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- 11 OCT 17
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Turnbull government admits PNG unsafe, offers transfer to Nauru for Manus refugees.
A document placed in the Oscar Compound of Manus Island Regional Processing Centre tonight shows that over 700 men who have been assessed as refugees remaining on Manus Island are being offered a transfer to Nauru, due to risk of violence in PNG’s Lorengau. Three people have died on Nauru since being transferred there with the commencement ofRead more
- 05 OCT 17
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Free Voices: “We are all people.” 100 artists speak one voice
Art Exhibitions are usually made up of a number of art pieces from either one or different persons. But the Dockland Library will on Sunday witness a move away from this tradition, as a piece created by 100 artists will be on exhibition launching October 7 at 2pm – Gallery, Level 1, Library at The
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- Marcella Brassett
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- 04 OCT 17
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A promise to #KeepThemSafe
In February this year, the Turnbull government announced that for 24,500 people who came to Australia by sea between August 2012 and December 2013, they must lodge their application for protection within as little as 30 days. This came at a time when the government already cut legal funding by 90%, leaving thousands with the
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- Iva Tay
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- 02 OCT 17
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The ASRC calls on leaders to #EvacuateNow after ninth person dies on Manus
A ninth person has died in our offshore detention camps today. Police have confirmed that a man died overnight on Manus Island, reportedly by suicide, and after being in desperate need of medical help for a long time. The US deal has freed 54 people so far, while 2000 people remain unsafe and in life
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- Marcella Brassett
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- 21 SEP 17
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The movement to #LetThemStay is working
The #LetThemStay movement responded powerfully to the Turnbull government’s announcement in late August of a new ‘final departure Bridging E Visa’ that would affect 410 people, a move designed to force people back to the danger of detention centres in Nauru and Manus Island. In the first stage of those announcements, 65 refugees and peopleRead more