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Guests: 
Geoffrey Robertson QC
Michael Kirby AC
Julian Burnside AO QC
Dr Nick Martin 
Dr Graham Thom - Amnesty International Australia
Paul Power - Refugee Council of Australia
Professor George Newhouse - National Justice Project
Kon Karapanagiotidis - Asylum Seeker Resource Centre
Jana Favero - Asylum Seeker Resource Centre
Claire O’Connor SC
Andrew Wilkie MP
Dr Anne Ally MP
Anna Talbot - National Justice Project
Dr Daniel Ghezelbash - National Justice Project
Emma Hearne - National Justice Project</description>
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Geoffrey Robertson QC
Michael Kirby AC
Julian Burnside AO QC
Dr Nick Martin 
Dr Graham Thom - Amnesty International Australia
Paul Power - Refugee Council of Australia
Professor George Newhouse - National Justice Project
Kon Karapanagiotidis - Asylum Seeker Resource Centre
Jana Favero - Asylum Seeker Resource Centre
Claire O’Connor SC
Andrew Wilkie MP
Dr Anne Ally MP
Anna Talbot - National Justice Project
Dr Daniel Ghezelbash - National Justice Project
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      <description><![CDATA[<p>The <a href="https://temporary.kaldorcentre.net/">Temporary Podcast </a>by the Kaldor Centre</p><p><i>Temporary </i>offers rare access and intimate understanding of people navigating Australia’s refugee system, with no way to secure permanent protection. In their own voice, each refugee and asylum seeker in <i>Temporary </i>speaks from a shadowy legal limbo of Australia’s own creation.</p>
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GUESTS – Professor George Newhouse, Dr Daniel Ghezelbash, Emma Hearne and Anna Talbot</itunes:summary>
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GUESTS – Dr Graham Thom (Amnesty International Australia), Paul Power (CEO of the Refugee Council), Kon Karapanagiotidis and Jana Favero (Asylum Seeker Resource Centre).
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GUESTS – Dr Graham Thom (Amnesty International Australia), Paul Power (CEO of the Refugee Council), Kon Karapanagiotidis and Jana Favero (Asylum Seeker Resource Centre).
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      <description><![CDATA[Our guest is a respected senior doctor who was stationed on Nauru and worked for International Health and Medical Services (IHMS).  We hear about what he experienced in Nauru and why he felt compelled to speak out.

GUEST – Dr Nick Martin
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      <itunes:summary>Our guest is a respected senior doctor who was stationed on Nauru and worked for International Health and Medical Services (IHMS).  We hear about what he experienced in Nauru and why he felt compelled to speak out.

GUEST – Dr Nick Martin
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      <description><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r6675">Andrew Wilkie's Bill</a> - Ending Indefinite and Arbitrary Immigration Detention Bill 2021</p>
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GUESTS – Dr Anne Ally MP and Andrew Wilkie MP</itunes:summary>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p> </p><p><a href="https://jade.io/article/107554">Mastipour v Secretary, Department of Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs [2003] FCA 952</a></p><p><a href="https://jade.io/article/100776">Secretary, Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs v Mastipour [2004] FCAFC 93</a></p><p><a href="https://eresources.hcourt.gov.au/showCase/2004/HCA/37">Al-Kateb v Godwin [2004] HCA 37</a></p><p><a href="http://www.julianburnside.com.au/accomodation-for-refugees/">Accommodation for Refugees</a> Julian Burnside’s website.</p>
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GUESTS – Claire O’Connor SC and Julian Burnside AO QC
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GUESTS – Claire O’Connor SC and Julian Burnside AO QC
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      <description><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://www.penguin.com.au/books/bad-people-and-how-to-be-rid-of-them-9781761042423">Geoffrey Robertson’s latest book</a> “Bad People and How to be Rid of Them: A Plan B for Human Rights”</p><p><a href="https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108349031">Dr Daniel Ghezelbash’s book</a> “Refuge Lost: Asylum Law in an Interdependent World”</p><p>Special thanks to <strong>Feedspot</strong> for selecting the Women and Children First podcast in their Australian Podcasts Chart - you can access their blog <a href="https://blog.feedspot.com/australia_podcasts/">here</a>.</p><p> </p>
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GUESTS – Dr Daniel Ghezelbash, Geoffrey Robertson QC and The Hon Michael Kirby AC CMG
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GUESTS – Dr Daniel Ghezelbash, Geoffrey Robertson QC and The Hon Michael Kirby AC CMG
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