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12/30/2008
Australia opens holding centre for asylum-seekers on Christmas Island (Guardian Unlimited)
Australia is opening a controversial detention centre for asylum seekers on a remote Indian Ocean island nearly 1,000 miles from its mainland. The decision to use the facility on Christmas Island is an embarrassing U-turn for the prime minister, Kevin Rudd, whose own Labor party had criticised the centre's construction while in opposition. Rudd's centre-left government had been ...
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01/06/2009
WA News (The West Australian)
Demand for recyclable materials has crashed and facilities across Perth are scrambling to find markets for used paper, glass and aluminium cans. Some depots have to contend with price falls of up to 70 per cent for recyclable materials.
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01/07/2009
Establishment of the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument (White House News)
The Pacific Remote Islands area consists of Wake, Baker, Howland, and Jarvis Islands, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, and Palmyra Atoll, which lie to the south and west of Hawaii. With the exception of Wake Island, these islands are administered as National Wildlife Refuges by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service of the Department of the Interior. These refuges are an important part of the ...
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01/01/2009
WA News (The West Australian)
Immigration officials are refusing to say how three asylum seekers escaped from a Christmas Island detention camp, or why they fled.
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01/04/2009
Hand in history (Coeur d'Alene Press)
Feats of technology seem to have lost the poetry they once stirred. Or so rues Phillip Shubert.
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01/01/2009
Detention practice not part of policy, say advocates (Northern Argus)
FASTER processing of asylum seekers, rather than opening the prison-like $396 million detention centre on Christmas Island, is the answer to the current detention-housing shortage there, say refugee advocates.
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12/31/2008
Govt 'too slow' on refugees (Perth Now)
THE Rudd Government was too slow to assess 26 boat people on Christmas Island who seem certain to be resettled in Australia, a human rights group says.
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12/31/2008
Govt to assess boat people applications (AAP via Yahoo!7 News)
The federal government moved too slowly to assess the refugee claims of 26 boat people on Christmas Island, a human rights group says.
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12/31/2008
Boat people to be resettled on mainland (WA Today)
The Government has confirmed 26 people on Christmas Island will be allowed to apply for permanent protection visas.
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12/31/2008
WA News (The West Australian)
The Federal Government moved too slowly to assess the refugee claims of 26 boat people on Christmas Island who appear certain to be resettled on the mainland, a human rights group says.
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| Christmas Island Act 1958 - Full text of Australian legislation which established Australian sovereignty over Christmas Island. Last compilation: 2000.Christmas Island Fact Sheet - Information put together by the National Archives of Australia.CIA - The World Factbook: Christmas Island - Features map and brief descriptions of the geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military and transnational issues.NationMaster - Christmas Island - Profile includes information for various aspects of the country, with a special emphasis on statistics and rankings.Wikipedia - Christmas Island - Hyperlinked encyclopedia article covers the country's history, government and politics, geography, economy, demographics, language and culture.World Statesmen - Christmas Island - Review of the country's history, politics, leaders and international organizations and treaties. Includes map, constitution, national anthem and pictures of historical flags.
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