The Christmas Island challenge

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Title: The Christmas Island challenge
Author(s): Dimasi, Michelle
Abstract: The arrival of two boatloads of asylum seekers is the first test of Labor’s new detention policy, writes Michelle Dimasi on Christmas Island.
Publication type: Commentary
Research centre: Swinburne University of Technology. Faculty of Life and Social Sciences. Institute for Social Research
Source: Inside Story, 05 November 2008
Publication year: 2008
Keyword(s): ALP; Asylum seekers; Australia; Australian Labor Party; Christmas Island; Detainees; Federal government; Government policy; Immigration; Refugees
Publisher: Institute for Social Research, Swinburne University of Technology
Publisher URL: http://inside.org.au/the-christmas-island-challenge/