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Political Chronicle: Australia, January‐June 1992

Political Chronicle: Australia, January‐June 1992 Political Chronicle billion dollar cost were signs of a Crisis. Refugees, he argued, should not be abIe to pursue costly and time-consuming appeals through the courts. In fact the Immigration Minister had already moved to speed up the assessment process. He announced the deportation of thirty-seven Cambodian boat people who immediately appealed to the Courts. To block this, in an extraordinary move on 5 May, the government rushed through an amendment to the Immigration Act. Lawyers acting for the thirty-seven detainees announced a High Court challenge, and the refugees appealed to the Prime Minister. Under pressure from churches, sections of the media and others, Gerry Hand continued to argue that a fair immigration policy meant there could be no special treatment of economic refugees. was clear that One Nation had been built upon as the Opposition claimed - several optimistic assumptions. The deficit for 19911992 would, Dawkins told a F’remiers’ Conference. be $9.3 billion, or $2.5 billion more than anticipated. At the end of June the Treasurer was forced to revise the figure yet again to $11 billion - a blowout he acknowledged as having its genesis in stubbornly high unemploymentlevels. Lmmlgration Recession and high unemployment re-ignited the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Australian Journal of Politics and History Wiley

Political Chronicle: Australia, January‐June 1992

Australian Journal of Politics and History , Volume 38 (3) – Dec 1, 1992

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Wiley
Copyright
Copyright © 1992 Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
ISSN
0004-9522
eISSN
1467-8497
DOI
10.1111/j.1467-8497.1992.tb00683.x
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Political Chronicle billion dollar cost were signs of a Crisis. Refugees, he argued, should not be abIe to pursue costly and time-consuming appeals through the courts. In fact the Immigration Minister had already moved to speed up the assessment process. He announced the deportation of thirty-seven Cambodian boat people who immediately appealed to the Courts. To block this, in an extraordinary move on 5 May, the government rushed through an amendment to the Immigration Act. Lawyers acting for the thirty-seven detainees announced a High Court challenge, and the refugees appealed to the Prime Minister. Under pressure from churches, sections of the media and others, Gerry Hand continued to argue that a fair immigration policy meant there could be no special treatment of economic refugees. was clear that One Nation had been built upon as the Opposition claimed - several optimistic assumptions. The deficit for 19911992 would, Dawkins told a F’remiers’ Conference. be $9.3 billion, or $2.5 billion more than anticipated. At the end of June the Treasurer was forced to revise the figure yet again to $11 billion - a blowout he acknowledged as having its genesis in stubbornly high unemploymentlevels. Lmmlgration Recession and high unemployment re-ignited the

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Published: Dec 1, 1992

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