The acting immigration minister, Alan Tudge, has launched an appeal against a federal court judgment that accused him of engaging in criminal conduct by refusing to free an asylum seeker. Tudge was the subject of the scathing ruling after he failed to...
Will ending Melbourne’s lockdown trigger more of the refugee evictions initiated by the federal government? A crisis is hovering behind the scenes of Victoria’s much-anticipated release from pandemic lockdown. In suburbs around Melbourne, the longed-for announcement...
The St Mary’s BASP Trivia Night is on again this year but it’s online of course! The Trivia Night has been a fun community occasion for many years. COVID restrictions mean we can’t gather in the usual way, so this year will be online for the first time. We can still...
Island of the Hungry Ghosts is an evocative film set on Christmas Island in 2018. The film is topical as the Australian government is reopening the Christmas Island Detention Centre and is sending people there from mainland immigration detention centres. Film Night...
Recently a man (we will call him Reza) was released from Yongah Hill Immigration Detention Centre north of Perth. He had been detained for two years because he was accused of something which was later proven not to be true. Then he continued to be detained...
Delays are causing further suffering for almost 200 refugees whose requests for transfer or resettlement were approved in 2019. A group of almost 200 refugees on Nauru who have had either medical transfers or resettlement requests approved since 2019 still...
