Chasing Asylum: Documentary
Source: SBS Movies
Academy Award winning producer Eva Orner says her new documentary about the Australian government's treatment of asylum seekers does not break whistle-blower laws. Orner's documentary Chasing Asylum is not due for release until May. However on Tuesday, Network Ten's The Project previewed excerpts from the documentary which included the claim that it was a year before a detained child received their first soft toy. The LA-based Aussie said during the interview that she did not believe anyone had contravened the Australian government's sweeping whistle-blower laws for workers in detention centres. The Border Force Act includes whistle-blowers face the possibility of two years in jail for leaking details about offshore detention facilities.
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