The inhuman treatment of refugees and Australia’s anti-democratic electoral laws


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The inhuman treatment of refugees and Australia’s anti-democratic electoral laws One of the burning issues that continues to cause widespread disgust among ordinary working people in Australia is the brutal treatment of asylum seekers by successive governments, both Liberal-National and Labor. Recent developments in Australia and internationally have further exposed the inhumanity of the anti-refugee regime. This is another factor in the bipartisan passage of new electoral laws designed to stifle opposition to the entire political establishment that is responsible for the barbaric repression of desperate people fleeing persecution and destitution. Last month, there was another damning verdict on Australia’s...