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  • Telling the refugee story : the 'ordinary Australian', the state of Australia

    Author(s)
    Duncanson, Ian
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Duncanson, Ian W.
    Year published
    2003
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    Abstract
    By international standards, fewuninvited asylum-seekers arrive in Australia.However, in 2001, a conservative federalgovernment trailing in the opinion pollsreversed its fortunes and won the November 2001election largely, it seems because of its``tough'''' refugee policy, which the Oppositioncould only feebly endorse, deeming oppositionelectorally suicidal. Using some insights fromLacan and writers in the Lacanian tradition,this paper examines how the refugee story waswritten, and why it was that the intentions ofits authors so successfully shaped itsreception by the majority of the electorate.By international standards, fewuninvited asylum-seekers arrive in Australia.However, in 2001, a conservative federalgovernment trailing in the opinion pollsreversed its fortunes and won the November 2001election largely, it seems because of its``tough'''' refugee policy, which the Oppositioncould only feebly endorse, deeming oppositionelectorally suicidal. Using some insights fromLacan and writers in the Lacanian tradition,this paper examines how the refugee story waswritten, and why it was that the intentions ofits authors so successfully shaped itsreception by the majority of the electorate.
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    Journal Title
    Law and critique
    Volume
    14
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1023048722108
    Subject
    Law
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/6215
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