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The Territory of Christmas Island is a territory of Australia in the Indian Ocean. It is located 2600 kilometres (1600 mi) northwest of the Western ...
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Australia Network News - 3 hours ago
Dozens of people have gathered in Sydney for a candlelight vigil, marking a week since the Christmas Island boat tragedy. Christmas shoppers looked on as ...Christmas Island orphan's aunts found on later boat - NEWS.com.au
Govt urged to end 'war' on refugees - Sydney Morning Herald
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Greens push for refugee intake of 20000
The Australian - Mark Dodd - Lauren Wilson - 6 hours ago
Authorities are working to process the asylum-seekers who survived the Christmas Island disaster, which claimed the lives of at least 48 people. ...Greens call for children's commissioner to protect child asylum ... - The Australian
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Aunts of orphaned boy on next boat
The Australian - David King - 6 hours ago
AN eight-year-old boy orphaned in the Christmas Island boat tragedy will be reunited with members of his family. The news came after confirmation that two ...Search for family of Christmas Is orphan - Sydney Morning Herald
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Fairfield families seek answers on Christmas Island boat tragedy
Cumberland Courier Newspapers - Brian Karlovsky - 40 minutes ago
MORE than 30 protesters lined Immigration Minister Chris Bowen's office on Monday holding up pictures and demanding information about the Christmas Island...Call for Immigration to show mercy - The Australian
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Borderline case for compassion
Herald Sun - Jill Singer - 5 hours ago
Miranda Devine is also moved by the Christmas Island tragedy and writes that Opposition immigration spokesman Scott Morrison "put it best" when he said the ...Saving lives is the only priority - The Australian
Indonesia working with Australia on asylum boat - Radio Australia
Identification of Christmas Island shipwreck victims continues - Australia Network News
all 7 news articles »Abbott wants more 'front door' migrants
NEWS.com.au - 17 hours ago
But in the wake of last week's boat accident at Christmas Island, which killed at least 30 people, Mr Abbott said an increase should be on the cards. ...Australian Opposition calls on gov't to lift refugee intake - TMCnet
all 9 news articles »On our very own island of Christmas spirit
ABC Online - Irfan Yusuf - 1 day ago
But everywhere I look, it's “Christmas” this and “Christmas Island” that. So with that in mind, here are a few Christmas lessons from the Christmas Island ...Christmas reminds us to be generous to refugees says Abp Freier - Anglican Media Melbourne
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Eighteen people still missing in Christmas Island boat tragedy
Herald Sun - 2 days ago
Tony Abbott ended the political truce over the Christmas Island tragedy, refusing to join a bipartisan committee on the issue, and claiming that the ...Oakeshott urges PM to address shipwreck rumours - ABC Online
PM on back foot over boat wreck - Adelaidenow
Oakeshott won't join boat response team - Sydney Morning Herald
Manning River Times - The Australian
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Call to speed up release of children in detention centres
The Age - Lindsay Murdoch - Mark Metherell - 6 hours ago
... disclosure that three children had been orphaned in last week's tragedy in which at least 30 boat people perished in the shipwreck at Christmas Island. ...Orphans add to pressure over detention - Sydney Morning Herald
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Abbott eschews offer as island mourns dead
The Canberra Times - Chris Johnson - 2 days ago
''What happened at Christmas Island last week was just a terrible, terrible tragedy,'' he said. ''It is important that we put policies in place as quickly ...Wilkie calls for action on asylum seekers - ABC Online
Goodwill to all but those in boats - Courier Mail
Abbott offered to double refugee intake, says Wilkie - The Age
Sydney Morning Herald - Radio Australia
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Aftermath of Christmas Island tragedy
ABC Online - Zoe Daniel - 1 day ago
Many people are still unaccounted for following last week's horrific shipwreck on the coast of Christmas Island. The small community on the island is still ...Christmas Islanders still shocked by drownings - ABC Online
all 3 news articles »Xmas Island memorial services to begin today
Sydney Morning Herald - 3 days ago
Asylum seekers who died when their boat was wrecked off Christmas Island last week will be remembered in a private memorial service on Sunday. ...Shattered residents 'not ready' for memorial - ABC Online
The Associated Press
Strong currents hamper Christmas Island search - ABC Online
Sydney Morning Herald - NEWS.com.au
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CHRISTMAS CRACKER 2010
Awoko - 29 minutes ago
As Christmas approaches in the year of our Lord 2010, a boat load of Asylum Seekers sank off Australia's Christmas Island killing babies among other ...Were Customs and the Navy ready for Christmas Island rescue?
Crikey - Tom Cowie - 16 hours ago
Questions have been raised about the preparedness of Customs and Australian Navy personnel in responding to last Wednesday's Christmas Island ...Indonesia must do more on people smuggling
Sydney Morning Herald - 1 day ago
About 48 people are thought to have died when a boat carrying asylum seekers crashed onto rocks at Christmas Island last week. Mr Windsor said the accident ...Indonesia Must Do More On People Smuggling: Australian MP - Bernama
all 10 news articles »Family feared lost in Christmas Is tragedy
Sydney Morning Herald - 3 days ago
For nearly five days they have waited to see if their family from Iraq - Mr Faeli's three aunts, uncle and two children - have survived the Christmas Island ...Christmas Island disaster
MWC News - Gideon Polya - 1 day ago
On 15 December 2010 an overloaded wooden boat carrying about 90 mostly Muslim refugees was driven on to the rocky coast of Christmas Island ...Australian Complicity In 20 Million Muslim Refugees And Christmas ... -CounterCurrents.org
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Calm returns to Christmas Island detension centre
ABC Online - 4 days ago
ELIZABETH JACKSON: On Christmas Island calm has returned this morning after asylum seekers staged another protest last night. It followed a similar protest ...Protests make way for remembrance - Sydney Morning Herald
Protests Erupt on Australia's Christmas Island Detention Center -CRIENGLISH.com
Navy becomes focus as grief fuels asylum anger - The Australian
Adelaidenow - Herald Sun
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Buce Baird laments Libs' point-scoring on asylum seekers and boat ...
NEWS.com.au - Patricia Karvelas - 1 day ago
HOWARD government MP Bruce Baird has slammed the Tony Abbott-led Coalition for seeking to politicise the Christmas Island boat tragedy. ...Families reveal torment after boat disaster
ABC Online - Michael Edwards - 4 days ago
(Nine Network) Members of Sydney's Iraqi community have spoken out about the Christmas Island boat disaster on Wednesday morning, which took the lives of ...Detained dad loses wife and children - Sydney Morning Herald
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Another boat unloads 68 on island
Adelaide Now - David King - 1 day ago
Another boatload of asylum-seekers arrived at Christmas Island yesterday, ... There are three orphans on Christmas Island as a result of the shipwreck, ...Tuesday - Another people smuggler success against Australia - Australia.TO
Boat intercepted off Christmas Island - Ninemsn
all 5 news articles »Claims overcrowding at Christmas Island appropriately managed
Australia Network News - 4 days ago
The Australian Immigration Minister, Chris Bowen, says the overcrowding problem at the Christmas Island detention centre is being "appropriately managed". ...Chris Bowen says Christmas Island boat crash survivors will not be ... - Herald Sun
Government vows to improve asylum seeker outcomes - ABC Online
Bowen rejects Coalition's Nauru deterrent - The Australian
Embrace Australia
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Border control no solution for global problem
Sydney Morning Herald - Leanne Weber - Sharon Pickering - 1 day ago
Last week's tragedy on Christmas Island adds another 30 entries to the Australian database we are compiling for a study of border-related deaths throughout ...Queensland senator Ian Macdonald blasts Independents for backing ...
Courier Mail - Emma Chalmers - 6 hours ago
Oppn Leader Tony Abbott says the Christmas Island boat tragedy may have been avoided with tougher policy. IN THE PINES: Senator Ian ...Christmas on our Island
Sydney Star Observer - 1 day ago
Last week a boat crashed onto the razor sharp cliffs off Christmas Island. It was reported 28 lives were lost in the treacherous waters. ...Weather on Christmas Island still 'treacherous'
ABC Online - 6 days ago
And our reporter, David Weber says the health authorities in Western Australia are on stand-by to receive more patients from Christmas Island. ...Flying Doctors retrieves survivors of Christmas Island shipwreck - ABC Online
Larne medic leads rescue mission for shipwreck victims - Belfast Telegraph
NI doctor in Australia boat crash rescue - U.TV
all 4 news articles »Hope for the future tempered with fear
Sydney Morning Herald - Tom Allard - 6 days ago
On the television, an Indonesian news network is replaying the terrible footage of the boat that foundered at Christmas Island on Wednesday. ...Key suspect traffics Iranians, Kurds - The Age
all 80 news articles »Two female boat survivors flown to Perth
Herald Sun - 6 days ago
TWO female survivors of the refugee boat accident off Christmas Island have been flown to a Perth hospital in a serious condition. ...Rest of injured refugees won't go to WA - NEWS.com.au
all 24 news articles »Police close on notorious smuggler
Herald Sun - John Ferguson - Keith Moor - 4 days ago
Uday al-Ali with his seven-year-old son Abbas, who are both still missing at sea after the boat tragedy at Christmas Island. Source: Supplied Daher Alsalam, ...Our relatives are missing - Herald Sun
all 11 news articles »Media cheer squad is guilty
Herald Sun - 1 day ago
Some of those millions ended up in the ocean off Christmas Island on Wednesday. "Andrew Bolt's call, while bodies were still in the ocean, ...'I don't expect to see them again'
Sydney Morning Herald - 5 days ago
The death toll from the tragedy off Christmas Island has risen to 30, ... PLUCKED from the tormented seas of Christmas Island, Rana Al Ali is one of 42 ...'When I opened my eyes I could not see them any more' - Sydney Morning Herald
Detainee loses his wife and children - The Daily Telegraph
all 12 news articles »Timeline of Christmas Island tragedy
Herald Sun - Malcolm Farr - 6 days ago
At approximately 10.31am (AEDT), 6.31am local time, Australian Federal Police officers on Christmas Island reported sighting the vessel being washed onto ...Corrections
New York Times - 12 hours ago
... of a boat thought to be carrying refugees seeking asylum in Australia misidentified the ocean surrounding Christmas Island, where the wreck occurred. ...Boat victims may not be identified
PerthNow - Nicole Cox - 5 days ago
Picture: Toby Zerna Source: PerthNow WA POLICE have conceded that it may be impossible to name every victim of the Christmas Island tragedy, as officers ...Navy was quick to help boat wreck: Smith - Ninemsn
all 6 news articles »Survivors reveal scale of boat terror with skipper warning ...
NEWS.com.au - Gemma Jones - Alison Rehn - 3 days ago
THE Indonesia skipper at the helm of the Christmas Island asylum seeker boat screamed "We are all going to die" just moments ...Grief-stricken families protest in Fairfield - Fairfield Advance
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Thrown into detention over visa after 13 years in Aussie suburbs
Herald Sun - 1 day ago
Unlike those who died in the tragedy at Christmas Island he did not come on a boat, but he still sought a protection visa after giving evidence about a ...Mami's Boys top Christmas Island Relay
Saipan Tribune - Roselyn Monroyo - 3 days ago
Mamiko Oshima-Berger led her Mami's Boys to a come-from-behind victory in the 2010 Northern Marianas Athletics Christmas Island Relay ...Swan responds to Christmas Island disaster
ABC Online - Heather Ewart - 15 Dec 2010
Acting Prime Minister Wayne Swan speaks to 7.30 Report's Heather Ewart following the Christmas Island boat crash tragedy. HEATHER EWART, PRESENTER: In ...Christmas Island tragedy - ABC Online
all 2 news articles »Julia's 'Tampa test' of leadership
The Daily Telegraph - David King - Simon Kearney - 4 days ago
Grim task ... Customs and Australian Federal police continue the search for bodies and debris off ...The recovery of Christmas Island
ABC Online - 5 days ago
MARK COLVIN: ABC reporter Andrew O'Connor is on Christmas Island and joins me now. What have you been seeing today, Andrew? ANDREW O'CONNOR: Mark you really ...Video shows scale of tragedy
NEWS.com.au - Simon Black - Michelle Loh - 6 days ago
THIS exclusive footage shows the scene at Christmas Island after a boat carrying suspected asylum seekers from Iran and Iraq ...Christmas Island boat victims difficult to identify
The Australian - Tony Barrass - Nicolas Perpitch - 5 days ago
THE task of identifying the growing number of dead from the Christmas Island tragedy will be complex and lengthy. Forensic experts will be struggling to ...Reports indicate 27 dead in boat crash
Sydney Morning Herald - 15 Dec 2010
A boat carrying asylum seekers that capsized on Christmas Island has claimed the lives of 27 people, according to the latest report from authorities. ...Applaud the angels and overhaul policy
Herald Sun - Miranda Devine - 4 days ago
CHRISTMAS Island's harbourmaster, Dave Robertson, has a better idea than most who were ...Christmas Island have been protesting and are ... Now detainees onChristmas Tragedy as Boatpeople Perish; MP Rises Anger Masses ...
Phuketwan - 14 Dec 2010
By Phuketwan Reporters smh.com.au Australia has confirmed asylum seekers have died in a "tragic accident" on Christmas Island after a boat carrying about 70 ...Home Affairs Minister visits Christmas Island to thank locals and ...
ABC Online - 6 days ago
He spoke from Christmas Island to our reporter in Canberra, Samantha Hawley. BRENDAN O'CONNOR: It's clearly a tragic situation for the victims, the victims' ...Australia refugee boat incidents in the last decade
Telegraph.co.uk - 15 Dec 2010
... MV Tampa to enter its waters after rescuing 438 mainly Afghan refugees from a stranded boat off Christmas Island, sparking international condemnation. ...
Strong Christmas Island currents may trap bodies in caves for weeks
The Australian - Cameron Stewart - 6 days ago
BODIES may be trapped for weeks in underwater caves at the site of the Christmas Island boat tragedy, according to resident Russ Payne. ...Query over defence of radar that failed to detect boat
Brisbane Times - Joseph Catanzaro - 6 days ago
Prime Minister warns Australians to prepare themselves for the likliehood that the death toll from the Christmas Island will rise. ...Rough seas could have impeded boat detection: Analyst - ABC Online
Even hi-tech radar can't always see boats - The Australian
all 3 news articles »W Australia Police On Standby For Christmas Island Ship Sinking ...
Wall Street Journal - 14 Dec 2010
PERTH (Dow Jones)--The Western Australian police force is on standby for potential deployment to Christmas Island after a ship carrying asylum seekers sank, ...Are your hands clean of blood, Andrew?
Sydney Morning Herald (blog) - 5 days ago
... body politic that even as bodies are being dragged from the sea off Christmas Island he spits a rhetorical gob of the purest partisan venom in our eyes. ...Three asylum seeker boats intercepted by navy
Herald Sun - 26 Nov 2010
They were being transferred to Christmas Island for security, identity and health checks, Home Affairs Minister Brendan O'Connor said. ...Boats intercepted - Brisbane Times
More boats of asylum seekers stopped - Radio New Zealand
Australian navy intercepts asylum seekers - UPI.com
NEWS.com.au
all 73 news articles »More asylum seekers intercepted
Sydney Morning Herald - 10 Dec 2010
... are about 40 suspected asylum seekers and four crew members. Both groups are being transferred to Christmas Island for security, identity and health checks.Tragic loss of my compatriots on Christmas Island
Iranian - 4 days ago
It is with profound sorrow that I received word of the tragic loss of my compatriots on the unforgiving cliffs of Christmas Island, in Australia. ...Immigration investigates Christmas Island brawl
ABC Online - 1 Dec 2010
The Department of Immigration says an investigation is underway into a brawl involving up to 100 people at the Christmas Island detention centre. ...Warning on use of tents for refugees - The Australian
Asylum seekers brawl at Christmas Island - Ninemsn
all 15 news articles »UN calls for refugee rethink
ABC Online - Samantha Hawley - 6 days ago
"There have been a number of boats come pretty close to Christmas Island ... "The fact that this boat has capsized against the edge of Christmas Island, ...Drownings sign of desperation: UN agency - Ninemsn
Incident at Christmas Island - Scoop.co.nz (press release)
We can do more, says UN - Brisbane Times
all 5 news articles »'Send survivors to Inverbrackie' says support group
ABC Online - 2 days ago
An asylum seeker support group says survivors of last week's boat disaster off Christmas Island should be given priority access to the new Inverbrackie ...Asylum seekers move into new base - Herald Sun
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Fears for mental health of survivors
ABC Online - 6 days ago
MARK COLVIN: There are pleas for all the survivors of the Christmas Island disaster to be moved to the mainland. Psychiatrists say they're likely to be ...Christmas Island Relay set tomorrow
Saipan Tribune - Walter J. Sutherland - 6 days ago
Northern Marianas Athletics will hold the 29th Annual Christmas Island Relay tomorrow beginning at 6am at the Pacific Islands Club ...Christmas Island Style activities light up holidays
Marco Island Sun Times - 10 Dec 2010
It all went off without a hitch as Christmas Island Style celebrated its 23rd anniversary. The tree lighting was followed by the Sunday night Christmas Gala ...Drowning in compassion
The Australian - Janet Albrechtsen - 1 day ago
OPPOSITION immigration spokesman Scott Morrison got it right when he said the tragedy that occurred last week off Christmas Island was "not a day for policy ...Six asylum boats aim for NZ in eight years
Otago Daily Times - 4 days ago
... and children seeking asylum died when their wooden boat smashed into craggy cliffs on Australia's Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean on Wednesday. ...Tragedy at Christmas Island
Crikey - 5 days ago
“Wooden boats are picked up because they have metal engines and, as those boats are generally moving towards Christmas Island or Ashmore Reef, ...Out of calamity, a Christmas message
The Australian - Cameron Milner - 5 days ago
AS I stopped to think of the true and awful cost in human lives that occurred at Flying Fish Cove, Christmas Island, on December 15, I thought how prophetic ...Marco Island's Christmas tree is up, now let's light it up
Marco Eagle - Steve Stefanides - 2 Dec 2010
The Christmas Island Style (CIS) committee started out the season in grand style last Friday night with the helicopter arrival of Santa at the Shops of ...Marco Island's holiday gala recognizes citizen, volunteer of the year - Marco Eagle
all 2 news articles »Deadly gamble pays off today
Herald Sun - David King - 2 days ago
A young girl waves as she arrives at Christmas Island. Picture: Toby Zerna Source: News Limited A GIRL in white cowboy boots grinned and waved, ...Navy intercepts three boats carrying more than 100
Sydney Morning Herald - Peter Martin - 28 Nov 2010
MORE than 100 suspected asylum seekers are being transferred to Christmas Island after three boats were intercepted in two days near Ashmore Island off ...AFP gets weekly call to island
The Australian - 5 Dec 2010
Christmas Island has been subject to severe, chronic overcrowding for well over ... Asked yesterday about the situation on Christmas Island, shire president ...Christmas Island tragedy: Screams, yells and then they drowned
Iranian - 6 days ago
"We are angry because this has been coming," said one, who did not want to be named. "There's so many boats coming in here undetected by the Navy. by ...Giving: There's still time to help charities help the less fortunate
Pacific Daily News - 1 day ago
... that less fortunate children receive presents for Christmas. Island residents, businesses and other organizations have been very generous thus far. ...Candles for lost lives
Shepparton News - 6 days ago
Candles were lit in memory of asylum seekers who died in Tuesday's Christmas Island boat wreck during a special ceremony in Shepparton yesterday. ...Boat carrying asylum seekers wrecked on Christmas Island
The Guardian - 15 Dec 2010
Asylum seekers intercepted at sea while trying to reach Australia are to be sent to the United States under a controversial refugee-swapping scheme designed ...Saluting our veterans: Christmas Island Style honors servicemen ...
Marconews - Allie Garza - 9 Dec 2010
The Christmas Island Style's Salute to Veterans was held Tuesday at Marco Charter Middle School in honor of those who served in years past ...Holiday salute to veterans set at Charter Middle - Marco Island Sun Times
all 4 news articles »Christmas Island tragedy 'a cause of deep sadness'
Anglican Media Melbourne - 6 days ago
“Reports of the asylum seeker boat capsizing off Christmas Island, and the appalling loss of lives, including young children, are very distressing and a ...Refugees who travelled 6000 miles in search of a better life
The Guardian - 6 days ago
Many of those packed on to the wooden boat that broke up in heavy seas off the coast of Australia's Christmas Island today will have not seen their homes in ...
Refugees feared dead after boat slams on Australian island
Toronto Sun - James Grubel - 15 Dec 2010
Australia launches rescue operation as a boat laden with refugees smashes onto rocks at Christmas Island. ...Kids briefs: 'How the Grinch Stole Christmas' Friday movie in Vets ...
Marco Island Sun Times - 6 days ago
It's time once again for Christmas Island Style/Greater Marco Family YMCA "Santa's Calling." This special holiday program uses information parents submit to ...Horror journey to forge new life
Adelaide Now - Adam Todd - 4 hours ago
His boat was intercepted by a Royal Australian Navy ship and he spent three months at Christmas Island detention centre. He settled in Adelaide and this ...Have yourself a Nova Scotia Christmas
Washington Post - Andrea Sachs - 11 Dec 2010
Step inside the Christmas Island post office in Nova Scotia and you will feel it immediately, a rush of holiday spirit that hits you like a ...ACL says greater deterrent to people smugglers needed
Australian Conservative - 6 days ago
New policy settings to discourage people smugglers and protect human life are urgently needed in the wake of the asylum seeker tragedy at Christmas Island ...Polls give Gillard a nervous Christmas
The Daily Telegraph - 6 hours ago
The devastating death of 50 on the shores of Christmas Island has focused the nation's attention. This could again make it difficult for the Government to ...No escape as Gillard way off course - The Daily Telegraph
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All decked out for Christmas: 11 boats to cruise in annual Marco ...
Marco Eagle - Tyler A. Parrish - 5 days ago
... meeting new people and wishing each other a happy holiday, 'Island Style,'” commented Stef Stefanides, chairman of the Christmas Island Style committee, ...Jakarta to act first on charging people-smuggler
The Australian - 2 days ago
THE people-smugglers responsible for the Christmas Island disaster will be charged under Indonesian law if captured there, police say. ...Hula, slack-key highlight weekend's island holiday happenings
San Francisco Chronicle (blog) - 10 Dec 2010
"Would you like to spend Christmas on Christmas Island?" sang the Andrews Sisters, and later Leon Redbone and Jimmy Buffett. Well, I'd rather spend it in ...
48 may have died in boat crash off Australia
英文ä¸åœ‹éƒµå ± - 2 days ago
Thirty bodies have been recovered since a rickety boat packed with Iraqi, Iranian and Kurdish asylum seekers smashed into the rocks on Christmas Island last ...Grim aftermath
ABC Online - Conor Duffy - 5 days ago
Recovery teams are continuing the grim task of scouring the seas off Christmas Island for survivors of yesterday's tragic boat crash - 28 asylum seekers ...Christmas Island Relay set for Dec. 18
Saipan Tribune - Roselyn Monroyo - 8 Dec 2010
Northern Marianas Athletics will hold its season-ending run next weekend with the staging of the Christmas Island Relay on Dec. 18. ...Dili gets outline of Gillard's Timor solution, five months on
The Age - Lindsay Murdoch - 3 days ago
Poll: Would a return to coalition policies on asylum seekers avert tragedies such as the boat capsizing off Christmas Island last week? ...Boat tragedy avoidable - inmycommunity
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Opinion: Despite Ministers' Claims Bill C-49 Likely Toast: Libs ...
DigitalJournal.com - 23 hours ago
Did they express condolences to the survivors and to their family members for the loss of these refugee claimants on the rocky shores of Christmas Island? ...Boat hits roocks off Oz island, 28 dead
新城財經網 - 6 days ago
The deaths at remote Christmas Island underscored dangers faced by hundreds of refugees who have tried to sail from Indonesia to Australia in recent years _ ...People Smugglers keep bringing illegal arrivals after the sinking
Australia.TO - 2 days ago
The group will be transferred to Christmas Island where they will undergo security, identity and health checks and their reasons for travel will be ...Amnesty alerts UN to Darwin centre conditions
ABC Online - 26 Nov 2010
Amnesty Australia's letter reports on the detention centres in Curtin, Christmas Island and Darwin (pictured). (ABC TV) Amnesty Australia has written to the ...A proven and risky route to Australia
The Daily Telegraph - Paul Toohey - 6 days ago
The boat that sank on Wednesday had the style of a south Javanese fishing boat, possibly from Cilacap, only 300km from Christmas Island.Waverly residents celebrate Christmas at Greetings on Main
Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier - 10 Dec 2010
RICK CHASE Dan Harms bounces a beach ball off the inside of the picture window of his Christmas Island set in the front window of BE Mick's in downtown ...News you can use - the US allows gays to serve openly in the Army
The Vine - 2 days ago
by lukeryan on Dec 20 2010, 08:00AM In the wake of the Christmas Island asylum seeker tragedy, Abbott has shown off his compassionate credentials by ...Abbott to check in to Christmas Island
The Spoof (satire) - 7 Dec 2010
It is believed that Mr Abbott will be held in the notorious Hut 51 area of Christmas Island when he arrives. But the Prime Minister denied the existence of ...Cricket needs a new beginning
Herald Sun - Eddie McGuire - 4 days ago
The Christmas Island tragedy is so heartbreaking, magnified by the poignancy of its name. Assange has to be the first world-famous Australian in years that ...Scott Morrison joins the program
ABC Online - Heather Ewart - 1 day ago
HEATHER EWART: Well moving on, on the Christmas Island accident, you left it a few days before the gloves came off, but now they're well and truly off. ...Ocean conditions 'atrocious'
The Age - Luke Eliot - 15 Dec 2010
Christmas Island was being battered by a 3.7-metre swell and 24-knot winds ... CHRISTMAS Island resident Michael Foster said the boat would not have stood ...27 asylum seekers die as boat sinks off Australia
People's Daily Online - 3 days ago
A boat laden with refugees is driven onto rocks at Christmas Island in this still image taken from video December 15, 2010. Twenty-seven asylum seekers have ...
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