News
As part of our policy and advocacy work, RILC regularly provides comment to local national and international media on a wide range issues concerning refugees, asylum seekers and migrants. Here are some of the recent reports in which RILC commented:
Deutsche Welle, 'Australia comes under fire for refugee policy'08-Dec-2012
Deutsche Welle, 'Australia comes under fire for refugee policy'
The Age, 'Team Legal goes in to bat for desperate Sri Lankans'08-Dec-2012
The Age, 'Team Legal goes in to bat for desperate Sri Lankans'
The Australian, 'Asylum-seekers back to where they started'08-Dec-2012
The Australian, 'Asylum-seekers back to where they started'
ABC Radio - The World Today, 'Call for independent umpire for asylum processing'06-Dec-2012
ABC Radio - The World Today, 'Call for independent umpire for asylum processing'
The Age, 'Abbott called on 'illegal slur'22-Nov-2012
The Age, 'Abbott called on 'illegal slur'
The Age/Sydney Morning Herald, 'ASIO visa bans rejected'06-Oct-2012
The Age/Sydney Morning Herald, 'ASIO visa bans rejected'
ABC Radio PM, 'High Court slaps down ASIO's refugee powers'05-Oct-2012
ABC Radio PM, 'High Court slaps down ASIO's refugee powers'
ABC TV Lateline, 'Interview with refugee lawyer David Manne'05-Oct-2012
ABC TV Lateline, 'Interview with refugee lawyer David Manne'
BBC Asia, 'Australia court vetoes visa refusal for Sri Lankan refugee'05-Oct-2012
BBC Asia, 'Australia court vetoes visa refusal for Sri Lankan refugee'
Sydney Morning Herald, 'High Court challenge to ASIO assessments'24-May-2012
Sydney Morning Herald, 'High Court challenge to ASIO assessments'
ABC Radio PM, 'High Court Blocks Government's Malaysia Solution'31-Aug-2011
ABC Radio PM, 'High Court Blocks Government's Malaysia Solution'
ABC Radio Australia, 'Australian Spy Agency to Reveal Case Against Tamil Refugees'14-Jan-2010
ABC Radio Australia, 'Australian Spy Agency Urged to Reveal Case Against Tamil Refugees'
'Australia: Boat Arrivals of Asylum Seekers Rising'05-Oct-2009
Time Magazine, 'Australia: Boat Arrivals of Asylum Seekers Rising'
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'Kevin Rudd denies change in asylum policy'05-Oct-2009
The Australian, 'Kevin Rudd denies change in asylum policy'
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'No visas, boys? Welcome to AustraliaNo visas, boys? Welcome to Australia'05-Oct-2009
The Australian, 'No visas, boys? Welcome to AustraliaNo visas, boys? Welcome to Australia'
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'The real story on refugees is complex'02-Oct-2009
'The Age' on Saturday, 'The real story on refugees is complex'
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'More foreigners can stay while applying for visa'12-Sep-2009
'More foreigners can stay while applying for visa'
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'Wave of Sri Lankan Tamil asylum seekers forecast'13-Aug-2009
'Wave of Sri Lankan Tamil asylum seekers forecast'
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Claims asylum seeker influx will strain facilities03-Jul-2009
ABC Radio National, PM, "Immigration department regrets deporting girl without father's knowledge'15-May-2009
ABC Radio National, PM, "Immigration department regrets deporting girl without father's knowledge'
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ABC Radio National, The National Interest, 'People smugglers and the marketplace of despair'13-May-2009
The Australian, 'Our fear isn't grounded in reality'23-Apr-2009
The Australian, 'Our fear isn't grounded in reality'
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ABC Radio Australia, 'Fears Australia asylum seekers shunned legal help'22-Apr-2009
ABC Radio Australia, 'Fears Australia asylum seekers shunned legal help'
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ABC Australia Network, 'Immigration Debate'20-Apr-2009
ABC Australia Network, 'Immigration Debate'
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ABC Radio National, The World Today, 'Refugee advocates lock horns with UN on people smugglers'17-Apr-2009
The Australian, ' Well-dressed arrivals were living in Indonesian hotel'16-Apr-2009
The Australian, 'Well-dressed arrivals were living in Indonesian hotel'
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Crikey, ' "Well dressed" waves of boat people'09-Apr-2009
Crikey, ' "Well dressed" waves of boat people'
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Four Tampa asylum seekers try again, and this time they find welcoming arms28-Mar-2009
'Four Tampa asylum seekers try again, and this time they find welcoming arms'
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The Age, ' Tampa asylum seekers genuine refugees'27-Mar-2009
The Age, 'Tampa asylum seekers genuine refugees'
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AAP/The Western Australian, ' Refugee boat picked up near Christmas Is '22-Feb-2009
AAP/The Western Australian, ' Refugee boat picked up near Christmas Is '
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Courier Mail, ' Burmese survivors of 25-day esky ordeal at sea seek asylum'24-Jan-2009
Courier Mail, ' Burmese survivors of 25-day esky ordeal at sea seek asylum'
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The Australian, ' Sri Lankan boatpeople volunteer to be sent home'19-Jan-2009
The Australian, 'Sri Lankan boatpeople volunteer to be sent home'
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Radio 3AW, ' Terror suspects headed here?'02-Jan-2009
Radio 3AW, 'Terror suspects headed here?'
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Canberra Times, ' Detention practice not part of policy, say advocates'20-Dec-2008
Canberra Times, ' Detention practice not part of policy, say advocates'
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ABC's Radio National PM story07-Oct-2008
ABC's Radio National PM story, in which we commented about ordeal which victims of sex trafficking who were our clients endured:
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The Refugee System is Still Badly Broken’, The Age, 20 June 2008 by David Manne, RILC Co-ordinator
> View Articlesome comment - under 'A Case Study' - in another recent article in 'The Age' on 'character' cancella07-Oct-2008
