Australian and Others

Old Casino Plan To Ease Christmas Island Crush

Old casino plan to ease Christmas Island crush Paige Taylor, Christmas Island Article from: The Australian April 29, 2009 THE Rudd Government is contemplating leasing Christmas Island's mothballed five-star resort casino to accommodate the number of officials needed to process … Continue reading

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21 Stone British Nurse Told She’s ‘Too Fat’ To Live In N.Z.

21 stone British nurse told she's 'too fat' to live in New Zealand By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 6:04 PM on 29th April 2009 A British nurse was refused permission to live in New Zealand because she weighed … Continue reading

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Don’t Cut Work Holiday Visas: Tourism Body

Don't cut work holiday visas: tourism body TheWest.com.au 29th April 2009, 13:30 WST Taking the axe to working holiday visas to protect local jobs during the economic downturn will backfire, the tourism industry warns. The Australian Tourism Export Council is … Continue reading

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Peoplebank Seeks 200 Foreign IT Pros

Peoplebank seeks 200 foreign IT pros Jennifer Foreshew Australian IT April 28, 2009 THE country's largest technology recruiter, Peoplebank Australia, is planning to import 150 to 200 overseas technology workers a year. Peoplebank plans to source 12 or more IT … Continue reading

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Turnbull Wants People Smuggling Inquiry

Turnbull wants people smuggling inquiry Larine Statham BrisbaneTimes.com.au April 28, 2009 The federal opposition wants an independent inquiry into the increase in cases of people smuggling into Australia. The coalition says the Rudd government's softened stance on border protection is … Continue reading

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Survey Backs Rudd’s Asylum Seeker Stance

Survey backs Rudd's asylum seeker stance BrisbaneTimes.com.au April 28, 2009 Nearly half the population believes Kevin Rudd and Labor are best equipped to deal with the recent influx of asylum seekers, a new poll shows. But just over a third … Continue reading

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Reconsider Christmas Island Detention: Greens

Reconsider Christmas Island detention: Greens The Independent Weekly 27/04/2009 8:08:00 AM The Greens have urged the Federal Government to re-think its policy of transporting all offshore arrivals to detention facilities on Christmas Island, as another group of intercepted asylum seekers … Continue reading

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Tensions Force Christmas Island School To Segregate Teen Arrivals

Tensions force Christmas Island school to segregate teen arrivals Paige Taylor Article from: The Australian April 27, 2009 AN unprecedented number of asylum-seeker students enrolling at Christmas Island's only school has sparked tensions among the parents of local children and … Continue reading

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Suspected Asylum Seekers Intercepted Off The Coast

Suspected asylum seekers intercepted off the coast Reuters Published: April 26, 2009, 23:10 Sydney: A boat carrying 56 people has been intercepted off Australia's northern coast, the government said on Sunday. The boatload of 54 passengers and two crew was … Continue reading

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Australia Treats Asylum Seekers After Boat Explosion

Australia Treats Asylum Seekers After Boat Explosion (Update1) By Ed Johnson April 17 (Bloomberg) Thirty-one injured asylum seekers were airlifted to Australia for medical treatment after their boat burst into flames yesterday as it was being escorted by a navy … Continue reading

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Crackdown Leading Fishers To Smuggling Syndicates

Crackdown leading fishers to smuggling syndicates Tom Allard The Age April 17, 2009 A CRACKDOWN by the Federal Government on illegal fishing in its waters has provided an added incentive for Indonesian fishermen to offer their boats and expertise to … Continue reading

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Deaths Blamed On ‘Soft’ Border Policy

Deaths blamed on 'soft' border policy Phillip Coorey Chief Political Correspondent Sydney Morning Herald April 17, 2009 THE Opposition has blamed the Rudd Government for yesterday's asylum seeker deaths, with one frontbencher directly linking the loss of life to Labor's … Continue reading

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Australian PM Condemns ‘Scum’ People Smugglers

Australian PM condemns 'scum' people smugglers By TANALEE SMITH The Associated Press Friday, April 17, 2009; 4:26 AM SYDNEY — Australia's prime minister denounced people smugglers who set hopeful refugees adrift in rickety boats as “scum” and pledged Friday to … Continue reading

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Liberal MP Backs Rudd On Asylum Policy

Liberal MP backs Rudd on asylum policy Ms Moylan says an increase in boat arrivals is not a result of Government policy. (AAP: Australian Customs and Border Protection) By Online parliamentary correspondent Emma Rodgers ABC NEWS Posted Fri Apr 17, … Continue reading

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A Regular Job For Protection Command

A regular job for protection command Jonathan Pearlman Defence Correspondent Sydney Morning Herald April 17, 2009 FOR Australia's Border Protection Command, boarding and intercepting boatloads of suspected asylum seekers has become an increasingly common task in recent months, but it … Continue reading

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Sixth Boat Of Refugees Arrives

Sixth boat of refugees arrives Tom Arup and Tom Allard The Age April 16, 2009 THE sixth boatload of asylum seekers this year has been intercepted on its way to Australia in what sources say is part of a people-smuggling … Continue reading

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Asylum Seekers ‘Set Fire To Boat Causing Deadly Explosion’ Off Australia

Asylum seekers 'set fire to boat causing deadly explosion' off Australia Asylum seekers deliberately doused their boat in petrol causing an explosion that killed five people and injured 51, according to claims by an Australian politician. By Bonnie Malkin in … Continue reading

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Rising Of The Language Barrier With Tougher English Tests

Raising of the language barrier with tougher English tests By Malcolm Farr Article from: The Daily Telegraph April 15, 2009 12:00am TOUGHER language qualifications were imposed on overseas workers yesterday – making it harder for them to compete for the … Continue reading

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Canberra Fears New Surge In Illegal Immigration

Canberra fears new surge in illegal immigrants Paul Maley and Michael Owen Article from: The Australian April 15, 2009 AUSTRALIA is urging Indonesia to do more to crack down on people-smugglers as the Rudd Government braces for a new wave … Continue reading

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Smuggling Season Opens With Arrest

Smuggling season opens with arrest Tom Allard in Bali Sydney Morning Herald April 15, 2009 AN AFGHAN man who allegedly organised the passage of several boatloads of his fellow countrymen to Australia last year has been arrested by Indonesian authorities … Continue reading

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