The Andrew & Renata Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, in partnership with Australia21, the Centre for Policy Development (CPD), launched the report Beyond the Boats: Building an Asylum and Refugee Policy for the Long Term.
The Kaldor Centre held its first annual conference on the 3 November 2014.
Admiral Chris Barrie AC, the former Chief of Defence in Australia at the time of the 2001 'Children Overboard' affair, has described Australia’s asylum seeker policies and treatment of refugees as 'a mess' which reflects badly on all Australians.