What are you going to do now Mr Morrison??

[i-need-a-martini]

The High Court has issued an interim injunction preventing the transfer to Sri Lanka of 153 asylum seekers who are missing on a boat bound for Australia.

The injunction, granted late on Monday in Sydney, applies at least until a hearing resumes on Tuesday afternoon at 2.15pm.

The asylum seekers are represented by Ron Merkel, QC, who argued to Justice Susan Crennan that the transfer was illegal because the asylum seekers had been deprived the ability to have their claims properly assessed.

But it is not clear whether the transfer has already taken place because Immigration Minister Scott Morrison has refused to comment and his lawyers told the court they had not received instructions.

Sources said lawyers were representing the asylum seekers through their families and they have not been in touch with them since contact was lost more than a week ago.

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/high-court-grants-injunction-over-asylum-seeke...

All you have to do to stop this kind of thing is to communicate. It can't be that hard surely?

[cherples]

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@monman12 wrote:

"What qualifies you to judge this writer as unworthy and why?  Never a word of contempt for the likes of Bolt and attacks any independent writer just for publishing in independent publications.  

 Is it a bit of jealousy rising up in old age?   I'm sure if you write a good enough article one of the independent publishers would accept it."
Please, the favoured citizen journalist rags here are actually self styled "Independent", and always seem to be of a pink hue,  as are some of the other journals that Kampmark writes to: CounterPunch, Dissident Voice, and Eureka Street,  and I have never been a fan of Julian Assange either. Unworthy, no..... biased, yes

I judge,  based upon what was written, not written,  and the above:

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yeah right, says he who is so biased he refuses to call the ex PM or ex government by the appropriate names and who constantly refers to the Murdoch rags as the superior source of all news.   

[monman12]

"yeah right, says he who is so biased he refuses to call the ex PM or ex government by the appropriate names and who constantly refers to the Murdoch rags as the superior source of all news"

Chuckle.  I can think of a name or two appropriate to the ex two ring Circus leaders, but the ex government? what have I called them that is not appropriate?  These comments need amplification and references, please.

Poor Me is fitting for one of the pair of ex Circus ring leaders because she spent a good deal of media time proclaiming how bad the big boys next door and in the media were to her.  I guess she  never studied international political history,  because  a Merkel, Clinton, Yellen, Thatcher, Rouseff, Bhutto she could never have been in a fit, with her "constant" references to perceived sexism and misogyny.
Margaret Thatcher once said “In politics, if you want anything said, ask a man. If you want anything done, ask a woman.” Poor Me reversed that!  (with the advice of  a 457 Visa male adviser)

"constantly refers to the Murdoch rags as the superior source of all news." Please,  a couple of references to support that,  or it might be viewed as being similar to a previous statement of yours:
"........  Never a word of contempt for the likes of Bolt."    overlooking perhaps (sans research?):

"Bolt - Australia's most shameful Trollomnist"

And the most widely read, I wonder why?

nɥºɾ

PS

I think he is a nut though.

Appreciating good financial journalists  such as Alan Kohler,   Robert Gottliebsen,  and  Stephen Bartholomeusz do indicate that I think they are superior to  "citizen journalists" from "Independent"  red rags, because summing up daily economics and investments is when I want good unbiased information. 

Oh dear,  Kohler writes for The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Business Spectator,  the Eureka Report, and  for the past 12 years he has been working for the ABC, first as business editor of The 7.30 Report and then host of Inside Business and finance presenter on ABC News (you have to watch those ABC pinkos!)

However, your suggestion Cherples for a good source  that would fulfill my requirements would be appreciated.

nɥºɾ

[li.vish]

Hello, everyone. This discussion is getting a little heated. Could we please communicate with a more civil tone. Thanks!

[boris1gary]

wonder what the sentence is for piracy?

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/10/julian-burnside-accuses-government-piracysri-lankan-asy...rs 

Julian Burnside says government may be guilty of piracy over asylum seekers

Leading human rights lawyer says holding 153 Sri Lankan asylum seekers at sea ‘looks for all the world like piracy’

[monman12]

"‘looks for all the world like piracy’

"may be guilty of piracy "

The above looks for all the world  to be  standard qualifications for legal obfuscation, codswallop!

Some facts (sorry)

Piracy consists of any of the following acts:

    (a) any illegal acts of violence or detention, or any act of depredation, committed for  private ends by the crew or the passengers of a private ship or a private aircraft, and directed—

        (i) on the high seas, against another ship or aircraft, or against persons or property on board such ship or aircraft.

United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea - Part VII
Article95
Immunity of warships on the high seas
Warships on the high seas have complete immunity from the jurisdiction of any State other than the flag State.

Article96
Immunity of ships used only on government non-commercial service
Ships owned or operated by a State and used only on government non-commercial service shall, on the high seas, have complete immunity from the jurisdiction of any State other than the flag State.

Whoops.

[boris1gary]

yes plenty of codswallop around the joint......how is that report to the UN going maybe throw in a report to the High Court as an expert on all things - law as well now..well, well, well - what a waste.

[monman12]

"Yes and easy to see why the send em back vote is meaningless. How can anyone give an informed answer if they don't have a clue what the question is about."

Or research!

Wijeya Newspapers (WNL) Sri Lanka
The saga of the 41 asylum seekers (37 Sinhalese and four Tamil Sri Lankan nationals), who were returned to Sri Lanka by the Australian Government, continued yesterday with five persons who undertook the voyage remanded while the rest were freed by the Galle Magistrate.

The Age correspondent Jason Koutsoukis spoke briefly to several of these people as they waited to be brought before the Galle Magistrates Court. He has said that all the passengers he approached told him they intended to go to Australia for economic reasons. They wanted jobs, they wanted to work and earn money, and they had been told all this was available in Australia.

Do you believe that INAM?

nɥºɾ

[monman12]

".............how is that report to the UN going maybe throw in a report to the High Court as an expert on all things - law as well now..well, well, well - what a waste."

It would appear that my "report " will not be needed after all,  because according to:

The Australian National University's Professor of International Law, Donald Rothwell,  " it's clearly not a case of piracy."

"The reason for that is that an act of piracy as defined under international law is an act committed by a private ship for private ends and quite clearly the actions of the Australian government are being conducted on behalf of the state for public ends and therefore there's no question that this constitutes an act of piracy."

Sounds like something I might have written !

The give-away as to authenticity,  Rothwell does not use a single  "may be" or  "looks like" as qualifications.

nɥºɾ

[fourandsixpants]

Am guessing this is a fav book for both Scott Morrison and Lieutenant General Angus Campbell......

[boris1gary]

doesn't seem to know much....

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/11/operation-sovereign-borders-chief-unable-to-answer-asyl...

Operation Sovereign Borders chief unable to answer asylum questions

Lieutenant General Angus Campbell defers answers to series of questions on customs vessels used to enforce asylum policy

The commander of Operation Sovereign Borders was unable to answer a series of basic questions about asylum-seeker vessel operations in a Senate inquiry.