The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) welcomes today’s High Court decision striking down the Federal Government’s use of punitive monitoring and control conditions on people living in the community on bridging visas. This is a critical affirmation of the rule of law and the constitutional limits on executive power, impacting on some of the refugees
Read more
MEDIA RELEASE Tuesday 10th March The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) is appalled at the Government’s new Migration Amendment (2026 Measures No.1) Bill 2026, which aims to prevent people fleeing to Australia from places like Iran and Lebanon, even when they already hold a temporary visa allowing them to enter. This comes on the same
Read more
In a city built on food and culture, Melbourne is setting a longer table for refugees As public debate around migration continues to harden, Melbourne is responding in its own language: food, culture and shared experience. On Tuesday 25 March 2026, the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) will host A Longer Table, a one-night-only long-table
Read more
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 2026 As national debate about migration and belonging intensifies, communities across Australia are responding not with fear, but with food. This week the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) launched Feast for Freedom 2026, inviting people around the country to host shared meals that celebrate refugee cultures and raise vital funds for
Read more
MEDIA RELEASE Wednesday 4th February Parliament to pass new Bill that could see avalanche of wrong decisions by removing right to hearings The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) has warned that the Administrative Review Tribunal and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2025, likely to pass with opposition support today, would mark a serious erosion of access
Read more
