Mike Carlton tells the story of Brian Walker, who has been trying to get a tourist visa for his Nepalese trekking friend for nigh on 3 years. DIMIA has behaved as if he had invited Osama bin Laden. Walker believes it is sheer racism and officious pig-headedness that is blocking the visit…can’t imagine where he gets that idea from.
Richard Glover recounts the Thai practice of dealing with illegal immigrants. Police sweep into a workplace and demand that each person in turn sings the Thai national anthem, which is drilled into Thai kids at school. One of Glover’s radio listeners expressed the hope that DIMIA does’nt get on to this idea, given the tenuous grip most us have on Advance Australia Fair. Until then, Glover reckons that ‘if you are blond and blue-eyed, you can go about your business’…provided your accent is up to scratch.
And on the wave of enthusiasm for torture in Australia, as meted out daily in detention centres and as advocated by Professor Mirko Bagaric, head of the Deakin law school, Carlton proposes a new hypothetical position at ASIO:
“ASIO, Director of Torture, Grade 6.
ASIO is seeking to recruit an experienced sadist to join the front line in the fight for freedom as head of its newly formed Directorate of Torture. The successful candidate will be a self-starter, demonstrating outstanding qualities of leadership and interpersonal violence. You will forward looking and outcomes oriented, confident in managing stakeholder relationships in a dynamic environment, with extensive, hands-on experience in the administration of all forms of physical and psychological pain to subjects under interrogation…”
Carlton predicts “a rush of applications from right-thinking people eager to serve our country. Our free way of life is at stake.”
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