Cornelia Rau ( 43 ) the woman who our civil liberties people claim was shamefully treated when held for ten months as an illegal immigrant in an Australian detention centre - is now in a Jordanian gaol - and will likely be deported to Germany.
At the time of her arrest in Australia Rau claimed to speak only the German language, claimed to be an illegal immigrant and showed signs of psychosis by stripping nude and smearing her faeces over the walls of her compound.
Civil Liberties - the same people who ferociously fight any suggestion of identity documents for Australian citizens - claim her detention was all Australia's fault and she should have been instantly recognised as an Australian citizen - and not locked up as an illegal immigrant.
She sued the government - and was awarded $ 2.6 million compensation.
Now she is in trouble overseas - and again Civil Liberties say it is all Australia's fault !
They claim she should not have been allowed to travel overseas because there was the risk she would fail to take her medication, and revert to a psychotic state.
Can you imagine their reaction had the Australian government refused her a passport and put a ban on her leaving the country ?
Rau did just that in Jordan. She refused to pay legitimate bills for accommodation - and started stripping off her clothes in the street of this strictly Islamic country.
Rau holds both Australian and German citizenship, initially refused help from the Australian embassy - and Jordan will probably deport her to Germany, despite her relatives being in Australia.
This just highlights the farce of the Civil Liberties people. Damned if you do - and damned if you don't !
The annoying thing is that after deportation she will most likely return to this country, and with help from the same Civil Liberties people commence another court action for some form of compensation.
In the eyes of many that $ 2.6 million was completely unjustified. Australian authorities did the right thing in restraining a person who posed as an illegal immigrant - and we would criticise them had they not acted quickly.
It's about time we had some sanity in our legal system to prevent these time wasting and costly court actions - and to deliver blame to where it rightly belongs - on the head of a person who sets out to deceive.
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