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  • The ASRC supports marriage equality

    Right now Australians are being asked to participate in a postal survey to determine whether same-sex couples can marry. For some people in the community, this means very little. For others, it is of vital importance. Already we are seeing the potential for harm, distress and division, as the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and

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  • Ana’s Run 4 Refugees

    Dzenana (Ana) started volunteering as a writer for the ASRC in October last year. Ana herself sought asylum in Australia when she was five years old. She, her sister and mum were refugees from the Bosnian War. They arrived in Perth in 1995. For the first few years, their lives were incredibly difficult. They couldn’t speak

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  • Join Kon’s team in Run 4 Refugees

    ‘I have a body made for cheese and wine, not running,’ says Kon Karapanagiotidis, founder and CEO of the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC). For people who’ve never met Kon in person this might come as a surprise – the person that started Run 4 Refugees in Australia isn’t a runner? It doesn’t make sense!

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  • Refugees in Australia need your help to #LetThemStay

    Emergency Appeal to #LetThemStay   In past 72 hours, 65 refugees in Australia have been told by our government that they will lose all income support immediately and forced out of their accommodation within three weeks. This is wrong! We must raise our voice to #LetThemStay.     Yesterday, Peter Dutton began issuing a newRead more

  • Dreaming in the kitchen

    Anyone who has seen a reality television cooking program will be familiar with the concept of the ‘food dream’. The food dream is the encapsulation of a contestant’s ambition and becomes an official part of his or her story or ‘journey’. But for two amateur cooks working at the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre’s social enterprise,

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