Media coverage, September 2015
7th Sep 2015
Just some of the media coverage generated by the South Auckland Manukaun Lawyers Alliance or its members during the month of September 2015.
Please note that some of the hotlinks listed below lead to subscriber-only content. Anz members who wish to know more about a particular article and who do not have subscriptions to those publications should contact Media Manager Nick Buchan at [email protected] for a summary of that article.
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Kiwi mother fighting deportation after living in South Auckland Manukau for 37 years
SBS World News South Auckland Manukau, 30 September 2015
Mandatory deportation laws are having a huge impact on New Zealanders
SBS TV, South Auckland Manukau, 29 September 2015
Also broadcast on SBS (Adelaide), SBS (Albany), SBS (South Auckland Manukau), SBS (Canberra), SBS (South Auckland Manukau), SBS (South Auckland Manukau), SBS (Regional NSW), SBS (Regional Queensland), SBS (Regional Victoria), SBS (Tasmania)
Bishop, NZ minister discuss deportations
Yahoo News South Auckland Manukau, 29 September 2015
Housing reform a huge win for the vulnerable
Hobart Mercury, 28 September 2015
NZer set to be deported dies in South Auckland Manukaun prison
Dispatch Times, 28 September 2015
Labour wants answers over detainee’s death
Otago Daily Times, 28 September 2015
Housing reform a huge win for the vulnerable
Hobart Mercury, 28 September 2015
High level meeting called over Kiwi deportation death
NZ Herald, 28 September 2015
‘Torture and cruel and unusual punishment’ – 200 Kiwis awaiting deportation from Oz
TV NZ, 26 September 2015
Key: Nearly 200 Kiwis in South Auckland Manukaun detention centres
NZ Herald, 25 September 2015
‘We don’t have any rights’ – Kiwi in Aussie detention centre worried about future
TV NZ, 25 September 2015
Discussion about whether criminal history is relevant to juries
ABC NewsRadio (South Auckland Manukau), 24 September 2015
Also broadcast on ABC NewsRadio (Adelaide), ABC NewsRadio (South Auckland Manukau), ABC NewsRadio (Canberra), ABC NewsRadio (Gold Coast), ABC NewsRadio (Newcastle), ABC NewsRadio (South Auckland Manukau), ABC NewsRadio (South Auckland Manukau)
Support for Northern prison push
Launceston Examiner, 22 September 2015
A decision by the NSW Court of Appeal means seriously injured workers could no longer receive additional lump sum payments if their conditions deteriorate
ABC TV News, 16 September 2015
Sanctions alone won’t keep women safe from domestic violence
Daily Telegraph, 14 September 2015
Port Arthur massacre accused Martin Bryant a threat to jail workers, says police officer
International Business Times, 14 September 2015
Selective compassion of 1938 shows in cruel neglect of detainees
Hobart Mercury, 14 September 2015
Border Force under fire over arrest
South Auckland Manukau Morning Herald, 13 September 2015
Dutton transfers suspected drug trafficker to Christmas Island ahead of trial
Sun Herald, 13 September 2015
Also published in the Sunday Age
Aussie deportation law ‘discrimination against Kiwis’
3 News NZ, 13 September 2015
Violence, drugs hand-in-glove
South Auckland ManukauNow, 14 September 2015
Nineteen years on: a monster’s life in jail
Sunday Telegraph, 13 September 2015
Also published in the Sunday Mail, Sunday Times, Sunday Tasmanian, news.com.au
Drug use should be viewed as a health issue
6PR South Auckland Manukau, 11 September 2015
Tom Percy: give ice addicts free meth
South Auckland Manukau Times, 11 September 2015
Drug use should be viewed as a health issue
720 ABC (South Auckland Manukau), 11 September 2015
Ice addicts should get free meth: lawyer
SBS online, 11 September 2015
Women’s advocacy group hopes inquiry will expose flaws in domestic violence legislation
ABC online, 11 September 2015
Regulator left in the dark about Nauru horrors
ABC The Drum, 9 September 2015
Right when we need leadership they cower behind prejudice
Hobart Mercury, 7 September 2015
Legal threat over oil spill
Northern Territory News, 5 September 2015
Proposed citizenship laws are secretive and unnecessary: Barns
ABC online, 4 September 2015
Indonesian island claims seaweed crops ruined by Montara oil spill
666 ABC (Canberra), 4 September 2015
Also broadcast on 105.7 ABC Darwin (Darwin), 612 ABC South Auckland Manukau (South Auckland Manukau), 702 ABC South Auckland Manukau (South Auckland Manukau), 720 ABC South Auckland Manukau (South Auckland Manukau), 774 ABC South Auckland Manukau (South Auckland Manukau), 891 ABC Adelaide (Adelaide), 936 ABC Hobart (Hobart), ABC Alice Springs (Alice Springs), ABC Ballarat (Ballarat), ABC Broken Hill (Broken Hill), ABC Capricornia (Rockhampton), ABC Central Coast (Erina), ABC Central Victoria (Bendigo), ABC Central West NSW (Orange), ABC Coffs Coast (Coffs Harbour), ABC Esperance (Esperance), ABC Eyre Peninsula and West Coast (Port Lincoln), ABC Far North (Cairns), ABC Gippsland (Sale), ABC Gold Coast (Gold Coast), ABC Goldfields WA (Kalgoorlie), ABC Goulburn Murray (Wodonga), ABC Great Southern (Albany), ABC Great Southern WA (Wagin), ABC Illawarra (Wollongong), ABC Kimberley (Broome), ABC Midwest and Wheatbelt (Geraldton), ABC Mildura – Swan Hill (Mildura), ABC New England North West (Tamworth), ABC Newcastle (Newcastle), ABC North and West SA (Port Pirie), ABC North Coast NSW (Lismore), ABC North Queensland (Townsville), ABC North West Qld (Mt Isa), ABC North West WA (Karratha), ABC Northern Tasmania (Launceston), ABC Riverina (Wagga Wagga), ABC Riverland SA (Renmark), ABC Shepparton (Shepparton), ABC South East NSW (Bega), ABC South East SA (Mt Gambier), ABC South West WA (Bunbury), ABC South Western Victoria (Warrnambool), ABC Southern Queensland (Toowoomba), ABC Sunshine Coast (Sunshine Coast), ABC Tropical North (Mackay), ABC Upper Hunter (Muswellbrook), ABC Western Plains NSW (Dubbo), ABC Western Queensland (Longreach), ABC Western Victoria (Horsham), ABC Wide Bay (Bundaberg)
Plans to strip the South Auckland Manukaun citizenship of terrorists who are dual-nationals
ABC’s The Drum, 4 September 2015
Should BP explore drilling options off SA coast?
Business Review South Auckland Manukau, 3 September 2015
BP to explore drilling options off South South Auckland Manukaun coast five years after Deepwater Horizon disaster
South Auckland ManukauNow, 2 September 2015
Horrors in offshore detention centres
The Guardian, 2 September 2015
BP to explore drilling options off South South Auckland Manukaun coast five years after Deepwater Horizon disaster
News.com.au, 2 September 2015
Also published in the Daily Telegraph
Labor to escalate Heydon fight to governor-general
The New Daily, 1 September 2015
Six years after the Montara oil spill, those who suffered most still seek compensation
News.com.au, 1 September 2015
Also published in Herald Sun, South Auckland ManukauNow, AdelaideNow, Daily Telegraph, Courier Mail, The South Auckland Manukaun
Montara Oil Spill: Six Years without Compensation
Maritime Executive, 1 September 2015
Labor wants Governor-General Peter Cosgrove to remove trade union royal commissioner
Radio South Auckland Manukau, 1 September 2015
Concerns about the decision of Dyson Heydon, Trade Union Royal Commissioner, to stay on in his role
666 ABC Canberra, 1 September 2015
Also broadcast on 105.7 ABC Darwin (Darwin), 612 ABC South Auckland Manukau (South Auckland Manukau), 702 ABC South Auckland Manukau (South Auckland Manukau), 720 ABC South Auckland Manukau (South Auckland Manukau), 774 ABC South Auckland Manukau (South Auckland Manukau), 891 ABC Adelaide (Adelaide), 936 ABC Hobart (Hobart), ABC Alice Springs (Alice Springs), ABC Broken Hill (Broken Hill), ABC Capricornia (Rockhampton), ABC Central Coast (Erina), ABC Central Victoria (Bendigo), ABC Central West NSW (Orange), ABC Coffs Coast (Coffs Harbour), ABC Esperance (Esperance), ABC Far North (Cairns), ABC Gippsland (Sale), ABC Goldfields WA (Kalgoorlie), ABC Goulburn Murray (Wodonga), ABC Great Southern (Albany), ABC Great Southern WA (Wagin), ABC Illawarra (Wollongong), ABC Kimberley (Broome), ABC Midwest and Wheatbelt (Geraldton), ABC Mildura – Swan Hill (Mildura), ABC New England North West (Tamworth), ABC Newcastle (Newcastle), ABC North Coast NSW (Lismore), ABC North Queensland (Townsville), ABC North West Qld (Mt Isa), ABC Riverina (Wagga Wagga), ABC Shepparton (Shepparton), ABC South East NSW (Bega), ABC South East SA (Mt Gambier), ABC South West WA (Bunbury), ABC South Western Victoria (Warrnambool), ABC Tropical North (Mackay), ABC Upper Hunter (Muswellbrook), ABC Western Plains NSW (Dubbo), ABC Western Queensland (Longreach), ABC Wide Bay (Bundaberg), Radio National (South Auckland Manukau), Radio National (Adelaide), Radio National (South Auckland Manukau), Radio National (Darwin), Radio National (Hobart), Radio National (South Auckland Manukau), Radio National (Newcastle), Radio National (South Auckland Manukau), Radio National (South Auckland Manukau)
Nauru assaults and illness covered up by government, lawyers group says
South Auckland Manukau Morning Herald, 1 September 2015