News Source: Scoop
| 14 days ago
The Sri Lankan government is trying to interfere with our right to have a fair hearing for our claims for asylum in a safe country. The Sri Lankan government is desperate to divert attention away from its role in human rights abuses, particularly...
News Source: Reuters
| 14 days ago
New opinion polls added pressure on Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd Monday to take a tougher stand against asylum-seekers and end a standoff involving 78 boat-people picked up by an Australian ship off Indonesia. The stream of boats arriving in...
News Source: Sydney Morning Herald
| 14 days ago
But despite the Opposition's seven-point, primary vote boost, the latest poll may not necessarily be all good for Malcolm Turnbull. Indeed, should the Coalition's primary vote continue to rise in coming months while Turnbull's preferred prime...
News Source: The Age
| 14 days ago
New figures released on Monday by Nielsen show the ALP maintaining its healthy lead over the coalition. Last week's Newspoll, published in The Australian newspaper, had Labor falling seven percentage points to 52 per cent on a two-party preferred...
News Source: New Zealand Herald
| 14 days ago
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is "too soft" and "doing a bad job" addressing the issue of asylum seekers the latest Newspoll shows...More than half of voters, or 53 percent, think Mr Rudd is doing poorly on managing asylum seekers while just 31 percent...
News Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
| 14 days ago
The spokesman for more than 250 Sri Lankan asylum seekers still aboard a wooden cargo boat in western Java has revealed that he is a former member of a violent Tamil gang in Canada. Alex, as he has called himself until now, is actually Sanjeev...