Our guests discuss Australia’s policy of offshore detention and consider why we are locking up people who are seeking asylum. With a razor-sharp focus on the legal, logical, procedural and political issues we consider why this position has become a part of the political playbook. GUESTS – Claire O’Connor SC and Julian Burnside AO QC
Mastipour v Secretary, Department of Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs [2003] FCA 952
Al-Kateb v Godwin [2004] HCA 37
Accommodation for Refugees Julian Burnside’s website.