Summary: This week on Something Wonky, goodbye mandatory detention, Dave tries to analyse our PM, good news from around the country, bad news for the Coalition, and Kevin Andrews plans for your sex life. AUSTRALIA VS HUMANITY High Court ruling could end indefinite detention for asylum seekers We thought they’d “stopped the boats”, so why has the Coalition entered a newly altered contract for significant expansions and upgrades at the Manus Island detention centre Bowen Fronts Final Stage of Inquiry Into Children In Detention - Chris Bowen defends detaining children at Manus Island centre - following Children In Detention Inquiry Turns On Labor; Bowen Called To Appear The Life Support System For Hamid Kehazaei Was Switched Off This Evening - What Killed Hamid Kehazaei The Queensland Coroner has decided that the death of Hamid Kehazaei, while detained at the behest of Mr Morrison, was no less than a death in custody ‘Woeful’ Conditions On Manus Will Likely See Death Toll Rise, Warns Doctor Manus Island whistleblower describes ‘filthy’ conditions inside detention centre Scott Morrison signals U-turn on offshore transfer for asylum seekers Vietnamese asylum seekers say dozens hurt in targeted attack at Christmas Island centre, Scott Morrison says claims ‘grossly inaccurate’ Villawood asylum seekers in solitary for more than 24 hours at a time Refugees aren’t the only group being damaged by Australia’s ‘war on asylum’. Our community is being degraded as well THE FOCUS GROUP Can Tony Abbott tell the difference between a good idea and a bad one? A New Hope Vic Labor has power to stop East West Link, and it’s going to - nice change from their refusal to do it earlier, before the inner city started leaning towards the Greens Government increasingly divided over plan to scrap renewable energy target Review panel likely to call for clamps on donations in Victorian council elections Pressure builds for federal ICAC CSIRO dares govt to slash its funding further, by installing solar panel printer Actually, it was better than you said it would be NBN fibre rollout was going to be cheaper, sooner, pilot results show Julia Gillard gives evidence at trade union commission - Getting Gillard: The Royal Commission We Never Had To Have IAN MACFARLANE CORNER Science lobby are ‘precious petals’ for whingeing, says Ian Macfarlane Not Creepy At All The Napthine Government has tabled amendments to gaming laws which would guarantee Crown millions of dollars compensation if state legislation were to dent its profits at any time in the next three decades. New Sky channel set to replace ABCís Australia Network ICAC emails shed light on escalating political funding arms race Terrorism threat means bigger police presence, warns George Brandis - even though in reality Terrorism alert rankings serve no purpose beyond encouraging a burst of panic Morrison ‘not surprised’ that Asio is considering raising terrorism alert level // * World’s biggest military contractor, Lockheed Martin, moves into Civic in jobs boon for Canberra // * Julie Bishop knocks Malcolm Turnbull off popularity high in cabinet rankings // * Helen Dale is the new adviser to crossbench senator David Leyonhjelm Great Policy Corner Senator Fiona Nash visits the South West Aboriginal Medical Service to explain why making poor indigenous people with poor health pay the $7 Medicare copayment will ultimately save Medicare Community TV: Malcolm Turnbull confirms licensing for stations will end in 2015 First-home buyers get lowest loan share yet // * Melbourne F1 Grand Prix cost Victorian taxpayers almost $60 million Govt recognises that everyone except the filthy “welfare lobby” understands how important it is to starve people on welfare. ACOSS tries to stand up for them Australiaís whistlebower protections lag in private sector, national security Kevin Andrews wants you to have better
