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This year’s release, from the cabinet records of 2002, is framed by two events of the previous year: the Tampa affair and 9/11.

In this, Howard took an important step in the evolving trade relationship with China.But 20 years later, the Australian people are suffering from failure by the Commonwealth and the states to establish a gas reservation policy on Australias east coast.Likewise, there is only a short minute on Howards discussions with Bush in June 2002 and too little to indicate what significance they may have had to the subsequent intervention in Iraq.Cabinet records are only the top of a pyramid.

'The election of the Albanese government provides the opportunity for a reset, putting behind us the past mistakes of both Coalition and Labor Governments in the last 20 years.' By Frank Brennan

There remains crippling fear and powerlessness, however, in a group of people who have waited a decade to know if we will grant them safety.

Australia’s offshore detention policies have helped to produce indifference to the suffering of refugees. Pushing refugees out of sight, and out of mind, has now placed them beyond moral concern.

Former Liberal leader Alexander Downer described the department as "less than the sum of its parts", a "sub...

During her recent visit to Fiji, new Foreign Minister Penny Wong announced that the Australian government would create a Pacific Engagement Visa, providing a pathway to permanent residency for Pacific Islanders and their families.

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By boat, from indonesia, - they would be sent to detention centres, first on shore, . but then under the pacific solution, detention centres - on nauru and papua new guinea. now that did pretty much stop, slow the boat to minimal- numbers, not completely. in 2007, the labor party went| to the election and won saying we are going to unwind thisl inhumane, immoral system. and they did. and the boats came back with ferocity. i and this arguably killed i their re—election chances two elections lat...

Route, 45 people either went missing or died attempting to do so. so you can see statistically why people might carry on coming, although it is very dangerous water, one of the most crowded waterways in the world, actually the risk to life is proportionally relatively low. terrible what happened to that a5, but proportionally its quite a low figure. australia had exactly this problem of offshoring. it tried to offshore, and australia, it seemed to work. well, if you look to australia, this is pl...