It’s exciting, the thought of an election!
My brother’s obsessed with sport, so are lots of my friends, but I’ve never been able to muster up quite the same passion. Teams lining up for games and big cheques doesn’t get me. The election, on the other hand, and especially this one, is a desperate battle of wills. However similar their policies, everything’s riding, for both teams, on the outcome of this every now and again marathon.
That’s why this short doco is worth watching.
According to Crikey, this new footage of events that led to the Port Hedland detention centre riots, 2001, was released because:
producers of the US reality television program Most Shocking sought it from the Australian Migrant Resource Centre this year. The producers of the program, which airs on Channel Seven, eventually rejected the Port Hedland tape on the grounds that it wasn’t “pro government forces”.
It was filmed by the government contractor, Australasian Correctional Management, to be circulated in the Department of Immigration.
This competition isn’t just about betting on the outcome at the TAB; it’s going to profoundly affect many many lives. Both sides have similar policies, but things have changed dramatically under the current watch.
In response, Heather Tyler, author of Asylum: Voices Behind the Razor Wire, said:
Comment by matt — October 31, 2007 @ 9:25 am