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Dianne Hiles

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Dianne Hiles
Alma materUniversity of Sydney
Occupation(s)Accountant
Human rights activist
Political partyAustralian Greens

Dianne Marian Hiles AM is an Australian accountant and human rights and refugee activist who co-founded ChilOut,[1][2] which has advocated for the release of children and families from immigration detention centres since 2001.[3] In recognition of her work with this organisation, as well as with Amnesty International, board of A Just Australia,[4] and the Evatt Foundation, Hiles was made a Member of the Order of Australia in 2010.[5]

Career

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Hiles has been a qualified accountant for over 30 years. She holds a Masters in Human Rights from the University of Sydney. She was the mother of a four-year-old[4] when she viewed the ABC TV Four Corners program about six-year-old refugee child Shayan Badraie, who had been held in immigration detention for two years. In response, Hiles co-founded the organisation ChilOut, an abbreviation of "Children Out of Detention", in 2001.[6] She became known as its spokesperson,[4] and as its representative, she visited detention centres on Christmas Island[7] and in the Northern Territory, and publicised conditions of children and families held there.[8][9] She has been critical of the bipartisan agreement of the ALP and LNP to off-shore processing of asylum seekers, and the detention of children.[1][2]

Hiles was the Australian Greens candidate for the Division of Sydney at the 2013 federal election.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Greens choose refugee advocate as candidate for federal seat of Sydney". News.com.au. News Pty Limited. 28 March 2013. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
  2. ^ a b Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Radio National (17 April 2011), Children in detention: breaking the rules, Australian Broadcasting Corporation (published 15 April 2011), retrieved 9 December 2018
  3. ^ "Intentional damage". Newsmonth. April 2014. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
  4. ^ a b c "Bio's - A Just Australia: Biography - Dianne Hiles". StudyLib. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  5. ^ The Australian Honours Secretariat. "The Queen's Birthday 2010 Honours List" (PDF). Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
  6. ^ "Last children in detention freed today". The Age. 29 July 2005. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
  7. ^ "Last children leave detention centre", Asia Africa Intelligence Wire, Financial Times Ltd, 29 July 2005, retrieved 9 December 2018
  8. ^ "Detention of children 'cruel and inhumane'.(news)(Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission )", Australian Nursing Journal, 12 (1), Australian Nursing Federation: 6(1), 1 July 2004, ISSN 1320-3185
  9. ^ McEwan, Ann-Maree (July 2014), "Time to restore hope", Newsmonth, 34 (4): 9, ISSN 0728-4845