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13 AUG 15
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Australia’s most ethical shopping experience rolls out across Melbourne.

Yesterday’s Food Justice Truck grand opening welcomed a world first initiative which empowers every shopper in Melbourne to assist in providing affordable, healthy groceries to people seeking asylum just by shopping at the Truck. Nowhere else in Australia can people seeking asylum receive a 75% discount on groceries, a subsidy made possible by general public

25 JUL 15
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RESPONSE TO ALP ASYLUM SEEKER POLICY

Bill Shorten and Richard Marles’ support for turn-backs and ongoing commitment to detention camps on Manus and Nauru will further embed into our immigration system a culture of Government-sanctioned harm to people seeking protection in our region. The plan to increase the number of people we take in to 27,000 over ten years is unacceptable.

14 JUL 15
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Granddaughter’s song for Malcolm Fraser to benefit asylum seekers

The legacy of The Camellia Tree The Camellia Tree, the song written by the granddaughter of the late Right Honourable Malcolm Fraser, upon his death earlier this year, will now be released to the public on Saturday 1 August with all proceeds going to the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre, where Mr Fraser was a Patron. The song is a

10 JUL 15
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Employing asylum seekers: a good business decision

This July, the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre’s Employment Program is celebrating its 11th anniversary; ten years of empowering hundreds of people to realise their aspirations, and to become socially and economically independent. The political debate around asylum seekers has for too long detracted the public from seeing them for who they are. Highly skilled and

Asylum Seeker Resource Centre blog

Australia’s most ethical shopping experience rolls out across Melbourne.

RESPONSE TO ALP ASYLUM SEEKER POLICY

Granddaughter’s song for Malcolm Fraser to benefit asylum seekers

Employing asylum seekers: a good business decision

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