We unpack the Nauru caper. Bigger than Pauline’s latest stunt. Two governments, including ours, exposed in the Senate for breaching international law, funding a corrupt regime and quietly signing off on a two point four billion dollar deal while bikie gangs and fraud swirl around it. Refugees and stateless people packed off for thirty years because it makes the government look tough on borders. This is not children overboard. This is decency overboard.
Pay to deport. Australia’s shameful return of penal colonies
Michael West established Michael West Media in 2016 to focus on journalism of high public interest, particularly the rising power of corporations over democracy. West was formerly a journalist and editor with Fairfax newspapers, a columnist for News Corp and even, once, a stockbroker.
