That Sinking Feeling

Download or read book That Sinking Feeling written by Paul Toohey and published by Black Incorporated. This book was released on 2014 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first in-depth analysis of the new government's keystone policies. In Quarterly Essay 53, Paul Toohey looks at one of Tony Abbott's signature promises: to stop the boats. Has his government succeeded? If so, at what cost? In Java, Toohey observes asylum seekers heading for Australia and reports on the Indonesian response. He tells the stories of individual refugees, looks closely at people-smugglers in action, and witnesses the aftermath of a sinking at sea. Toohey also examines Australian attitudes to refugees, and what politicians have made of them.