Thanks to the actions of ASRC supporters and other concerned people, the Government failed to get its Use of Force bill through Parliament in June. Thousands of people wrote and phoned Labor and cross-bench Senators urging them not to support the Bill, which would give detention guards virtually unchecked power to use force against asylum seekers, largely without recourse. As
Read moreHundreds of people gathered in Melbourne and Sydney in June to loudly raise their voices against the Government sending Australian-born babies to detention on Nauru. Former asylum seeker and detainee Barat Ali Batoor asked at the Melbourne rally: ‘Would policy makers of this country send their own children to Nauru?’ Thanks to everyone who attended the rallies
Read moreThe Seed foundation will partner with the ASRC Music Group to provide up to $8,000 in masterclasses and new music equipment. The Seed believes that genuine musical expression is vital to the health of any culture and they are excited by the breadth of new talent this country inherits via the introduction of these new artists.
Read moreThe Australian Government’s refusal to act over the horrific Rohingyan humanitarian crisis makes them complicit in the mistreatment of the world’s most persecuted people. “Rohingyans in Myanmar are effectively being subjected to ethnic cleansing,” Director of Advocacy Serina McDuff said today. “The fate of Rohingyans who have attempted to flee this persecution is equally horrific.
Read moreThe potential human tragedy unfolding in our region, with some 8000 refugees stranded on boats off the coasts of Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand, represents a much larger humanitarian crisis that the Australian Government cannot continue to ignore. Many of the refugees are Rohingyas from Myanmar and Bangladesh, an ethnic group considered to be one of
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