Quarterly Essay 53: That Sinking Feeling

by Paul Toohey

Tony Abbott promised to stop the boats. With the help of Kevin Rudd's "PNG solution," he has. But at what cost?

In Quarterly Essay 53, Paul Toohey tells the dramatic stories of asylum seekers heading from Java to Australia, investigates people-smuggling and witnesses the aftermath of a sinking at sea.

Toohey also examines Australian attitudes to boat people, and what politicians have made of these. He assesses the diplomatic fall-out...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1863956468
• ISBN13: 9781863956468
• Release Date: March 2014
• Publisher: Quarterly Essay
• Length: 122 Pages
• Weight: 0.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.7" x 9.6"