No Australians voted for this “Malaysia solution”. Most Australians believed it to be ridiculous, and the High Court of Australia shares our opinion. After months of international condemnation, the High Court has temporarily ruled that the Government is breaching the International laws on human rights with the attempt to send 42 helpless people including minors back to a life of degradation and torture.
These are strange times when our courts appear to be far more rational and open armed than our Government.
Judge Kenneth Hayne said that the Governements legal team where ”unprepared” for the court hearing saying their arguments were “half baked”.
Immigration Minister, Chris Bowen played down the ruling, and this highlights the most embarrassing debacle for the Gillard Government which is still suffering from the toxicity of the Carbon tax fallout. Minister Bowen admits that now Australia gets 4,000 refugees from Malysia without sending a single person in return. How can we trust a Government who continually fails with their Policy? The new Asylym Seekers could wait for up to six months before their cases are heard causing further grid-lock for over 90,000 other refugees in detention centres around the Country.
Justice Kenneth Hayne said, “There are serious questions to be asked over whether the human rights of asylum seekers sent to Malaysia could be upheld.”
Liberal immigration spokesman Scott Morrison said, “Once again chaos continues with Labors asylum policy”
The case will be heard in Canberra and could cost the Government several hundred thousand dollars in legal fees and related costs. The High court’s Full Bench will hear the Governments legal challenge on August 22.
With all the issues modern Australians face, with the stock markets teetering and economies failing we find our bureaucrats bickering about a ridiculous piece of policy that won’t benefit Australians or any humans. You can’t help but wonder, who are these people creating our laws?
What a waste.
Sources:
- http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/high-court-turns-malaysia-deal-into-one-way-traffic/story-fn59niix-1226111302009
- http://www.heraldsun.com.au/ipad/high-court-puts-malaysia-deal-on-hold-as-pressure-mounts/story-fn6bfkm6-1226111264326
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