Philip Ruddock
Philip Ruddock
Philip Maxwell Ruddockis an Australian politician who was a Liberal member of the House of Representatives from 1973 to 2016. First elected in a 1973 by-election, by the time of his retirement, he was the last parliamentary survivor of the Whitlam and Fraser Governments. He was both the Father of the House and the Father of the Parliament from 1998 to his retirement. He is the second longest-serving parliamentarian in the history of the Australian Parliament. Ruddock served continuously in...
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We will not succumb to any pressure in relation to people who have no entitlement to be released into the Australian community,
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These events started when people were endeavoring to place pressure on us in relation to those matters,
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My concern about families is that I'm not yet satisfied that there are arrangements which would meet my principle objective, which is to have people available for processing and for removal if they're not refugees.
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It is unacceptable that people who are able to pay a people-smuggler and make their way through several countries where they may avail themselves of protection, are getting a more favorable outcome than people languishing in the most appalling circumstances in refugee camps around the world,
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This is un-Australian and denies people a fair go,
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People are endeavoring to put us under duress, to coerce us to give them outcomes to which they are not entitled,
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In relation to offshore processing, it is in our interests to have people not reach Australia, and (processed) under rules that are not as relaxed as ours became while the courts were supervising judicially the decision making,
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For only 3 per cent of people to complain that they have been affected by racism when something of the order of 48 per cent -- almost 50 per cent -- come from Asian, North African or Middle Eastern backgrounds, I think it evidences a society that is very accommodating,
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The United States government has now advised that it does not intend to bring charges against Mr. Habib,
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The terms of reference have been amended in accordance with Mr Cole's request that he be given until the end of June to deliver his report.
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We need to reduce our reliance on older, less suitable facilities and focus on purpose-designed and built facilities which will enable us to better cater for those remaining in detention,
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It hasn't been influenced by me, my colleagues, or foreign government influence,
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but that does not mean that the statements in it are anything more than rhetoric.
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I don't know that there is a role to look at departmental matters.