Julian Burnside
IndependentAustralia
Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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JULIAN BURNSIDE: Dutton is still spending billions to keep people in misery
Dutton has led the Australian people to accept things that would have been unthinkable ten or 20 years ago. → Read More
JULIAN BURNSIDE SPEECH: On Border Matters, 6 March 2019
Introduction of Julian Burnside's speech to the Independent Australia event in Melbourne, Wednesday, 6 March, 2019. → Read More
What is happening on Nauru should shock the conscience of every Australian
It is important that we all know the truth of what our government is doing to innocent people → Read More
When it comes to refugees, Abbott, Turnbull, Morrison and Dutton are hypocrites
They claim to be Christians but seem to forget the fundamental tenets of its teaching: compassion and treating others as you would want to be treated → Read More
August book list: Julian Burnside, Rachel Leary and Kim Scott on their writing and reading
This month, authors including Rachel Leary, Tim Flannery and Tony Birch talk about their new books – and the books they’re excited to read, too → Read More
The leaked transcript of Turnbull's call with Trump shows him at his worst
Turnbull’s government has called people seeking asylum “illegal” and treats them as criminals. It is a lie on which the Coalition has made itself popular → Read More
Dutton Advocates For 'Australian Values' While Knowingly Seeing Families Torn Apart
The UNHCR said Peter Duttons' decision is "contrary...to common decency". It is unusual for an international body to be so plain in its criticism. → Read More
Why can't we know what's happening on Nauru and Manus Island?
The Border Force Act is intended to scare workers on Nauru and Manus Island into silence. It should never be a criminal offence to report a criminal offence → Read More
Julian Burnside: What sort of country are we running?
Our approach to refugees has redefined our national character. → Read More
The Islamophobia stirred up by Abbott and Bolt is a bigger threat to us than terrorism
We’re being asked to give up long-held principles of justice, fairness and liberty, not to mention social cohesion. Is there any threat big enough to warrant that? → Read More
Manus Island: If hunger strikes, lip sewing and suicide won't shock us, what will?
The reports coming out of Manus Island right now should be enough to shock us, but they aren't. What will it take? Barrister Julian Burnside has some ideas. → Read More
By bargaining with children, Morrison's refugee strategy was a kidnapper's logicc
Now that Scott Morrison’s extraordinary refugee amendments have passed, it’s clear that his humanitarian concern for drowned refugees is really a lie → Read More
Freya Newman, the whistleblower behind Frances Abbott's scholarship, should be thanked not punished
Julian Burnside: Freya Newman blew the whistle on a questionable scholarship awarded to Tony Abbott’s daughter – and she’s now paying dearly for having done so → Read More
Freya Newman, the whistleblower behind Frances Abbott's scholarship, should be thanked not punished
Julian Burnside: Freya Newman blew the whistle on a questionable scholarship awarded to Tony Abbott’s daughter – and she’s now paying dearly for having done so → Read More
Julian Burnside: "There are better ways of responding to asylum seekers."
"There are better ways of responding to asylum seekers. If I could redesign the system, I would choose between two possible models," Julian Burnside writes. → Read More
Julian Burnside on asylum seekers and Australian politics.
Julian Burnside on the asylum seeker issue in Australian politics - and why cruelty has become our biggest vote-winner. → Read More
We wouldn't treat animals the way we treat refugees
Julian Burnside: If either party were promising to be cruel to animals, it would lose the election. But being cruel to asylum seekers is now a national sport in Australia, and our national character is being redefined → Read More