Former Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser

Posted on February 16, 2015 by Mitchell in Federal, Global, Podcast, Politics // 0 Comments

Former Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser joined the program to talk about the latest report into children in detention, along with the current situation in federal politics.

“The government had the Australian Human Rights Commission’s report on children in detention on 11 November last year. They have tabled it on the last possible day. It is now clear that the attacks made on the Commission, especially by senior ministers, has been designed to make it easier for the government to ignore the Commission’s report,” he said in a statement.

“The government’s response is a disgrace. It is based on a lie. They claim to have saved lives by stopping the boats and that the trauma inflicted on children by detaining them, is a small price to pay. They deliberately chose an inhumane way of stopping the boats.”