Senate passes legislation abolishing asylum seeker debt

Search Options	close
Search the following clips: All Clips

news science politics food economy art
technology health internet religion psychology

Sign Up Install Learn More Login


	Senate passes legislation abolishing asylum seeker debt

tabsey

9-8-2009 6:40 AM

97 views

tags:

racism

tabsey says:

Amazing that things such as this financial charging of refugees never receive public airing. I guess we "wouldn't understand". Racism, if you knew the previous govt.

Add a Comment

Login to Comment. Not a member yet? Sign up

Today's Top Clips

visit the Top Clips page

View the Top Clips from September 8, 2009

Embed This Clip In Your Site...

<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/191cae48-5449-42cc-a617-87518eb97b2d/426458DF-EC1B-4A85-A0DE-D8B1F85A8276/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.theage.com.au/national/senate-passes-legislation-abolishing-asylum-seeker-debt-20090908-ffg4.html?page=fullpage" href="http://www.theage.com.au/national/senate-passes-legislation-abolishing-asylum-seeker-debt-20090908-ffg4.html?page=fullpage" style="font-size: 11px;">www.theage.com.au</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.theage.com.au/national/senate-passes-legislation-abolishing-asylum-seeker-debt-20090908-ffg4.html?page=fullpage"><P> A Liberal senator has crossed the floor of federal parliament to help asylum seekers and immigration detainees.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.theage.com.au/national/senate-passes-legislation-abolishing-asylum-seeker-debt-20090908-ffg4.html?page=fullpage"><P>Judith Troeth urged her coalition colleagues not to close their hearts as she formally defied the party line.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.theage.com.au/national/senate-passes-legislation-abolishing-asylum-seeker-debt-20090908-ffg4.html?page=fullpage"><P>She rose from her seat for the vote on Tuesday afternoon and headed into enemy territory - the Labor benches.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.theage.com.au/national/senate-passes-legislation-abolishing-asylum-seeker-debt-20090908-ffg4.html?page=fullpage"><P>With
her support, the government's bill to stop charging immigration
detainees for their mandatory detention - which can exceed $250,000 -
passed the Senate.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.theage.com.au/national/senate-passes-legislation-abolishing-asylum-seeker-debt-20090908-ffg4.html?page=fullpage"><P>Senator Troeth's vote was not essential as the
bill passed by 34 votes to 30, but her gesture was a rare, formal
demonstration of differing views within the coalition - and she sent a
public message to her party.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.theage.com.au/national/senate-passes-legislation-abolishing-asylum-seeker-debt-20090908-ffg4.html?page=fullpage"><P>"The Liberal Party is having an
important conversation with history on how we treat those who seek
refuge within our shores," the Victorian senator told the Senate after
the vote.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/426458DF-EC1B-4A85-A0DE-D8B1F85A8276/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

New from the makers of Clipmarks: Amplify.com - Don't just share the news...Amplify it!

Clipmarks: Home; New Clips; Top Clips; Dashboard

Popular Topics: News; Life; Science; Technology; Entertainment

Get Started: Sign Up; Install Clipping Tool; How Clipping Works; Clip-to-Blog™; ClipSearch

Tools and Resources: FAQ; ClipWeek; Top Clippers; Top Tags; Site Map

About Clipmarks: About Us; Contact; Copyright; Privacy; EULA

Search Options

Today's Top Clips