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ABC news report by Margot O'Neill on the Tampa affair and its political context, October 2001. In late August 2001, the Howard government of Australia refused permission for the Norwegian freighter MV Tampa, carrying 433 rescued refugees (predominantly Hazaras of Afghanistan from a distressed fishing vessel in international waters) and 5 crew, to enter Australian waters.
Ruddock v Vadarlis (also known as the Tampa case) was an Australian court case decided in the Federal Court of Australia on 18 September 2001. [1] It concerned the actions of the Government of Australia in preventing asylum seekers aboard the Norwegian cargo vessel MV Tampa from entering Australia in late August 2001 (see Tampa affair).
Arne Frode Rinnan is the former captain of the MV Tampa, which in 2001 was refused access to Australia to disembark 433 rescued refugees - in what became known as the Tampa affair. Rinnan and his crew were awarded the Nansen Refugee Award in 2002.
English: This ABC Lateline report from the lead-up to the Australian 2001 Federal election analyses the electoral impact of the Tampa affair and contrasts the Howard government's handling of asylum seekers arriving by boat with the reception of boat people granted by earlier Australian governments. ABC Lateline: 'Refugee impact' first broadcast ...
The government refused to allow asylum-seekers to enter Australia, using Special Air Service Regiment soldiers to board the MV Tampa, a Norwegian freighter that had rescued them from a sinking vessel. Children Overboard affair: 2001 Government: Liberal
It was a family affair at the 2025 Grammys on Sunday, February 2. ... (real name Annie Clark) ... Whenever people think about Florida, they only think about like Miami, but Tampa has so much ...
A number of pieces of legislation enabled this policy. The policy was developed by the Howard government in response to the Tampa affair in August 2001 and the Children Overboard affair, [1] and was implemented by Immigration Minister Philip Ruddock on 28 September before the 2001 federal election of 24 November.
Best known for her role as teenage Catherine "Cissy" Davis on the 1960s sitcom "Family Affair," it's been more than 50 years since the world was first introduced to Garver. But her big break came ...