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Queensland
RAC QLD works to inform and mobilise people in Brisbane and beyond to challenge Australian government policy and legislation that violates the human rights of refugees and people seeking asylum
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Twenty-Second Refugee Tests Positive for COVID at Park Hotel
Refugee Action Coalition MEDIA RELEASE 30/10/2021 TWENTY-SECOND REFUGEE TESTS POSITIVE FOR COVID AT PARK HOTEL Hundreds are expected to...
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Oct 29, 2021
Third Refugee Detention Compound Locked Down in MITA
Refugee Action Coalition MEDIA ALERT 27/10/2021 Refugees being held in the Broadmeadows Residential Precinct (BRP) compound of ...
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Oct 27, 2021
Covid Ground Zero Hotel Strikes Again
More than half of the 46 Medevac detainees at Park Hotel in Carlton have now tested Covid positive. Still more are displaying symptoms,...
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Oct 23, 2021
More Covid at MITA Detention Centre
Refugee Action Coalition MEDIA RELEASE 23/10/2021 MORE COVID AT MELBOURNE’S MITA DETENTION CENTRE Another Serco guard at Melbourne’s...
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Oct 23, 2021
Covid Spreads in the Park Hotel
Refugee Action Coalition MEDIA RELEASE 23/10/2021 PREVIOUSLY NEGATIVE REFUGEE BECOMES 16th POSITIVE CASE AS COVID SPREADS IN THE PARK...
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Oct 22, 2021
Inexplicable Testing Delays Increase Covid Risk to Refugees at Park Hotel
COVID outbreak: Healthcare not Detention Rally at Lincoln Square.
SATURDAY, 23 OCTOBER 2021 AT 13:00 UTC+10. Link: https://fb.me/e/3ZB5K045S
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Oct 21, 2021
REFUGEE HOTEL COVID OUTBREAK GROWS TO NINE
Refugee Action Coalition MEDIA RELEASE 19/10/2021 REFUGEE HOTEL COVID OUTBREAK GROWS TO NINE Refugees at the Park Hotel in Melbourne...
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Oct 19, 2021
ONE MORE CONFIRMED CASE AT PARK HOTEL
Refugee Action Coalition MEDIA RELEASE 19/10/2021 ONE MORE CONFIRMED CASE AT PARK HOTEL AS REFUGEES IN PARK HOTEL LOCKED DOWN One more...
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Oct 18, 2021
COVID Crisis in Park Hotel
Refugee Action Coalition MEDIA RELEASE 18/10/2021 COVID CRISIS IN PARK HOTEL - SIX IN ISOLATION , SHOCKING DELAYS PUT MORE AT RISK Last...
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Oct 17, 2021
Melbourne Detention on Covid Alert
Refugee Action Coalition MEDIA RELEASE 09/10/2021 IMHS staff tested all people detained in Bass 2 compound for Covid Friday night, just...
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Oct 9, 2021
Melbourne Detention Centre Locked Down After Serco Officer Tests Positive for Covid
Refugee Action Coalition MEDIA RELEASE 08/10/2021 MELBOURNE DETENTION CENTRE LOCKED DOWN AFTER SERCO OFFICER TESTS POSITIVE FOR COVID ...
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Oct 8, 2021
Government Disgracefully Deserts PNG Refugees
Refugee Action Coalition MEDIA RELEASE 06/10/2021 GOVERNMENT DISGRACEFULLY DESERTS PNG REFUGEES; IT’S TIME TO END OFFSHORE DETENTION;...
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Oct 5, 2021
Another Serco Worker in Melbourne Detention Centre is COVID Positive
Refugee Action Coalition MEDIA RELEASE 02/10/2021 People detained across all compounds of Melbourne’s Broadmeadows detention centre,...
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Oct 1, 2021
Comcare must hold Home Affairs to account over refugee cruelty
Home Affairs’ cruelty to refugees ‘unchecked by workplace regulator’? – advocates Media Release 28/09/2021 The Department of Home...
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Sep 27, 2021
Rally for Women of Afghanistan. Bravely Standing Against the Taliban Brutality
Stand in solidarity with the women of Afghanistan SUNDAY, 19 SEPTEMBER, 2PM KING GEORGE SQUARE, BRISBANE CITY MEDIA RELEASE 17.09.2021...
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Sep 17, 2021
Rooftop Protest at Yongah Hill Detention Centre
Refugee Action Coalition MEDIA RELEASE 14 September 2021 A group of at least 15 immigration detainees have begun a protest on the roof...
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Sep 14, 2021
Thousands Set to Rally in Brisbane for Afghan Refugees
MEDIA RELEASE 11 Sept, 2021 Thousands of people are expected to rally in Brisbane's King George Square, on Sunday 12 September, 2pm, to...
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Sep 10, 2021
Too much risk, too much misinformation.No Covid testing in MITA after guards test positive
Refugee Action Coalition MEDIA RELEASE 7/09/2021 Too much risk, too much misinformation. No Covid testing in MITA after guards test...
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Sep 6, 2021
Two MITA Detention Security Guards Test Covid Positive
Refugee Action Coalition MEDIA RELEASE 4 Sept 2021 Two MMS security guards at Melbourne's Broadmeadows detention centre (MITA), have...
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Sep 4, 2021
Australian government must grant permanent visas and increase refugee intake
Refugee Action Coalition MEDIA RELEASE 16/08/2021 The Refugee Action Coalition has rejected Prime Minister Morrison’s statement that...
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Aug 16, 2021
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