Media Release, Thursday 14 May 2026 The Coalition’s latest migration announcement is the clearest sign yet that it has abandoned migrants, lurching from one anti-migrant and refugee policy to the next in a desperate attempt to chase votes with dog whistles, fear and division. When political leaders use refugees and migrants as scapegoats, it has
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Media Release, Tuesday 12 May 2026 The Albanese Government has allowed spending on offshore detention to blow out by almost $400 million, with the total cost approaching a staggering $1 billion this financial year, while once again failing to deliver meaningful support for refugees and people seeking asylum. Despite the enormous increase in spending on
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Media Release, Tuesday 5 May 2026 Evidence given to a Senate inquiry this morning has exposed allegations of grooming and sexual exploitation of women and children by guards working under Australian government contracts in offshore detention on Nauru, with a person previously detained offshore in Nauru describing a system where those meant to protect people
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Media Release, Tuesday 5 May 2026 Maryam, who has lived through Australia’s offshore detention regime for more than a decade will give evidence to a Senate Inquiry today, as newly published submissions reveal shocking accounts of violence, hunger and fear in Australia’s offshore processing system in Nauru. Maryam, who was first sent to Nauru in
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Wednesday 29 April 2026 After the realities of their life in limbo were exposed on A Current Affair tonight, young refugees who have grown up in Australia are speaking out, saying this is the only home they know, and calling on the Albanese Government to grant them and the 700 others in their situation permanent
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