Detention debt & the 45 day rule victories In the August newsletter I presented the issues of detention debt and the 45 day rule as having been won. I was not wrong, but maybe a little premature. Detention Debt: News 1 October 2009
Victory: Abolition of detention debt One of the meanest policies of the Howard government toward asylum seekers was the charging of a bill to former detainees for the cost of their detention. Detention Debt: News 15 August 2009
Move brings humanity to our treatment of asylum seekers Petro Georgiou is MHR for Kooyong. He is not contesting the next election. This is an edited version of his speech to Parliament on the detention debt bill. Detention Debt: Issues 13 May 2009
