Four reports released today say that the Department of Immigration and Citizenship's "administrative deficiencies" led to to the wrongful immigration detention of 226 people - including Australian citizens, permanent residents and lawful visa holders. The Commonwealth and Immigration Ombudsman, Professor John McMillan, who spent 18 months reviewing 247 cases, said it was "inexcusable" that there were such frequent errors leading to the detention of people who had a lawful right to live unrestrained in the community." The Wire spoke to Professor McMillan about the findings of his reports.

West Papuan civil society groups have written to the Indonesian president to request the removal from office of a Colonel who was indicted for war crimes in East Timor. Colonel Burhanuddin Siagian, recently appointed as commander of the Jayapura sub-regional military command in Papua, previously served in the Indonesian military in East Timor. Its alleged that whilst there in 1999, he made speeches threatening to kill East Timorese independence supporters. It’s also alleged that he was behind the murders of seven men. The UN-backed Special Panel For Serious Crimes indicted him on charges of crimes against humanity, however, like many, he is yet to stand trial. Paula Makabory, a West Papuan human rights worker based in Melbourne, discussed the situation.

The spokesperson for the Indonesian Embassy in Canberra, Dino Kusnadi, responded to claims made by Papuan church groups and NGOs that indicted war criminal Colonel Siagian should be removed from active duty in West Papua.

Qantas came out this week with its plan to offset the environmental impacts of its flights. Passengers will now be able to opt for a "green" ticket, which means that an equivalent amount of trees will be planted to absorb the carbon from the passengers flight. But the Total Environment Centre believes that tree planting - which is not a government accredited offset scheme - will create more problems than it solves. They centre is currently conducting a survey of carbon neutralising companies in their report Carbon Neutral Watch - Corporates, Consultants and Credibility. TEC's energy campaigner Jane Castle discussed the issue.

US Internet broadcasters say their livelihood is under threat, thanks to a new system of royalty payments, which will triple the fees that Internet radio stations will need to pay artists in order to play their songs from July 15. While the Copyright Royalty Board, which implemented the change earlier this year, has argued that artists are due the increase in fees, internet radio lobby groups claim that smaller webcasters will be driven out of business, as the majority don’t derive a large profit from their shows. Jake Ward, from the Save Net Radio Coalition dicsussed the impact that the increase in royalties will have on Internet radio broadcasters.