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Tanya Plibersek on a united Labor
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Labor deputy leader Tanya Plibersek told The Conversation the ALP wants voters to see the party as "responsible and progressive".
He said the $500 million would directly improve orderly regional processing and resettlement in the region and countries closer to where refugees originally come from.
In the lead up to next week’s ALP national conference, which Shorten
needs to run smoothly, the government has been trying to exploit what
it sees as a Labor weak point – border protection.
Anthony Albanese on Labor’s road ahead
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Speaking to The Conversation, Albanese wouldn't comment on Bill Shorten's unpopularity with voters, arguing instead that it's a matter of whether the Labor team is “seen as worthy of election".
Alex Seton’s sculpture A Durable Solution? dominates the protest exhibition at the forthcoming ALP national conference. He has also created an official memorial to Australian soldiers killed in Afghanistan
The intricacies of Lebanese politics mean Syrian refugees continue to be scapegoated.
The refugee and migration compacts are not perfect, but they offer the chance for countries to do better by people on the move, and should be joined.
The Donald Trump administration is repelling asylum-seekers by any means necessary, treating them as invaders and using military rhetoric to demonize them. It’s time for reality to prevail.
The ‘centre’ has long been chasing the right on immigration politics.
The number of countries withdrawing seems to be growing by the day.
As both sides played the tactics, a remarkable thing happened in the House of Representatives. Behaviour improved 100%, with
none of the usual screaming and exchanges of insults.
A series of recent comics are trying to shift the narrative about refugees.
How can a hashtag supportive of refugees be hijacked by those opposing them? An empirical study explores the process.
South Sudan faces numerous and serious challenges contributing to instability. But there are potential solutions.
For years Turnbull had to endure the sniping of Abbott, the man he brought down. Now Turnbull is the sniper at the window, though Morrison didn’t cause his fall (unless you buy the conspiracy
theory).
The idea of welcoming the stranger is central to Christianity, Judaism and Islam. Today, that engenders a responsibility to shield refugees and other immigrants from violence and oppression.
Michelle Grattan speaks about the week in politics with Nick Klomp.
Faith Goldy’s third-place finish in the Toronto mayoralty race should not be dismissed. We must be watchful of the potential lessons that other far-right politicians may draw from her campaign.
Despite heated debates about immigration policy, German citizens’ views of migrants and a ‘refugee crisis’ changed little in the year after Angela Merkel’s 2015 decision to open borders.
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Associate Professor, School of Law, Murdoch University
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Lecturer and Senior Research Fellow at the South African Research Chair in International Law (SARCIL), University of Johannesburg
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Associate Professor in Human Rights and International Law, University of Newcastle
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Research Professor, Centre for Policy Research (UNU-CPR), United Nations University
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Professor of International Migration and Forced Displacement and Director of the Institute for Research into International Migration and Superdiversity, University of Birmingham
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Assistant Professor in the Department of Equity Studies, York University, Canada
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Senior Research Fellow, Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, UNSW Sydney
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Associate Professor of Law, Deakin Law School, Deakin University
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Senior Research Fellow, Andrew & Renata Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, UNSW Sydney
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Scientia Professor and Director of the Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, UNSW Sydney
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