
Mary Anne Kenny
@maryannekenny
Associate Professor, Murdoch University, School of Law. Refugee and immigration law and human rights.
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22-07-2009 16:23:06
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'Australians believe in fairness and family. We must learn from our history. Keeping families apart does not make Australia stronger—it repeats the mistakes of the past.' Great piece from Zaki Haidari amnesty.org.au/harmful-rhetor…





'Australia needs a fundamental shift that recognises fairness contributes to, rather than detracts from efficiency.' 5 ways to tackle Australia’s backlog of asylum cases theconversation.com/5-ways-to-tack… by Daniel Ghezelbash Keyvan Dorostkar and Mia Bridle



My piece in the The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand today there are some easy policy and legal changes which would help families reunite. Murdoch University theconversation.com/im-always-afra…

Excellent article by Mary Anne Kenny on the difficulties facing #refugees trying to reunite with family msn.com/en-au/news/oth…

Explainer: what mental health support do refugees and asylum seekers get in Australia? theconversation.com/explainer-what… The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand


Australia’s policy towards refugees and people seeking asylum stands at a critical juncture and Labor has the political clout for a principled reset, writes Mary Anne Kenny via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand. theconversation.com/labor-now-has-…

Labor now has the political clout to reset Australia’s refugee policy. Mary Anne Kenny offers good advice on where to start theconversation.com/labor-now-has-… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand

Mary Robinson, Juan Manuel Santos and Helen Clark call for urgent action by world leaders to stop the carnage in #Gaza, in an interview with The Associated Press (The Associated Press). Watch via link in thread ⬇️


Thank you to Former UN Special Rapporteur FoAA rights for coming to talk to law students from Murdoch University international #humanrights program in Geneva. Sharing your expertise as a former special rapporteur and your hope for what civil society can do to stand up for human rights.



I condemn US reprisals against my fellow UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt for her legitimate advocacy to hold Israel & others accountable for violations of international law in Palestine. I urge all UN member States to denounce this attack on the United Nations & human rights
