February 10, 2012 – 5:39 pm
Nine men who plotted to bomb the London Stock Exchange and build a terrorist training camp have been jailed. Three of the men – all members of an al-Qaeda inspired terror group – received indeterminate sentences for public protection at London’s Woolwich Crown Court. The court heard they had planned to raise funds for a [...]
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Tagged Abdul Miah, al-Quaeda, bangladesh, Fred Goodwin, Fred the Shred, Gurukanth Desai, inspire magazine, islamic terrorism, jihad, kashmir, london bomb plot, london stock exchange, LSX terror plot, Mohammed Chowdhury, Mohammed Shahjahan, Mohibur Rahman, Nazam Hussain, occupy london, occupy lsx, occupy st pauls, Omar Latif, pakistan, Royal Bank of Scotland, Shah Rahman, Usman Khan
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November 7, 2011 – 2:18 pm
Home Secretary Theresa May is due to make a statement in Parliament later after three UK Border Agency officials were suspended over claims border controls were relaxed in the summer. It is alleged staff were told to relax identity checks on non-EU nationals. Labour have demanded to know whether anyone posing a risk to [...]
November 3, 2011 – 11:25 am
Retrospective legislation and the rule of law F A Hayek neatly summarises the rule of law as follows: Stripped of all technicalities [the rule of law] means the government in all its actions is bound by rules fixed and announced beforehand — rules which make it possible to foresee with fair certainty how the authority [...]
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Also posted in Australia, Law, Politics, Public Policy, Society, Taxation, The Left, The Right, Welfare
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Tagged australia, Australian Federal government, Australian politics, FA Hayek, Heydon J, High Court of Australia, House of Representatives, Immigration, joseph raz, legal rights, Migration Act, payara, poniatowska, retrospective legislation, rule of law, Senate, Social Security Administration Act
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September 11, 2011 – 12:49 am
A massive power cut has caused blackouts in the US states of California and Arizona, and in Mexico. Five million people were without power on Thursday, with many likely to remain out of service for another day or two. There was traffic chaos. San Diego was the worst affected city, where all outbound flights were [...]
September 2, 2011 – 8:32 am
[This is (I hope) a more polished take on the High Court's Malaysian Solution case, with the benefit of further reflection. It also attempts to explain just why the Federal Government thought they had such a strong case.] Also cross-posted at Online Opinion. All of Australia is buzzing with the news that the High Court [...]
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Also posted in Australia, Law, Media, Politics, Society
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Tagged administrative law, asylum seekers, Australian Labor Party, Australian politics, Australian Prime Minister, French CJ, High Court of Australia, Immigration, immigration detention, international law, Julia Gillard, jurisdictional fact, Malaysia, Malaysian solution, Migration Act, Nauru, Pacific solution, Politics, Refugee Convention, refugees, statutory interpretation, UNHCR
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August 31, 2011 – 2:40 pm
Just handed down at 2:15pm today: the High Court has declared the Malaysian “Solution” to be illegal in Plaintiff M70/2011 v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship [2011] HCA 32. I shall shamelessly reproduce the High Court’s summary of reasons available on their site — more detailed commentary (I hope) to follow [on which, see UPDATE [...]
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Also posted in Law
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Tagged asylum seekers, Australian Labor Party, Australian politics, deportation, High Court, High Court of Australia, Immigration, Julia Gillard, Law, Malaysian solution, refugees, visas
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In May this year, our government proposed a “solution” to the increasing arrival of refugees: deport 800 asylum seekers who arrive by boat and swap them with 4000 refugees from Malaysian camps over four years. The first 15 or 16 asylum seekers were to be flown out this morning (8 August 2011), but yesterday Hayne [...]
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Tagged asylum seekers, australia, Australian Labor Party, Australian Liberal Party, Australian politics, David Manne, deportation, Hayne J, High Court, High Court of Australia, human rights, Immigration, injunction, Julia Gillard, Malaysian solution, Migration Act, Pacific solution, refugees, visas
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UK Labour leader Ed Miliband has said his party’s leadership lost touch both with its own members and the public. In a speech to the national policy forum, Mr Miliband proposed reforms aimed at making the party less insular and its decision-making more open. He said the Labour Party “can only win if we change” [...]
In the interests of fair reporting (and because religious nutters give me the screaming heaves), here is this joyful little story from the BBC. Australia must be really pleased about the religious composition of its immigrant population right now. I believe it’s known in the trade as ‘dodging a bullet’. Four Muslim men who assaulted [...]
ASYLUM seekers at a remote Cape York detention centre say they witnessed a simulated confrontation between a highly distressed man whose refugee claim had been rejected and immigration officials and security guards, less than five days before a young Hazara detainee committed suicide in March. An Afghan interpreter play-acted the role of the agitated asylum [...]
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Tagged asylum seekers, chris bowen, christmas island detention centre, christmas island riot, illegal immigration, Malaysia, Manus Island, people trafficking, Serco, villawood detention centre, villawood riot
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