When I heard this week that Australia had granted humanitarian visas to the Iranian women’s football team, I felt two very different emotions at once. I felt proud and happy for them because I know how difficult life can be for women in Iran. They deserve...
The charity sector is struggling in the face of unprecedented demand from those the Coalition refuses to help. There are now fears that many charities won’t survive. But if they go down, a big chunk of Australia’s social safety net will go with them, as will large...
Most charitable non government organizations are inundated with unprecedented calls for help from destitute families since the Government made its indiscriminate cuts to the SRSS Allowance. This petition is to is to make known to whatever Party takes Government that...
In this speech given at the Palm Sunday Rally for Refugees, Richard Flanagan says we are better than our politicians’ dark fears https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/apr/14/have-we-australia-become-a-country-that-breeds-mass-murderers-with-our-words
In the week before Universal Children’s Day (20 Nov) the #KidsOffNauru campaign is calling for Australians to “go blue” in solidarity with the children and families our nation has trapped on Nauru. Blue can symbolise sadness and depression – which is appropriate...
