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...Such pressures may help explain the complaints often heard among asylum seekers about the quality of the advice they get from migration agents. The former review tribunal member says she often saw agents concocting evidence and inserting it into their client's claim, sometimes without the knowledge of an illiterate or non-English-speaking asylum seeker. Refugee advocates say that sloppy advice and in some cases neglect continue to hurt asylum seekers' chances. One detainee now entering his sixth year at Baxter was assured by his migration agent that she would submit key evidence to the tribunal before a decision...
...depend on finding new revenue sources. Secondary mining of phosphate deposits may be possible, but delayed trials have never gone ahead. To make matters worse, the government was last week told that the island's neglected mooring facilities require substantial repair. The only economic cheer comes from the asylum-seeker processing center set up by Australia, which has the island's hotel fully booked with staff and migration officials. Criticized in Australia, the center is supported by the Nauruan government, which this year received $A22.5m in funding from Canberra. The center serves three meals a day, and many Nauruans feel...
...other side of town, government supporters were enjoying a night that exceeded all their hopes. If the 2001 election had seemed a bitter referendum on Australia's handling of asylum-seeker boat arrivals, this time the focus was much closer to home. "It's all about the economy," said 28-year-old supporter Stephanie Miles. "I know people who don't like John Howard but they voted for him because the economy's working. It's all working." The equation hadn't always seemed so simple. When Howard called the election on Aug. 29, he went into the campaign with...
...from the grass roots: working as an aide to the retired Whitlam, then in the office of New South Wales Labor Opposition leader Bob Carr (now Premier), as a Liverpool City councillor and, since 1994, as the local M.P. for Werriwa. He's diligent, serious and bookish - and a seeker of political tutors. His Labor contemporaries never doubted he'd attain the leadership; some of them, however, were surprised by how quickly he got there, how cleverly he played Caucus, the Parliament and the Canberra press gallery to capture public attention. "Who the hell is Mark Latham?" says a senior...
...Still, some Iraqis seem prepared to give the new government the benefit of the doubt. "I don't care who their masters are - CIA, the Saudis, Iran - as long as they stop these daily bombings and provide jobs for people," said Assad Faazi, a Baghdad job-seeker. "I will forgive them everything if they make my life better...