http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/australia-culture-blog/2014/jun/14/gordon-bennett-richard-bells-tribute-to-the-passing-of-an-australian-art-great

I was deeply saddened by this news-what an amazing legacy of work he has left us.

The  demonisation of migrants and asylum seekers by the Australian government has resulted in their incarceration in Naru and Manus Island -a kind of ‘out of sight, out of mind’ while the European election results would indicate this is a global phenomenon.

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/may/30/hanif-kureishi-immigrants-debate-fiction-european-elections