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- A price too high: the cost of Australia's approach to asylum seekers (August 2007) (PDF 290KB)
- Six years since the Tampa crisis of the 2001 federal election, urgent reform of Australia's asylum seeker policies is called for after a new report published 27 August found that the Pacific Solution had so far squandered $1 billion of taxpayers' money, exacerbated mental illness of refugees and was operating without scrutiny.
- Oxfam Australia's submission to the inquiry into the provisions of the Migration Amendment (Designated Unauthorised Arrivals) Bill 2006 (PDF 68KB)
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The Australian Government proposed changes to refugee policy in 2006 to allow for all asylum seekers arriving by boat to be processed offshore. The Australian Government Senate Legal and Constitutional Committee called for submissions from the Australian community regarding the proposed changes - this is our submission.
Due to the broad-based opposition to this policy from the Australian community, members of the government opposed the legislation leading the government to withdraw the bill. The rejection of this bill is a good example of how the Australian community can have a positive impact on Australian legislative processes.