You’d have to think there’s something about the Immigration portfolio which requires the minister in charge to check their conscience at the door. First we had Ruddock with the Tampa, SIEV X, the “Pacific Solution” and all that illegal immigration muck.
Then we had Vanstone and that little bit of nastiness around the lady deported to the Phillipines, not to mention Cornelia Rau, the German-born lady who forgot who she was momentarily and was locked up for it.
Now, we have Andrews and his total lack of shame at blatantly disregarding the presumption of innocence and the upholding of due process.
Am I making it a political issue? Very well, so I am. It damn well should be.
I’m going to be tagging anything I find relating to this and putting it on del.icio.us – see http://del.icio.us/karanj/haneef
//Raises fist
Seriously though, I approve wholeheartedly. I don’t know what it is about the immigration department that consistently requires them to act like heartless bastards for no apparent reason. Maybe it’s the constant name changes. Regardless, bravo for giving a damn about politics, it’s more than most of this nation does (which is why bollocks like this happens, because they can get away with it).