The Hate Boat
The Australian Border Force, Closing Detention Centres, and Labor's Slow Shift
Also, some poorly thought out Manus Island Riot commemorative t-shirts.
Could Changes to Asylum Seeker Processing Save the Budget?
Supporters of the government’s asylum seeker policy rebut concerns about detention centres with the same comment: now the boats have stopped, we can start clearing the backlog of detainees currently in detention. Unfortunately, that argument doesn’t...
New Border Policy: Don’t Return the UN’s Phone Calls
This week on the Hate Boat, Australia's foreign minister, Julie Bishop, is dropping dollars while Scott Morrison raises detention-center tensions to riot levels.
Breaking: Detention Centres Are Still Horrible
This week footage was released of the events that unfolded on Manus Island 24-hours before the riot that killed Reza Barati on February 17.
The Consequences Of Being Too Good At Border Control
Here aboard the Hate Boat we investigate this week’s asylum seeker news, all of which points to increasing levels of desperation from all sides.
Tropical Love And Jealousy, Desert Lawsuit, UN Propaganda And Dumb Uni Students
This week aboard the Hate Boat the Government is trying to charm the pants off Cambodia, calm Indonesia who’s feeling scorned, and deal with Nauru who’s being super needy. All of that plus our own issues at home. It's like trying to date four people at...
100 Days Of Successful Asylum Seeker Policy—Kind Of
Hasn’t it just flown by? Well unless you’re in detention that is.
Wanted: tropical island to fill with asylum seekers
This week’s immigration news starts off as a tropical jaunt to Papua New Guinea with our fearless leader soon leaves us sunburnt, seasick, and ultimately filled with embarrassment and regret.
Did Asylum Seekers Prevent Us From Finding MH370?
Settle in for your weekly instalment of uncomfortable national politics, otherwise known as The Hate Boat.
The Australian Government’s Data Breach Could Put Asylum Seekers In More Risk
Sometimes Australia’s asylum seeker news leaves you so overwhelmed by ridiculousness that you’re reduced to silence, mouth gaping open as you look around for someone equally as perplexed.
Detention Centres Are Terrifying - And Other Depressing Facts About Seeking Asylum
In this week's cheery asylum seeker round up we have a new nation possibly willing to take our refugees, more information on the Manus Island detention centre riot, and the four-legged refugees who may just jump the queue.
No Wimps Allowed - Scott Morrison Won't Let Facts or Candlelight Stand in his Way
This week we look at senate estimates, the facts are surrounding the riots on Manus Island, what happened when an asylum seeker wanted an abortion, and who's making money out of our asylum seeker problem.