls for Royal Commission, ABC News Online - May 10, 2005 by Louise Yaxley
  
• Filipino woman's wrongful deportation causes community outrage, The World Today - May 10, 2005 by Karen Barlow
  
• Cicile Solon demands sister's return, ABC - PM - May 10, 2005 by Lisa Millar
• Govt denies Iranian man forcibly removed from Baxter, ABC News Online - May 10, 2005
• Another case of severe mental illness in Baxter emerges, ABC - PM - May 10, 2005 by Andrew Fowler
  
• Psychologist fears for detainee's mental health, ABC West Coast SA - May 10, 2005
• Vanstone speaks over wrongful detention, Lateline - May 9, 2005 by Tony Jones
  
• Family breaks silence over deportation, Lateline - May 9, 2005 by Margot O'Neill and Tom Iggulden
  
• Beattie demands judicial inquiry into immigration, ABC News Online - May 9, 2005
  
• Deportation a mess: Beattie, News.com.au - May 9, 2005 AAP
• Indonesian ambassador seeks detention assurances, ABC News Online - May 9, 2005
  
• Deportation case 'known two years ago', News.com.au - May 9, 2005 AAP
• Family Of Refugees Arrested, Injured In Iran, Persian Journal, Iran - May 9, 2005, [snippet only]
  
• Deportation risks life of Iranian: claim, The Age - May 9, 2005 AAP
  
• And when will Labor speak out?, Letters, The Age - May 9, 2005, by Patrick Senior
  
• How can we do this to children?, Letters, The Age - May 9, 2005, by Angela Buckingham
• Mother and daughter also trapped in legal limbo, Letters, SMH - May 9, 2005 by Denis Goodwin
  
• Deported woman's brother angry over 'stuff-up', The Age - May 9, 2005, by Andra Jackson
• Detainee harm rate 'too high', The Advertiser - May 9, 2005, by Laura Anderson
• Will the tide ever turn for detainees?, The Age - May 8, 2005
  
• Refugee group seeks Royal Commission, SMH - May 8, 2005 AAP
  
• 'My five years of hell', The Sunday Times - May 8, 2005 By Paul Lampathakis
• Miranda Devine (!): Is it worth the wait for Mesrinejad?, SMH - May 8, 2005 by Miranda Devine
• Interpol steps up search for woman, The Age - May 8, 2005, by Paul Heinrichs, Marc Moncrief
• Deported woman's small son left alone, SMH - May 8, 2005 by Frank Walker
• A prisoner all her life, this girl bears the scars, SMH - May 7, 2005 by Lee Glendinning and Joseph Kerr
  
• Doctor Fears For Plight Of Malaysian Detainee, Malaysia's National News Agency, - May 7, 2005, By Neville D'Cruz
  
• Claims search for mum hampered, News.com.au - May 7, 2005 AAP
  
• New scandal sweeps Immigration Department, ABC - AM - May 7, 2005 by Nick Grimm
• Opposition demands immigration royal commission, ABC News Online - May 7, 2005
  
• A Webdiary discussion about the Finn judgment, Margo Kingston's Web Diary - May 7, 2005 by Margo Kingston
  
• A department of mean spirit, SMH - May 7, 2005 by Mike Carlton
• Woman deported after up to 18 years in Aust, ABC News Online - May 7, 2005 by Lateline's Tom Iggulden
  
• Aust leaves Philippines clueless in deportee search, ABC News Online - May 7, 2005 by AM's Nick Grimm and staff
  
• Deported Australian left son behind, The Age - May 7, 2005, by Andra Jackson
  
• Red zone: locked away and going mad, SMH - May 7, 2005 by Joseph Kerr
• Margo Kingston's Web Diary: Crosby, Justice Finn's trial, SMH - May 7, 2005 by Margo Kingston
• Court slams the treatment of detainees, SMH - May 6, 2005 By Natasha Wallace and Joseph Kerr
• Canberra censured for detainees' treatment, The Age - May 6, 2005, AAP
• 100 detained on 'suspicion', Melbourne Herald Sun - May 6, 2005 by Mark Dunn
  
• Deportee identified by consular staff, The Age - May 6, 2005, AAP
• Baxter protester fined for nude statement, ABC News Online - May 6, 2005
• Howard sorry for deportation error, News.com.au - May 6, 2005 AAP
• PM 'sorry' over Australian's deportation, ABC News Online - May 6, 2005
• New information on woman's wrongful deportation, Lateline - May 6, 2005 by Tom Iggulden
  
• Immigration Department fesses up to wrongful deportation, The World Today - May 6, 2005 by Lisa Millar
  
• Child left behind in wrongful deportation: Beattie, ABC News Online - May 6, 2005
  
• Deported woman's son in care, News.com.au - May 6, 2005 AAP
• Detained children allowed play group visits, ABC News - May 6, 2005.
  
• Detainee's isolation 'not punishment', News.com.au - May 6, 2005 AAP
• Detained toddler denied playgroup access, ABC News Online - May 6, 2005
• There is something rotten in Australia, The Age, Opinion - May 5, 2005
  
• Media witch-hunts Australian author Hannie Rayson and her new play, World Socialist Website - May 5, 2005 by Richard Phillips
• ALP paralysed with fear on Iraq, refugees: Fraser, Daily Telegraph - May 5, 2005, AAP
  
• The unknown Australian deportee, SMH Editorial - May 5, 2005
  
• Govt treated mentally ill detainees with neglect, PM - May 5, 2005 by Karen Barlow
  
• Just another birthday behind the razor wire, PM - May 5, 2005 by Andrew Fowler
• Mother and baby kept in isolation, News.com.au - May 5, 2005 By Tara Ravens and Sharon Mathieson
  
• Deportee's family wants privacy, Govt says, ABC News Online - May 5, 2005
  
• Suicidal Baxter detainees fail to get proper medical attention, The World Today - May 5, 2005 by Karen Barlow
• Detention ruling 'no surprise' to advocates, ABC News Online - May 5, 2005
  
• Govt seeks detainee judgment advice, May 5, 2005 AAP
• Govt 'failed' duty of care, News.com.au - May 5, 2005 AAP
  
• Govt guilty of 'culpable neglect', The Advertiser - May 5, 2005 By Tim Dornin
  
• S v DIMIA Secretary - Court Case transcript, Federal Court of Australia - May 5, 2005
  
• Judge says Baxter detainee was neglected, ABC News Online - May 5, 2005
• Baxter ruling may spark damages claims, The Age - May 5, 2005, by AAP
• 7.30 Report: Kosovars refugees in limbo, ABC TV Program Transcript - May 5, 2005 by Heather Ewart
  
• Deported Australian 'lost', ABC report - May 5, 2005
• Justice Finn on Baxter, May 5, 2005
• Towards a royal commission, May 5, 2005
• Deported woman mentally ill: claim, The Age - May 4, 2005, by AAP
  
• Race lesson for leaders in policy's slow demise, SMH - May 4, 2005 by Gwenda Tavan
  
• Asylum seeker 'passed' photo test, The Age - May 4, 2005, by Michelle Grattan
• Immigration staff let woman die, The Guardian - May 4, 2005, by Laura Smith
  
• Fijian family freed from detention, Green Left Weekly - May 4, 2005, by Sarah Stephen
• Detention makes refugees mentally ill, Green Left Weekly - May 4, 2005, by Andrew Hall
• TPV-holders 'easy targets' for exploitation, Green Left Weekly - May 4, 2005, by Sarah Stephen
• Ten jailed for human trafficking in The Netherlands, ABC News Online - May 3, 2005 AFP
  
• Human Rights Commissioner calls for new immigration detention inquiry, The World Today - Tuesday 3 May 2005 by Louise Yaxley
  
• Human rights watchdog demands immigration inquiry, ABC News Online - May 3, 2005
• Human Rights Commissioner appalled by deportation mistake, PM - May 3, 2005 by Louise Yaxley
• Call for Rau inquiry to go public, News.com.au - May 3, 2005 by Sharon Mathieson
  
• Australians wrongfully detained, Reuters.co.uk - May 3, 2005, by Michael Perry
  
• No child should be deported while under investigation', The Herald - 3 May 2005
  
• Who can still call Australia home? The Age, Editorial - May 3, 2005
• Mentally ill detainees sent packing, SMH - May 3, 2005 by Joseph Kerr
• More cases of wrongful detention uncovered after Rau incident, The World Today - Monday May 2, 2005 by Louise Yaxley
  
• Govt keeps quiet on mistaken deportation, PM - Monday May 2, 2005 by Alexandra Kirk
  
• Govt says 33 have been wrongly detained, The Age - May 2, 2005 AAP
• Iran Postpones Execution After Media Leak, BosNewsLife - May 1, 2005 by BosNewsLife News Center
  
  

April

• Brazen thieves lift $90,000 in Nauru, The Age - April 30, 2005 by Michael Gordon
  
• Behind Closed Doors SBS TV Insight - April 29, 2005 reporter Jenny Brockie
• Answers sought over E Timorese deportations, ABC News Online - April 28, 2005
• Dozens of E Timorese face deportation, ABC News Online - April 27, 2005
• More than 1,400 East Timorese get visas, The Age - April 27, 2005 AAP
• Baxter psychologists 'lack qualifications' The Age - April 27, 2005 by Brendan Nicholson
• Claims some Baxter staff 'unqualified' News.com.au - April 27, 2005 AAP
• Voyage from disaster to hope The Age- April 27, 2005 by Cam Nguyen
  
• Henderson distorts Whitlam's record The Age Letters- April 27, 2005 by Marilyn Shepherd
  
• Another Guantanamo prison on Australian island Aljazeera.com - April 26, 2005
• Vanstone denies Christmas Island talk The Age Letters- April 26, 2005 AAP
• Howard's "solution" should cause a revolution Scoop New Zealand - April 26, 2005 source Project Safecom
• 'No plans' to expand island role News.com.au - April 25, 2005 AAP
• Detention role for island to expand News.com.au - April 25, 2005 by Paul Osborne; AAP
• Govt denies Christmas Island refugee plan ABC News Online - April 25, 2005
• Claims refugees will be sent to Christmas Island ABC News Online - April 25, 2005
  
• Detention role for island to expand News.com.au - April 25, 2005 by Paul Osborne
  
• Did our worst sea disaster slip under the radar? The Age Letters- April 24, 2005 by Pamela Curr
• It's all about values The Age Letters- April 24, 2005 by Julie Houghton
• Ahwazi: Human rights groups voice concern over Ahwaz UNPO source British Ahwazi Friendship Society
• Ahwazi: International Condemnation of Massacre in Ahwaz UNPO source British Ahwazi Friendship Society
• Ahwazi: Amnesty appeal for Ahwaz prisoners UNPO source British Ahwazi Friendship Society
• Dems urge end to detention News.com.au - April 23, 2005 AAP
• Unions call for Baxter detainee release The Age - April 23, 2005 AAP
• Australia can, and does, ignore human rights abuses Online Opinion - April 22; 2005 by Howard Glenn
• Call for fast-tracking of Nauru asylum-seeker cases ABC Radio - April 22; 2005
  
• Ban Tory tactician from NZ, refugee advocates say UK Guardian - April 22, 2005 by Matthew Tempest
• UN Urges End to Australia's Controversial Refugee Detention Policy - 21 April 2005 by Phil Mercer
  
• MPs keen on Nauru inspection The Age - April 21, 2005 by Michael Gordon
• Guards named over Rau mistreatment The Age - April 21, 2005 by Andra Jackson
  
• Refugee decisions too prolonged: Liberal MP ABC NewsOnline - April 20, 2005
  
• Refugees: a wasted resource The Age Editorial - April 20, 2005 by Greg Barns
• Strewth: Kiwis chase Crosby The Australian - April 20, 2005 by Nick Leys
  
• Immigration raids: Schools fight back Green Left Weekly - April 20, 2005 by Sarah Stephen
• Stop holding detainees with criminals: Bartlett ABC NewsOnline - April 20, 2005
• What's behind the school raids? Green Left Weekly - April 20, 2005 by Sarah Stephen
• 'We will be here until the fences come down' Green Left Weekly - April 20, 2005 by Tara Guinness
• Refugee activists plead not guilty Green Left Weekly - April 20, 2005 by Sarah Stephen
• Migration Committee visit to Baxter Andrew Bartlett Online - April 19, 2005 by Senator Andrew Bartlett Blog Entry
  
• MPs to meet Baxter detainees News.com.au - April 19, 2005 AAP
• Detention policy a bad part of history: Lawrence ABC NewsOnline - April 19, 2005
  
• Blighted isle The Age - April 19, 2005 by Michael Gordon
• Rau cell at Baxter had 'spy mirror' News.com.au - April 19, 2005 by Sharon Mathieson; AAP
• Why we need courageous theatre The Age Letters- April 19, 2005 by Hilary McPhee
• Facing the truth The Age Letters- April 19, 2005 by Tony Kevin
• Pleased, not 'hurt' The Age Letters- April 19, 2005 by Robyn Nevin
• When will the Government end the hell-hole of Nauru? The Age Letters- April 19, 2005 by Rosalind Berry
• In praise of our closed-door policy The Age Letters- April 19, 2005 by Peter Stinson
• When a solution needs solving The Age Editorial - April 19, 2005
• The fiction and fact of Two Brothers The Age - April 19, 2005 by Hannie Rayson
• When will the Government end the hell-hole of Nauru? The Age - April 19, 2005 by Rosalind Berry
• Move on human rights act for state The Age - April 19, 2005 by Fergus Shiel
  
• UN critical of refugee detention on Nauru ABC The World Today - April 18, 2005 reporter: Nick McKenzie
• Accept Nauru detainees as migrants: UN SMH - April 18, 2005 by Michael Gordon
• UN plea for Nauru internees The Age - April 18, 2005 by Michael Gordon
• Wasted lives, and a wasted opportunity for the nation SMH Letters - April 18, 2005 Various
• Haven't they suffered enough? The Age Letters - April 18, 2005 by Bernadette Jameson
• Ali has so much to give Australia The Age Letters - April 18, 2005 by Jen Harrison
• The nightmare on Nauru The Age Letters - April 18, 2005 by Helen Lewers
• Migration rate stays at 13,000 News.com.au - April 18, 2005 AAP
• Bartlett to examine Baxter's isolation units ABC NewsOnline - April 18, 2005
• New defence chief dismisses 'children overboard' shadow ABC NewsOnline - April 18, 2005
  
• Detainees seek review after Iran riots ABC NewsOnline - April 18, 2005
• The slow boat to acceptance The Age Editorial- April 17, 2005
• Important media coverage of Nauru refugees Andrew Bartlett OnLine - April 16, 2005 Senator Andrew Bartlett
  
• 'This is not detention, this is hell' SMH - April 16, 2005 by Michael Gordon
  
• Demonstration Against Ethnic Cleansing in Iran Associated Press Report - April 16, 2005 Ahwaz Studies Center Website
• Iran's "Bloody Friday" massacre in city of Ahwaz British Ahwazi Friendship Society - April 16, 2005
  
• Heading for breakdown on Ali's isle The Age - April 16, 2005 by Michael Gordon
  
• Drowning in propaganda The Age Nation - April 16, 2005 by Tom Hyland
  
• Home is where the broken heart is The Age - April 16, 2005 by Michael Gordon
• Nauru child detainees running on empty SMH - April 16, 2005 by Michael Gordon
• A further 15 quiet departures at Baxter The Age - April 16, 2005 by Andra Jackson, Penelope Debelle
• Skilled migrants not cheap labour: Vanstone The Australian - April 16, 2005 by Sid Marris
  
• School Students Contribute to SIEV X Memorial SBS Radio - April 15, 2005 reporter Gerogia Edge
• Detainee attempts self harm The Advertiser - April 15, 2005
• Qasim likely to miss out on new visa ABC News WA - April 15, 2005
• Tourists rewarded for fruits of labour The Courier Mail - April 15, 2005 by Matthew Franklin
  
• Migration not the answer: CFMEU The Australian - April 15, 2005
  
• Beazley slams skilled migrant intake SMH - April 15, 2005 AAP
• Skills shortage prompts increase in migrant intake SMH - April 15, 2005 by Joseph Kerr
  
• Disturbing new facts emerge on incarceration of Australian woman World Socialist Web Site - April 14, 2005 by Mike Head
  
• Church aids family in deportation fight The Age - April 14, 2005 by Andra Jackson
• Migration law changes may penalise children ABC NewsOnline - April 13, 2005
• Attorney-General denies vetting High Court candidates ABC NewsOnline - April 13, 2005
• Academics take on immigration detention investigation ABC NewsOnline - April 13, 2005
• Telling his story Central Western Daily, Orange - April 13, 2005 by Janice Harris
• Detainee wife 'on Vioxx' The Age - April 13, 2005 by Andra Jackson
• A peaceful journey with democracy by my side SMH Web Diary - April 13, 2005 (poem by PF Journey)
  
• Strewth: A few well-directed pricks The Age - April 13, 2005 by D D McNicoll
• Rau was abused, witnesses claim Green Left Weekly - April 13, 2005 by Paul Oboohov
• DIMIA: ‘an abusive system’Green Left Weekly - April 13, 2005 by Dr Michael Dudley
  
• Morally opposed The Age Arts - April 12, 2005
• UN urged to investigate Nauru detainees The Age - April 12, 2005 AAP
• Activists plea not guilty over false docs News.com.au - April 12, 2005 AAP
• Detainees given banned drug, say refugee groups The Age - April 12, 2005 by Andra Jackson
• Democrats demand Vioxx details The Age - April 12, 2005 AAP
• Howard ratchets up immigration rhetoric The Guardian - April 11, 2005 by Patrick Barkham and Patrick Wintour
• The new threat to our lands The Age - April 11, 2005 by Galarrwuy Yunupingu
  
• Refugees at risk of homeless future The Australian - April 11, 2005 by Michelle Wiese Bockmann
  
• AMA Calls for Transparency of Mental Health Services in Australia's Detention Centres RxPg News - April 11, 2005
  
• It's time to end a cruel and futile policy The Age Letters - April 11, 2005 by Elliott Forsyth
• New Zealand's gain - and our loss The Age Letters - April 11, 2005 by Jean Jordan
• Villawood protest targets Govt immigration policy ABC NewsOnline - April 10, 2005
• Protesters gather at Villawood News.com.au - April 10, 2005 AAP
  
• Detention centre kite protest Melbourne Herald Sun - April 10, 2005 by Nick Ralston
  
• ABC Sunday Profile: Senator Amanda Vanstone ABC Sunday Profile - April 10, 2005 by Monica Attard
• Decision on Qasim soon News.com.au - April 12, 2005 By Paul Osborne; AAP
  
• 76 refused from Tampa now Kiwis The Age - April 9, 2005 by Deborah Diaz; AAP
• 'We are the truly lucky ones' New Zealand Herald - April 9, 2005 by Angela Gregory
• Red tape sinks family's desire to work The Age - April 9, 2005 by Andra Jackson
• Baxter detainee to receive psychiatric care ABC NewsOnline - April 9, 2005
• Students petition for detained classmate's release ABC NewsOnline - April 9, 2005
• Rayson d'etre The Weekend Australian The Arts - April 9, 2005 by Matthew Westwood
• Asylum-seeker sues state for damages The Japan Times - April 9, 2005 by Masamito
• Qasim's detention soul destroying: Stott-Despoja ABC NewsOnline - April 8, 2005
• Be brash, be bold, and make it sell The Australian - April 7, 2005 by Sharon Mathieson
• Grand new dreamtime dreams SMH Web Diary - April 7, 2005 commentary by Jack Robertson
• Mandatory detention fair: Govt tells UN Channel Seven News - April 7, 2005 by Paul Osborne
• Detainee to be transferred to psychiatric care ABC NewsOnline - April 7, 2005
• Vanstone rejects Rau claim The Age - April 5, 2005 AAP
• Rau inquiry head meets family News.com.au - April 4, 2005 by Paul Osborne; AAP
• Rau family to meet head of inquiry The Age - April 6, 2005 by Andra Jackson with Michelle Grattan
• Free the refugees! Green Left Weekly - April 6, 2005 by Sarah Stephen
• Protesters vow to close Baxter detention centre Green Left Weekly - April 6, 2005 by Tim Daughney
• Baxter action inspires Newcastle activists Green Left Weekly - April 6, 2005
• Vanstone denies Rau advice ignored ABC NewsOnline - April 5, 2005
• More calls made to move Baxter mental patients ABC NewsOnline - April 5, 2005 AEDT
• Khristo's crime at the Baxter protests SMH Web Diary - April 5, 2005 commentary by Margo Kingston
• Rau told fellow prisoner her 'secret' name The Age - April 5, 2005 by Michelle Grattan
• Baxter ignored Rau advice SMH - April 5, 2005 by Joseph Kerr
• Amnesty: Record rise in executions CNN - Inside Politics April 5, 2005
  
• Four Corners: Anna's Story ABC Four Corners - April 4, 2005 reporter Debbie Whitmont
• Connecting with and through Cath ABC Bush Telegraph Stories - April 4, 2005 by Ranjan Abayasekara
• Rau revealed name to guard The Australian - April 4, 2005 by Sharon Mathieson; AAP
• Rau 'sent to Baxter against advice' SMH - April 4, 2005 AAP
• Immigration ignored Cornelia advice News.com.au - April 4, 2005 AAP
• Frustrated and embarrassed in an Adelaide hospital SMH - April 4, 2005 by Christine Rau
• Rau given help only after identity confirmed SMH - April 4, 2005 by David Marr
• How the saga unfolded SMH - April 4, 2005
• Lost in a cruel system SMH - April 4, 2005 by Christine Rau
• Legal centres criticise ASIO powers SMH - April 4, 2005 AAP
• Rau told guards her name, inmate reveals ABC NewsOnline - April 4, 2005
• Treated like an animal: detainee News.com.au - April 4, 2005 by Steve Larkin; AAP
• Asylum seeker denied medical help, court hears ABC NewsOnline - April 4, 2005
• Police scupper asylum-seeker plot The Australian - April 4, 2005 by Steve Lewis
• Family freed The Sunday Times - April 3, 2005 by Catherine Madden
• Visa rights fuss misguided: Vanstone ABC Insiders - April 3, 2005 reporter Barrie Cassidy
• Baxter drives detainees mad, says psychiatrist The Age - April 3, 2005 by Penelope Debelle
• Fourteen arrested over people-smuggling operation ABC NewsOnline - April 3, 2005
• Playing the fear card The Observer - April 3, 2005 by Nick Cohen
• Boatpeople headed for Australia arrested News.com.au - April 2, 2005 AAP
• Foreigners planning to enter Australia arrested ABC NewsOnline - April 2, 2005 AFP
• Welfare provokes new tensions in the Liberal ranks SMH - April 2, 2005 by Louise Dodson
• Rau witnesses tell of suffering News.com.au - April 2, 2005 by Paul Osborne; AAP
• Human Cargo: Caroline Moorehead's journey among refugees ABC Book Talk - April 2, 2005 Presented by Jill Kitson
• Review: Human Cargo The Age - April 2, 2005 Reviewer James Bradley
• Rau may be entitled to hefty compensation The Age - April 1, 2005 by Michelle Grattan

Mar

• Liberty is left in shaky hands when the High Court no longer defends it SMH Opinion - March 31, 2005 by David Marr
• Cruel shadow play leaves detainees hopeless The Australian Opinion - March 31, 2005 by Mike Steketee
• Immigration detention centres inhumane: APS Daily Telegraph - March 31, 2005 by Katherine Danks; AAP
• Protests raise the volume of the detention debate The Australian Letters - March 30, 2005 various
• Loss of skills fails to sway policy Australian Financial Review - March 30, 2005 by Julie Macken
• GSL secures its future on other side of the wire Australian Financial Review - March 30, 2005 by Julie Macken
• Rights at risk The Age Opinion - March 30, 2005 Steven Freeland
• Refugee status granted to Wodonga family ABC NewsOnline - March 30, 2005
• Baxter protesters did not seek violence The Age Letters - March 30, 2005 various
• Australia Urged to Review Asylum Seeker Cases PACNews - March 29, 2005
• Truth, justice and the dangerous art of kite flying SMH Letters - March 29, 2005 various
• Baxter Protests Have Hint of People Power The West Australian Opinion - March 29, 2005 by Andre Malan
• Activists defend Baxter protests The Age - March 29, 2005 AAP
• You have rights. Sure of that? The Age Editorial - March 29, 2005
• Refugee advocates divided over detention centre protests ABC AM - March 29, 2005 reporter Lynn Bell
• Police blame Baxter protest for reducing road patrols ABC NewsOnline - March 29, 2005
• Baxter 'kept police off roads' News.com.au - March 29, 2005 AAP
• Geneva v Canberra SMH - March 28, 2005 by David Marr
• Demonstrators claim victory at Baxter Detention Centre ABC AM - March 28, 2005 reporter Sally Dixon
• Politicians question effectiveness of Baxter protest ABC AM - March 28, 2005 reporter Kim Landers
• Vanstone says protests have no impact on Govt policy ABC AM - March 28, 2005 reporter Louise Yaxley
• The forgotten The Age - March 28, 2005 by Michael Gordon
• Pollies blast Baxter protests The Age - March 28, 2005 AAP
• Plea over spousal visa case News.com.au - March 28, 2005 by Sonya Neufeld; AAP
• Migration lawyers warn against new laws before Parliament ABC AM - March 28, 2005 reporter Tanya Nolan
• Migration lawyers slam court plan News.com.au - March 28, 2005 AAP
• Baxter protests 'disturb' asylum seekers ABC NewsOnline - March 28, 2005
• Protest under fire from all sides The Herald Sun - March 28, 2005
• Protest 'cruel' to detainees News.com.au - March 28, 2005 AAP
• Baxter protesters on way home News.com.au - March 28, 2005 AAP
• Riot police ground Baxter's balloon protest The Australian - March 28, 2005 by Jeremy Roberts
• Protesters slam police 'overkill' News.com.au - March 28, 2005 by Sam Riches
• Glenn Milne: Loyalty to PM under strain The Australian Opinion - March 28, 2005 by Glenn Milne
• Call to revisit asylum claims The Age - March 28, 2005 by Michael Gordon
• Lawyers could face costs The Age - March 28, 2005 by Meaghan Shaw
• Ruddock flags stiffer tests in migration cases SMH - March 28, 2005 by Stephanie Peatling
• Lawyers to pay costs: Ruddock News.com.au - March 28, 2005 by Maria Hawthorne; AAP
• UN inquiry detainees eligible for new visa The Age - March 28, 2005 by Andra Jackson
• More violence at Baxter centre protest The Age - March 28, 2005 by Penelope Debelle
• Immigration checks screen out war criminals: Vanstone ABC NewsOnline - March 28, 2005
• Visa baby still in detention The Age - March 28, 2005 by Andra Jackson
• Baxter protests give 'false hope' The Age - March 28, 2005
• Detention 'like hostage-taking' News.com.au - March 27, 2005 AAP
• Police remove protesters from Baxter The Age - March 27, 2005 AAP
• Nine held in new Baxter clashes News.com.au - March 27, 2005 by Steve Larkin; AFP
• Demos to resume after arrests News.com.au - March 27, 2005 by Steve Larkin
• Allison backs Baxter protesters The Age - March 27, 2005 AAP
• Baxter protesters forced us to act: police ABC NewsOnline - March 27, 2005
• Police deflate Baxter protest ABC NewsOnline - March 27, 2005
• Police defend making Baxter arrests The Age - March 27, 2005 AAP
• More clashes in Baxter protest News.com.au - March 27, 2005 AAP
• Baxter protesters object to arrest over kite ABC NewsOnline - March 27, 2005
• Seven arrested at Baxter protests ABC NewsOnline - March 27, 2005
• Baxter protest turns violent The Sunday Mail - March 27, 2005 by Nicole Cox and Sam Riches
• Protesters take eggs into detention centre News.com.au - March 27, 2005 AAP
• Vic protesters offer asylum-seekers support ABC NewsOnline - March 27, 2005
• Plea on detainee skills The Age - March 27, 2005 by Penelope Debelle
• Police efforts 'amaze' Baxter protesters ABC NewsOnline - March 27, 2005
• Family ripped apart: Baby Amy can stay, but her parents cannot The Sunday Times - March 27, 2005 by Catherine Madden
• Family split by red tape The Sunday Telegraph - March 27, 2005 by Marnie O'Neill and Simon Kearney
• Lynton Crosby: Maestro of the dark arts The Independent, UK - March 26, 2005 by Andrew Grice
• Protesters to target Melbourne detention centre The Age - March 26, 2005 AAP
• Six arrested in Baxter protests The Age - March 26, 2005 AAP
• Police prepare for more Baxter protests ABC NewsOnline - March 26, 2005 AEDT
• Police, protesters face off at Baxter ABC NewsOnline - March 26, 2005 AEDT
• Protesters to face charges over Baxter damage ABC NewsOnline - March 26, 2005 AEDT
• Protesters take on riot police The Advertiser - March 26, 2005 with AAP
• Demonstrators continue Baxter protest ABC NewsOnline - March 26, 2005 AEDT
• Protesters clash with police at remote immigration facility The South China Post - March 26, 2005 AP
• Clashes during protest at Australian immigration centre ABC Asia Pacific TV / Radio Australia - March 26, 2005
• Protesters arrested at Baxter News.com.au - March 26, 2005 AAP
• Four arrested, woman trampled in Baxter protest The Age - March 26, 2005 by Penelope Debelle
• Kite arrest angers Baxter protesters ABC NewsOnline - March 26, 2005 AEDT
• End the agony of languishing in limbo SMH - March 26, 2005 by Adele Horin
• Vanstone not at home as protesters come calling The Age - March 26, 2005 by Tom Richardson
• Police shield minister SMH - March 26, 2005 by Jemma Chapman and Sam Riches
• A failure to right a great legal and moral wrong The Age Editorial- March 26, 2005
• Co-operation is almost the word SMH - March 26, 2005 by Mike Carlton
• Smith's 'worthwhile' revenge The Australian - March 26, 2005 by Elizabeth Colman
• Detainees' visa joy too good to last SMH - March 26, 2005 by Andrew Stevenson and AAP
• Demonstrators continue Baxter protest ABC NewsOnline - March 26, 2005 AEDT
• Hundreds Protest Australia's Inhumane Detention Laws Prensa Latina - March 25, 2005 Latin American News Agency
• Evans awaits UN interview ABC NewsOnline - March 25, 2005 AEDT; AFP
• Australian on UN refugee chief shortlist The Age - March 25, 2005 AP
• Protesters march on Vanstone's home News.com.au - March 25, 2005 by Steve Larkin; AAP
• Refugee advocates march on Vanstone's home ABC NewsOnline - March 25, 2005 AEDT
• Refugee activists converge on Baxter ABC NewsOnline - March 25, 2005 AEDT
• Protesters settle in at Baxter ABC NewsOnline - March 25, 2005 AEDT
• Immigration levels sufficient, poll finds SMH - March 25, 2005 by Louise Dodson
• Qasim should get new visa: backers The Age - March 25, 2005 by Meaghan Shaw
• The long road to asylum The Age - March 25, 2005 by Meaghan Shaw
• Detained indefinitely The Age - March 25, 2005 by Andra Jackson
• Free at last? The Age - March 25, 2005 by Farah Farouque and Andra Jackson with Meaghan Shaw
• New visa is useless, say refugee advocates SMH - March 25, 2005 by Joseph Kerr and Andrew Stevenson
• Protesters seek Rau inquiry The Advertiser - March 25, 2005
• Lives in limbo The Age Letters - March 25, 2005 by Brigid Corcoran
• Throwing a bone to those we've wronged The Age Letters - March 25, 2005 by Frederika Steen
• Let's bring back Australia, the kinder country The Age - March 25, 2005 by Megan Kent
• Baxter protesters urged to remain calm ABC NewsOnline - March 25, 2005 AEDT
• Raids net 11 illegal workers Shepparton News - March 25, 2005
• Forget Easter, it's all hands on deck for police The Advertiser - March 25, 2005 by Edith Bevin
• Fundamental change required to detention policy, Amnesty International Australia - March 24, 2005
  
• Nauru detainees ineligible for new visa ABC PM - March 24, 2005 Reporter Nick McKenzie
• Qasim denies failing to cooperate with Immigration ABC NewsOnline - March 24, 2005 AEDT
• Rau supporters express whitewash concerns ABC NewsOnline - March 24, 2005 AEDT
• Liberal backbencher unsure of immigration moves ABC The World Today - March 24, 2005 Reporter Alexandra Kirk
• Nauru detainees ineligible for new visa ABC PM - March 24, 2005 Reporter Nick McKenzie
• Rau proved 'them is us': the backlash begins SMH Web Diary - March 24, 2005 commentary by Margo Kingston
• Govt's immigration shift a catch 22: lawyer ABC AM - March 24, 2005 Reporter Alexandra Kirk
• New visa gives more flexibility to minister: Vanstone ABC AM - March 24, 2005 Reporter Tony Eastley
• Refugee double standards Sydney Star Observer - March 24, 2005 by Myles Wearring
• Refugee group seeks further immigration policy changes ABC NewsOnline - March 24, 2005 AEDT
• Visa plan may aid only 12 News.com.au - March 24, 2005 by Saffron Howden; AAP
• Vanstone's refugee wedging Crikey.com - March 24, 2005
• No numbers on new visas: Vanstone News.com.au - March 24, 2005 AAP
• Detainee may still get new visa News.com.au - March 24, 2005 AAP
• No regrets on detention shift: PM News.com.au - March 24, 2005 AAP
• Baxter Convergers Label Vanstone "Unfair" Scoop New Zealand - March 24, 2005 Project Safecom
• New visa's operation concerns MP ABC NewsOnline - March 24, 2005 AEDT
• Price of pragmatism is human rights and freedom The Age - March 24, 2005 by Julian Burnside
• A knock on the door may come too soon SMH - March 24, 2005 by Miranda Devine
• Vanstone relents, but denies doing so The Age - March 24, 2005 by Michelle Grattan
• Freedom for some - then deportation The Age - March 24, 2005 by Meaghan Shaw, Michelle Grattan
• Refugees must pay high price for freedom SMH - March 24, 2005 by Joseph Kerr; AAP
• PM adjusts his antenna and it's music to asylum seeker ears SMH - March 24, 2005 by Louise Dodson
• William Maley: PM suddenly finds a heart The Australian - March 24, 2005 by William Maley
• Qasim begs for new start, not a new visa The Australian - March 24, 2005 by Elizabeth Colman and Tom Richardson
• Detainees given exit strategy The Australian - March 24, 2005 by Tom Richardson and Elizabeth Colman
• One detainee delighted, another hoping The Age - March 24, 2005 by Andra Jackson
• A visit to minister before demonstrating The Age - March 24, 2005 by Penelope Debelle
• A brief display of humanitarianism Online Opinion - March 23, 2005 by Helen Pringle
• The Bulletin: Detention dissenters The Bulletin - March 23, 2005 by Paul Daley
• Vanstone's 'no-hope visa' under fire SMH - March 23, 2005 AAP
• PM 'playing politics with detention' News.com.au - March 23, 2005 AAP
• Some asylum seekers to be released News.com.au - March 23, 2005 AAP
• New visa 'covers immigration flaws' The Age - March 23, 2005 AAP
• 'No hope' repatriation visa given mixed reception ABC NewsOnline - March 23, 2005 AEDT
• Repatriation deal will free some detainees ABC NewsOnline - March 23, 2005 AEDT
• Vanstone announces new visa for long term detainees ABC PM - March 23, 2005 Reporter Stephanie Kennedy
• Trapped in no-man's land The Australian March 23, 2005 by Elizabeth Colman
• Korean family win late removal reprieve SMH - March 23, 2005
• Set them free: PM's first shift on boat people SMH - March 23, 2005 by Louise Dodson
• Asylum seeker group to be freed SMH - March 23, 2005 AAP
• PM eases stance on detainees The Australian March 23, 2005 by Elizabeth Colman and Steve Lewis
• Asylum captain wins a retrial The Australian March 23, 2005 by Paige Taylor
• Undoing the refugee harm The Australian March 23, 2005 Editorial
• Long-term detainees set to be freed ABC NewsOnline - March 23, 2005 AEDT
• Baxter protests The Transcontinental - March 23, 2005
• Refugee Council responds to creation of new visa class for detainees Media Release - March 23, 2005 RCOA
• Broader Powers for Immigration Minister to Manage Long Term Detainees and Removals Media Centre - March 23, 2005 Minister Immigration
• Easter protests planned at Baxter ABC NewsOnline - March 23, 2005 AEDT
• Protest at house unfair: Vanstone The Age - March 23, 2005 AAP
• Some asylum seekers to be released SMH - March 22, 2005 AAP
• Australia softens tough illegal immigration laws Reuters News - March 22, 2005 by James Grubel
• Here's your visa, but stay in the bush SMH - March 22, 2005 by Louise Dodson and Damien Murphy
• Fed Govt considers creating new visa for long term detainees ABC The World Today - March 22, 2005 reporter Louise Yaxley
• Switching religion no key to asylum The Advertiser - March 22, 2005 by Bronwyn Hurrell
• Compassion the key to immigration policy, Family First says ABC Lateline - March 21, 2005 reporter Tony Jones
• Enough Rope: Gabby Shultz & Shahin Shafaei ABC's Enough Rope - March 21, 2005 Andrew Denton
• Call for separate detention for asylum seekers ABC NewsOnline - March 21, 2005 AEDT
• Christian conversion helps SMH - March 21, 2005 by Mike Seccombe and Linda Morris
• Govt reviews asylum status of Christian converts in detention ABC The World Today - March 21, 2005 reporter Louise Yaxley
• Detainees who find Christ may be allowed to stay SMH - March 21, 2005 by Mike Seccombe and Linda Morris
• Greens urge Govt to reconsider Nauru detention ABC NewsOnline - March 21, 2005 AEDT
• How are Australia's detainees converting? ABC PM - March 21, 2005 Reporter Marie Scoutas
• Labor urges caution over detainees The Age - March 21, 2005 AAP
• No special treatment for converts: PM SMH - March 21, 2005 AAP
• Govt rejects Christian convert bias ABC PM - March 21, 2005 Reporter Stephanie Kennedy
• Vanstone defends policy on asylum seekers ABC NewsOnline - March 21, 2005 AEDT
• PM rules out major detention changes The Age - March 20, 2005
• Howard set to free 120 detainees The Age - March 20, 2005 by Michelle Grattan
• Door opens for detainees The Age - March 20, 2005 by Michelle Grattan
• Hulls push for bill of rights The Age - March 20, 2005 by Nenneth Nguyen
• UN Concerned about Racism in Australia ABC - March 18, 2005
• PM torn over tough choices SMH - March 17, 2005 by Louise Dodson
• ALP says govt trying to improve image SMH - March 17, 2005 AAP
• Boatpeople incident behind us Norwegian PM Courier Mail - March 17, 2005
• Visa regime rethink as shortages bite SMH - March 17, 2005 by Louise Dodson
• Justice Michael Kirby speaks against indefinite detention ABC AM - March 16, 2005 Reporter Alison Caldwell
• Minister defends pulling detainee kids out of school ABC NewsOnline - March 16, 2005 AEDT
• Parents, teachers slam school raids News.com.au - March 16, 2005 by David Crawshaw; AAP
• Outcry over school 'raids' to detain children SMH - March 16, 2005 AAP
• School raids 'cruel' on detainees The Age - March 16, 2005 AAP
• Parents, teachers slam schoolyard raids ABC PM - March 16, 2005 Reporter Andrew Fowler
• Govt defends schoolyard raids ABC PM - March 16, 2005 Reporter Jayne-Maree Sedgman
• Australia to take note of human rights The Age - March 16, 2005 AAP
• Leader seeking asylum 'wrongfully jailed' The Age - March 16, 2005 by Andra Jackson
• Diabetic detainee risks losing sight Green Left Weekly March 16, 2005 by Sarah Stephen
• Kosovan family pleads for Vanstone's intervention ABC NewsOnline - March 15, 2005 AEDT
• Students 'put in detention centre' News.com.au - March 15, 2005 by David Crawshaw; AAP
• Help sought for Vietnamese detainee News.com.au - March 15, 2005 by Holly Nott; AAP
• Bridging visas for Kosovars News.com.au - March 15, 2005 AAP
• Expect to see a more mellow Howard this time around SMH - March 15, 2005 by Louise Dodson
• Calls for fresh inquiry after mistreatment claims The Advertiser - March 14, 2005
• Someone to blame: responsibility has come to a sorry end SMH - March 14, 2005 by Amanda Woodard
• Pragmatism is the order of the day SMH - March 14, 2005 by Gerard Henderson
• Request to put Rau in hospital ignored: psychiatrist SMH - March 14, 2005 by Mark Metherell
• Rau travel aid claim refused The Advertiser - March 13, 2005
• Rau assessment 'not acted on' News.com.au - March 13, 2005 by Denis Peters; AAP
• Cornelia Rau: A case of neglect Channel Nine Sunday Program - March 13, 2005 reporter Helen Dalley producer Peter Hiscock
• Vanstone and Carlton: the moth and the flame SMH - March 12, 2005 by Mike Carlton
• Convicted pedophile in solitary confinement The Age - March 11, 2005 by Meaghan Shaw
• Rau family 'should tell their story' News.com.au - March 10, 2005 AAP
• Raus feel ignored by inquiry SMH - March 10, 2005 by David Marr
• Rau family lashes official inquiry The Australian - March 10, 2005 by Greg Roberts
• Grove of hope growing The Gloucester Advocate - March 9, 2005
• Elderly visa winner thanks Vanstone News.com.au - March 9, 2005 AAP
• Decision on 104-year-old woman welcomed Yahoo News Australia & NZ - March 9, 2005
• Asylum seekers' rights violated Daily Telegraph - March 9, 2005 AAP
• Peter Qasim: seven years in detention Green Left Weekly March 9, 2005 by Sarah Stephen
• 104-year-old allowed to stay in Australia SMH - March 9, 2005 AAP
• 104-year-old's visa appeal rejected The Age- March 9, 2005 by Andra Jackson
• Alarm over Baxter's pedophile The Age - March 9, 2005 by Meaghan Shaw
• Maid owed $43,000 by consul to be deported The Age - March 9, 2005 by Paul Robinson
• Vanstone's former COS confirms illegal solitary confinement Crikey.com - March 08, 2005
• Brown shocked at Rau probe failure News.com.au - March 08, 2005 AAP
• Detainee neglected, Greens claim The Age - March 8, 2005
• Elderly Chinese woman loses visa appeal ABC NewsOnline - March 8, 2005 AEDT
• Woman, 104, loses visa appeal News.com.au - March 08, 2005 AAP
• Woman, 104, in appeal to Vanstone News.com.au - March 08, 2005 AAP
• Australia wants to deport 104yr old News 24.com - March 08, 2005 South Africa
• China urges compassion for 104-year-old ABC NewsOnline - March 8, 2005 AEDT
• Chinese Consul General weighs in to Immigration decision ABC PM - March 8, 2005 Reporter: Nick McKenzie
• Chinese Woman, 104, Faces Deportation Guardian UK - - March 8, 2005
• US expert pans criticism of detainee The Age - March 8, 2005 by Meaghan Shaw and Michael Gordon
• Smith optimistic for detainee after meeting PM ABC NewsOnline - March 8, 2005 AEDT
• Mental health inquiry approval News.com.au - March 08, 2005 AAP
• Detention 'punishment' row The Age - March 8, 2005 by Meaghan Shaw
• Julian Burnside on "doublespeak" Crikey.com - March 07, 2005 by Julian Burnside
• Rau report delay 'a good thing' News.com.au - March 07, 2005 AAP
• Minister's help sought in Baxter case ABC South QLD - March 7, 2005
• Rau family to meet head of inquiry The Age - March 6, 2005 by by Andra Jackson with Michelle Grattan
• Vanstone brings different approach to immigration ABC Insiders - March 6, 2005 reporter Barrie Cassidy
• Life in detention, for seven years The Age - March 5, 2005 by Andra Jackson
• Australia's judicial isolation Eureka Street - March 5, 2005 by Frank Brennan
• Bridging the gulf The Age - March 4, 2005 by Barney Zwartz
• Vanstone allows fresh appeals for Baxter detainees ABC NewsOnline - March 4, 2005 AEDT
• Family First sets out its stall The Australian - March 4, 2005 by Steve Lewis
• Family party lobbies PM on asylum seeker policy ABC NewsOnline - March 4, 2005 AEDT
• Migrant push 'shows failure' News.com.au - March 03, 2005 AAP
• Cornelia in breakthrough News.com.au - March 03, 2005 AAP
• Cornelia Rau recovering: family spokesman ABC PM - March 3, 2005 reporter Deborah Rice
• Howard backs increased skilled migrant intake ABC PM - March 3, 2005 reporter Louise Yaxley
• Mixed messages from a minister short on pity The Age - March 3, 2005 by Andra Jackson
• Facts dismantle case for detention The Age Editorial - March 3, 2005
• Court overrules refugee 'offload' The Age - March 3, 2005 by Meaghan Shaw
• Liberal MPs to plead for detainees The Age - March 3, 2005 by Michelle Grattan
• Court challenges asylum policy SMH - March 3, 2005 by Michael Pelly
• Govt ignoring detention centre mental health issues Adviser - March 3, 2005 by AEDT
• ASIO asked about Iran embassy connection News.com.au - March 3, 2005 AAP
• UK probes asylum seeker abuse claims ABC NewsOnline - March 3, 2005 AEDT
• Immigrant abuse claims examined BBC News UK - March 2, 2005
• Govt ignores detainee mental health study requests ABC AM - March 2, 2005 reporter: Kim Landers
• Russians refugees, court rules News.com.au - March 02, 2005 AAP
• Aust entrepreneur accused of spreading false hope to asylum seekers ABC Radio - March 02, 2005
• Liberal MPs to lobby for detention changes ABC NewsOnline - March 2, 2005 AEDT
• High Court rules Australia must take asylum seekers ABC NewsOnline - March 2, 2005 AEDT
• Tough line on expired visas splits families The Australian - March 2, 2005 by Elisabeth Wynhausen and Elizabeth Colman
• Home wreckers The Australian - March 2, 2005 by Elisabeth Wynhausen
• MPs to take Baxter findings to Vanstone ABC NewsOnline - March 2, 2005 AEDT
• Australia 'needs warning over detention' The Age - March 2, 2005 AAP
• Australia 'needs warning over detention' SMH - March 2, 2005 AAP
• Detention Undercover - The Real Story BBC ONE - March 2, 2005
• Judicial inquiry into SIEV X still needed Green Left Weekly - March 2, 2005 by Kathy Newnam
• Six years behind bars 'too long for no crime' The Advertiser - March 2, 2005 by Cara Jenkin
• Close the Baxter prison! Green Left Weekly - March 2, 2005 by Sarah Stephen
• Rights abuse still rife in Indonesia: US The Age - March 2, 2005 by Michael Gawenda
• Liberals to visit detention centre News.com.au - March 02, 2005 AAP
• Vic, NSW backbenchers prepare for Baxter visit ABC NewsOnline - March 2, 2005 AEDT
• US lashes allies on human rights ABC NewsOnline - March 1, 2005 AEDT
• UN undercuts Canberra asylum claims The Age - March 1, 2005 by Meaghan Shaw
• Dick Smith flies to Baxter detainee's aid ABC NewsOnline - March 1, 2005 AEDT
• MPs, Dick Smith to visit longest-held detainee The Age - March 1, 2005 by Michelle Grattan and Michael Gordon with Andra Jackson
• Dick Smith takes up cause of asylum seeker, Peter Qasim ABC PM - March 1, 2005 Reporter Nance Haxton
• Smith's detainee pledge 'offers false hope' ABC NewsOnline - March 1, 2005 AEDT
• Dick Smith arrives for Baxter visit ABC NewsOnline - March 1, 2005 AEDT
• Silencing the columnist collective The Australian 'Opinion' - March 1, 2005 by Philip Adams
• Australia: Vanstone should do work experience Scoop News NZ - March 1, 2005
• Habib lawyer files for defamation The Age - March 1, 2005 AAP

Feb

• Dick Smith lobbies for detainee's release ABC NewsOnline - February 28, 2005 AEDT
• Detainee's supporters pin hopes on Dick Smith ABC NewsOnline - February 28, 2005 AEDT
• Child detention policy needs revision: activist ABC NewsOnline - February 28, 2005 AEDT
• Talking about ['Anna'] Cornelia Project SafeCom - February 28, 2005 by Baxter Detainees
• Politics of fear stalks Britain ahead of elections Designerz.com - February 28, 2005 GA AFP
• Parish stands up for rejected asylum seeker family Catholic News - February 28, 2005
• Aceh immigration offices to be re-built SevenWorld News - February 28, 2005 AAP
• The golden rule and its radical consequences The Age Editorial - February 27, 2005
• Dick Smith flies to Baxter to visit Peter Qasim ABC Radio Australia All Over - February 27, 2005 reporter: Ian MacNamara
• 28-day lockup limit in wake of Rau furore SMH - February 27, 2005 by Frank Walker
• Former police chief joins Rau inquiry team ABC Queensland - February 27, 2005
• Rau moves 'pointless' The Advertiser - February 27, 2005 with AAP
• Rights advocates slam Vanstone plan The Age - February 26, 2005 AAP
• Rau inspires shake-up News.com.au - February 26, 2005 AAP
• Rau case moves Vanstone to change detention rules ABC NewsOnline - February 26, 2005 AEDT
• Immigration detention changes revealed Ninemsn.com - February 26, 2005 AEDT
• Alleged Baxter abuse under scrutiny News.com.au - February 26, 2005 AAP
• Detainees claim ill-treatment during transfer ABC NewsOnline - February 26, 2005 AEDT
• Nak flies off to an uncertain future The Age - February 26, 2005 by Andra Jackson
• Friends, family farewell Thai teenager ABC NewsOnline - February 25, 2005 AEDT
• Vanstone says no other option for deported Thai boy ABC PM - February 25, 2005 reporter: Nance Haxton
• Thai teenager fails to win deportation reprieve ABC NewsOnline - February 25, 2005 AEDT
• 104-year-old must face tribunal, Canberra says The Age - February 25, 2005 by Andra Jackson
• Teenager raised in Australia to be deported to Thailand ABC The World Today - February 25, 2005 reporter: Ben Knight
• Even-handed The Age Letters - February 25, 2005 by Peter Russo
• Timely diversion? The Age Letters - February 25, 2005 by Anne Williamson
• Double-jumping the uni queue The Age Letters - February 25, 2005 by James Robertson
• Mrs Hu, 104, wins visa review The Age - February 24, 2005 AAP
• Vanstone to treat centenarian 'with compassion' ABC NewsOnline - February 24, 2005 AEDT
• Human cost of an inflexible policy The Age Editorial - February 24, 2005
• Nak tells of heartache at leaving Australia The Age - February 24, 2005
• Minister hints centenarian can stay The Age - February 24, 2005 AAP
• Vanstone hints centenarian can stay News.com.au - February 24, 2005 AAP
• How low can we go? The Age Letters - February 24, 2005 by D. Thurbon
• Bottom of the barrel The Age Letters - February 24, 2005 by Joe Rich
• Red tape tangles woman's staying power The Age - February 24, 2005 by Meaghan Shaw and Andra Jackson
• Advocates step up calls for bill of rights debate ABC LateLine - February 24, 2005 Reporter: Norman Hermant
• Democracy demands honesty: refugee barrister Uniya 2005 National Lenten Seminars - February 24, 2005
• 104-year-old refused aged parent visa, fears deportation ABC PM - February 23, 2005 reporter: Lynn Bell
• 104-year-old woman refused aged parent visa ABC The World Today - February 23, 2005 reporter: Lynn Bell
• Happy 104th birthday - now leave The Age - February 23, 2005 by Andra Jackson, Sharon Gray
• Apology aside, issues beckon The Border Mail - February 23, 2005 by Beverly Ward
• No Aussie visa for Chinese centenarian Reuters.com - February 23, 2005
• Aust to deport 104-year-old: report ABC NewsOnline - February 23, 2005 AEDT
• Family visa plea for woman, 104 News.com.au - February 23, 2005 AAP
• Vanstone to review Hu case The Age - February 23, 2005 AAP
• Woman, 104, will have visa case reviewed: Vanstone SMH - February 23, 2005 AAP
• Baxter detainee describes abuse of Cornelia Rau Green Left Weekly- February 23, 2005 by Kerryn Williams
• Inquiry into the Cornelia Rau Matter The Weekend Australian February 19-20, 2005
• 'Problems with Rau inquiry' News.com.au - February 18, 2005 AAP by Nikki Todd
• Squeeze fears on detainees The Age - February 22, 2005 by Andra Jackson
• Let our mate stay, say students The Age - February 22, 2005 by Andra Jackson
• Liability fears may limit Rau inquiry ABC NewsOnline - February 22, 2005 AEDT
• Glenn Milne: A downhill slope for PM The Australian - February 21, 2005
• Deportation order splits Thai family The Age - February 21, 2005 by Andra Jackson
• Mental health care called to account The Australian - February 21, 2005 by Kate Legge
• Baxter guards 'did nothing' to halt beating The Age - February 20, 2005 by Russell Skelton
• It's time to admit we've created a Gulag The Age - February 20, 2005 by Russell Skelton
• Detention doctors face dilemmas: expert The Age - February 20, 2005 AAP
• Letter from Australia: Cornelia caught in the Aussie detention policy New Straits Times - February 20, 2005 by K. C. Boey
• Ruddock defends handling of Rau case The Age - February 20, 2005 AAP
• Baxter's methods 'illegal' The Australian - February 19, 2005 by Adam Cresswell
• Grape grower angered by new-style raids The Age - February 19, 2005 by Melissa Marino
• Critics take aim at department The Age - February 19, 2005 by Meaghan Shaw
• Liberal shocked by classroom 'propaganda' The Age - February 19, 2005 by Shane Green
• Rau case probes inquiry into mental health ABC NewsOnline PM - February 18, 2005 reporter: Alexandra Kirk
• Government backs mental health inquiry The Courier Mail - February 18, 2005 by Paul Osborne
• Govt rejects High Court claims ABC NewsOnline PM - February 18, 2005 reporter: Toni Hassan
• Who is Peter Qasim? ABC NewsOnline PM - February 18, 2005 reporter: Nance Haxton
• GP puzzles over Baxter injuries ABC NewsOnline - February 18, 2005 AEDT
• The politics of law ABC World Today - February 18, 2005 reporter: Toni Hassan
• More Baxter questions News.com.au - February 18, 2005 AAP
• Bid to launch refugee support group Manning River Times Friday, 18 February 2005
• You can lock up the boat people but not your own MPs The Australian Opinion -February 18, 2005 by Mike Steketee
• We have abandoned our dearest values on asylum SMH February 18, 2005 by Petro Georgiou MP
• Howard's way now reflected in High Court SMH February 18, 2005 by Michael Pelly
• MP's bid to meet detainees foiled The Age - February 18, 2005 by Michelle Grattan
• Rau inquiry head denies conflict The Age - February 18, 2005 by Meagan Shaw with Andra Jackson
• Ministers accused of ignoring pleas over Rau's detention ABC NewsOnline - February 18, 2005 AEDT
• Ruddock's spy scandal link The Australian - February 18, 2005 by John Kerin and Drew Warne-Smith
• Diplomat linked to Ruddock daughter SMH - February 18, 2005 by Jonathan Pearlman
• How immigration laws are stifling Australia The Age - February 17, 2005 by Gregory Hywood
• Parliamentary committee plans visit to Baxter ABC The World Today - February 17, 2005 Reporter: Alexandra Kirk
• Baxter detainees receive acute mental health care ABC NewsOnline - February 17, 2005 AEDT
• Letters from the forgotten The Age - February 17, 2005 by Greg Egan
• Liberal presses long-term detainee's case The Age - February 17, 2005 by Michelle Grattan, Meagan Shaw with Andra Jackson
• Report confirms detention centre Star Newspaper - February 16, 2005 by Brigid Harkin
• Terror and torture: evidence continues to surface Political Affairs Magazine - February 16, 2005 from The Guardian
• Australia's racist shame Green Left Weekly - February 16, 2005 by John Pilger
• Rau inquiry will be a 'cover-up' Green Left Weekly - February16, 2005 by Sarah Stephen
• Rau case prompts calls to end mandatory detention Green Left Weekly - February 16, 2005 by Sarah Stephen
• Sacko case a cause for concern: Labor News.com.au - February 16, 2005 From: Agence France-Presse
• A compliant back bench begins to murmur The Age - February 16, 2005 by Michael Gordon
• Detention mix-up 'not unusual' SMH February 16, 2005 by Stephanie Peatling and Mark Metherell
• Refusing to say sorry, or admit error, wears thin The Age 'Editorial' - February 16, 2005
• Others have been detained like Rau: officials The Age - February 16, 2005 by Meaghan Shaw and Andra Jackson
• Insider outsider The Age - February 16, 2005 by Michael Gordon
• Exploring the limits of language The Age - February 16, 2005 by Robin Usher
• Rau's psychiatric assessment 'took four months' SMH - February 16, 2005 AAP
• Govt defends decision to detain Korean woman ABC NewsOnline - February 16, 2005
• Vanstone expresses 'deep regret' over Rau detention ABC NewsOnline - February 16, 2005 AEDT
• 70 illegal workers found in Victoria The Herald Sun - February 16, 2005
• Inquiry to quiz asylum seekers The Border Mail - February 16, 2005
• Rau case was not the first: Vanstone The Sunday Times - February 16, 2005 by Elizabeth Colman
• Secret Rau inquiry defended The Advertiser - February 16, 2005 by Nick Butterly
• Office 'alerted to Rau in December' The Advertiser - February 15, 2005
• Greens identify new wrongful detention case ABC NewsOnline - February 15, 2005
• Every Coalition MP is guilty if no heads roll over Rau SMH Margo Kingston Web Diary- February 15, 2005
• Exposed: the darkest corners of our lives The Age Opinions - February 14, 2005 by Professor Chris Goddard and Dr Max Liddell
• Protesters push for open inquiry into Rau detention ABC NewsOnline - February 11, 2005
• Labor MP denies being told of 'Anna' The Age - February 12, 2005 by Farah Farouque
• Shame in the name of security New Zealand Herald - February 12, 2005 by Greg Ansley
• Canberra paid $30,000 for report to discredit studies The Age - February 12, 2005 by David Wroe
• Weasel words can't staunch the Rau row The Australian - February 12, 2005 by Matt Price
• The woman lost in delusions of her mind The Advertiser - February 12, 2005 by Paul Starick and Bryan Littlely