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Oct 18, 2023
Permanent Visa's for All - Upcoming Events
No one left behind! Check out these upcoming events: 1. Home Affairs Lunchtime Protest each Wednesday at 1pm 2. Permanent Visa's for All...
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Jul 12, 2023
10 Years Too Long - Upcoming Events
Ten years ago on 19 July 2013, Labor Prime Minister Kevin Rudd announced that no asylum-seeker arriving by boat would ever be resettled...
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Oct 25, 2021
Help refugees win freedom & dignity - upcoming events
Join the movement for a humane Australia. Check out these upcoming events: 1. Home Affairs Lunchtime Protest 2. Brisbane Protest for...
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Oct 24, 2021
Protest March for Eritreans in Libya
You are invited to support the Brisbane protest march for Eritreans in Libya, on 28 October, organised by the Eritrean Australian Women &...
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Sep 13, 2021
Stand with Women of Afghanistan
What will happen to women’s rights in Afghanistan under the Taliban regime? Stand in solidarity with the women of Afghanistan. When: 2 -...
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Sep 9, 2021
Rally for Afghan Refugees
You are invited! Despite the emergency in Afghanistan, the Australian Government is continuing its cruel anti-refugee policies of the...
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Sep 6, 2021
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Aug 18, 2021
Justice for Afghanistan Rally
Australia has a moral responsibility to act in response to the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan. Join the Afghan-Australian community...
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Jul 12, 2021
8 Years 8 Songs
Musician and activist Phil Monsour and others, will perform 8 Songs for 8 Years at the Brisbane Immigration Transit Accommodation (BITA)...
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Jul 12, 2021
Rally at BITA: 8 Years No Freedom
8 years of trauma, 8 years of shame, 8 years too long. The Australian government has held innocent refugees in indefinite detention for...
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Jun 30, 2021
Scattered People - Film Screening
You're invited to a screening of Scattered People. Through the eyes and hearts of two Iranian musicians, Scattered People is a story...
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Jun 28, 2021
Australia's Refugee Underclass
PUBLIC MEETING When: 3 pm Saturday 10 July 2021 Where: Electrical Trade Union meeting rooms, 41 Peel Street, South Brisbane. RSVP: RAC...
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Jun 16, 2021
Brisbane: Let’s get Tharni and family home to Biloela
QLD-born Tharnicaa won the nation’s heart when she was evacuated from a Christmas Island detention centre to a Perth Hospital with sepsis...
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Jun 16, 2021
World Refugee Day Welcoming Event
Brisbane says welcome! To coincide with World Refugee Day, at 2 o'clock this Sunday 20th June at St John’s Cathedral, local people of...
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Jun 10, 2021
Vigil for Tharnicaa
Bring Tharni and her family home to Biloela now! When: TODAY Friday, 11 June 2021 at 5:30 pm local time Where: King George Square, 100...
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May 24, 2021
Destructive military conflicts create more refugees
A message from the Shut Down Land Forces Expo campaign group. Peter Dutton as minister for immigration spent many years of his political...
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May 21, 2021
Disrupt Land Forces Festival of Resistance
The Disrupt Land Forces FESTIVAL OF RESISTANCE is on from May 28 - June 3 in Meanjin. Did you know that the Australian army is hosting an...
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May 14, 2021
Migration Act nobbled by selfish politicians
The Migration Amendment (Clarifying International Obligations for Removal) Bill 2021 was voted into law with Labor support on Thursday...
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Mar 26, 2021
A message from Priya
Priya and her family were taken from their home in Biloela and are being held in detention on Christmas Island. Her daughters, Tharni and...
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Mar 24, 2021
Palm Sunday Rally for Peace and Refugees
Please join the Palm Sunday rally and demand peace and justice for refugees. When: Sunday, 28 March 2021 at 12:00 UTC+10 Where:...
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