[Nettime-bold] nettime's refugee in Australia

[domiziana giordano <domiziana@nexus.it>]

this mail to let inform that the news Ben Moretti has spread out on 
Nettime have been heard at least in Italy.

I sent a mail to one of the major left-wing newspaper and they're the 
only one to have published the new-after a couple of days.

this is the address:
  It is written in Italian but is about the protest in australia.
http://www.unita.it/index.asp?sezione_cod=HP






>An update on the refugee situation in Australia
>
>[1] Protests grow
>[2] Wimpy Labour Party changing tack
>[3] Spare room for refugees
>[4] Right-wing Australian government trying to silence media over
>detention centres
>
>[1] Protests grow
>
>http://www.abc.net.au/news/australia/nsw/metnsw-27jan2002-12.htm
>
>>  Protesters gather at Villawood to support asylum seekers
>>
>>  A large protest is underway outside the Villawood Detention Centre in
>>  Sydney's west.
>>
>>  More than 150 protesters have gathered to voice their anger at mandatory
>>  detention.
>>
>>  The protesters are also supporting hunger strikers in South Australia's
>>  Woomera Detention Centre.
>>
>>  Sister Susan Connelly, from the Catholic Mary McKillop Foundation, told
>>  the crowd what she finds hardest to accept is the criminalisation of
>>  asylum seekers.
>>
>>  "I believe that one of the worst aspects of the current asylum seeker
>>  debate is the obliteration of the human identity of the people in
>>  detention," she said.
>
>[2] Wimpy Labour Party changing tack
>
>Naturally the ALP is changing its position on this issue once the
>election is over and there are no longer any votes in it for them.
>
>http://www.smh.com.au/news/0201/27/national/national1.html
>
>>  Labor leader Simon Crean has also ended the bipartisan policy on the
>>  detention of refugees, calling for the immediate release of all
>>  children and their mothers held in centres.
>>
>>  In an Australia Day address in Brisbane yesterday, Mr Crean said the
>>  nation could show compassion when dealing with asylum seekers without
>>  being seen as a "soft touch".
>>
>>  "Australians are becoming increasingly distressed with the plight of
>>  the children in detention," he said.
>>  "One of the principles the Labor Party holds dear is that, regardless
>>  of their family background, all children should have the chance to be
>>  happy and healthy and get a good education. It's a principle we must be
>>  big enough to extend to the children currently held in detention. Their
>>  plight is not their fault."
>>
>>  Mr Crean wants unaccompanied children seeking refugee status to be
>>  released immediately into foster care, while other children and their
>>  mothers should be supervised in housing in the community.
>
>
>[3] Spare room for refugees
>
>  From a friend Reginaldo:
>
>>  www.spareroomsforrefugees.com
>>
>>  This is the name of a website run by Julian Burnside and Kate Durham.
>>
>>  Julian is a barrister in Melbourne who was involved in the Tampa case
>>  last
>>  year...trying to have the Tampa people land and claim refugee status.
>>
>>  He and his partner have established a network to either provide private
>>  housing for "official" refugees in Melbourne & Sydney...
>>
>>  The site gives details of how one can help. I don't know if the scheme
>>  has
>>  spread to Adelaide...
>>
>>  They also publish names & addresses of some asylum seeker detainees in
>>  the
>>  various centres: Maribyrnong in Melbourne, Woomera, Port Hedland,
>>  Perth...
>>  and suggest that you write to one of them and remind them that not all
>>  Australians line up with Howard and Ruddock. Also phonecards are
>>  requested,
>>  as they are vital for telephone use in all detention centres. Except
>>  Woomera, where they are banned!
>>
>>  I was inspired to read about all these efforts to help. I'll start
>>  writing
>>  tonight...
>
>Can I humbly request that Nettime-L readers of this consider writing to
>these people. Readers in Australia may want to consider sending phone
>cards.
>
>
>[4] Right-wing Australian government trying to silence media over
>detention centres
>
>The right wing Australian government is now attempting to prevent or
>restrict the access of media to the detention centre (ie: concentration
>camp) at Woomera in South Australia.
>
>See:
>
>http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,3665545%255E1702,00.html
>
>Also
>
>http://www.abc.net.au/news/2002/01/item20020127121525_1.htm
>
>>  Journalist arrested
>>
>>  Meanwhile, the Democrats have attacked the government over the arrest
>>  of an ABC journalist as the media were ordered to move 200 metres back
>>  from where they had been situated at Woomera for eight days.
>>
>>  During the relocation last night, Natalie Larkins was arrested for
>>  failing to leave Commonwealth property.
>>  Democrats Immigration spokesman Andrew Bartlett says the government had
>>  previously been eager to show the media the damage done during last
>>  year's riots in the centre.
>>
>>  "But when there's actually people wanting to voice their concerns in a
>>  more peaceful way the government is keeping the media out and obviously
>>  arresting anyone who even tries to get closer details of what's
>>  actually happening," Senator Bartlett said.
>>
>>  "I think that's symptomatic of the way the government's been treating
>>  this problem basically trying to keep the facts away from the public."
>>
>>  However the Immigration Department denies it gave any directive to have
>>  the media moved.
>>  The ABC's director of news and current affairs, Max Uechtritz, says the
>>  broadcaster will vigorously defend the charge brought against Natalie
>>  Larkins.
>
>--
>ben moretti
>mailto:bmoretti@chariot.net.au
>http://www.chariot.net.au/~bmoretti
>
>
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