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Asylum under Rudd: tough, or just shonky? - Labor is being tougher and more ruthless with asylum seekers than the Howard Government, according to an analysis of decisions made by Immigration Minister Chris Evans, where he rejected 97.6% of intervention applications since coming to power.
Rudd re-opens Derby's Curtin detention hell - With an election looming, Kevin Rudd becomes Howard-lite and his henchman all at once: the memory of the Curtin detention centre awakens fears of torture, vilification, being beaten up by guards and locked in grave isolation compounds.
World Outrage about Kevin Rudd's Big Asylum Freeze - From psychiatrist Jon Juredini to Malcolm Fraser, from human rights lawyer Greg Barns to Andrew Bartlett, outrage swelled fast around Kevin Rudd's processing freeze of Sri Lankan and Afghan asylum seekers, and it went international within a week.
Labor chooses John Howard's Excision Zone - 'Refugee advocates have accused the Federal Government of abandoning its softer approach to asylum seekers.' An expose of Labor's ambivalence about John Howard's shocking refugee exclusion zone and its sneaky choice.
Coal Industry overheats Kevin's Climate - Anna Rose at the 2020 Summit: I found myself in the climate stream with representatives of coal mining companies including Xstrata and Shell, yet not a single person from an environment NGO such as Greenpeace ...
The ALP's me-too refugee policy - Just before the election, Kevin Rudd tells the ABC's 7.30 Report presenter Kerry O'Brien that he's prepared to turn boats back to Indonesia, a policy brazenly in contravention with Australia's obligations under the UN Refugee Convention.
The 2010 Anti-Smuggling Legislation - Do we want to punish smugglers, or secretly close our borders? See Project SafeCom's Senate Submission and share our doubts about this brazen law proposal that would land even Tampa Captain Arne Rinnan in jail as a smuggler.
The unthrown kids - All the photographs of the "children overboard" incident in 2001 - leaked to Project SafeCom after the incident: they show gratefulness. They show fathers who are tired, but moved. They show mothers who smile, in deep love for their children and thankfulness for the rescue...
Hadi Ahmadi: Smuggler or Escape Organiser? - Perhaps it is true that, contrary to what happens on the European smuggling routes and strategies, Australian 'smugglers' cannot and should not be called 'smugglers', because they simply bring refugees home to UN safety in Australia.
Alcatraz Down Under: Christmas Island - The monstrosity is complete. Like a gigantic scar cutting through the pristine wilderness, the Christmas Island detention centre blights not just the hillside of the island, but also the Australian psyche. We now have our own prison island.
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Press Releases

From time to time we have issued some Media releases, during the formulation stage of Project SafeCom as well as in response to some events in Australia. Below are links to these media releases.

UPDATE November 2008: Older Press releases are archived under the Archives page for 2002, Archives page for 2003, Archives 2004, Archives 2005, Archives 2006, Archives 2007 and Archives 2008.

"Maybe what young adults need to continue to do is keep creating their own new media and news sources on the Internet and through other new technologies. Just bypass the old farts on Fox and CNN and all the rest.

One thing's for sure - by never challenging this president on his lies that sent our young off to war, they have proven which side they are on and it isn't on the side of the young or the future. Congratulations, 18 to 29-year-olds - you rocked."

Michael Moore, November 7, 2004.

Media Releases 2010
3 September 2010 500th asylum vessel in 34 years arrives: time to reset the debate
29 July 2010 Australia refused boat: St Louis drama and Fraser's Huey Fong denial repeated in MV Sun Sea's aimless sail
24 July 2010 500th refugee boat may coincide with August 21 Polling day
9 July 2010 Processing Centre concept is 32-year old Immigration Department pipedream
8 July 2010 Does new-fangled refugee "solution" come with new Ministerial language?
5 July 2010 (website) Gillard's Karzai Solution as dangerous as Afghanistan Theatre
9 June 2010 UK Border Agency & Kevin Rudd Kabul Reintegration plan shows political callousness
3 June 2010 Petro Georgiou's departure marks end to Liberal asylum decency
12 May 2010 Rudd the Humanitarian killed off with Ghastly Border budget Squander
5 May 2010 Kevin Rudd will jail Bonhoeffer, Schindler, Arne Rinnan under cover of Budget week
22 April 2010 Smuggling laws may be first to fail under new government human rights test
19 April 2010 (website) Proposed laws undermine Smuggling Protocol, says Submission
9 March 2010 Rudd and SBY should use chance to shake Labor's 2001 Tampa Neurosis
8 March 2010 Boat Stopping falsehoods, lies and misrepresentations come in thick and fast
10 February 2010 Rudd's Merak refugees admission a welcome development
29 January 2010 Christmas Island Mass Protest 'inspired' by Prime Minister's Oceanic Viking political posturing
27 January 2010 Christmas Island "mental illness clock" moves to One Minute to midnight
17 January 2010 Grave concerns held for missing asylum boat feared perished

Media Releases 2009
7 December 2009 Sri Lankan refugee boat shoot-to-kill linked to Kevin Rudd/Stephen Smith lobbying
25 November 2009 Mandatory jailing for Indonesian 'smugglers ferrymen' fills jails but serves no purpose
19 November 2009 Kevin Rudd should face Senate Inquiry over asylum issues and Oceanic Viking handling
15 November 2009 Kevin Rudd is to blame for Indonesians opening fire on asylum seekers
9 November 2009 Polls show Australians know nothing about protection obligations
3 November 2009 Indonesia Detention Report a grave indictment against UNHCR, IOM, Australia and Indonesia
1 November 2009 Oceanic Viking UNHCR refugees show up failure of Howard & Rudd's Indonesian warehousing
29 October 2009 Australia's violence vs Indonesia's decency soon on show?
24 October 2009 Hungerstrike aboard: Rudd's Indonesian Solution already a flop
21 October 2009 Rudd Alert to Yudhoyono: Catch Our Rabbits and We'll Pay you Rich
15 October 2009 PM should show some guts and fly the 260 Sri Lankans to Australia
6 July 2009 Rudd and Turnbull both miss the boat with Malaysian people smuggling spin
1 July 2009 Rudd Govt no-privatisation backflip complete with $370 million Serco detention contract
20 June 2009 2009 World Refugee Day: Christmas Island harbours more secrets than Woomera and Baxter
3 June 2009 Sharman Stone and Turnbull should remember the Dachau gas chambers
6 May 2009 Chris Evans should end 'Christmas island community jailing' after health and ID checks
28 April 2009 (website) UK Children's Commissioner releases damning report on Australia's preferred detention services tenderer
20 April 2009 Should Oskar Schindler 'rot in hell' too, Prime Minister?
17 April 2009 Boat incident: Govt Medical and Rescue shines against 'A political Heart of Stone'
10 April 2009 Rau family slams proposed new refugee jailing contractors
8 April 2009 Border protection nonsense does not exist if you're a refugee on the run
2 April 2009 Human rights abuser becomes Chris Evans' preferred tenderer to run detention centres
31 March 2009 Aboriginal Custody Death: 'Furious' and considerable turnout expected at 'civil descent' on WA A-G's Office
20 March 2009 Immigration and Customs should now clean up all Australian debts from customs computer records
15 March 2009 Bob Debus needs some "people smuggling" training
6 March 2009 Manipulative Howard left-overs: 'People Movers' and broke fishermen are not 'People Smugglers'
9 February 2009 Deep grief and distress over fires needs to transform into climate change disaster intensification deliberations
16 January 2009 Australian government needs to shoulder blame for asylum drownings
8 January 2009 West Australian Daily sets national tone on 'Illegals Tag'
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