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The ASRC supports calls for the shutdown of Christmas Island Detention facilities

The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre strongly supports the Australian Human Rights Commission’s 20 recommendations outlined today in their report Management of COVID-19 risks in immigration detention.   The review assessed the adequacy and appropriateness of measures taken in response to COVID-19 risks against international…

by Ryan Fritz
June 16, 2021January 18, 2022
356 views
Community/Politics

Social housing ignored but Budget brings funding certainty to homelessness sector

Homelessness Australia has welcomed the Federal Government’s decision to scrap a planned $56.7 million cut to homelessness services but lamented another budget and another year without Federal Government action on social housing. The budget includes $124.7 million which reverses the planned cut…

by Ryan Fritz
May 14, 2021January 13, 2022
330 views
Community/Opinion/Politics

National Aged Care Alliance identify priorities for tomorrow’s budget

AN alliance of consumers, unions, health professionals and providers in the aged care sector will be watching closely as the May federal budget draws near to ensure the federal government acts on the recommendations in the Royal Commission final report. At the…

by Ryan Fritz
May 10, 2021January 13, 2022
535 views
Opinion/Politics

Joint statement proclaims Indigenous Voice to Parliament is key to accelerating social justice reform

The Fred Hollows Foundation, ANTaR National, the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists (RANZCO), the Diversity Council Australia (DCA) and Australia’s first Aboriginal ophthalmologist Associate Professor Kris Rallah-Baker are together calling for the government to commit to a referendum on…

by Ryan Fritz
May 6, 2021January 13, 2022
578 views
Community/Politics

Department of Home Affairs immigration health care contractor faces criminal charges over death of person seeking asylum

On 27 April, the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) healthcare provider, International Health and Medical Services (IHMS), attended court in Sydney to face criminal charges relating to the death of a person seeking asylum in one of Australia’s detention centres. These charges…

by Ryan Fritz
April 29, 2021January 12, 2022
308 views
Opinion/Politics

Uluru Statement from the Heart

FOUNDED in 1927, the National Council of Jewish Women of Australia (Victoria) (NCJWA Vic) originated at a time when women were virtually unrepresented in any Australian Parliament. Seeking a platform to ensure a better world for all, Dr Fanny Reading established a…

by Ryan Fritz
April 28, 2021January 12, 2022
390 views
Politics/World

IWDA statement to parliamentary hearing on Myanmar: Australia must do more

International Women’s Development Agency has joined Australian civil society organisations calling for the Australian Government to take further action against the military coup in Myanmar. Women’s rights activists are at the frontline of peaceful protests calling for a federal democracy in Myanmar.…

by Benjamin Murdoch
April 23, 2021January 24, 2022
363 views
Community/Politics

Budget must put care sector services and jobs ahead of tax cuts

The Australian Council of Social Service would welcome substantial investment in community sector services and jobs in the Federal Budget, but is strongly warning against further tax cuts, which would undermine our ability to fund quality services which we all rely on.…

by Ryan Fritz
April 23, 2021January 12, 2022
382 views
Politics/World News

Australia must stand with Belarusian protesters, older people, women and children: Amnesty International

The ongoing detention, torture, and ill treatment of peaceful protestors in Belarus is a gross violation of human rights that cannot stand unopposed on the global stage. In a series of reports and briefings, Amnesty International has documented gross human rights violations…

by Benjamin Murdoch
April 14, 2021January 24, 2022
392 views
Business/Environment/Politics/World

Adani links to Myanmar military exposed in new report

Ties between Adani and the Myanmar military have been revealed in a new report from human rights and activist groups.  Most in Australia are familiar with the name ‘Adani’, with their Carmichael coal mine at the centre of a years-long battle by…

by Benjamin Murdoch
April 4, 2021January 24, 2022
668 views
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