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"Meteorite Debris" |
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11 Sep 2005 01:50:45 AM |
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OT- US activist arrested after visa revoked |
Be scared. Very scared. Howard and Ruddock have powerful new anti-
terror laws and both have form for abusing power.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200509/s1457737.htm
US activist arrested after visa revoked
An American peace activist may be deported because he is allegedly a
threat to national security.
Liz Thompson from the Anti-Deportation Alliance says Scott Parkin, who
is a teacher by profession, was arrested in Melbourne yesterday.
Ms Thompson says Mr Parkin was told his visa was being revoked on the
grounds of character, after he allegedly received an adverse security
assessment.
Federal police have confirmed an American man was arrested on the
orders of the Immigration Department (DIMIA) and is in custody.
DIMIA has declined to comment on the case, but says anyone without a
lawful right to remain in Australia must be removed as soon as
possible.
Ms Thompson says she is baffled by his arrest.
"He's here you know, speaking about the US peace movement," she said.
"The idea that someone who talks about non-violent methods of
resistance to state violence can be considered a threat to national
security is pretty concerning, particularly in the light of the new
laws that are being proposed."
She says Mr Parkin has done nothing wrong.
"He's a hippy giving workshops on peace, non-violent direct action,"
she said.
"We'd love to know what the secret stash of information on this guy is
that makes him a threat to national security because everything that
he's been working with to put these workshops together is pretty
baffled by it."
Challenge possible
Federal Attorney-General Phillip Ruddock says he is aware of the case.
"I understand it's a decision that's been taken by the Minister for
Immigration and that there may be legal proceedings surrounding it,"
he said.
"I understand the decision was based upon a security assessment, and
security assessments are not something about which I can comment in
any detail."
Mr Ruddock says visas can be revoked for a number of reasons.
"I'm not going to comment on matters about which assessments are made
by competent agencies," he said.
"The only point I'd make is that in relation to those matters, there
are provisions by which the decisions can be challenged if people are
inclined to do that."
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| User: "Ordog" |
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| Title: Re: OT- US activist arrested after visa revoked |
11 Sep 2005 04:41:58 AM |
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Meteorite Debris wrote:
Be scared. Very scared. Howard and Ruddock have powerful new anti-
terror laws and both have form for abusing power.
US activist arrested after visa revoked
An American peace activist may be deported because he is allegedly a
threat to national security.
<SNIP>
Gnome Howard and his Gestapo henchman Roddock are a true threat to
Australian National security. Since we can not deport them anywhere
(not even the British are willing to take such agressive specimen) I
suggest we should place them in a cage in Taronga Zoo beside the big
apes enclosure as a living illustration of Evolution's big mistakes.
The lack of a "Bill of Rights" is a great handicap for modern
Australia.
Ordog
"Beware of the man whose God is in the skies." Bernard Shaw
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| User: "Ordog" |
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| Title: Re: OT- US activist arrested after visa revoked |
11 Sep 2005 04:42:10 AM |
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Meteorite Debris wrote:
Be scared. Very scared. Howard and Ruddock have powerful new anti-
terror laws and both have form for abusing power.
US activist arrested after visa revoked
An American peace activist may be deported because he is allegedly a
threat to national security.
<SNIP>
Gnome Howard and his Gestapo henchman Roddock are a true threat to
Australian National security. Since we can not deport them anywhere
(not even the British are willing to take such agressive specimen) I
suggest we should place them in a cage in Taronga Zoo beside the big
apes enclosure as a living illustration of Evolution's big mistakes.
The lack of a "Bill of Rights" is a great handicap for modern
Australia.
Ordog
"Beware of the man whose God is in the skies." Bernard Shaw
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| User: "Mark Richardson" |
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| Title: Re: OT- US activist arrested after visa revoked |
11 Sep 2005 08:09:12 AM |
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On Sun, 11 Sep 2005 16:20:45 +0930, Meteorite Debris
<cx1956@bcghfarg.pbz.nh.ROT13> wrote:
Be scared. Very scared. Howard and Ruddock have powerful new anti-
terror laws and both have form for abusing power.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200509/s1457737.htm
US activist arrested after visa revoked
An American peace activist may be deported because he is allegedly a
threat to national security.
Howard is a devious little weasel and a threat to our national
security.
Mark.
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| User: "Meteorite Debris" |
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| Title: Re: OT- US activist arrested after visa revoked |
11 Sep 2005 07:53:56 PM |
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On Sun, 11 Sep 2005 23:09:12 +1000 the ET form known as Mark
Richardson<spam2oblivion@yahoo.com.au> sent a radio signal across the
vast expanse of deep space -._.--._.--._.--._.--._.--._.
On Sun, 11 Sep 2005 16:20:45 +0930, Meteorite Debris
<cx1956@bcghfarg.pbz.nh.ROT13> wrote:
Be scared. Very scared. Howard and Ruddock have powerful new anti-
terror laws and both have form for abusing power.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200509/s1457737.htm
US activist arrested after visa revoked
An American peace activist may be deported because he is allegedly a
threat to national security.
Howard is a devious little weasel and a threat to our national
security.
I wish we had the 22nd amendment.
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Remove YOUR_SHOES before replying
apatriot #1, atheist #1417,
Chief EAC prophet
Jason Gastrich is praying for me on 8 January 2009
http://members.optusnet.com.au/~pk1956/
Apatriotism Yahoo Group
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/apatriotism
Sunday: A day given over by Americans to wishing that they themselves
were dead and in Heaven, and that their neighbors were dead and in
Hell.
-Mencken
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