Media Release 15 February 2022 The Morrison Government will re-introduce a twice-rejected Bill that gives the Department of Home Affairs sweeping powers without justification, undermining the function of Australian courts and causing serious harm to individuals and families. The Migration Amendment (Strengthening the Character Test) Bill has been in front of Parliament for 1,200 days,
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Media Release 11 February 2022 The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC), joined by around 350 other organisations and individuals, called on the Morrison Government to accept in its entirety proposed legislation currently before a Parliamentary Inquiry that would end indefinite and arbitrary detention. The Ending Indefinite and Arbitrary Immigration Detention Bill was introduced by Independent
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Media Release 28 January 2022 Today marks one year since 15 people seeking asylum were released from detention, in a week where over 50 people were released. Since then the Morrison Government has failed to provide any resettlement plan for those released and has provided no reasons as to why others in almost identical circumstances
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Media Release 24 January 2022 Immigration Minister Alex Hawke’s announcement concerning humanitarian visas to people from Afghanistan on Friday, January 21, following a Senate Inquiry report into Australia’s engagement in Afghanistan, was completely inadequate and misleading, offering no additional humanitarian places to people from Afghanistan. After a series of delays, the interim report by the
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Media Release 17 January 2022 This morning, Prime Minister Scott Morrison incorrectly claimed that the around 30 men held in Park Hotel Alternative Place of Detention Melbourne are not refugees. This is misleading and false. In an interview with Ben Fordham on the NSW radio station 2GB, Prime Minister Morrison in response to a question
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