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Julian Burnside: “NZ a moral superpower on Manus”
There’s been a plea to refocus attention on the ethics at the heart of the Manus Island refugee crisis
Australia’s immigration minister has confirmed the refugees have all left the Papua New Guinea detention centre, after police moved in yesterday to clear them out
Australian civil liberties lawyer Julian Burnside, QC, told Larry Williams New Zealand is the moral super power in our part of the world.
He’s suggesting we look to history, to gain clarity over the current situation.
“Just imagine for a moment that the people on Manus were German Jews from the…