a place where i store my thoughts, experiences and comments on the policy, the fun and joy of visiting detention centres, my relationships with the people i've met, and the moments of beauty that somehow emerge through the darkness of australia's treatment of refugees.

Wednesday, August 02, 2006

Here a Detention Centre, There a Detention Centre, Everywhere a Detention Centre


I love this cartoon. It's genuis.

It refers to the fact that they're currently building an 800-bed detention facility on Christmas Island at the bargain cost of only $300 million dollars!!

Pretty amazing stuff, considering the one and only boat we've had in ages had 43 West Papuans in it, every single one of whom has now been recognised as a refugee.

Ten out of ten for being desperately cruel and economically promiscuous for no reason except political point-scoring.

(see below for suggestions re better ways to spend $300 million)

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