Philip Ruddock
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Philip Maxwell Ruddock is an Australian politician who served as the 32nd Attorney-General of Australia from 2003 to 2007 under prime minister John Howard. A member of the Liberal Party, he was electe
Ruddock in 1974
Ruddock in Parliament, 2016
The Australian government has a policy and practice of detaining in immigration detention facilities non-citizens not holding a valid visa, suspected of visa violations, illegal entry or unauthorised
Fencing surrounding the detention centre on Christmas Island
Protesters on the roof of the Villawood Immigration Detention Centre in Sydney, 2011
Chris Bowen, Minister for Immigration in the Gillard government oversaw a restoration of offshore processing of asylum seekers following the closure of the system by the Rudd government.
Protesters outside ALP caucus meeting in July 2013