Media Release, Wednesday 5 August 2026 Human rights, refugee and migrant organisations are warning the Albanese Government not to capitulate to Pauline Hanson’s politics of hate by stripping rights from people seeking asylum in an attempt to appear tougher on migration. The ABC reported last night that Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke had postponed a
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Media Release, Saturday 25 July 2026 As the Australian Labor Party gathers for its National Conference today, actors from business, unions, and the human rights community have come together to urge the Albanese Government to allow people seeking asylum to fill workforce gaps, creating value for employers, strengthening the workforce, and enabling people seeking asylum
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Media Release, Monday 20 July 2026 Thirteen years after Australia reintroduced offshore processing on Nauru, almost every person seeking asylum interviewed by the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) said they cannot afford enough food, despite Australia spending nearly $1 billion on offshore detention in the last financial year. The shocking findings come as the 19th
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Media Release, Thursday 2 July 2026 Today, the Senate Inquiry into Australia’s offshore processing and resettlement arrangements has failed to deliver the truth, accountability and action needed after more than a decade of cruelty, corruption and secrecy. The Inquiry heard powerful new evidence from courageous whistleblowers and people who have survived Australia’s offshore detention regime.
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Media Release, Wednesday 24 June 2026 A new United Nations report has confirmed that under international law, Australia cannot avoid legal responsibility for the people it sends offshore by outsourcing its obligations to Nauru, private contractors or international organisations. The report of the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants states that governments
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