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Issue Details: First known date: 2007... 2007 Two Asylum Seekers' Stories
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    y separately published work icon Yearning to Breathe Free : Seeking Asylum in Australia Dean Lusher (editor), Nick Haslam (editor), Leichhardt : Federation Press , 2007 Z1856986 2007 selected work prose

    '"Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free ..." How has Australia risen to Emma Lazarus' great challenge? 
    'This overview of the historical, social and political contexts that have shaped Australia's recent treatment of asylum seekers offers a clear-eyed view of the many dimensions of the asylum seeker predicament, including its psychological and humanitarian consequences, and lays out an agenda for change in policy. 
    'Sir Gustav Nossal, the Rt Hon. Malcolm Fraser, Senator Lyn Allison, Phillip Adams, Professor Stuart MacIntyre, and Lindsay Tanner MP introduce the six sections. Julian Burnside QC, Dr Carmen Lawrence, Peter Mares, Pamela Curr, Michael Clyne, Linda Briskman, Derrick Silove, Michael Gordon, Arnold Zable and David Manne are among the contributors to the 20 chapters. 
    'Yearning to Breathe Free is a passionate but informed work that is multi-faceted, thought-provoking, and ultimately hopeful. '  (Publication summary)

    Leichhardt : Federation Press , 2007
    pg. 136-144
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