When
Tuesday 20 September 2022
Join us for the live launch of 'Acts Of Cruelty: Australia’s Immigration Laws and experiences of people seeking protection after arriving by plane' by Aileen Crowe.
The book will be launched by Professor Ian Kerridge Professor of Bioethics and Medicine at Sydney Health Ethics, School of Public Health, University of Sydney and member of the Palaver books advisory group, followed by author Aileen Crowe in-conversation with Prof Kerridge and physician and ethicist Prof Paul Komesaroff. Copies of the book will be available for sale and signed by the author.
Acts of Cruelty documents in detail the lived experiences of numerous people and families seeking refuge in Australia as they attempt to navigate the legislative, legal and bureaucratic frameworks and processes that, over two decades, have created an inhumane system confronting those who seek our protection after arriving by plane. Acts of Cruelty also makes important recommendations for improving the system, and cautions that its deliberate cruelty is at risk of poisoning our society.
“This book is of profound importance. As a nation we must face the deep root of inhuman cruelty in our national psyche that our politicians so willingly exploit to advance their own power. A political sea change towards humanity in our immigration settings will only occur if there is strong political pressure from the people for change.”
Bookings essential.