# Roundup: Ethics in politics, asylum seekers, the Pope, housing the homeless, fly-in fly-out, Stephane Hessel

> “Labor’s version of the Old Testament prophet, the former education minister Rodney Cavalier, has been crying in the wilderness for almost 20 years about the democratic deficit inside his party.”

1 March 2013 · News

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## [Labor must get to the heart of the rot](https://www.theage.com.au/opinion/politics/labor-must-get-to-the-heart-of-the-rot-and-its-not-all-about-obeid-20130228-2f956.html)

“Labor’s version of the Old Testament prophet, the former education minister Rodney Cavalier, has been crying in the wilderness for almost 20 years about the democratic deficit inside his party.”

## [Liberals under hammer over asylum seeker crime claims](https://www.smh.com.au/opinion/political-news/liberals-under-hammer-over-asylum-seeker-crime-claims-20130228-2f96l.html)

Asylum seekers living in the community on bridging visas are about 45 times less likely to be charged with a crime than members of the public. [Amnesty International](https://www.unitingjustice.org.au/refugees-and-asylum-seekers) — [Asylum Seeker Resource Centre](https://www.unitingjustice.org.au/refugees-and-asylum-seekers)— [UnitingJustice](https://www.unitingjustice.org.au/refugees-and-asylum-seekers)

## [A pope retires, a church reels](https://blogs.reuters.com/john-lloyd/2013/02/28/a-pope-retires-a-church-reels/)

He hands a colossal burden to his successor, however young, strong and holy he may be. For what the dossier in the papal safe appears to say is that here is a church that has covered up a monstrous hypocrisy.

## [Homeless to be housed in churches](https://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/homeless-to-be-housed-in-churches-20130227-2f5ss.html)

A controversial proposal to house the homeless in church facilities is close to reality in Canberra, more than a year after the project was first raised.

## [The towns where a pub steak costs you $45](https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/top-stories/the-towns-where-a-pub-steak-costs-you-50/story-e6frg12l-1226586764308)

“We have observed astronomical rises in the cost of housing and in the cost of living in remote communities,” said Rosemary Young, the national director of Frontier Services, a Uniting Church group who provide support to outback communities.

## [Stéphane Hessel dies at 95](https://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/feb/27/writer-activist-stephane-hessel-dies-aged-95)

Hessel, resistance fighter, diplomat, writer of, *[Indignez-Vous!](https://www.insights.uca.org.au/reviews/indignez-vous), Time for Outrage!*, and co-author of Universal Declaration of Human Rights, dies.