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Nick McKim
Senator for lutruwita/Tasmania

UNHCR says Australia is undermining global refugee system

22 November, 2016 - The UNHCR has told an inquiry into allegations of abuse in Australia's offshore detention centres that the government's policies are undermi...

The government's vendetta against Gillian Triggs

16 November, 2016 - The prime minister's confirmation that Gillian Triggs will not be reappointed as President of the Human Rights Commission is the final indig...

Immigration Department reveals gaping holes in US "Deal"

15 November, 2016 - The Department of Immigration and Border Protection has confirmed that the US is not obliged to accept a particular number of refugees, or i...

Time for Turnbull to come clean on US deal

14 November, 2016 - The federal government's must end its secrecy over its "deal" with the United States to resettle refugees from Manus Island and Nauru. "The ...

Government admits offshore detention a dead-end

13 November, 2016 - The federal government's announcement of a deal with the United States is an admission that offshore detention has to end, but still leaves ...

Mr Turnbull, Bring Them Here

11 November, 2016 - The federal government should be resettling people detained in camps on Manus Island and Nauru in Australia. "Of course our hearts would lif...