Refugee Action Campaign CBR
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The Refugee Action Campaign is an activist group in Canberra campaigning to end the mandatory detention of refugees. #PermanentVisasNOW
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November 27, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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"'Immediate pause' urged on 'secret' Nauru deal, after speech sparks safety concerns"
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'Immediate pause' urged on 'secret' Nauru deal, after speech sparks safety concerns
A translation of remarks by the president of Nauru has sparked safety concerns for people being deported to the Pacific nation.
www.sbs.com.au
November 25, 2025 at 11:15 PM
"'Immediate pause' urged on 'secret' Nauru deal, after speech sparks safety concerns"
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Key fact: Migrants on average contribute far more than they receive.
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Australia doesn’t need another migration ‘debate’. We need leaders brave enough to tackle inequality for all | Giridharan Sivaraman
Taking the easy but misleading route of blaming migrants for economic insecurity only serves to stoke the already smouldering fires of racism
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November 25, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Key fact: Migrants on average contribute far more than they receive.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
We’ve updated our Refugee Advocacy Starter Pack for all the best local asylum seeker champions go.bsky.app/6sqVqWo
November 25, 2025 at 5:19 AM
We’ve updated our Refugee Advocacy Starter Pack for all the best local asylum seeker champions go.bsky.app/6sqVqWo
The project helping refugees experience bushwalking in Australia for the first time www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
The group welcoming refugees with a bushwalk
A community-led hiking program is introducing migrants to the bush, offering moments of connection, discovery and, for some, a sense of safety.
www.abc.net.au
November 23, 2025 at 12:59 AM
The project helping refugees experience bushwalking in Australia for the first time www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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A horrendous report on ABC radio from a Brisbane doctor doing a second tour in Gaza with Medecins sans Frontières. She says the ceasefire is in name only, the genocide continues and the deprivation of basic food, shelter and resources means even the injured haven’t what the need to heal.
November 18, 2025 at 7:31 AM
A horrendous report on ABC radio from a Brisbane doctor doing a second tour in Gaza with Medecins sans Frontières. She says the ceasefire is in name only, the genocide continues and the deprivation of basic food, shelter and resources means even the injured haven’t what the need to heal.
Refugee advocate doctor who rewrote the book on global malaria treatment is in the running for Australian of the Year region.com.au/border-clini...
Border-clinic doctor who rewrote global malaria treatment in the running for Australian of the Year 2026 | Region Canberra
region.com.au
November 18, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Refugee advocate doctor who rewrote the book on global malaria treatment is in the running for Australian of the Year region.com.au/border-clini...
Refugee health expert Professor Rose McGready named 2026 ACT Australian of the Year for saving thousands of lives of displaced people in the border region between Thailand and Myanmar www.canberratimes.com.au/story/911360...
Refugee health advocate recognised in ACT's Australian of the Year awards
The recipients will attend the national awards in 2026.
www.canberratimes.com.au
November 17, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Refugee health expert Professor Rose McGready named 2026 ACT Australian of the Year for saving thousands of lives of displaced people in the border region between Thailand and Myanmar www.canberratimes.com.au/story/911360...
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ABF’s largest ship captured on film leaving Broome carrying 4 fishing boats, evidence of its secretive & controversial program of purchasing old boats to give to illegal fishers & people smugglers that sail into Australian waters in unseaworthy craft. www.theage.com.au/national/wes...
Exclusive footage reveals boats at the centre of secretive Australian Border Force scheme
The footage, captured by a 9News Perth drone, shows the Australian Border Force’s 110-metre Ocean Shield leaving Broome Port carrying the four fishing boats.
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November 13, 2025 at 9:20 AM
ABF’s largest ship captured on film leaving Broome carrying 4 fishing boats, evidence of its secretive & controversial program of purchasing old boats to give to illegal fishers & people smugglers that sail into Australian waters in unseaworthy craft. www.theage.com.au/national/wes...
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Kon & whistleblower Oisin Donohoe on the corruption in offshore detention. It has to stop.
Email your MP via the link in our bio or at: https://pulse.ly/xd9tlz0ug1
Email your MP via the link in our bio or at: https://pulse.ly/xd9tlz0ug1
November 12, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Kon & whistleblower Oisin Donohoe on the corruption in offshore detention. It has to stop.
Email your MP via the link in our bio or at: https://pulse.ly/xd9tlz0ug1
Email your MP via the link in our bio or at: https://pulse.ly/xd9tlz0ug1
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Stan Grant is hosting a roundtable discussion on ‘Australia’s Immigration Debate: Where Next?’ Featuring: @danghez.bsky.social, Alex Kaufman, Amy Erickson, @clivehamilton.bsky.social and Fahran Rehman. Free tickets are available to join in person or watch online. events.humanitix.com/australia-s-...
Australia’s Immigration Debate: Where Next? Roundtable
Join leading thinkers to explore Australia’s immigration debate and imagine our nation’s shared future.
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November 11, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Stan Grant is hosting a roundtable discussion on ‘Australia’s Immigration Debate: Where Next?’ Featuring: @danghez.bsky.social, Alex Kaufman, Amy Erickson, @clivehamilton.bsky.social and Fahran Rehman. Free tickets are available to join in person or watch online. events.humanitix.com/australia-s-...
Stan Grant is hosting a roundtable discussion on ‘Australia’s Immigration Debate: Where Next?’ Featuring: @danghez.bsky.social, Alex Kaufman, Amy Erickson, @clivehamilton.bsky.social and Fahran Rehman. Free tickets are available to join in person or watch online. events.humanitix.com/australia-s-...
Australia’s Immigration Debate: Where Next? Roundtable
Join leading thinkers to explore Australia’s immigration debate and imagine our nation’s shared future.
events.humanitix.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Stan Grant is hosting a roundtable discussion on ‘Australia’s Immigration Debate: Where Next?’ Featuring: @danghez.bsky.social, Alex Kaufman, Amy Erickson, @clivehamilton.bsky.social and Fahran Rehman. Free tickets are available to join in person or watch online. events.humanitix.com/australia-s-...
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Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke and Foreign Minister Penny Wong have both met the Nauruan president in Canberra this week after this masthead revealed fresh allegations of corruption inside the federal government’s offshore detention regime in the Pacific nation.
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Wong, Burke admit to secret meetings with Nauru president
Wong’s office said she “raised recent media reports” with Nauru President David Adeang on Monday, but not until after he was photographed entering Parliament House on Tuesday.
www.theage.com.au
November 11, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke and Foreign Minister Penny Wong have both met the Nauruan president in Canberra this week after this masthead revealed fresh allegations of corruption inside the federal government’s offshore detention regime in the Pacific nation.
www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...
www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...
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First there was one deportation of people seeking asylum to Nauru.
Then another.
Now 60 Minutes has detailed serious allegations surrounding the management of offshore detention and reception centres in Nauru.
We urgently call for a Parliamentary Inquiry into these allegations.
Then another.
Now 60 Minutes has detailed serious allegations surrounding the management of offshore detention and reception centres in Nauru.
We urgently call for a Parliamentary Inquiry into these allegations.
November 11, 2025 at 4:26 AM
First there was one deportation of people seeking asylum to Nauru.
Then another.
Now 60 Minutes has detailed serious allegations surrounding the management of offshore detention and reception centres in Nauru.
We urgently call for a Parliamentary Inquiry into these allegations.
Then another.
Now 60 Minutes has detailed serious allegations surrounding the management of offshore detention and reception centres in Nauru.
We urgently call for a Parliamentary Inquiry into these allegations.
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What? Why?
Nauru's president has made a secretive visit to Parliament House in Canberra amid allegations that bikie gangs won a lucrative contract to provide security for former immigration detainees.
Nauruan president makes secretive parliament visit amid bikie contract claims
Nauru's president has made a secretive visit to Parliament House in Canberra amid allegations that bikie gangs won a lucrative contract to provide security for former immigration detainees.
www.abc.net.au
November 11, 2025 at 4:30 AM
What? Why?
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Allegations of rorting, graft and bikie gangs infiltrating critical border security operations are set to be referred to the national anti-corruption watchdog as more disturbing evidence emerges of Australia’s secretive offshore detention regime in Nauru.
www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...
www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...
‘Dirty deals’: Nauru rorting, bikie gang allegations to be referred to NACC
Allegations of rorting, graft and bikie gangs infiltrating critical border security operations are set to be referred to the national anti-corruption watchdog.
www.theage.com.au
November 10, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Allegations of rorting, graft and bikie gangs infiltrating critical border security operations are set to be referred to the national anti-corruption watchdog as more disturbing evidence emerges of Australia’s secretive offshore detention regime in Nauru.
www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...
www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...
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The use of Nauru as a Pacific dumping ground for people seeking asylum is not just a story of human rights abuses but scandal layered over scandal, as two brave whistle-blowers have told @60minutes.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hvx...
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Unwanted ‘non-citizens’ deported to remote Pacific island | 60 Minutes Australia
YouTube video by 60 Minutes Australia
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November 9, 2025 at 11:22 PM
The use of Nauru as a Pacific dumping ground for people seeking asylum is not just a story of human rights abuses but scandal layered over scandal, as two brave whistle-blowers have told @60minutes.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hvx...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hvx...
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Offshore detention is a moral and financial black hole, bought to you by the Labor Party.
November 10, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Offshore detention is a moral and financial black hole, bought to you by the Labor Party.
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November 9, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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“It’s not just hardship - it’s the slow breaking of people’s spirits."
So what is the SRSS program? Why has it been gutted? And how has this created a poverty crisis for people seeking asylum.
👀 All the answers in our latest blog: https://asylumseekerscentre.org.au/srss-the-gutted-lifeline/
So what is the SRSS program? Why has it been gutted? And how has this created a poverty crisis for people seeking asylum.
👀 All the answers in our latest blog: https://asylumseekerscentre.org.au/srss-the-gutted-lifeline/
November 9, 2025 at 11:01 PM
“It’s not just hardship - it’s the slow breaking of people’s spirits."
So what is the SRSS program? Why has it been gutted? And how has this created a poverty crisis for people seeking asylum.
👀 All the answers in our latest blog: https://asylumseekerscentre.org.au/srss-the-gutted-lifeline/
So what is the SRSS program? Why has it been gutted? And how has this created a poverty crisis for people seeking asylum.
👀 All the answers in our latest blog: https://asylumseekerscentre.org.au/srss-the-gutted-lifeline/
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What a scandal! A former Australian soldier recruited to support a controversial Albanese government deportation plan is demanding answers after discovering a bikie gang had infiltrated the critical border security operation.
www.theage.com.au/national/min...
www.theage.com.au/national/min...
‘Mind-boggling’: Whistleblower reveals how global bikie boss won Nauru security deal
A former soldier recruited to support an Albanese government deportation plan wants an inquiry after finding a gang had infiltrated the border security operation.
www.theage.com.au
November 8, 2025 at 1:21 AM
What a scandal! A former Australian soldier recruited to support a controversial Albanese government deportation plan is demanding answers after discovering a bikie gang had infiltrated the critical border security operation.
www.theage.com.au/national/min...
www.theage.com.au/national/min...
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The first person from the NZYQ cohort has been deported to Nauru under the new anti-fairness laws.
The Asylum Seekers Centre stands against this unjust policy.
Our response must be to protect fairness and justice in Australia - for refugees, people seeking asylum, and on behalf of all.
The Asylum Seekers Centre stands against this unjust policy.
Our response must be to protect fairness and justice in Australia - for refugees, people seeking asylum, and on behalf of all.
October 30, 2025 at 7:01 AM
The first person from the NZYQ cohort has been deported to Nauru under the new anti-fairness laws.
The Asylum Seekers Centre stands against this unjust policy.
Our response must be to protect fairness and justice in Australia - for refugees, people seeking asylum, and on behalf of all.
The Asylum Seekers Centre stands against this unjust policy.
Our response must be to protect fairness and justice in Australia - for refugees, people seeking asylum, and on behalf of all.
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what total depravity from the perpetrators of the abuse right up to Netanyahu who blames the “reputational damage” on the woman who leaked the video
The government of Israel going after its own citizens who reveal horrific abuses it carries out.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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A leaked video showed an alleged abuse. It's sparked a political fight in Israel
Israel's top military lawyer is behind bars after leaking a video of shocking alleged abuse of a Palestinian man in a military jail. This is why the case has shaken politics and the military to the co...
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November 3, 2025 at 8:52 PM
what total depravity from the perpetrators of the abuse right up to Netanyahu who blames the “reputational damage” on the woman who leaked the video
“Australia’s definitely-not-secret deal with Nauru has begun”. Important reporting from Denham Sadler about the $2.5 billion deal to send detainees to Nauru. The process has officially started, with at least one person already deported. podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/7...
Australia’s definitely-not-secret deal with Nauru has begun
Podcast Episode · 7am · 01/11/2025 · 16m
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November 2, 2025 at 9:37 PM
“Australia’s definitely-not-secret deal with Nauru has begun”. Important reporting from Denham Sadler about the $2.5 billion deal to send detainees to Nauru. The process has officially started, with at least one person already deported. podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/7...
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation @anmffederal.bsky.social has started a petition asking the Government to step up and really protect healthcare workers in war zones, where they’re facing more attacks than ever before www.megaphone.org.au/petitions/pr...
Protect healthcare workers in conflict zones
Across the world, including in Gaza, Sudan, Ukraine, and other war-torn regions, healthcare facilities are being deliberately targeted, Nurses, midwives, doctors and aid workers risk their lives daily...
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November 2, 2025 at 12:53 AM
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation @anmffederal.bsky.social has started a petition asking the Government to step up and really protect healthcare workers in war zones, where they’re facing more attacks than ever before www.megaphone.org.au/petitions/pr...