Philip Ruddock and the Politics of Compassion

by Tom Frame

Philip Ruddock was commended for conviction and condemned for cruelty in his management of Australia's Immigration program between 1996 and 2003. As Australia's longest-serving Minister for Immigration and second longest-serving Federal parliamentarian, he won praise in the 1970s and 1980s for his strong commitment to human rights and refugee resettlement but in the 1990s and 2003 drew sharp criticism for offshore processing and the mandatory detention...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1925826856
• ISBN13: 9781925826852
• Release Date: March 2020
• Publisher: Connor Court Publishing Pty Ltd
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"