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- 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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- 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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- 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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- 18 SEP 17
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Mark Seymour throws his support behind #LetThemStay
Aussie music icon Mark Seymour of Hunters and Collectors has thrown his support behind the #LetThemStay movement. Last year, a national movement know as Let Them Stay secured a high court injunction to allow people brought to Australia from Nauru and Manus Island detention camps for urgent medical treatment, to stay. Peter Dutton has begun
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- 18 SEP 17
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Supporting Rohingya Activists
Habiburahman is the founder and spokesperson for The Australian Burmese Rohingya Organisation. More than 500 Rohingya people live in Melbourne and around 3000 in Australia. Since 2013, ABRO has been representing Rohingya-Australians and people seeking asylum and raising awareness about the atrocities being committed in Burma. ABRO has lobbied local MPs, demonstrated outside the
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