• Proposed new powers for security guards at refugee detention centres would allow them to beat asylum
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[QUOTE]A former Victorian Supreme Court judge says proposed new powers for security guards at detention centres would allow them "to beat asylum seekers in detention to death" [B]with impunity.[/B] In his submission of evidence to Senate hearings on changes to Australia's Migration Act, Stephen Charles SC said proposed amendments would make it harder to bring legal action against a guard who inflicted harm, and may even encourage it. "The way I put it was that the guards were authorised to beat asylum seekers in detention centres to death," he told the ABC's PM program on Thursday. "Guards in detention centres will feel freer to exercise force, to use force against detainees on the ground that they've been told that they can do so where they think there is reasonable necessity." The Senate hearing is considering new laws designed to keep order at detention centres. It follows the release of the long-awaited Moss review, which highlighted allegations of sexual and physical assault on asylum seekers, including children, at the Nauru centre. Mr Charles said he also provided evidence that under the changes, officers would get a greater level of immunity than was given to police right across Australia, and less training. "The impression all of us had in giving evidence was that would get them something like a fortnight's qualification, which would be hopelessly inadequate," he said. He said he told the Senate hearing the new powers were "a joke in extremely bad taste". "I myself think that the amendments should be completely canned and they should start again from scratch," he said. Australian Human Rights Commission president Gillian Triggs also spoke out against the proposed changes, saying it would become virtually impossible to bring legal action if guards did turn violent. Ms Triggs said she recognised there may be occasions where private contractors would have to use force against people in detention, but took issue with the extent of powers the new bill would give them.[/QUOTE] [URL]http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-04-16/former-judge-says-new-powers-authorise-killing-with-impunity/6398958[/URL]
Uh, what?
[QUOTE=MattSif;47539424]Uh, what?[/QUOTE] Australian security guards who are based in detention centres around the Asian Pacific would be able to beat up detainees to death with no punishment
Committing crimes and getting let free is in their DNA so there's nothing wrong with this.
How does this even get proposed?
[QUOTE=itisjuly;47539540]How does this even get proposed?[/QUOTE] stereotype every asylum seeker as a "potential terrorist or threat to our 'strayan culture", get the support of radical right wing groups, ignore anyone who says they're a leftie, and tell the media upfront that this is "the result of labor"
[QUOTE=fruxodaily;47539550]stereotype every asylum seeker as a "potential terrorist or threat to our 'strayan culture", get the support of radical right wing groups, ignore anyone who says they're a leftie, and tell the media upfront that this is "the result of labor"[/QUOTE] well it's true, the loony left wants to pollute the country with filthy muz-lems and pinoys
Somedays i feel bad for muslims who have to deal with this Paranoia caused by their Crazed, psychotic, "brethren". I mean Jesus H christ, this far right bullshit needs to stop before it gets out of hand.
normally I don't give a single fuck about ratings but part of me thinks that's 5 and more people not joking about their approval over this new power
[QUOTE=fruxodaily;47539800]normally I don't give a single fuck about ratings but part of me thinks that's 5 and more people not joking about their approval over this new power[/QUOTE] They seem to rate the same thing on the other threads that are about anti-muslim stuff.
This is the same place that was covered in that Friendlyjordies video. Crikey Australia is going down the shitter.
[QUOTE=fruxodaily;47539437]Australian security guards who are based in detention centres around the Asian Pacific would be able to beat up detainees to death with no punishment[/QUOTE] That's not why I was dumb-founded, I was dumb-founded by the fact that this would be tolerated or even considered.
[QUOTE=Thomo_UK;47539847]This is the same place that was covered in that Friendlyjordies video. Crikey Australia is going down the shitter.[/QUOTE] I wouldn't say this is Australia going down the shitter, as this deals with offshore detention centres like at Nauru. But still, the proposed amendments are in awful taste.
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