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EX-NAURU REFUGEES RELEASED IN SYDNEY AND DARWIN: NOW FREE THEM ALL

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Mar 1, 2021

EX-NAURU REFUGEES RELEASED IN SYDNEY AND DARWIN: NOW FREE THEM ALL

Refugee Action Coalition MEDIA RELEASE (02 March 2021) The government’s capricious and chaotic release of refugees continues. ...

ANOTHER TWENTY-FIVE MEDEVAC REFUGEES FREED IN BRISBANE

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Mar 1, 2021

ANOTHER TWENTY-FIVE MEDEVAC REFUGEES FREED IN BRISBANE

Refugee Action Coalition MEDIA ALERT (02 March 2021) ANOTHER TWENTY-FIVE MEDEVAC REFUGEES FREED IN BRISBANE Twenty-five Medevac refugees...

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Feb 28, 2021

TWENTY-FIVE MEDEVAC REFUGEES BEING FREED IN BRISBANE

Refugee Action Coalition MEDIA RELEASE (01 March 2021) Twenty-three Medevac refugees who have been held in the Kangaroo Point hotel for...

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Sep 1, 2020

REMEMBER OMID MASOUMALI

A VICTIM OF SYSTEMIC NEGLECT Omid was an Iranian refugee who died after setting himself on fire at the Nauru detention centre in April...

Safety and compassion for people in detention

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Aug 31, 2020

Safety and compassion for people in detention

Dear Minister Tudge, I was distressed to learn of your intentions to deny the people being held in detention in the Mantra and Kangaroo...

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Aug 31, 2020

Dear Senators

Letter by Roy Hives The Biloela family support people are asking us to 'respectfully' email Senators asking them to support their call...

#ShameAlanTudge - Why indefinite detention is morally repugnant.

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Aug 30, 2020

#ShameAlanTudge - Why indefinite detention is morally repugnant.

Alan Tudge is the latest in a line of men who claim to be ethical Christians, and who, by their actions as Ministers for Immigration,...

Roy Hives

Aug 30, 2020

Political Suicide

by Roy Hives Response to report on what Labor is doing in the Senate. Sent to Penny Wong. Dear Senator, I was a Labor Party member,...

@HomeSafeWithUs - Young family reunited at last

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Aug 30, 2020

@HomeSafeWithUs - Young family reunited at last

Media Release Monday 31 August 2020 At last, a young mother and her toddler are at home with the woman's husband and the little one’s...

Vigil for Omid Masoumali - A victim of systemic neglect

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Aug 29, 2020

Vigil for Omid Masoumali - A victim of systemic neglect

Please come to help us remember Omid's life, and to demand freedom for all refugees and people seeking asylum. When: Wednesday 2nd &...

URGENT ACTION THIS WEEKEND. Lobby your MPs and senators NOW.

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Aug 28, 2020

URGENT ACTION THIS WEEKEND. Lobby your MPs and senators NOW.

The vote on the phone ban bill is listed for this Monday 31 August. Here is a call to action from the Australian Refugee Advocacy Network...

Across Australia, home hosts say “beds are ready” for refugees

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Aug 23, 2020

Across Australia, home hosts say “beds are ready” for refugees

Offers have been made from people across Australia ready and willing to open their homes as a viable alternative to keeping refugees in...

Roy Hives

Aug 23, 2020

On the KP Picket

by Roy Hives The sign read "Biloela Politics Of Hate." "Give it up, mate. They're all pedophiles!" This from a young fella zipping up...

Phones are a Lifeline: #ShameAlanTudge Calling Party

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Aug 23, 2020

Phones are a Lifeline: #ShameAlanTudge Calling Party

Public event hosted by Julia Stuart and Mostafa Azimitabar Moz is in detention in the Mantra in Melbourne. Moz asks all supporters to...

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Aug 23, 2020

Pickets at the KP Prison

Join Refugee Action Collective Queensland members and many other supporters of the #KP120 in Brisbane at the Kangaroo Point Prison to...

Release refugees to stay @homesafelywithus

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Aug 20, 2020

Release refugees to stay @homesafelywithus

Offering a Common Sense Option to Detention There is real concern that the federal government is planning to transfer detainees to...

Peaceful March Against Sending Refugees to Christmas Island

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Aug 16, 2020

Peaceful March Against Sending Refugees to Christmas Island

We oppose the expansion/reopening of the Christmas Island detention centre. We call for all refugees and asylum seekers to be released...

Mass March for Free Movement #FreeTheKP120

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Aug 14, 2020

Mass March for Free Movement #FreeTheKP120

Community Rally for Free Movement, to #FreeTheKP120. We will not be marching onto the Story Bridge tomorrow. The threat of police...

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Aug 10, 2020

Unions for Refugees

Calling all unionists! Unions for Refugees Solidarity Night Join Unions for Refugees for the second Union Solidarity Night at the...

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Aug 9, 2020

Death at MITA today

Detainees say a 501 man has died at MITA. Extremely concerned about the impact on suicidal Medevac detainees in the same centre. Ian...

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