The week the world saw Australia's cruelty

<p>When world number one tennis player Novak Djokovic arrived in Australia earlier this month, he intended to defend his title at the Australian Open.</p><p>Instead, his visa was cancelled and he was detained at a hotel in Melbourne - the Park Hotel.  </p><p>Before Djokovic’s arrival, the Park Hotel was home to around 30 refugees and asylum seekers who were being kept in indefinite immigration detention.   </p><p>Today, <em>7am</em> producer Elle Marsh on the moment the world’s attention focused on Australia’s treatment of refugees, and what happens now most of the media have moved on. </p><p><br /></p><p><strong>Guest:</strong> Producer for<em> 7am podcast</em> Elle Marsh and contributor to <em>The Saturday Paper</em>, Mehdi Ali.</p><p><br /></p><p><strong>Background reading:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/opinion/topic/2022/01/08/i-grew-this-cage-life-inside-the-park-hotel/164156040013124">‘I grew up in this cage’: Life inside the Park Hotel</a> in <em>The Saturday Paper</em></p><p><a href="https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/life/2022/01/22/the-sky-this-cage/164277000013174">The sky of this cage</a> in <em>The Saturday Paper</em></p><p><br /></p><p>Stay in touch with us on <a href="http://www.twitter.com/7ampodcast">Twitter</a> and <a href="http://www.instagram.com/7ampodcast">Instagram</a></p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>