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Australia’s migrant detention centre on the remote Pacific island of Nauru has been declared unsafe by a parliamentary inquiry, which said alleged rapes and abuse of women and children have not been reported because of an overwhelming “culture of secrecy”.
In a scathing condemnation of the centre, an Australian upper house committee urged Tony Abbott, the prime minister, to remove all children “as soon as possible”. More than 600 asylum seekers are currently being held on the tiny island, including 86 children.
“The present conditions and circumstances at the Regional Processing Centre on Nauru are not adequate, appropriate or safe for the asylum seekers detained there,” said the committee’s majority report.
• How Australia's migrant policy works – and is it transferable to the Mediterranean?
A dissenting minority report, released by government MPs, said the inquiry was politically motivated and authorities were working with Nauru officials to ensure the centre was a “safe and secure environment”.
Mr Abbott has adopted a hard-line approach to asylum seekers arriving by boat, including towing back vessels to Indonesian waters or transferring migrants to detention centres on Nauru and an island in Papua New Guinea.
Most of the boat people are from Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Iran and Iraq and have attempted to enter Australia via transit camps in Indonesia; many have died attempting the perilous journey.
The approach has effectively ended the arrival of boat people but the offshore centres have been repeatedly condemned as inhumane and cruel by the United Nations and aid groups.
The Senate inquiry heard claims that young girls and women were being regularly sexually harassed and that goods and services were being bartered for sexual favours.
In the latest case of alleged abuse, a 17-year-old Iranian girl who spent seven months in Nauru has personally begged that she and her family not be sent back to the detention centre because of the dire conditions there. She and her family were taken to Australia after her brother needed medical treatment. A psychiatrist who consulted the teenager in Brisbane said she was subject to “inappropriate sexual comments” by staff at the centre and had attempted suicide, according to a report in The Guardian.
A spokeswoman for Peter Dutton, the immigration minister, told The Telegraph that his office was not aware of the case.
Mr Abbott has further ramped up Australia’s immigration stance with plans to create a military-style unit consisting of up to 6,000 personnel who will be trained in the “use of force”. The so-called “Border Force” was created in July following the merger of the immigration and customs agencies.
It will conduct raids of brothels and workplaces that are believed to be the site of illegal foreign workers as well as passport checks at airports. The agency made headlines last week after it cancelled a controversial plan to patrol streets in Melbourne and conduct random visa checks.
Playing for a Catholic League tournament championship is something coach Chad O'Kulich has coveted for his boys and girls soccer programs ever since Cranbrook Kingswood entered that highly-regarded circuit six years ago.
Well, the time has arrived.
The Catholic League's executive board changed its rules last December to allow associate Catholic League members like Cranbrook Kingswood and Lutheran North to play for postseason championships by adopting an "opt-in" policy. Until this school year, associate members could compete in regular-season action but, no matter how successful, were banned from postseason play.
The Cranes, elated to benefit from that new policy, will meet Detroit Catholic Central in the Catholic League's A-B boys soccer championship game at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Madison Heights Bishop Foley High School. It marks the first time Catholic Central and Cranbrook Kingswood have every played in a soccer match.
"You know, each year we've been in the Catholic League, we've won (the division title) during the regular season," O'Kulich said. "There are a lot of great teams in our division. I think St. Mary's has one of the best teams in the state. Divine Child is outstanding and Lutheran North is outstanding.
"And this will be the first time we've had the opportunity to compete in the playoffs," he added. "We're excited to have that opportunity and we're looking forward to the game."
Cranbrook Kingswood officially earned its Catholic League title-game berth Tuesday with a 2-1 victory over Orchard Lake St. Mary's on goals by Joey Luciani and Jacob Deradoorian.
Catholic Central, No. 1 in the Division 1 state rankings, owns five Catholic League championships — the last in 2014, when it defeated Warren DeLaSalle. The Shamrocks, like the Cranes, were an MHSAA state tournament semifinalist last season (CC in Division 1 and CK in Division 2).
"Catholic Central has had a of success in the playoffs in previous years," said O'Kulich, who has coached the CK girls team the past 21 years and the boys for 18. "To beat Catholic Central, I think we have to play our style of soccer and keep up our system of play and I think we have to believe."
Cranbrook Kingswood has enjoyed another successful season.
The Cranes are 11-3-2 overall after their first 15 games, including a 4-2 mark in the Catholic League's AA Division. Cranbrook Kingswood qualified for the league championship game by winning the division title.
Cranbrook Kingswood is a talented squad led by senior captains Garrett Powell and Kolin Clark. Clark, a powerful forward, leads the team in shots (58) and shots on goal (45) and is second in scoring with 11 goals and three assists. Luciani, a senior midfielder, leads the CK offense with 32 points, including 14 goals and four assists.
Junior goalkeeper Colin Canning has enjoyed the majority of starts, playing 14 games and sporting an .877 save percentage. Cranbrook Kingswood has allowed just 13 goals all year while registering six shutouts. The most goals the Cranes have allowed in one game this season was four in a 4-0 loss Thursday to Lutheran North. Their previous high was two in wins over Holly (5-2) and Hamtramck (3-2).
"The boys have worked incredibly hard and the team has continued to grow each and every day," O'Kulich said. "We've been really pleased with how the boys have stepped up this year. We graduated so many players last year that it gave the opportunity for new players to step in and they've seized that opportunity."
Catholic Central is 8-3-3 overall and captured the Central Division title with a 4-0-1 record to earn its third consecutive berth into the championship game. The low-scoring Shamrocks, who lost to Brother Rice in last year's Catholic League title game, are led by Ryan Pierson, Noah Walter and Justin Savona.
"We're grateful for the opportunity to get to play against Catholic Central," O'Kulich said. "They are an elite team and an elite program."
Could changes to voting laws impact the 2012 elections?
A sign points people towards a voting center. This year, stricter regulations could deter some people from going to the polls.
A number of states have made recent changes to their voting laws, tweaks which could serve to complicate the voting process for many Americans. Seven states have enacted a photo ID requirement to vote, five have passed restrictions on early and absentee voting and three now require proof of citizenship.
Other laws passed include abolishment of Election Day registration and hurdles to the restoration of voting rights for those with past felony convictions. Similar legislation has been introduced in over two dozen more states. Altogether, the states with effective changes comprise around 61 percent of the 270 electoral votes needed to win the presidency.
According to a new study by New York University’s Brennan Center for Justice, these new laws could potentially adversely affect around 5 million voters in total. For example, many seniors, students and immigrants don’t have a driver’s license, which is the only acceptable form of photo ID in some areas. And, they say, rapidly changing laws could result in voter confusion, both in the registration process and at the polls. Some critics worry that minority and poor voters will be unfairly impacted and voter turnout will be reduced – at a time when less than two thirds of eligible citizens are voting in presidential elections and less than half in midterm contests.
Proponents of the changes cite the need to combat voter fraud, which they say has historically corrupted poll results in more than one election. They say citizens now must show photo ID to board an airplane, cash a check, drink a beer – so why should voting be different?
Would you support legislation that tightens voter registration requirements? Do you think it’s realistic to fear that the new voting laws could skew next year’s election? What if you showed up at the polls without your driver's license and were told you couldn’t vote?
Lawrence Norden, deputy director of the Democracy Project at New York University’s Brennan Center for Justice, and co-author of the study "Voting Law Changes in 2012"
Are you on the Herman Cain train?
A local science documentary about the history of horses which moved at high speed around the world to get its footage pulled a hat trick at the Canadian Screen Awards non-fiction programming gala in Toronto Tuesday night.
Edmonton director, producer, writer, narrator and anthropologist Niobe Thompson announced on Instagram, “Equus races to the finish and takes three Canadian Screen Awards!
It’s run in different markets around the world, including on CBC’s The Nature of Things last fall and PBS.
You can watch it online at cbc.ca/natureofthings.
Equus’ sister-documentary project — the short Fast Horse, directed by Edmonton-born Alex Lazarowich, which used a number of the same crew members — won the Short Film Special Jury Award for Directing at Sundance film festival in January.
The gala also twice awarded Gord Downie’s The Secret Path in Concert at the gala hosted by comedian Aisha Alfa.
Locally produced Caution: May Contain Nuts is still up for Best Sketch Comedy Show & Ensemble Performance, and dozens of awards will be given out all week in multiple galas, culminating in the Broadcast Gala 6 p.m. Sunday (8 p.m. in Toronto).
RB Alvin Kamara leads a Saints sweep of the big three fantasy positions in the rankings for Week 10.
Fantasy football rankings for Week 10 are based on the point-per-reception (PPR) scoring used in most seasonal and daily fantasy football formats. One point is awarded for every 10 rushing and receiving yards and one point for every 20 passing yards. Six points are awarded for touchdowns scored, four points for passing TDs and one point for receptions.
1 Drew Brees N.O. at Cin.
2 Aaron Rodgers G.B. vs. Mia.
3 Matt Ryan Atl. at Cle.
4 Patrick Mahomes K.C. vs. Ari.
5 Ryan Fitzpatrick T.B. vs. Was.
6 Alex Smith Was. at T.B.
7 Philip Rivers L.A.-C at Oak.
8 Andrew Luck Ind. vs. Jac.
9 Tom Brady N.E. at Ten.
10 Carson Wentz Phi. vs. Dal.
12 Baker Mayfield Cle. vs. Atl.
13 Cam Newton Car. at Pit.
14 Dak Prescott Dal. at Phi.
15 Ben Roethlisberger Pit. vs. Car.
16 Andy Dalton Cin. vs. N.O.
18 Matthew Stafford Det. at Chi.
19 Jared Goff L.A.-R vs. Sea.
20 Mitchell Trubisky Chi. vs. Det.
22 Marcus Mariota Ten. vs. N.E.
23 Blake Bortles Jac. at Ind.
24 Eli Manning N.Y.-G at S.F.
25 Josh Rosen Ari. at K.C.
26 Brock Osweiler Mia. at G.B.
27 Josh McCown N.Y.-J vs. Buf.
29 Jameis Winston T.B. vs. Was.
30 Tyrod Taylor Cle. vs. Atl.
1 Alvin Kamara N.O. at Cin.
2 Todd Gurley L.A.-R vs. Sea.
3 Melvin Gordon L.A.-C at Oak.
4 Kareem Hunt K.C. vs. Ari.
5 James Conner Pit. vs. Car.
6 Saquon Barkley N.Y.-G at S.F.
7 David Johnson Ari. at K.C.
8 James White N.E. at Ten.
9 Tevin Coleman Atl. at Cle.
10 Christian McCaffrey Car. at Pit.
11 Ezekiel Elliott Dal. at Phi.
12 Mark Ingram N.O. at Cin.
13 Joe Mixon Cin. vs. N.O.
14 Nick Chubb Cle. vs. Atl.
15 *Sony Michel N.E. at Ten.
16 Duke Johnson Cle. vs. Atl.
17 Jordan Howard Chi. vs. Det.
18 T.J. Yeldon Jac. at Ind.
19 Adrian Peterson Was. at T.B.
21 Dion Lewis Ten. vs. N.E.
22 Aaron Jones G.B. vs. Mia.
23 Derrick Henry Ten. vs. N.E.
24 Kenyan Drake Mia. at G.B.
25 *Marlon Mack Ind. vs. Jac.
26 Tarik Cohen Chi. vs. Det.
27 Isaiah Crowell N.Y.-J vs. Buf.
29 *Leonard Fournette Jac. at Ind.

Australia’s migrant detention centre on the remote Pacific island of Nauru has been declared unsafe by a parliamentary inquiry, which said alleged rapes and abuse of women and children have not been reported because of an overwhelming “culture of secrecy”.

In a scathing condemnation of the centre, an Australian upper house committee urged Tony Abbott, the prime minister, to remove all children “as soon as possible”. More than 600 asylum seekers are currently being held on the tiny island, including 86 children.

“The present conditions and circumstances at the Regional Processing Centre on Nauru are not adequate, appropriate or safe for the asylum seekers detained there,” said the committee’s majority report.

• How Australia's migrant policy works – and is it transferable to the Mediterranean?

A dissenting minority report, released by government MPs, said the inquiry was politically motivated and authorities were working with Nauru officials to ensure the centre was a “safe and secure environment”.

Mr Abbott has adopted a hard-line approach to asylum seekers arriving by boat, including towing back vessels to Indonesian waters or transferring migrants to detention centres on Nauru and an island in Papua New Guinea.

Most of the boat people are from Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Iran and Iraq and have attempted to enter Australia via transit camps in Indonesia; many have died attempting the perilous journey.

The approach has effectively ended the arrival of boat people but the offshore centres have been repeatedly condemned as inhumane and cruel by the United Nations and aid groups.

The Senate inquiry heard claims that young girls and women were being regularly sexually harassed and that goods and services were being bartered for sexual favours.

In the latest case of alleged abuse, a 17-year-old Iranian girl who spent seven months in Nauru has personally begged that she and her family not be sent back to the detention centre because of the dire conditions there. She and her family were taken to Australia after her brother needed medical treatment. A psychiatrist who consulted the teenager in Brisbane said she was subject to “inappropriate sexual comments” by staff at the centre and had attempted suicide, according to a report in The Guardian.

A spokeswoman for Peter Dutton, the immigration minister, told The Telegraph that his office was not aware of the case.

Mr Abbott has further ramped up Australia’s immigration stance with plans to create a military-style unit consisting of up to 6,000 personnel who will be trained in the “use of force”. The so-called “Border Force” was created in July following the merger of the immigration and customs agencies.

It will conduct raids of brothels and workplaces that are believed to be the site of illegal foreign workers as well as passport checks at airports. The agency made headlines last week after it cancelled a controversial plan to patrol streets in Melbourne and conduct random visa checks.

Playing for a Catholic League tournament championship is something coach Chad O'Kulich has coveted for his boys and girls soccer programs ever since Cranbrook Kingswood entered that highly-regarded circuit six years ago.

Well, the time has arrived.

The Catholic League's executive board changed its rules last December to allow associate Catholic League members like Cranbrook Kingswood and Lutheran North to play for postseason championships by adopting an "opt-in" policy. Until this school year, associate members could compete in regular-season action but, no matter how successful, were banned from postseason play.

The Cranes, elated to benefit from that new policy, will meet Detroit Catholic Central in the Catholic League's A-B boys soccer championship game at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Madison Heights Bishop Foley High School. It marks the first time Catholic Central and Cranbrook Kingswood have every played in a soccer match.

"You know, each year we've been in the Catholic League, we've won (the division title) during the regular season," O'Kulich said. "There are a lot of great teams in our division. I think St. Mary's has one of the best teams in the state. Divine Child is outstanding and Lutheran North is outstanding.

"And this will be the first time we've had the opportunity to compete in the playoffs," he added. "We're excited to have that opportunity and we're looking forward to the game."

Cranbrook Kingswood officially earned its Catholic League title-game berth Tuesday with a 2-1 victory over Orchard Lake St. Mary's on goals by Joey Luciani and Jacob Deradoorian.

Catholic Central, No. 1 in the Division 1 state rankings, owns five Catholic League championships — the last in 2014, when it defeated Warren DeLaSalle. The Shamrocks, like the Cranes, were an MHSAA state tournament semifinalist last season (CC in Division 1 and CK in Division 2).

"Catholic Central has had a of success in the playoffs in previous years," said O'Kulich, who has coached the CK girls team the past 21 years and the boys for 18. "To beat Catholic Central, I think we have to play our style of soccer and keep up our system of play and I think we have to believe."

Cranbrook Kingswood has enjoyed another successful season.

The Cranes are 11-3-2 overall after their first 15 games, including a 4-2 mark in the Catholic League's AA Division. Cranbrook Kingswood qualified for the league championship game by winning the division title.

Cranbrook Kingswood is a talented squad led by senior captains Garrett Powell and Kolin Clark. Clark, a powerful forward, leads the team in shots (58) and shots on goal (45) and is second in scoring with 11 goals and three assists. Luciani, a senior midfielder, leads the CK offense with 32 points, including 14 goals and four assists.

Junior goalkeeper Colin Canning has enjoyed the majority of starts, playing 14 games and sporting an .877 save percentage. Cranbrook Kingswood has allowed just 13 goals all year while registering six shutouts. The most goals the Cranes have allowed in one game this season was four in a 4-0 loss Thursday to Lutheran North. Their previous high was two in wins over Holly (5-2) and Hamtramck (3-2).

"The boys have worked incredibly hard and the team has continued to grow each and every day," O'Kulich said. "We've been really pleased with how the boys have stepped up this year. We graduated so many players last year that it gave the opportunity for new players to step in and they've seized that opportunity."

Catholic Central is 8-3-3 overall and captured the Central Division title with a 4-0-1 record to earn its third consecutive berth into the championship game. The low-scoring Shamrocks, who lost to Brother Rice in last year's Catholic League title game, are led by Ryan Pierson, Noah Walter and Justin Savona.

"We're grateful for the opportunity to get to play against Catholic Central," O'Kulich said. "They are an elite team and an elite program."

Could changes to voting laws impact the 2012 elections?

A sign points people towards a voting center. This year, stricter regulations could deter some people from going to the polls.

A number of states have made recent changes to their voting laws, tweaks which could serve to complicate the voting process for many Americans. Seven states have enacted a photo ID requirement to vote, five have passed restrictions on early and absentee voting and three now require proof of citizenship.

Other laws passed include abolishment of Election Day registration and hurdles to the restoration of voting rights for those with past felony convictions. Similar legislation has been introduced in over two dozen more states. Altogether, the states with effective changes comprise around 61 percent of the 270 electoral votes needed to win the presidency.

According to a new study by New York University’s Brennan Center for Justice, these new laws could potentially adversely affect around 5 million voters in total. For example, many seniors, students and immigrants don’t have a driver’s license, which is the only acceptable form of photo ID in some areas. And, they say, rapidly changing laws could result in voter confusion, both in the registration process and at the polls. Some critics worry that minority and poor voters will be unfairly impacted and voter turnout will be reduced – at a time when less than two thirds of eligible citizens are voting in presidential elections and less than half in midterm contests.

Proponents of the changes cite the need to combat voter fraud, which they say has historically corrupted poll results in more than one election. They say citizens now must show photo ID to board an airplane, cash a check, drink a beer – so why should voting be different?

Would you support legislation that tightens voter registration requirements? Do you think it’s realistic to fear that the new voting laws could skew next year’s election? What if you showed up at the polls without your driver's license and were told you couldn’t vote?

Lawrence Norden, deputy director of the Democracy Project at New York University’s Brennan Center for Justice, and co-author of the study "Voting Law Changes in 2012"

Are you on the Herman Cain train?

A local science documentary about the history of horses which moved at high speed around the world to get its footage pulled a hat trick at the Canadian Screen Awards non-fiction programming gala in Toronto Tuesday night.

Edmonton director, producer, writer, narrator and anthropologist Niobe Thompson announced on Instagram, “Equus races to the finish and takes three Canadian Screen Awards!

It’s run in different markets around the world, including on CBC’s The Nature of Things last fall and PBS.

You can watch it online at cbc.ca/natureofthings.

Equus’ sister-documentary project — the short Fast Horse, directed by Edmonton-born Alex Lazarowich, which used a number of the same crew members — won the Short Film Special Jury Award for Directing at Sundance film festival in January.

The gala also twice awarded Gord Downie’s The Secret Path in Concert at the gala hosted by comedian Aisha Alfa.

Locally produced Caution: May Contain Nuts is still up for Best Sketch Comedy Show & Ensemble Performance, and dozens of awards will be given out all week in multiple galas, culminating in the Broadcast Gala 6 p.m. Sunday (8 p.m. in Toronto).

RB Alvin Kamara leads a Saints sweep of the big three fantasy positions in the rankings for Week 10.

Fantasy football rankings for Week 10 are based on the point-per-reception (PPR) scoring used in most seasonal and daily fantasy football formats. One point is awarded for every 10 rushing and receiving yards and one point for every 20 passing yards. Six points are awarded for touchdowns scored, four points for passing TDs and one point for receptions.

1 Drew Brees N.O. at Cin.

2 Aaron Rodgers G.B. vs. Mia.

3 Matt Ryan Atl. at Cle.

4 Patrick Mahomes K.C. vs. Ari.

5 Ryan Fitzpatrick T.B. vs. Was.

6 Alex Smith Was. at T.B.

7 Philip Rivers L.A.-C at Oak.

8 Andrew Luck Ind. vs. Jac.

9 Tom Brady N.E. at Ten.

10 Carson Wentz Phi. vs. Dal.

12 Baker Mayfield Cle. vs. Atl.

13 Cam Newton Car. at Pit.

14 Dak Prescott Dal. at Phi.

15 Ben Roethlisberger Pit. vs. Car.

16 Andy Dalton Cin. vs. N.O.

18 Matthew Stafford Det. at Chi.

19 Jared Goff L.A.-R vs. Sea.

20 Mitchell Trubisky Chi. vs. Det.

22 Marcus Mariota Ten. vs. N.E.

23 Blake Bortles Jac. at Ind.

24 Eli Manning N.Y.-G at S.F.

25 Josh Rosen Ari. at K.C.

26 Brock Osweiler Mia. at G.B.

27 Josh McCown N.Y.-J vs. Buf.

29 Jameis Winston T.B. vs. Was.

30 Tyrod Taylor Cle. vs. Atl.

1 Alvin Kamara N.O. at Cin.

2 Todd Gurley L.A.-R vs. Sea.

3 Melvin Gordon L.A.-C at Oak.

4 Kareem Hunt K.C. vs. Ari.

5 James Conner Pit. vs. Car.

6 Saquon Barkley N.Y.-G at S.F.

7 David Johnson Ari. at K.C.

8 James White N.E. at Ten.

9 Tevin Coleman Atl. at Cle.

10 Christian McCaffrey Car. at Pit.

11 Ezekiel Elliott Dal. at Phi.

12 Mark Ingram N.O. at Cin.

13 Joe Mixon Cin. vs. N.O.

14 Nick Chubb Cle. vs. Atl.

15 *Sony Michel N.E. at Ten.

16 Duke Johnson Cle. vs. Atl.

17 Jordan Howard Chi. vs. Det.

18 T.J. Yeldon Jac. at Ind.

19 Adrian Peterson Was. at T.B.

21 Dion Lewis Ten. vs. N.E.

22 Aaron Jones G.B. vs. Mia.

23 Derrick Henry Ten. vs. N.E.

24 Kenyan Drake Mia. at G.B.

25 *Marlon Mack Ind. vs. Jac.

26 Tarik Cohen Chi. vs. Det.

27 Isaiah Crowell N.Y.-J vs. Buf.

29 *Leonard Fournette Jac. at Ind.