The rental market is already cooked which is why it's particularly predatory for companies to force applicants to provide excessive personal and private information on applications - with all the security risks this also entails. We need better privacy laws to ban this from the outset!

From September 2026, Google is pushing a forced, irreversible update that removes your ability to install software they haven't approved on a device you own, with no consent and no way to reverse it.

Bureaucratic delays shouldn't create health emergencies. Our Advocacy Lead @markjohnson.bsky.social explains how government delays are stripping people in our community of their right to see a doctor and earn a living. It’s systemic, it’s unfair, and it’s fixable.

When someone is sick, they should be able to see a doctor - no matter where they were born or how much they earn.

Ten years after Brexit, the UK is a divided nation frozen in time. No economic gain, culture wars rife, minorities scapegoated. Parties jostle over who can be more authoritarian; say little about inequalities, civil rights, public ownership, quality of life. Architect of Brexit became richer.

In today’s NZ Herald

Did you catch our story in ABC News? More than 100 health workers are calling on the government to ensure people seeking asylum can access healthcare as a quiet crisis unfolds. Healthcare is a human right. It’s time our system treated it that way. Read the full article: https://loom.ly/yECAlQ4

Healthcare professionals are speaking out. More than 100 doctors, nurses, and health workers have issued a collective call to the government: the current system is failing people seeking asylum and it must be fixed. Read. Share. Stand with those calling for change.

A threat to wipe out "a whole civilization" may amount to a threat of genocide. All parties should respect international law, and those responsible for atrocities should be held accountable. New statement from HRW and 200+ groups, experts:

Release David McBride.

'When someone goes through the process of applying for a visa, they pay their fees. They meet all the requirements of that visa...pay for accommodation, pay for their flights. 'This sends a signal that none of that matters.' Read (or 🎧) @danghez.bsky.social in SBS: www.sbs.com.au/news/podcast...

The Albanese Labor Government has chosen to work hand-in-hand with One Nation and the Liberals to push through extreme anti-migrant and anti-refugee policies. These policies were always going to be challenged in the courts because they are so contrary to basic human rights.

The Albanese govt has passed its callous entry ban law. “Seeking asylum is a human right. It is not determined by nationality, profile, and platform. It is universal. This law is an affront to those rights," ASC CEO and former refugee Elijah Buol says. asylumseekerscentre.org.au/labor-passes...

"Really appalling." Our Co-CEO Paul Power spoke with SBS News about the Government's Migration Amendment Bill, which gives the Immigration Minister power to prevent people already granted visas from entering Australia if conditions change in their country of origin. www.sbs.com.au/news/article...

"As a refugee, I have lived in limbo for 13 years. Why are only some Iranian women worthy of Australia’s protection?" - Powerful words by Fatemeh Lahmidi, an Iranian refugee living in Australia www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

☎️ CALL YOUR SENATOR TO BLOCK THE BILL ☎️ The Albanese Government's new Migration Bill aims to place entry bans on people with valid tourist visas, who are fleeing conflict and danger in Iran and Lebanon. Call your Senator. Find them here: https://pulse.ly/0linq8yiuk

Insane that this has taken so long, and yet will pass with a whimper as the world moves on to other injustices. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The Australian Government's newest Migration Amendment Bill sits in sharp contrast to the welcome and safety rightly provided to some of the Iranian women’s soccer team mere hours before. www.refugeecouncil.org.au/government-w...

After granting protection to 5 Iranian footballers in front of the TV cameras this morning, the Government legislate to block the pathway for countless others seeking protection from the Middle East this afternoon . Shameful. asylumseekerscentre.org.au/duplicity-de...

I am in a rushed hearing into the Albanese Labor Government's travel freeze, clearly aimed at preventing people from Iran from seeking safety in Australia. More below👇

The hypocrisy is so dangerous. While signing us up for an illegal war & claiming it champions human rights of the Iranian people, the Albanese Gov is ramming thru new laws to ban people from #Iran with valid visas from entering Australia. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...

Disappointed I was the only MP to vote against 2nd reading of Govt-Oppn bill that will give the Minister power to stop entire classes of temp visa holders arriving in Aus. A discriminatory policy letting the Govt decide which imperilled ppl are worth saving. #auspol #politas

Iranian footballer visas welcome, but protection must extend beyond the spotlight - @ascsyd.bsky.social statement on this morning's news. asylumseekerscentre.org.au/iranian-foot...

Great article from @andrewwilkiemp.bsky.social on the vital importance of international law - www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Welcome changes lives. Hear from our community member Adrita* about how kindness and support helped her find hope in a new place. https://asylumseekerscentre.org.au/adritas-story-not-everyone-is-as-welcoming-as-you/

On 5 March, we’re turning up the volume on something powerful: welcome 💙 This Giving Day, every donation to the Asylum Seekers Centre will be MATCHED - doubling your impact and doubling your welcome ✨ Choose welcome in action: https://loom.ly/QOEa5O4

Call me old school but I don't think individual politicians should be able pick & choose which citizens can re-enter their own country. If someone has committed crime prosecute them on reentry but citizenship shouldn't be contingent on the wishes of individual MPs www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

ProPublica received eight handwritten letters from children who have been held at the detention center that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was recently released from. We'll let their words speak for themselves.

Do they teach this at the NSW Police Academy? Brutality 101, am I right? #HerzogProtest #auspol

This is an extremely dark moment for Australian democracy. Protest blanket banned in Australia’s most iconic city & police assaulting protesters with impunity. Aussies pride themselves on ballot box participation but voting is only one part of a democracy and in Australia the other parts are failing

Was great to be out this morning at the Asylum Seeker Centre in Newtown cleaning up their beautiful welcoming mural. Lovely community action, sharing care and time together. Sweaty solidarity!

I didn't say it. The Germans did.

As with all things Starmer-Government related, their response to Trump’s aggressive threats has been nothing short of pathetic. Europe is waking up and other world leaders like Macron and Carney show how supine the current UK Government really is.

This is our colonial legacy. The links we have built around the world. English-speaking people all over the world that know us. Like it or not, that is a rational & reasonable reason for why some people believe their best option to rebuild a life from scratch is the UK. #r4today

Asylum seeker interviewed on #r4today explains in excellent English that he has grown up his entire life believing that the UK is a safe place that respects & protects people. He's even an Arsenal fan. He knows our culture. Not French culture, Greek, or Bulgarian culture. Ours.

The Aus Gvt's new "Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism Bills" are staggering in their scope. They will change the nature of Australian society for better (gun control) and worse (executive powers to cancel visas) but what is remarkable is how rushed and entirely under-scrutinised they are.

“Leave Greenland alone!” Heckler interrupts Star-Spangled Banner at NBA game in London, wins cheers from crowd. (Video via Reddit)

The American-led world order established harmony among the great powers within it, and left those outside it relatively isolated and insecure, Robert Kagan argues—and all of that is now ending. theatln.tc/BSP4k9xD

“Saving lives is not a crime.” After a seven-year legal ordeal, a court on the Greek island of Lesbos has acquitted all 24 defendants who had been baselessly charged with felonies for saving lives at sea. Read more: https://bit.ly/4pMoOdR

Torture. Ill-treatment. A breach on international obligations. It’s time to end Australia's cruel detention policies and deliver justice, protection, and dignity for people seeking asylum. Read more on the findings of the the UN committee against torture via The Guardian: https://loom.ly/9GgdLjA

This U-turn proves beyond all doubt that Labour announced their digital ID card scheme without a clue on how they would go about implementing it. Now is surely the moment for ministers to drop the proposals entirely and use the funds for something more useful. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

🎉 HUGE WIN: the Government has dropped plans for mandatory digital ID. We've maintained from the start that any digital ID system should be voluntary and focus on helping people access vital services, rather than digitally excluding them. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Keir Starmer has reportedly scrapped plans for a compulsory digital identity scheme for workers following opposition to the idea from across the political divide www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Minneapolis, Minnesota is under Trump regime occupation; at least 3,000 regime forces are terrorizing the city, raiding homes door to door without warrants, and grabbing people and children off the street based on their skin colour. No sign of the Minnesota National Guard.

Wonderful writing as always by the BBC’s Jeremy Bowen - www.bbc.com/news/article...

Renee Good, a citizen & mother was shot 3 times in the head, on camera, by a masked gang. She is smeared by Trump & MAGA lunatics. May she rest in peace & her family find comfort. Frankly the only surprise is it took this long. Farage wants “ICE style raids” in the UK. #r4today

Poverty is not accidental - it's enforced by policy. Many people seeking asylum are denied work, support, and certainty. This is a systemic failure and it must change. Read our report on this failure of fairness and why we must fix the safety net: https://loom.ly/57QzZIw

Is the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility scheme facilitating modern slavery? @mhharrington.bsky.social speaks to experts, community leaders & ni-Vanuatu former PALM workers in the first episode of this four-part mini-series on the guestworker scheme. #auspol 🎧 theaus.in/4sr1vbV

ICYMI: This week we marked Human Rights Day. Australians helped write the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, but today our country's treatment of people seeking asylum tells a very different story. It’s time to course-correct. Read our Advocacy Lead's latest blog 👉 https://loom.ly/Iw1u8pw