That Sinking Feeling: The Search for the Lost Indonesian Solution

· Quarterly Essay Book 53 · Bolinda · Narrated by Dave Graney
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In Quarterly Essay 53, Paul Toohey looks at one of Tony Abbott’s signature promises: to stop the boats. Has his government succeeded? If so, at what cost? In Java, Toohey observes asylum seekers heading for Australia and reports on the Indonesian response. He tells the stories of individual refugees, looks closely at people- smugglers in action, and witnesses the aftermath of a sinking at sea. Toohey also examines Australian attitudes to refugees, and what politicians have made of them. He assesses the use of secrecy and the term “illegals.” Tracing the path that led to the PNG Solution, he considers whether there are realistic alternatives to the brutally effective system we now have. This is an unflinching look at people at their worst and best – and most ruthless and most vulnerable – by one of Australia’s finest reporters.

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Paul Toohey is chief northern correspondent for the Australian. He was previously a senior writer at the Bulletin. His first book, God’s Little Acre, was published in 1996, followed by Rocky Goes West in 1997. His most recent book is The Killer Within (2007). He has won the Graham Perkin journalist of the year award and a Walkley award for magazine feature writing. He lives in Darwin.

Dave Graney is a guitar player, songwriter, singer, performer, author and broadcaster who was born in country South Australia and resides in the hills of Melbourne. He performs regularly nationwide. Workshy is Graney's third book.

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