As reported last week, the fight for refugee rights in Australia has hit another critical point. The issue of the return to the concentration camp of Nauru of over 200 refugees, who are in Australia for medical care, has become a major political battleground. Some days ago, doctors in the north east city of Brisbane refused to discharge a baby from hospital. This action has the backing of the trade union movement in Australia and has seen a picket line being set up at the hospital to prevent Australian Immigration authorities from taking the infant. This active involvement of workers and unions can become a turning point as direct action by workers would have the power to impede the Australian government’s machinery of repression.
As reported last week, the fight for refugee rights in Australia has hit another critical point. The issue of the return to the concentration camp of Nauru of over 200 refugees, who are in Australia for medical care, has become a major political battleground. Some days ago, doctors in the north east city of Brisbane refused to discharge a baby from hospital. This action has the backing of the trade union movement in Australia and has seen a picket line being set up at the hospital to prevent Australian Immigration authorities from taking the infant. This active involvement of workers and unions can become a turning point as direct action by workers would have the power to impede the Australian government’s machinery of repression.
