Australian Defence Force Chief Angus Houston: Boat

Julia Gillard Dept: The report aims to curb the flow of future boat arrivals and was drawn up by an expert panel headed by former Australian Defence Force chief Angus Houston. It combines policy solutions proposed by the major political parties, who remain bitterly divided on the issue, according to CBC. Prime Minister Julia Gillard commissioned the report six weeks ago after two people-smuggling boats capsized between Indonesia and Australia within a week with more than 90 asylum seekers believed drowned and asylum seekers who attempt to reach Australia by boat should be deported to detention centres in Malaysia, Papua New Guinea and the tiny Pacific atoll of Nauru, a report to Parliament recommended on Monday. Human rights group Amnesty International described the report's recommendations as a major setback for Australian refugee policy. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.