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- 10 FEB 26
In a time of division, Australians are choosing to make more room at the table: Feast for Freedom 2026 launches nationwide
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
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- 04 FEB 26
Parliament to pass new Bill that could see avalanche of wrong decisions by removing right to hearings
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
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- 01 DEC 25
UN visit sparks renewed calls for Australia to overhaul immigration detention
MEDIA RELEASE Monday 01 December Experts across the refugee sector urge UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention to use its visit to Australia, starting today, to investigate harmful immigration detention policies that breach human rights. A national coalition of legal, academic and advocacy organisations has today called for an urgent reform of Australia’s immigration and
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- 27 NOV 25
Human rights organisations welcome offshore inquiry, question whether it can expose the full truth
MEDIA RELEASE Thursday 27 November Refugee and human rights organisations welcome the establishment of a Senate inquiry into Australia’s offshore processing and resettlement arrangements, but warn that a parliamentary inquiry alone does not have the strength to lift the rock and expose the corruption, secrecy and human suffering that have defined this regime for more
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- 26 NOV 25
Secret AUSTRAC report reveals Government knew of Nauru corruption – what else are they hiding?
MEDIA RELEASE Wednesday 26 November The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) is calling for a Royal Commission into offshore processing following explosive revelations in Parliament late last night that prove the Australian Government has known for years about suspected corruption involving senior Nauruan officials. The report shows they knew of the corruption allegations before signing
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- 25 NOV 25
Nauru transcript exposes Albanese Government secrecy over billions in offshore spending
MEDIA RELEASE Monday 24 November The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) is calling on the Albanese Government to explain why it has been hiding the contents of a newly released English transcript of a February 17 interview with Nauruan President David Adeang, in an extraordinary example of their ongoing secrecy about the billions in taxpayer
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In a time of division, Australians are choosing to make more room at the table: Feast for Freedom 2026 launches nationwide

Parliament to pass new Bill that could see avalanche of wrong decisions by removing right to hearings

UN visit sparks renewed calls for Australia to overhaul immigration detention

Human rights organisations welcome offshore inquiry, question whether it can expose the full truth

Secret AUSTRAC report reveals Government knew of Nauru corruption – what else are they hiding?

Nauru transcript exposes Albanese Government secrecy over billions in offshore spending

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In a time of division, Australians are choosing to make more room at the table: Feast for Freedom 2026 launches nationwide

Parliament to pass new Bill that could see avalanche of wrong decisions by removing right to hearings

UN visit sparks renewed calls for Australia to overhaul immigration detention

Human rights organisations welcome offshore inquiry, question whether it can expose the full truth

Secret AUSTRAC report reveals Government knew of Nauru corruption – what else are they hiding?

Nauru transcript exposes Albanese Government secrecy over billions in offshore spending

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