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Hardline immigration mandatory detention laws ditched

The Advertsiser | July 29, 2008

http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,24094737-5006301,00.html

MANDATORY detention for asylum-seekers has been eased under changes to immigration policy announced by the Federal Government today.

“A person who poses no danger to the community will be able to remain in the community while their visa status is resolved,” Immigration Minster Chris Evans said.

Mandatory detention would apply only to those arriving by boat for health, identity and security checks, or those considered a risk to national security or health.

Legal assistance would be offered to those arriving by boat and they could have an independent review of unfavourable decisions.

Children …

Priest Wants Government to Do More for Aborigines to Prevent Crime

David Cappo blasts government inaction over Gang of 49

Maria Moscaritolo: The Advertiser | July 28, 2008

http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,24087934-5006301,00.html

THE new Families and Communities Minister has conceded her department has more to do in addressing the Gang of 49 crime culture in Adelaide.

Earlier today, the man charged with addressing the social ills behind the Gang of 49 – Monsignor David Cappo – said government departments were not doing enough to help.

Father Cappo, the chairman of the State Government’s Social Inclusion Board, singled out the Family and Communities Department as not doing enough and not working quickly enough.

Jennifer Rankine, …

SA Govt Refuses to Train Unemployed Australians – Imports 50,000 Filipinos Instead

An Anti-White Government – Whitey Not Welcome!
Jobs coup in 50,000 Filipino worker deal for South Australia

Michael Owen – SA Political Reporter
The Adelaide Advertiser (South Australia) | 10 July 2008

~~http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,24006453-5006301,00.html~~

ADELAIDENOW SCOOP: AN IMMIGRATION agreement with the Philippines will deliver up to 50,000 skilled workers to South Australia over the next decade.

SA Govt Refuses to Train Unemployed Australians – Imports 50,000 Filipinos Instead Deputy Premier Kevin Foley, who is on a nine-day trade mission to Malaysia and the Philippines, told The Advertiser yesterday a memorandum of understanding between the two governments would help streamline the immigration process.

A special program will be introduced by the Philippines, under its …

Jews Demand the Holohoax be Taught in Australian Schools

Schools failing to teach on Holocaust

Justine Ferrari, Education writer: The Australian | July 10, 2008

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23996561-2702,00.html

AN obsession with Australian history in curriculums has left students able to leave school without knowing that the Holocaust occurred.

In a speech to high school principals, NSW education department head Michael Coutts-Trotter regretted the omission of the Holocaust from the state’s mandatory history course.

“I discovered for the first time about a month ago that you can get through compulsory schooling in NSW and never know that the Holocaust, the destruction of Jews in Europe, actually happened,” he said. “You will know …

Adelaide Woman Treated Like a Dog in US Detention Center – Illegal Mexican Invaders Treated Like Kings

Laura’s holiday nightmare

Chantelle Kroehn | ~~The Messenger~~ | July 2, 2008
~~http://www.messengerwest.com.au/article/2008/07/02/5582_west_news.html~~

Mestizos in Prison treated like Latin Kings

A WESTERN suburbs (Adelaide) woman who was stuck in US detention centres for nearly three weeks over an entry card mix-up says she was treated worse than the illegal Mexican immigrants with whom she shared a holding cell.

Laura McKenzie, 21, says she had to eat food with her hands, sleep on a concrete floor and, unlike the Mexicans, she was not given a proper chance to explain her situation.

Ms McKenzie, who has worked as an aerobics instructor at a Royal Park gym (formerly Zest – …

The “Burkhini” – Another Tax Payer Expense

Cultural worries covered

The Advertiser | June 25, 2008

http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,23930170-2682,00.html

… The “burkhini” is making a splash with Muslim students in the Riverland.

The wetsuit-style lycra costume, which covers the arms, legs and hair, has given 10 Renmark High School students the chance to learn to swim while remaining true to their culture.

Principal Paul Wilton said since the school bought the burkhinis, the students had become more active.

“We noticed that, while the boys were actively participating in events, the girls were very shy and none of them came to the school swimming carnival,” he said.

“We are a …

Vic Police Chief Bags SA Bikie Laws

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The Adelaide Advertiser (South Australia) | 26 June 2008
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VICTORIA’S Police Commissioner Christine Nixon is warning SA’s tough new laws will “merely drive the visible appearance of organised motorcycle gangs (OMCGs) underground, where the criminal activity will continue to function”.

The tough anti-bikie laws make it an offence for outlaw motorcycle club members or people with criminal records to meet more than six times a year.

“Rather than displacing OMCG organised crime activity from SA, it is likely the new laws will increase police-OMCG conflict,” she said.

“Victoria Police does not support proposals intended to deal with OMCG members in a similar manner to that of terrorist groups by prohibiting groups and individual …

Adelaide City Council Donates $65 Grand to Islam – Where’s Creativity’s $$$?

Council grant for mosque work

ABC | Jun 17, 2008

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/06/17/2276785.htm

Australia’s oldest mosque is getting a $65,000 grant from Adelaide City Council to fund the repairs to one of its minarets.

The mosque in Gilbert Street in the city was built in the late 1880s, with minarets added in 1903.

Lord Mayor Michael Harbison says it is the first time the Council has funded refurbishment work on a mosque.

“This money allocated will restore the fourth minaret of the mosque to its former glory and give us what really is a beautiful building, very important to the Islamic community …

“Bikie Laws” Not Draconian Enough for Liberals

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Bikie laws ‘must cover prisons’

By Nigel Hunt
The Adelaide Advertiser (South Australia) | June 22, 2008

~~http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,23901839-5006301,00.html~~

THE Opposition [Liberal Party] wants new legislation aimed at stopping bikies from associating to cover their activities in the state’s prisons.

Opposition correctional services spokesman David Wade said revelations in the Sunday Mail last week of gang brawls indicated the Government was not effectively managing gang members inside prison.