Intransigent

Sunday, March 5, 2006.
That's the only word that comes to mind on reading this:
Govt giving Solon a 'hard time'
Lawyer George Newhouse says the Federal Government has failed to learn from its wrongful detentions and deportations.
He says Cornelia Rau is still waiting for compensation, 12 months after she was discovered to be unlawfully detained in the Baxter detention centre.
Mr Newhouse says his client Vivian Solon, who was deported to the Philippines, is also still being treated with contempt.
"Vivian is well down the track, we have an arbitration process which will commence on 27th of this month before Sir Anthony Mason, although the government's still giving her a hard time," he said.
"Obtaining evidence is enormously difficult, they're withholding documents, they're just making it an ordeal for her and for us."
Mr Newhouse also says the Immigration Minister's powers should be reviewed.
The Commonwealth ombudsman has called for an urgent review into an immigration law that allows the deportation of long-term Australian residents on character grounds.
Mr Newhouse says the Immigration Minister's powers stripped Ms Solon and many others of their rights to remain in Australia.
"The minister has enormous power and it's my observation that it has been over-used and it is too wide and needs to be capped," he said.
"The minister needs to be accountable for these sorts of very broad discretions that can destroy people's lives."
From ABC on line.