Australia once rejected 'feeble-minded' immigrants. While the language has changed, discrimination remains
- Written by Jan Gothard, Adjunct Associate Professor, Murdoch University
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“Idiots”, “imbeciles”, the “feeble-minded”, anyone with a “loathsome disease”: all were refused entry into Australia under early migration acts. Today, the language has changed, but the thrust of migration health regulations has not.
The government has strict...