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Thu, Jul 1 2010 Australian Greens propose A$23/ton carbon tax Tue, Jun 29 2010 UPDATE 2-Australia PM seeks to end mine tax row, may call poll Mon, Jun 28 2010 WRAPUP 1-Australia's Greens may block mine-tax deal Mon, Jun 28 2010 Related Topics World » Australia's Foreign Minister Stephen Smith speaks during the official opening ceremony of the Australian Pavilion at the Shanghai World Expo site in Shanghai May 18, 2010. Credit: Reuters/Aly Song SYDNEY | Sat Jul 10, 2010 9:15pm EDT SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia will send officials to Dili this week for talks on creating a processing center for boatpeople in East Timor, Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said on Sunday. The officials would "start a detailed discussion" with East Timor's government about the proposal, floated last week by new Prime Minister Julia Gillard, said Smith in a TV interview. The arrival of asylum-seekers on the country's remote northwestern shores is a hot political issue in Australia, where an election is due within months. Gillard, who ousted former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd in an internal party revolt late last month, is keen to be seen to be taking a strong stance on the issue. The conservative opposition has blamed an upsurge in boat arrivals, mainly Afghans and Sri Lankans sailing from Indonesia, on a soft policy by the Labor government. Smith told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) that any plan for a regional processing center for asylum-seekers would need regional and U.N. support. He rejected comparisons with the former conservative government's "Pacific solution" under which asylum-seekers were processed on the island nation of Nauru. "It needs to be more than just a detention center, which Nauru was," Smith said. However, Gillard's announcement last week that she had discussed the issue with East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta met with a mixed response, with some Timorese figures saying they did not want their country to become a "prison island." Media reports have said that Papua New Guinea was also under consideration, but Smith said Australia was currently only talking to East Timor. (Editing by Alex Richardson) World Comments See All Comments (3) | Post Comment Jul 10, 2010 11:38pm EDT In Australia the two major political parties (Labor and Liberals) are currently engaged in a race to the bottom to show the electorate ( which including a great percentage of racist rednecks) who is the meanest and toughest when it comes to deal with asylum seekers. It should be noted that Australia has a long history of racism. After the invasion of Australia by the British late in the 18th century, the Indigenous populations have endured state racism. For instance, and Indigenous people were only permitted to vote after 1967 (?!) and until the 1970s, children born from an Indigenous mother and a white father were forcefully removed from the mother and given to the state (many times ending up as house slaves, sex slaves, etc.). Also, John Howard, the former liberal PM was elected thank to a demagogic xenophobia campaign against Asylum Seekers supported by some of the Australia media (i.e. the tabloids). Pauline Hanson, initially a Liberal created the One Nation party and was elected to parliament in 1996. In her maiden speech she focused on racism comments against Aborigines and against multiculturalism in Australia saying, quote “I and most Australians want our immigration policy radically reviewed and that of multiculturalism abolished. I believe we are in danger of being swamped by Asians… A truly multicultural country can never be strong or united. The world is full of failed and tragic examples, ranging from Ireland to Bosnia to Africa and, closer to home, Papua New Guinea. America and Great Britain are currently paying the price.” End quote – I just thought the readers if this article would like to know that racism and xenophobia are rife. Pedro07 Report As Abusive Jul 11, 2010 1:53am EDT Pedro07 – What an biased offensive rant. Perhaps you should include the complete facts. Both John Howard and Pauleen Hanson were comprehensively voted out of government by the Australian public. Australia does not have a race-based immigration policy, and has not for more than 40 years. More than 60% of the Australian population either speak english as a second language, or come from non-english speaking immigrant parents. Perhaps most telling is the fact that people from all nations are queuing up to migrate TO Australia. If Australia really is the racist hell you describe then why are Afghans and Sri Lankans travelling thousand of miles to get there. Australia is a tolerant country – perhaps you should go there – they would even tolerate you. ozpete2001 Report As Abusive Jul 11, 2010 2:49am EDT @ozpete, I actually live in Australia. You quote Afghans and Sri Lankans coming to Australia. Perhaps you are not aware but all demands for Afghans and Sri Lankans for politic asylum have been frozen by the Labor government roughly three months ago (and for Afghans 6 months). So the policy is to leave these people in “detention centres” instead of processing their claim. When we know that there is war in Afghanistan and that some minorities are being persecuted and do think that your example was not the best to illustrate your point. Also, the facts I have stated (which you have not refuted) are quite clear in pointing out the sort of country Australia is. 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