Can any Australian justify this?

Question

Let’s hope we can look back on 2005 as the beginning of the end of mandatory detention. The need for a renewed campaign to abolish it was fuelled by the breathtaking revelation on April 30 that Australian authorities deported an Australian citizen in 2001.

It was only when a family member contacted the immigration department (DIMIA) in early April in response to publicity about mentally ill Australian resident Cornelia Rau’s detention, wondering if the same thing might have happened to Vivian Alvarez, that the government realised its mistake — four years later!

These two cases are the tip of a potentially enormous iceberg. There were attempts to dismiss Rau’s mistaken detention as an isolated incident, but the “accidental” deportation of Alvarez, an Australian-Filipino citizen, whose whereabouts were unknown, points to a far more disturbing pattern. Alvarez’s marriage in Australia had reportedly broken down, and she had a serious mental disorder....

Answer 1

its a true case of discrimination .
and disturbing.

Answer 2

well you ask if I could justify it.... and the answer is yes... I could justify this... just like I could justify anything...

would I want to justify it??? Now that is the question you should be asking... No I would not want to justify the deportation of an australian citizen...form australia.....

The government has much to asnwer for in many immigration matters and seriously we need to make them far more answerable for what they do and the whole process should be much more transparent..... if we cant see through the process then it should change....

if they are doing what is right they will not be worried if people see what they are doing..