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24 Apr 2025 7:30pm Primrose Potter Salon - Melbourne Recital Centre - 31 Sturt St Southbank. Join Shauna Beesley and friends for an evening of music and poetry written for, by andabout our ANZACS. This concert features the Australian première of Shauna Beesley’ssong...

By political reporter Olivia Caisley Amnesty International and the Asylum Seekers Centre were among those to sign the open letter. (ABC News: Matt Roberts) In short:  A coalition of refugee and human rights organisations has written to the leaders of the...

1pm Gather on Princes Bridge with Riff Raff Marching Band. 1.45pm Arrive at Tom's Block. (Bring a picnic rug or chair)2 - 3pm Program of speakers and music with MC Tom Ballard and guest Gillian Triggs AC. Refugee speakers and musicians, faith representatives....

Home affairs minister Tony Burke says he is confident in government’s power to deport the man and ‘will proceed with removal to Nauru as soon as possible’ Ben Doherty Sun 23 Feb 2025 An asylum seeker slated for deportation to Nauru on Monday has had his removal...

By Peter Job Feb 12, 2025 Australian citizens and residents who originally came to this country seeking asylum, as they are clearly entitled to do under international law, have been in the news recently, through no fault of their own and not in a good way. Sections of...

Australia violated human rights treaty with Nauru detainees, UN committee find Friday 10 January 2025 Australia has used "offshore processing" for asylum seekers attempting to read Australia by boat since 2013. (Immigration Department) In short: A UN committee...

By Will Jackson Tue 24 December 2024 abc.net.au/news/concerns-afghan-priority-refugee-visa-processing/104693890 It was the message Susan Hutchinson had been dreading for months. Her colleague and friend, Mohammed Sorosh, had been arrested by the Iranian police after...

MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR This year the Board oversaw the completion of the 2022-2024 Strategic Plan. This was the first strategic plan in BASP’s history and has helped the Board and Coordinators as we’ve made strategic decisions over recent years. The Board has...

The Conversation: November 18, 2024 Authors: Daniel Ghezelbash & Anna Talbot The Albanese government is looking to introduce laws that would give it unprecedented powers to forcibly remove non-citizens from Australia. The newly introduced Migration Amendment Bill,...

Exclusive: Researchers examine how regime impacts someone’s risk of experiencing long-term serious mental illness once living in the community Ben Doherty      Tue 12 Nov 2024 01.00 AEDT The Guardian Asylum seekers detained...

The High Court has ruled on the legality of a law requiring those released from immigration detention to adhere to a curfew and wear ankle monitoring devices. (Supplied: Queensland Police Service) In short: In a five to two ruling today, the High Court found a...

The way we talk about other human beings matters. We may use hurtful language. We may deny them their identity by giving them numbers or names that are not their own names. We can assign them identities based on the name of the boat that arrived in, seeking refugee...

Refugee Council of Australia, 9 November 2023 The Refugee Council of Australia (RCOA) has welcomed the High Court’s decision that has found indefinite immigration detention to be unlawful and unconstitutional in cases where there is no prospect of people being...