Andrew Burridge

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January 22, 2025

Prisons don’t create safer communities, so why is Australia spending billions on building them?

Emma Russell, La Trobe University; Andrew Burridge, Macquarie University; Francis Markham, Australian National University; Naama Blatman, UNSW , and Natalie Osborne, Griffith University

Research shows 37 new prisons have been built in Australia since 2000. But the evidence shows increased incarceration doesn’t help reduce crime.

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July 6, 2020

Here’s how the Victoria‑NSW border closure will work – and how residents might be affected

Andrew Burridge, Macquarie University

It’s the first time in a century the border between Australia’s two most populous states has closed.

A protest by asylum seekers held in a Brisbane hotel. AAP Image/Dan Peled

April 13, 2020

Hotels are no ‘luxury’ place to detain people seeking asylum in Australia

Andrew Burridge, Macquarie University

The use of hotels as alternative sites for detention is a worrying trend, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic.

An asylum appeal court: a judge’s view. Rebecca Rotter

December 18, 2017

Inside Britain’s asylum appeal system – what it’s like to challenge the Home Office

Jennifer Allsopp, University of Oxford; Andrew Burridge, University of Exeter; Melanie Griffiths, University of Bristol; Nick Gill, University of Exeter, and Rebecca Rotter, University of Edinburgh

Inconsistencies in how judges handle appeal cases and different levels of legal provision around the country can leave asylum seekers facing a lottery.

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Prisons don’t create safer communities, so why is Australia spending billions on building them?

Here’s how the Victoria‑NSW border closure will work – and how residents might be affected

Hotels are no ‘luxury’ place to detain people seeking asylum in Australia

Inside Britain’s asylum appeal system – what it’s like to challenge the Home Office

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