Detention Centres

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Health & Medicine

Australia’s sub-standard reporting of refugee self-harm incidents

Basic information is often missing on self-harm incidents among asylum-seekers making it difficult to tackle the problem, University of Melbourne research finds

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Politics & Society

Detention increases COVID-19 health risk

Australia has a legal and humanitarian obligation to protect people in immigration detention during the COVID-19 crisis, which should trigger a rethink of our policies

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Politics & Society

Four Corners: Using restraints can be called torture

Graphic images depicting a juvenile detainee being restrained show why this practice should be banned

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Arts & Culture

Court ruling leaves the buck with MPs

High Court’s decision allows Government to send asylum seekers back to Nauru – but future of offshore processing lies with Parliament

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