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More Refugee Boats This Year Than in Previous Seven Years

The Adelaide Advertiser reports http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,26106481-5006301,00.html that this year has seen the largest arrival of refugees on Australian shores since 2001. In all it totals twenty-five boats – the same amount of boats as in the last seven years combined.

As per usual, the Opposition is blaming the Federal Government for watering down policies that they implemented during their time in government. Meanwhile, the Fed claims that it has retained the most stringent of policies relating to refugees that were in place when they took the reigns of government.

In actual fact, Australia’s policy on illegal aliens always was pretty shoddy. …

Thousands rally against racism in Melbourne

India Times | 1 Jun 2009

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Thousands-rally-against-racism-in-Melbourne/articleshow/4599752.cms

MELBOURNE: Shaken by a wave of racial assaults, thousands of Indian students and Indians living in Australia demanding justice justice for victims of recent attacks as Australia scrambled to contain the rising anger and frustration within the community.

The `peace rally’, organized by the Federation of Indian Students in Australia (FISA) and National Union of Students among others, kicked off from outside the Royal Melbourne Hospital, where 25-year-old Shravan Kumar has been admitted since May 9 when he was stabbed with a screwdriver by a group of teenagers. The protesters had something to …

Indian ‘Meter-reading pervert’ charged

‘Meter-reading conman’ charged

Hannah Silverman: The Advertiser | July 06, 2008

http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,23975104-2682,00.html

A MAN posing as an energy meter reader has been charged over the indecent assault of a Davoren Park woman yesterday.

Police will allege the man, 28, from Klemzig, posed as a power company meter reader to gain entry to the woman’s Westbury St home.

The man, who is of Indian appearance, allegedly “conned” his way into the victims home suggesting he was a power company meter reader who needed to enter her Westbury St home.

Once inside the man asked if anyone was home and then indecently …