26 January 2025

A Home For M

Grassroots support can help many refugees find their feet. Working with very stretched organisations to support refugees. Safety is a primary concern.

26 November 2024

Why oppose the latest deportation and surveillance Bill proposal

The imminent bill must not be passed.

14 November 2024

Craig Foster: “Refugees are not political footballs”

“Seeking asylum is legal. Refugees are tired of being used as political footballs,” said former Socceroo Captain and human rights advocate Craig Foster while umpiring a Refugee Soccer Match on Sunday.

9 August 2024

Refugees and asylum seekers are camping 24/7 outside Tony Burke’s office

Refugees and asylum seekers are camping 24/7 in Punchbowl outside Tony Burke’s office from Tuesday August 6, 2024 while they wait for answers.

30 July 2024

A to do list for the incoming immigration minister

Cabinet reshuffle - policy and outcomes matter, not who is in charge, say refugees. Here is the pressing to do list for the incoming immigration minister:

12 June 2024

Meet a Palestinian family denied safety by Australia

Meet a young family of gentle Palestinians living in Gaza. The family has subsisted on tinned food from aid organisations. They cook with wood and iron posts over a besser block fireplace. Prior to October 2023, the family worked in information technology and accounting for an animal welfare charity.

11 May 2024

Budget to be used as a smoke screen for Migration Bill passage through Senate?

While the Senate Subcommittee came out in favour of a much amended Migration Amendment Bill 2024 … it is not too late to reject the premise of the legislation or to create a more coherent Bill, whose wider implications are intentional and more integrated, say advocates.

6 May 2024

On his 34th birthday, refugee offers the gift of life

May 6 2024, marks an important birthday for Asif Ali Bangash, who turns 34 years old. But instead of celebrating with gifts, he has decided to be the gift and give something back to the community: his healthy blood.

14 April 2024

The urgent call to halt the Migration Amendment Bill 2024

In a critical forum addressing the Migration Legislation (Removal and other Measures) Bill 2024, Kalyani Inpakumar, representing the Tamil Refugee Council, shed light on the troubling direction of the Albanese Labor Government's migration and refugee policies. The implications of this bill are stark and unsettling.

28 March 2024

Nightmare of deportation: Labor tries on Duttons racist jackboots

The latest Migration Act amendments reflects the fact that Pezzullos protges are still running the Department of Home Affairs. They are actively papering over the mess that their own indefinite detention decisions created. A sharp new broom is needed to clear out the departmental debris.

25 March 2024

Overcoming the national tendency to blame migrants for all our woes

On Palm Sunday, diverse refugee activists were literally running rings around reflexive fear mongering politicians.

5 March 2024

Sussan Leys desperate dog whistling will not be forgotten

On Thursday Feb 29, 2024, Sussan Ley, deputy leader of the Opposition, released the following statement on X: If you live in Frankston and youve got a problem with Victorian women being assaulted by foreign criminals, vote against Labor. If you do not want to see Australian women being assaulted by foreign criminals, vote against Labor.

16 October 2023

The Voice, a broken system and the righting of old wrongs

The cut-through of mercenary, racist and Trumpist tropes reflected in the No referendum campaign has many people, including refugees, alarmed.