D-Day approaches, Wrongful Detention, Social Life.

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Hugh Lambert has predicted 97 seats to Labor and the claims (yet again)_ that the polls do not lie. Newspapers in Sydney will be interesting tomorrow as a businessman, annoyed that Howard "doesn't get" climate change and the Kyoto Protocol is spending $200 000 on full page ads urging a vote against him.

Almost on the radar is the tragic story of how the Australian Department of Immigration detained a man wrongfully for five years. Tony Burke, the best person Federal Labor has had for years in the Shadow Immigration role rightly wants a Royal Commission. The Ombudsman says there's another 200 similar cases.

Legend of the Ainu Nezumi game went off really well last Sunday; better than expected, and I consider myself a good GM. I had the opportunity to playtest some new rules which seemed to work quite well. Last Saturday caseopaya, imajica_lj and I went to see La Vie En Rose. It has its moments, but was disappointing overall. The Goddard-like jump-cuts detracted rather than enhanced and there were some serious legendary absences from the biography (e.g., Piaf's birth, her role in POW escapes, the prohibition on her receiving a Catholic funeral).

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[greylock.livejournal.com]

Almost on the radar is the tragic story of how the Australian Department of Immigration detained a man wrongfully for five years.

He had slitty-eyes.
I'm sure he was a spy for the nips!
He probably deserved it.

/Remember Singapore!
// On an island in the Pacific the war never ended.

[beagl.livejournal.com]

Has Labor improved enough that they deserve to win yet, or is this just a case of out of the frying pan and into the fire?

[the-shadow298.livejournal.com]

Want to hear some very frightening but typical of the Department of Immigration?

They actually accidentally deported one of their own staff members, an African who was responsible for monitoring Sudanese refugees as well as doing the usual Passport/Visa paperwork.

According to a friend from uni who now works there either it was an intentional act by another staff member or a simple bit of confusion due to names and numbers.

Either way, a lot of red faces at the Department.

Here is also someone that won't make the news for a bit:

If the Libs win the election, Immigration would be under a class action lawsuit, as well as several ministers, Lib staff and 2 Federal judges for wrongful detainment and deportation.
Supposedly their is a QC and at least 2 High Court judges baying for Liberal Party blood over the whole fisaco.
If the Libs lose, it may became a civil case against individuals.

Either way, I'll be laughing. :)

[mr-figgy.livejournal.com]

If only we could get rid of Harper that way.

As it stands, it looks like they're trying to scuff his name with the same scandal that dogged Brian Mulroney. The Toronto Star said that this would result in months of "Gomery-like" intrigue, but somehow I think people won't care unless someone presents a widely acceptable alternative; Dion polls poorly, the NDP is unlikely to win federally, and Albertan conservatives--though probably upset with Harper for being too liberal--wouldn't vote differently unless they had their old right-wing alternative back.

I'm almost hoping the ProgCons splinter off from the Reform Alliance again, so it's mathematically impossible for either to win. For that reason, though, I'm sure they'll grudgingly stick together.