Aunty gets taken for a ride by Queensland Premier

On 5 December 2013 the Australian mainstream media reported that Qld Premier Campbell Newman had appointed Retired Brigadier William Julian Andrew "Bill" Mellor to control the state government's anti-bikie strategy.

ABC News was one of the media outlets which ran with the story that had apparently come to light after transcripts of Parliamentary Crime and Misconduct Committee (PCMC) hearings were tabled in Parliament in November 2013.

The ABC’s initial reporting revealed the house number and suburb in which Mellor lived. Campbell Newman complained to Prime Minister Abbott about what he called a security breach and, insisted that the Australian Broadcasting Commission should pay for a security upgrade to the Mellor residence.

An upgrade Bill Mellor’s own security consultancy firm has since supplied for an undisclosed sum.

While ABC Managing Director Mark Scott would be Internet savvy enough to realise that it would take a burly bikie with a laptop just minutes to track down Bill Mellor’s home address from information already listed on Google’s search engine before December 2013; Messrs Abbott and Newman either did not know or did not care that Mellor’s full residential address and current telephone number for his home-based business had been placed on a website with which he was connected by the man himself.

While a number of other easily accessible websites*, along with an online newsletter, all list the suburb where Bill Mellor lives. The Sensis online telephone book also gives his current residential 'phone number & address and, Google Images has a link to that webpage with his full residential details.

Campbell Newman also obviously did not remember that in a February 2013 media release he identified Bill Mellor as being connected with the association which owns the main website in question.

So Premier Newman himself would have led any interested bikie straight to Brigadier Mellor (he certainly led me) and Google Earth would have done the rest by supplying an image of the basic layout of the Mellor home and the streets leading into the little 14-house cul-de-sac in which Mellor lives.

However, it seems that no bikies were interested in where Bill Mellor lives, as according to The Courier Mail on 28 September 2014 It is understood that no threats or incidents have materialised.

Perhaps Campbell Newman can complain about another aspect of the ABC’s coverage and get Mr. Mellor enough money to inject some life and colour into his rather tired front garden.

* Even the then Governor-General unwittingly became part of the information overload by publishing Bill Mellor's full residential address at the time he received his Member of the Order of Australia - which was but four mouse clicks away from revealing the amount of money he paid for this house and years later received from its sale, as well as the price paid for his present residence.

The 73 million reasons why the Abbott Government is intent on crushing public broadcasting in Australia

American media mogul Rupert Murdoch and News Corp made no secret of the fact that they supported the Liberal-National Coalition gaining federal government and backed Tony Abbott's bid for prime ministership in the September 2013 Australian federal election.

This support was enthusiastically and sometimes crudely expressed:

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In his turn Tony Abbott has kept his close links with News Corp since he became prime minister: for example attempting to change the racial discrimination act after a News Corp journalist was found to have breached this act; briefing Rupert Murdoch personally before informing his cabinet of a major policy initiative; attending The Daily Telegraph post-budget party; and  informing The Daily Telegraph before his parliamentary colleagues of changes to data retention policy.

In the Abbott Government's first budget this 'alliance' with Rupert Murdoch continued – funding cuts and loss of a media platform befell public broadcasting which co-incidentally happens to be a major player on the Australian media scene:

The full extent of the ABC threat to News Corp isn't clear until you closely examine their competing activities.

First there's television, and the years-long saga of the ABC's Asia Pacific service, a national vanity project costing tens of millions a year, which the Howard government begged Jonathan Shier to take on in 2001. After the ABC began producing a reasonable, if low-cost, service, News coveted it for Sky News (of which News Corp has an interest via its holding in one-third owner BSkyB) to improve its international clout at taxpayer expense and tried twice, in 2005 and 2010, to win it, getting knocked back both times, although for very different reasons the second time around.

Then there's ABC News 24, a direct rival to Sky News itself and to News Corp's half-owned Foxtel, which carries Sky News. News 24 reaches about 14% of metropolitan audiences a week, far ahead of Sky News.

And free-to-air: Lachlan Murdoch's Ten Network has been regularly losing its third spot in the evening television ratings to the ABC. The ABC pointed out yesterday that it had lifted its prime-time share to a 14.6 share, up 1 percentage point from 2012 and the best performance of any free-to-air network this year. Ten's share fell and in fact spent all of 2013 behind the ABC, consigning it to fourth in metro markets, while its regional performance was even worse. ABC management has simply outclassed Lachlan's conga line of executives. The former head of ABC TV, Kim Dalton, was behind the suite of programs that enabled the ABC to have programs that viewers wanted to watch when Ten imploded in August of 2012, and continued to slide this year. Lachlan Murdoch has removed two CEOs and is now on his third in three years. Ten's problems are as much his problems as those of the poor decision making by former management.

Lachlan Murdoch also slashed and burnt the previous Ten management's carefully developed news and current affairs presence, at a time when the ABC was strengthening its position as the most trusted source of news for Australians across radio and television, far ahead of commercial broadcasters and newspapers — with News Corp's increasingly biased mastheads bringing up the rear as Australia's least-trusted newspapers.

"Plainly there are good leaks involving government secrets, which embarrass the ALP, and bad leaks, which make life difficult for the Coalition."

The ABC's online iView service is also a threat. It's now the most popular TV replay source online, and it competes directly, and for free, with Foxtel.

ABC Radio also competes directly with Lachlan's DMG radio stations in each state capital; Nova FM only beats the ABC's metropolitan local stations in Brisbane and Perth. And ABC Radio is planning a development that will not be greeted warmly by News or Ten or DMG Australia. Fairfax won't be happy either. In an email to staff two weeks ago, ABC Radio head Kate Dundas revealed that, among a long list of changes and new ideas, were state-based online news editions planned for 2014, a new e-mag for Radio National, a huge revamp of the Triple J Dig multiplatform, and a second online music stream for Classic FM.

Probably the most important will be the first version of the ABC audio player — the audio equivalent of iView. Podcasts for programs such as Conversations (which attracts hundreds of thousands of listeners a month) and RN programs will move to this new player site. ABC Radio Multiplatform also has a lot planned for 2014, with mobile versions of key sites like ABC Rural, Dig Music and ABC Local news sites.

The suspicion arises that Tony Abbott will increase pressure on the Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC) whilst he has the power to do so. 

Given that on 20 August 2014 Crikey.com.au revealed a further motive for this pressure - the parlous state of News Corp in Australia:

Combined with the sharp earnings drop already reported in 2013-14, and with circulation and advertising revenues continuing to decline, the accounts suggest News Corp's Australian newspapers, including the national, metro and regional publications, will struggle to break even this financial year.

The confidential operating accounts for News Corp Australia have never been seen by investors and provide a detailed picture of a print business in rapid decline, with swingeing cost-cuts, cover price increases, new digital subscriptions and digital advertising failing to make up for the loss of revenues from advertising and circulation……

The accounts were produced last year just as Murdoch spun off his troubled print media assets worldwide from the profitable Fox film and cable television empire in the United States, in the wake of the UK phone-hacking scandal.

News Corp was spun out on June 28, 2013, from the renamed 21st Century Fox, and houses mastheads including The Wall Street Journal and New York Post in the US, the Times and Sun in the UK, News' Australian newspapers, plus book publisher Harper Collins, Foxtel and Fox Sports in Australia, and a 62% stake in ASX-listed REA Group, which operates the successful realestate.com.au website

Listed on the NASDAQ and the ASX, News Corporation, valued at $11 billion, goes to considerable lengths to avoid breaking revenue or earnings down by country or masthead, lumping its worldwide newspaper operations plus other businesses together into the "news and information" segment, which accounts for 71% of the group's total revenue, and only offering finer detail selectively.

Crikey can reveal that, amid a forest of negative brackets, revenue from News Corp's Australian newspapers fell 14% to $1.9 billion in 2012-13, with circulation revenue dropping 5% and advertising revenue falling 18%, while operating income fell 67% to $94 million.

Within the division, The Australian stands out as the worst performer: revenues dropped 20% from $135 million to 108 million in 2012-13, while operating income fell 41% from a loss of $19 million to a loss of $27 million. After depreciation, the masthead's operating loss fell to $30 million.

The profit drop in newspapers was only partly offset by growth in other operations like REA Group and Fox Sports, with total operating income falling 38% to $221 million. After income from investments including Foxtel, the group recorded a total profit before interest or tax of $367 million, down 28%.....

the heavy falls in print have continued if not accelerated through 2013-14. This is confirmed in News Corp's most recent quarterly earnings update and annual report, showing the Australian newspapers are dragging on recovering newspaper operations in the US and UK, as well as divisions reporting profit growth, such as book publishing.

News reported that earnings before interest tax depreciation and amortisation from Australian newspapers fell by US $67 million in 2013-14, or $73 million — which by Crikey's estimate represents roughly an 80% fall on the previous year, nearly wiping out the division's entire operating income. The division dragged heavily on the news and information segment, which reported a 16% drop in EBITDA in 2013-14.

The operating accounts show Melbourne's Herald Sun was the mainstay of News Corp in Australia, with the weekday paper generating revenues of $250 million in 2012-13, down 13.5% on the year before, and operating income of $35 million, down 41%. Revenue for the Sunday edition fell 17% to $75 million, while operating income fell 31% to $21 million.

Of the major tabloids the weekday edition of News' monopoly masthead in Brisbane, The Courier-Mail, suffered the steepest falls, with revenue dropping 18% to $158 million while operating income fell 68% to just $17 million. The Sunday Mail revenues fell 15% to $71 million and operating income fell 33% to $20 million.

The weekday edition of Sydney's Daily Telegraph was another weak performer, with the lowest profit margins at 5%, with revenue dropping 14% to $160 million while operating income fell 65% to just $8 million. The Sunday Telegraph revenues fell 15% to $94 million and operating income fell 53% to $7 million.

At that level Adelaide's Advertiser's weekday editions alone made a much stronger contribution than the Tele in 2012-13, generating revenues of $138 million (down 15%) and operating income of $22 million (down 47%) — without counting the Sunday Mail.

The financial performance of the newspapers has only worsened. In its latest accounts News Corp revealed that overall revenue from the Australian newspapers had fallen by another 18% or US $359 million in 2013-14, compared with the previous year, made up of US $314 million decline in advertising revenue and a US $45 million decline in circulation revenue. Of that, News said US $199 million — a bit over half — reflected the impact of a weaker Australian dollar versus the greenback, which pointed to an 8% decline in revenue in local currency to below $1.8 billion. [my red bolding]

Crikey.com.au 21 August 2014:

Adding the two divisions, to make the comparison easier, circulation revenue at Fairfax grew 13% to $327 million in 2012-13, and another 1% to $331 million in 2013-14. Ad revenue fell 18% in 2012-13 to $1,022 million, and another 15% to $869 million the year after. Total revenue fell 11% to $1,507 million in 2012-13, and another 12 % to $1,333 million in 2013-14. There was a moderate improvement in profitability, however, with EBITDA rising 3% to $269 million in 2012-13 and 1% to $273 million in 2013-14.

In 2012-13, Fairfax's Metro Media division recorded a 17% increase in circulation revenue to $222 million. Advertising revenue fell 21% to $634 million. Total revenue fell 12% to $996 million. In the Regional Media division, circulation revenue fell 4% to $98 million, ad revenue fell 13% to $388 million, and total revenue fell 10% to $511 million. EBITDA at the Metros fell 26% to $76 million and in Regional it fell 16% to $133 million.

In 2013-14, ignoring the restructure of Regional Media into Australian Community Media, the corresponding figures were as follows: Metro Media circulation revenue grew 9% to $228 million while ad revenue fell 14% to $460 million and total revenue fell 9% to $803 million; Community Media circulation revenue fell 7% to $103 million while ad revenue fell 16% to $409 million and total revenue fell 15% to $530 million. On the EBITDA line, the Metros reported a 41% increase to $121 million while Community Media fell 17% to $152 million.

In terms of percentage growth and/or declines, from year to year, the comparison shows Fairfax outperforming the News Corp papers on most measures, counting both revenues and earnings. [my red bolding]

Financial Review 22 August 2014:

The Blue Book showed the average cost of employees at The Australian’s print operations was $178,256. That included associated costs and actual salary, but that still seemed higher than most of the ABC journalists the paper had slammed as overpaid. By comparison, the average cost of employees for the Daily Telegraph was $141,214. The toilers at the Herald Sun made do with $131,944, $125,135 for The Courier Mail, and $90,990 for smaller titles like The Geelong Advertiser. [my red bolding]

Institute of Public Affairs accuses the Australian Broadcasting Commission of bias against coal and gas industries and calls for privatisation of public broadcasting

The somewhat notorious right-wing lobby group Institute of Public Affairs (IPA) is again accusing the Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC) of bias – this time bias against the coal and gas industries.

It claims that the media analysis it contracted from iSENTIA (which examined a total of 2,359 online, radio and television broadcast reports/stories on energy issues) demonstrates this.

According to IPA coal featured in 452 (19.2%), renewable energy in 790 (33.5%) and CSG in 1,117 (47.4%) of these analysed reports between 15 September 2013 and 15 March 2014.

In an occasional paper on the topic, but not in the article by its director of communications which published in The Australian on 12 August 2014, it relies on these statistics in its call for the privatisation of the ABC:

So according to IPA the ABC showed no hint of bias in 1,026 of these reports/stories (or 43.49% of the total sample), reported favourably on the industries in question in 618 instances and unfavourably in 715.

Unfortunately for anyone reading the occasional paper it does not state whether the pie charts above were in the iSENTIA study document.

IPA states that the iSENTIA relied on CARMA International methodology in undertaking the analysis. This methodology relies in large part on qualitative (therefore sometimes subjective) measurements and is more commonly used to look at the public relations performance of businesses such as Ben & Jerry's Homemade Icecream or Kyocera Mobile Phones.

Somewhat strangely for a paper which claims it utilises an exclusive study conducted by the media monitoring firm iSentia on behalf of the Institute of Public Affairs. iSentia, formerly known as Media Monitors, is Australia’s largest and most highly respected media analysis firm, the study is not cited in the bibliography.

One of Murdoch's minions attacks the ABC yet again

This was The Australian's Associate Editor (National Affairs), Chris Kenny, on 2 August 2014 telling readers that Aunty happy to ignore boat arrivals under Labor but cuts the Coalition no slack:

As the number of asylum boat ­arrivals escalated under the Gillard government there was significant self-censorship in much of the media. The national broadcaster, for instance, which has long held an almost obsessive preoccupation with the asylum-seeker issue and has a statutory duty to report matters of significance, often didn't find room in its news bulletins to tell us about boat ­arrivals.

When 14 boats arrived in the first week of May last year the relative lack of reporting on the ABC was astonishing….

I have listed all news items concerning asylum seekers that I could find which were published/broadcast by the Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC) and News Corp's The Australian in May 2013 – readers can decide for themselves if they believe the ABC deliberately withheld news of asylum seeker boat arrivals when compared with reporting by The Australian.

Reporting by the Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC) in May 2013 – as recorded by Google and ProQuest

Abbott modifying expectations on asylum seekers - Abc

www.abc.net.au/insiders/content/2012/s3752076.htm

May 5, 2013 - Abbott 'modifying expectations' on asylum seekers. Print Email. Australian Broadcasting ...

Inside Detention: 07/05/2013, Behind the News - Abc

www.abc.net.au/btn/story/s3749309.htm

May 7, 2013 - Normal News doesn't do that. If it is a really happy segment on the real news they make it really serious" - Hayley.

Flying squad wanted for unexpected boat arrivals - ABC ...

www.abc.net.au/news/2013-05-06/customs...boat-arrivals/4671754

May 6, 2013 - Flying squad wanted for unexpected boat arrivals. Updated May 06, 2013 11:41:24 ... carrying asylum seekers until it arrived just outside Geraldton. (ABC News).

Flying squad wanted for unexpected boat arrivals | ABC ...

www.radioaustralia.net.au/international/2013...boat-arrivals/1126364

May 6, 2013 - Customs is calling for the creation of a flying squad to help back up small offices dealing with unexpected boat arrivals, such as the asylum seekers who landed ...

'No advantage' policy may leave asylum seekers destitute ...

www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/...asylum-seekers.../4676448

May 8, 2013 - 'No advantage' policy may leave asylum seekers destitute: mental health experts. Download audio. Broadcast: ... 

Asylum seekers recaptured after fleeing centre - ABC News ...

www.abc.net.au/news/2013-05-11/asylum-seekers...after.../4683534

May 11, 2013 - Eighteen asylum seekers who escaped from a Darwin detention centre overnight ... Related Story: Asylum seekers escape from detention centre ....

Concern over aid raid to cover asylum costs - ABC News ...

www.abc.net.au/news/2013-05-11/aid-organisations...in.../4683472

May 11, 2013 - Aid organisations are bracing for cuts amid concern that Australia's overseas aid budget will again be used to house and feed asylum seekers

Indonesian police intercept asylum seeker boat

Roberts, George. ABC Premium News [Sydney] 12 May 2013. 

...water police have found an asylum seeker boat harboured in Bali that was
...water police have found an asylum seeker boat harboured in Bali that was
...boat voyage that killed 90 asylum seekers last year, has been found and arrested

Can either side of politics stop the asylum boats? - Election ...

www.abc.net.au/news/2013-05-13/is-stopping-the-boats.../4685444

May 13, 2013 - The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime says a number of factors may be contributing to the current increase in asylum seeker boat arrivals, including the ...

Breaking the 'business model' of people smuggling - Abc

www.abc.net.au/am/content/2013/s3757525.htm

May 13, 2013 - JAMES GLENDAY: Most asylum seekers pay people smugglers between $7,000 and $20,000 to get to Australia. And about 25,000 ... 

Asylum boat meets fiery end in Darwin

Sewart, Phoebe. ABC Premium News [Sydney] 13 May 2013. 

...An Indonesian ferry used by asylum seekers to reach waters off Darwin has been
... An Indonesian ferry used by asylum seekers to reach waters off Darwin
... It was carrying 160 asylum seekers who are now at the Wickham

Suspected asylum seekers found near NT airstrip - ABC ...

www.abc.net.au/news/2013-05-14/asylum-seekers...bay.../4689222

May 14, 2013 - ... resources and they're dealing with what is essentially the worst period of illegal boat arrivals that we have ever seen in our history." ... Connect with ABC News.

Charities overwhelmed by asylum seeker pleas - ABC News ...

www.abc.net.au/news/2013-05-15/charities-overwhelmed.../4692534

May 15, 2013 - Record numbers of boat arrivals have blown out the Government's asylum seeker budget by more than $3.2 billion. Since August, more than 18,000 asylum .

Asylum seeker needs overwhelm charities - 15/05/2013 - Abc

www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2013/s3760182.htm

May 15, 2013 - Weeknights on ABC1 and ABC News 24 ... LEIGH SALES, PRESENTER: Record numbers of boat arrivals have blown out the Government's asylum seeker ...

Asia-Pacific watching foreign aid in Australia's budget ... - Abc

www.abc.net.au/news/2013-05-15/an-budget-foreign-aid.../4690380

May 15, 2013 - Video: Winners and losers (ABC News) · Australian budget .... The budget says that the number of asylum seeker boat arrivals will increase next year. There has ...

Parliament excises mainland from migration zone - ABC ...

www.abc.net.au/news/2013-05-16/parliament-excises.../4693940

May 16, 2013 - Video: Parliament excises mainland from migration zone (ABC News) ... note graph shows the number of asylum seeker boat arrivals in Australia since 1976.

Boat arrivals by year graph - ABC News (Australian ...

www.abc.net.au/news/2013-05-16/boat-arrivals-by-year.../4694210

May 16, 2013 - A Parliamentary Library background note graph shows the number of asylum seeker boat arrivals in Australia since 1976.

New Australian law will send asylum seekers to Nauru or ...

www.radioaustralia.net.au/.../radio/...asylum-seekers-to.../1132032

May 16, 2013 - The Australian Government can now send all asylum seekers who arrive by boat to offshore processing centres.

Four of six escaped asylum seekers recaptured - ABC News ...

www.abc.net.au/news/2013-05-21/six-asylum-seekers.../4704448

May 21, 2013 - The Immigration Department of Immigration says four of six asylum seekers who ... Related Story: Asylum seekers recaptured after fleeing centre ....

Why are Vietnamese asylum seekers coming to Australia ...

www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2013/05/22/3764729.htm

May 22, 2013 - Vietnamese asylum seekers arriving in Australia are fleeing increased persecution in their home country, a VOICE advocate says.

Asylum seeker to be freed after ASIO overturns ruling - Abc

www.abc.net.au/news/2013-05-22/asylum-seeker-to-be.../4707258

May 22, 2013 - Fifty-four asylum seekers who arrived in Australia by boat are currently the subject of adverse security assessments. Manokala ....

Asylum seekers arrive by boat in Geraldton - ABC News ...

www.abc.net.au/news/2013-05-23/asylum-seekers-on...at.../4707698

May 23, 2013 - Asylum seekers arrive by boat in Geraldton ... The arrival of this boat carrying asylum seekers in WA's Geraldton harbour in April hastened the push ...

UNHCR takes Australia to task over migration zone changes ...

www.abc.net.au/news/2013-05-23/unhcr-asylum-criticism/4707534

May 23, 2013 - Photo: The arrival of this boat  carrying asylum seekers in WA's Geraldton harbour in April hastened the push to change the migration zone laws. ... The laws passed last week allow the Government to send asylum seekers who ....

Spies, security and sporting odds on Parliament's return - Abc

www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2013/s3768511.htm

May 27, 2013 - Weeknights on ABC1 and ABC News 24 ... primarily aimed at covering the blowout in visa security assessments that followed the spike in irregular boat arrivals.

Coroner rules no-one contributed to asylum seeker death

ABC Premium News [Sydney] 27 May 2013. 

...to the 2011 death of an asylum seeker in a detention centre on Cape York
...contributed to the 2011 death of an asylum seeker in a detention centre on Cape
...Pakistan before Mr Hussain sought asylum in Australia. He

Whistleblower claims AFP turned Christmas Island into ... - Abc

www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2013/s3769425.htm

May 28, 2013 - Weeknights on ABC1 and ABC News 24 ... The rebellion was the culmination of months of growing tension caused by a surge in boat arrivals, overcrowding, ...

Labor MPs to consider 'no advantage' for asylum seekers

www.abc.net.au/am/content/2013/s3768622.htm

May 28, 2013 - Labor MPs will today discuss whether the Government should set out clearer information about how its no advantage policy for asylum seekers will be put in ...

Immigration Dept grilled on asylum seeker numbers - Abc

www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2013/s3769313.htm

May 28, 2013 - The Immigration Department has faced a grilling on a number of fronts today as it grapples with an increasing numbers of asylum seekers arriving by boat ...

Department of Immigration breaks down $1.5 billion cost of ...

www.abc.net.au/news/2013-05-28/immigration...breaks.../4718730

May 28, 2013 - Related Story: Fears for asylum seekers after life jackets wash up on Cocos Island beach ... The Immigration Department says 231 asylum seekers have accepted taxpayer-funded repatriation packages to return to their home ....

Search continues for missing asylum seekers

Stewart, Phoebe. ABC Premium News [Sydney] 28 May 2013. 

... Note: Six Vietnamese asylum seekers who escaped from detention in Darwin
... Six Vietnamese asylum seekers who escaped from detention in Darwin remain on

Parliament tackles spying, hacking and electoral funding - Abc

www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2013/s3770440.htm

May 29, 2013 - Weeknights on ABC1 and ABC News 24 ... cent increase promised is primarily aimed at covering the blowout in security assessments for irregular boat arrivals.

Asylum seekers and the right to work - Life Matters - ABC ...

www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/.../asylum-seekers.../4718788

May 29, 2013 - So where are we at in terms of protecting asylum seekers? And how does the current no advantage system impact asylum seekers on mainland ...

25 immigration detention escapees still at large; The Immigration Department says 25 asylum seekers remain on the run after escaping from immigration or community detention this financial year.

ABC Premium News [Sydney] 29 May 2013. 

...The Immigration Department say 25 asylum seekers who have escaped from
...recently a group of Vietnamese asylum seekers escaped from detention in Darwin,

Senate hears Human Rights Commission's concerns over ...

www.abc.net.au/news/2013-05-29/human-rights...over.../4721390

May 29, 2013 - She has also questioned whether the information given to asylum seekers about their legal rights when they first arrive ... Department about the Government's new enhanced screening process for asylum seekers arriving by boat. ....

Asylum seeker in rooftop protest at Broadmeadows detention centre

ABC Premium News [Sydney] 30 May 2013. 

...are negotiating with an asylum seeker who has climbed onto the roof of the
...are negotiating with an asylum seeker who has climbed onto the roof of the

Indonesian Ambassador criticises Coalition's policy of ... - Abc

www.abc.net.au/news/2013-05-31/ambassador...boats/4726842

May 31, 2013 - The Coalition will push ahead with its policy to turn back asylum seekerboats despite an Indonesian government representative saying the proposal is not ...

Asylum seeker boats on Australia's horizon - The Drum ...

www.abc.net.au/news/2013-05-31/koser-afghanistan.../4725706

May 31, 2013 - Asylum seeker boats on Australia's horizon ... this September, I certainly wouldn't be raising false hopes about stopping boats any time soon. ....

Indonesia ambassador and Coalition at odds on turning ...

www.abc.net.au/news/2013-05-31/indonesia-ambassador.../4726714

May 31, 2013 - Indonesia ambassador and Coalition at odds on turning back boats policy. Updated May 31, 2013 19:00:00 ....

Indonesian Ambassador criticises Coalition's policy of ... - Abc

www.abc.net.au/news/2013-05-31/ambassador-says.../4726842

May 31, 2013 - Related Story: Fears for asylum seekers after life jackets wash up on Cocos ... Indonesia's Ambassador to Australia Nadjib Riphat Kesoema says boats should be turned back to the countries where asylum seekers are from, ....

Reporting by The Australian newspaper in May 2013 – as recorded by Google and ProQuest

Malaria fear as 250 join queue for asylum

Wilson, Lauren. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 02 May 2013: 2. 

... THREE large asylum-seeker boats together carrying
...in which 3112 asylum-seekers sailed to Australia
...Drurey revealed one young asylum-seeker, who was formerly

Ditch the UN Refugee Convention | The Australian

www.theaustralian.com.au/national.../story-e6frgd0x-1226634223906

May 3, 2013 - And unregulated inflows of economic migrants and asylum-seekers are .....

Poor slugged for court fees as boatpeople get free ride

EXCLUSIVE. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 03 May 2013: 6. 

...has put the needs of asylum-seekers above the needs of Australian citizens
...government provides free legal advice for asylum-seekers. The cost
...ruled that offshore processing of asylum-seekers is subject to review by

No work rights for asylum-seeker families | The Australian

www.theaustralian.com.au/national.../story-fn59niix-1226636706521

by Ben Packham - May 7, 2013 - There are more than 10,000 asylum-seekers in the community on bridging visas, .....

Labor's "greatest failing" - Chris Kenny Blog | The Australian

blogs.theaustralian.news.com.au/.../theaustralian/.../labors_greatest_failin...

May 8, 2013 - Boat arrivals are reaching unprecedented levels, with more than 8,000asylum seekers arriving since the end of January when Julia Gillard announced the ..

Smugglers cram more women, kids on to boats | The ...

www.theaustralian.com.au/...boats/story-fn9hm1gu-1226637230708

May 8, 2013 - The asylum-seekers, who were passengers on four separate boats, included 34 ......

'Catastrophe of social evil' awaits as rights cut bites | The ...

www.theaustralian.com.au/...of.../story-fn9hm1gu-1226637157508

by Rick Morton - May 8, 2013 - Asylum-seekers arrive at Christmas Island yesterday, as it was announced families .....

Asylum ringleader gets six years' jail - EXCLUSIVE -

Alford, Peter. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 08 May 2013: 1. 

...year. The asylum-seekers, intercepted at Anyer, on
...the largest group of asylum-seekers to Australia over more than
...Zafar's network sent asylum-seekers with false papers through

Smugglers test limits of compassion | The Australian

www.theaustralian.com.au/opinion/.../story-fn558imw-1226637914748

May 9, 2013 - Intended or not, Rudd's policy was an invitation to people-smugglers to expand their business plan and put people on boats to give Australia a try. Intellectuals ...

No sympathy from Julia Gillard for asylum-seekers in ...

www.theaustralian.com.au/...asylum-seekers.../story-fn59niix-12266383...

by Ben Packham - May 9, 2013 - The Australian revealed thousands of asylum-seekers will be left in financial limbo when the government begins processing a huge backlog of claims under its ...

Boats target Darwin to exploit loophole | The Australian

www.theaustralian.com.au/.../boats.../story-fn9hm1gu-1226637904226

May 9, 2013 - So far this year, 13 asylum boats have been intercepted near Darwin, a vast distance .....

Failing to protect our borders | The Australian

www.theaustralian.com.au/opinion/...to.../story-e6frg71x-1226637906727

May 9, 2013 - THE arrival of asylum-seeker boats in Australian waters has become so commonplace it rarely figures in the news.

Smuggler Sayeed Abbas Azad wants to be sent home to ...

www.theaustralian.com.au/...to.../story-fn9hm1gu-1226637949764

May 9, 2013 - ... thought to be responsible for sending at least 40 boats to Australia since 2008 and .....

Asylum-seekers abandoned to charity for basics | The ...

www.theaustralian.com.au/.../asylum-seekers.../story-fn558imw-12266388...

May 10, 2013 - Most of the asylum-seekers who have been driven to this condition of poverty and despair will go on to become permanent members of the Australian community ...

Labor split by hard line on refugee welfare

Wilson, Lauren. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 10 May 2013: 2. 

...issue bridging visas to asylum-seekers that strip away
...scheme payments to asylum-seekers who fail their primary
...campaign run by the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre in a

Asylum-seekers stand-off in Bali port ends | The Australian

www.theaustralian.com.au/.../asylum-seekers.../story-fn59niix-1226641265...

May 13, 2013 - THE Bali port stand-off between 77 asylum-seekers and Indonesian authorities has ...

Salvos put aside funds to provide relief to hungry asylum ...

www.theaustralian.com.au/...asylum-seekers/story-fn9hm1gu-12266415...

by Rick Morton - May 14, 2013 - THE influx of asylum-seekers in desperate need of support while living in the ...

Eleven asylum-seekers make landfall in Arnhem Land | The ...

www.theaustralian.com.au/.../asylum-seekers.../story-fn59niix-1226642380...

May 14, 2013 - ELEVEN asylum-seekers have made it by boat to Arnhem Land and will be transferred ...

Fears restrictions will see creation of an underclass

Wilson, Lauren. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 14 May 2013: 5. 

...advocates have warned that asylum-seekers released into the community without
...campaign co-ordinator at the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre, said thousands
...few places to ensure all asylum-seekers had access to language training

Record arrivals rate forces $4bn spike in asylum bill | The ...

www.theaustralian.com.au/...rate.../story-fnhi8df6-1226642542557

May 15, 2013 - With more than 3000 asylum-seekers arriving by boat a month and Labor's .....

I was a police informer, alleged people-smuggler Sayed ...

www.theaustralian.com.au/.../i.../story-e6frg6so-1226643269311

May 15, 2013 - Abbas is fighting his extradition to Australia, where authorities want to prosecute him on 27 charges related to people smuggling and three boats which were ...

Senate passes amendment to excise mainland from ...

www.theaustralian.com.au/...to.../story-fn9hm1gu-1226644448709

May 16, 2013 - ... the migration zone and all asylum-seekers who arrive anywhere in Australia will be

Greens slam Labor over smuggler 'small fry' focus | The ...

www.theaustralian.com.au/national.../story-fn59niix-1226645640159

by Mark Schliebs - May 18, 2013 - ... to travel on boats to Australia -- instead of the heads of the smuggling syndicates. .....

Greens want to reverse vote on asylum visa rule | The ...

www.theaustralian.com.au/...want.../story-fn9hm1gu-1226646324394

by Rick Morton - May 20, 2013 - More than 11,662 asylum-seekers are living in the community on bridging visas .....

Asylum self-harm linked to detention time | The Australian

www.theaustralian.com.au/...self.../story-fn9hm1gu-1226647806354

May 21, 2013 - THE longer asylum-seekers spend in detention centres, the higher the rates of ...

Thousands of refugee applications stalled since introduction ...

www.theaustralian.com.au/...of.../story-fn9hm1gu-1226651322528

May 27, 2013 - ASYLUM-seekers stuck in the remote detention facility on Nauru are now having their ...

Spike in unseaworthy boats as smugglers attempt to beat September poll - EXCLUSIVE -

Maley, Paul. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 27 May 2013: 1. 

...heightened fears many more asylum-seekers will be lost at sea
...to official concerns asylum-seekers are taking greater
...that were luring asylum-seekers to Australia. 

From asylum-seeker to people-smuggler | The Australian

www.theaustralian.com.au/news/.../story-e6frg6z6-1226653255546

May 30, 2013 - Iranians were among the asylum-seekers whose boat was stopped in Bali on the weekend. Picture: AP Source: AP. QASIM Ali says he was illiterate when he ...

Indonesia won't collaborate on Coalition policy of turning ...

www.theaustralian.com.au/...boats.../story-fn9hm1gu-1226654654928

May 31, 2013 - But he said asylum-seeker boats should be turned back to other countries, .....