Right to protest?? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

If Australia’s offshore processing regime is as uncontroversial as the government insists, why is nobody allowed to see it, to interrogate it? Why should we not know the translation of the interview held by the government? www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

The magic of #ElquiValley Chile. Hummingbirds, cacti, ancient petroglyphs, and star gazing. @janamf.bsky.social

Multicultural communities back Treaty for Victoria With the legislation for Australia’s first Treaty debated this week in the Vict Parliament, we call on all politicians to support this historic step towards justice & Self-Determination for First Peoples. asrc.org.au/2025/10/13/m...

What I learned about healing after surviving the Rwanda genocide I urge everyday Australians to play a meaningful role in teaching, healing, and building communities to support refugees. @asrc1.bsky.social womensagenda.com.au/latest/what-...

This is the danger of rushing laws through Parliament with no scrutiny, transparency or expert consultation. Parliamentary committee warns international human rights obligations could be breached under new regime. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

“While the Albanese govt recklessly spends hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars in secret, with zero accountability or transparency, people seeking asylum sent to Nauru are going hungry because their allowance is too small to buy enough food,” www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

My calls and emails to family in Afghanistan go unanswered. The Taliban’s internet shutdown has left us all helpless www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The staggering cost of cruelty. ''At the current rate, MTC’s contract on Nauru is worth $157m a year... If the contract does not increase further in cost before its expiry, Aust taxpayers will have paid $430,512 a day to process asylum seekers offshore''. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

Donald Trump repeatedly made false and misleading claims during his address to the United Nations general assembly on Tuesday. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Jana Favero, deputy CEO of the Melbourne-based Asylum Seeker Resource Centre, said the deal with Nauru was “discriminatory, disgraceful and dangerous”. @aljazeera.com www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/202...

The threat of deportation is now real for thousands of people: people who have Australian citizen family members, including children. This would cause permanent family separation. The Aust Govt should be ashamed of its “secret” deal with Nauru. @asrc1.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

The Govt is “blatantly misleading the public” about the bill’s reach and increased powers. “By removing the most basic legal protections from these decisions, Labor is setting Australia on a dangerous and slippery slope,” @asrc1.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

''This latest deportation plan will put hundreds more lives at risk.'' Human Rights Watch www.hrw.org/news/2025/09...

Labor's new anti-fairness bill is failing human rights and our nation's cornerstones of fairness, justice, and equity, writes our CEO Elijah Buol via @australia.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

While Labor spins lines about cohesion its inhumane migration choices betray a disregard for human rights | Elijah Buol

''Procedural fairness isn’t just about ticking legal boxes. It’s about making sure that decisions are made carefully, transparently, and with respect for the individual. It’s a safeguard against error, and a check on power''. Australian Human Rights Commission humanrights.gov.au/about/news/o...

“This deal is discriminatory, disgraceful and dangerous. At a time when the entire country has just voted for unity and rejected fear, rather than embrace this and show leadership, the Albanese Govt has launched yet another attack on migrants & refugees.” abcnews.go.com/Internationa...

“These secret deals send one clear message - in Australia, some people will be punished simply because of where they were born," deputy CEO Jana Favero said. @asrc1.bsky.social "This deal is discriminatory, disgraceful and dangerous." www.lithgowmercury.com.au/story/905379...

Outrageous that anyone would choose to copy Australia's failed policy of offshore detention. Offshore detention is well documented humanitarian and financial disaster. This is all about the politics of fear and division. www.sbs.com.au/news/article...

Al Jazeera Media Network condemns the ‘assassination’ of its Gaza correspondents and photographers by Israeli forces. 🔗: aje.io/eeht0q | #JournalismIsNotACrime

Five more Palestinians have died from starvation in Gaza, due to Israel’s restrictions on aid, bringing the total to 217 since the war began, including 100 children, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/1490et

For some in our community, committing a crime means the threat of deportation to Nauru, for others it leads to $$$ contracts for services on Nauru. This exposes the absurdity of our system, unfairness, lack of transparency & failure of offshore processing. www.theage.com.au/national/lea...

👏🏼👏🏼 Several New South Wales Labor MPs have defied their premier, Chris Minns, by vowing to march across Sydney Harbour Bridge in support of Gaza this weekend as police attempt to challenge the protest in court. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

MEAA supports the Palestine Action Group’s bid to March for Humanity across the Sydney Harbour Bridge. meaa.io/4laIpSL

We have known for years that people seeking asylum held on Nauru are subjected to horrific conditions. Offshore detention must end, and people seeking safety must be treated with fairness and dignity.

“The health system on Nauru is already fragile and easily overwhelmed – it will struggle to cope with this outbreak. Australia has a clear responsibility for the refugees our government has banished there.” @asrc1.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

The @asrc1.bsky.social Winter Food Drive is TODAY! We’re getting ready to fill the Foodbank shelves in Dandenong — and we’d love for you to be part of it. 💜 📍 Refugee Resource Hub, Oldham Lane, Dandenong 3175 🗓 Saturday 26 July 🕙 10AM – 2PM Learn more: bit.ly/44CrD8K #WinterFoodDrive

“Every time, it’s people who are suffering, not the leaders,” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

#WorldRefugeeDay #Telethon powered by the ASRC starts in one hour! 💜 CALL 1300 692 772 (1300 MYASRC) from 7am 💜 TXT ‘HOPE’ to 0476 000 111 to donate $20 now 💜 DONATE ONLINE at asrc.org.au/telethon now 💜 Bid on an auction item at asrc.org.au/auction now

And we are live! @asrc1.bsky.social World Refugee Day Telethon kicks off with a powerful Welcome to Country from Uncle Tony Garvey. Today is World Refugee Day but we honour and acknowledge the Wurundjeri people whose country we work on.

Today 2,000 pages of 9,000 conversations and recommendations will be delivered to the Victorian Parliament. Exposing the harm and injustice but also paving the way for Treaty. I walk in solidarity & call for voice, treaty and truth. And will continue to turn up.

Great to join day 22 of the Yoorrook Justice Commission’s Walk for Truth. A powerful way to walk alongside First Peoples and celebrate the strength and resistance of Aboriginal people 🖤💛❤️ yoorrookjusticecommission.org.au/walk-for-tru...

Jana Favero from @ASRC1 who was an advocate for the centre at the time, said the documents were “outrageous” and “consistent” with the ASRC’s experience trying to help asylum seekers get medical transfers. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Urgent action is needed, we must evacuate all people left in offshore detention to Australia. ‘We just sit here’: the broken men Australia’s offshore detention regime left behind in Papua New Guinea www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

We provide thousands of litres of milk to children each year through our two Foodbanks at the @ASRC1. Help ensure we don’t run out this winter. Donate to our Winter Appeal: donate.asrc.org.au/donatetoday

The extension of Trump's Travel ban is outrageous. But let's not forget that the Albanese Government increased powers last year to allow Australia to impose a similar travel ban. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Jewish Council Advisory Member Louise Adler AM does not mince words about Israel’s crimes against Gazans—forced starvation among them. Videography by Simon Aubor.

As the theme of this year’s National Reconciliation Week, Bridging Now to Next, is urging, @asrc1.bsky.social stands firm in our determination to use our knowledge of the past to create a positive change in the future. asrc.org.au/2025/05/26/n...

The children’s names were Yahya, Rakan, Ruslan, Jubran, Eve, Revan, Sayden, Luqman and Sidra. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

“We’re not the fucking story here, they’re using us as a scapegoat not to talk about the real fucking issue.” www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

“Humanitarian aid should never be politicised and Palestinian territory must not be reduced nor subjected to any demographic change.” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

Happy Volunteer Week to all the incredible volunteers out there. 🙏🏽👏🏽🎉 Special thanks to all the amazing @asrc1.bsky.social volunteers who make it possible to work with over 7,000 people seeking asylum and refugees.

“People seeking asylum are locked out of work, study and basic support — and Labor now has a clear mandate to fix it,” says Sobia Shah, Founder of the Professional Migrant Women’s Network. @asrc1.bsky.social womensagenda.com.au/politics/loc...

Votets rejected the politics of fear and division. "Voters have acted with compassion and it's time for our elected representatives and political leaders to reflect this in the incoming parliament," @asrc1.bsky.social said in a statement. www.sbs.com.au/news/article...

#AusVotes2025 #election #australiavotes #dutton #albo #auspol #australia #dutton #albo #australia

BREAKING NEWS: ABC election analyst Antony Green says ‘nothing looks good for the Coalition at this stage’. Follow Australian federal election live updates and results

Anyway, here's an idea of the vibe at the Coalition's, er, party in Brisbane, courtesy of Anton Nilsson. #AusVotes