The Tampa Affair – 20 years on Webinar

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Thursday 12 August 2021

Start Time - 4:30pm AEST

Finish Time - 5:30pm AEST

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The Tampa Affair – 20 years on Webinar

Overview

In 2001, the Norwegian containment vessel the MV Tampa rescued 433 mainly Hazari Afghan asylum seekers who had become stranded in international waters off the coast of Australia in a small, overcrowded, Indonesian fishing boat that was in distress.

The MV Tampa sought to enter Australian waters, so the asylum seekers could disembark and receive medical assistance. Then Prime Minister John Howard, in breach of international humanitarian law, dispatched Australian special forces to prevent the ship from entering Australian waters.

This webinar will recall the Tampa affair and consider how it has shaped Australia’s hostile response to refugees and asylum seekers ever since.

This webinar will be presented by:

  • Chair/Facilitator – Greg Barns SC, National ALA Spokesperson on asylum seekers, criminal justice and human rights.
  • Dr Ebony Birchall – ALA member and Human Rights SIG member, lawyer at Slater and Gordon, and legal academic.
  • Robert Milliken – journalist and author.

Agenda

Thursday 12 August 2021
Time is displayed in AEST

4:30PM

Welcome Address
Greg Barns SC, National ALA Spokesperson on asylum seekers, criminal justice and human rights

4:40PM

The costs of Tampa after 20 years

Robert Milliken – journalist and author

5:00PM

The workings of deterrence ideology

Dr Ebony Birchall – ALA member and Human Rights SIG member, lawyer at Slater and Gordon, and legal academic

5:20PM Q&A
5:30PM Webinar Concludes


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Event Details

ACCESSIBILITY

We will be using the interactive and easy-to-use platform, ZOOM, which works with any computer with Internet access or via the ZOOM App which can be found on where ever you get your apps from.
Start time is 4:30PM AEST

COST

FREE for ALA Members and Non-Members