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Twenty-Second Refugee Tests Positive for COVID at Park Hotel

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Oct 29

Twenty-Second Refugee Tests Positive for COVID at Park Hotel

Refugee Action Coalition MEDIA RELEASE 30/10/2021 TWENTY-SECOND REFUGEE TESTS POSITIVE FOR COVID AT PARK HOTEL Hundreds are expected to...

Third Refugee Detention Compound Locked Down in MITA

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Oct 27

Third Refugee Detention Compound Locked Down in MITA

Refugee Action Coalition MEDIA ALERT 27/10/2021 Refugees being held in the Broadmeadows Residential Precinct (BRP) compound of ...

Help refugees win freedom & dignity - upcoming events

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Oct 25

Help refugees win freedom & dignity - upcoming events

Join the movement for a humane Australia. Check out these upcoming events: 1. Home Affairs Lunchtime Protest 2. Brisbane Protest for...

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Oct 24

Protest March for Eritreans in Libya

You are invited to support the Brisbane protest march for Eritreans in Libya, on 28 October, organised by the Eritrean Australian Women &...

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Oct 23

Covid Ground Zero Hotel Strikes Again

More than half of the 46 Medevac detainees at Park Hotel in Carlton have now tested Covid positive. Still more are displaying symptoms,...

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Oct 23

More Covid at MITA Detention Centre

Refugee Action Coalition MEDIA RELEASE 23/10/2021 MORE COVID AT MELBOURNE’S MITA DETENTION CENTRE Another Serco guard at Melbourne’s...

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Oct 23

Covid Spreads in the Park Hotel

Refugee Action Coalition MEDIA RELEASE 23/10/2021 PREVIOUSLY NEGATIVE REFUGEE BECOMES 16th POSITIVE CASE AS COVID SPREADS IN THE PARK...

Inexplicable Testing Delays Increase Covid Risk to Refugees at Park Hotel

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Oct 21

Inexplicable Testing Delays Increase Covid Risk to Refugees at Park Hotel

COVID outbreak: Healthcare not Detention Rally at Lincoln Square. SATURDAY, 23 OCTOBER 2021 AT 13:00 UTC+10. Link: https://fb.me/e/3ZB5K045S

REFUGEE HOTEL COVID OUTBREAK GROWS TO NINE

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Oct 19

REFUGEE HOTEL COVID OUTBREAK GROWS TO NINE

Refugee Action Coalition MEDIA RELEASE 19/10/2021 REFUGEE HOTEL COVID OUTBREAK GROWS TO NINE Refugees at the Park Hotel in Melbourne...

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Oct 19

ONE MORE CONFIRMED CASE AT PARK HOTEL

Refugee Action Coalition MEDIA RELEASE 19/10/2021 ONE MORE CONFIRMED CASE AT PARK HOTEL AS REFUGEES IN PARK HOTEL LOCKED DOWN One more...

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Oct 18

COVID Crisis in Park Hotel

Refugee Action Coalition MEDIA RELEASE 18/10/2021 COVID CRISIS IN PARK HOTEL - SIX IN ISOLATION , SHOCKING DELAYS PUT MORE AT RISK Last...

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Oct 9

Melbourne Detention on Covid Alert

Refugee Action Coalition MEDIA RELEASE 09/10/2021 IMHS staff tested all people detained in Bass 2 compound for Covid Friday night, just...

Melbourne Detention Centre Locked Down After Serco Officer Tests Positive for Covid

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Oct 8

Melbourne Detention Centre Locked Down After Serco Officer Tests Positive for Covid

Refugee Action Coalition MEDIA RELEASE 08/10/2021 MELBOURNE DETENTION CENTRE LOCKED DOWN AFTER SERCO OFFICER TESTS POSITIVE FOR COVID ...

Government Disgracefully Deserts PNG Refugees

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Oct 6

Government Disgracefully Deserts PNG Refugees

Refugee Action Coalition MEDIA RELEASE 06/10/2021 GOVERNMENT DISGRACEFULLY DESERTS PNG REFUGEES; IT’S TIME TO END OFFSHORE DETENTION;...

Another Serco Worker in Melbourne Detention Centre is COVID Positive

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Oct 2

Another Serco Worker in Melbourne Detention Centre is COVID Positive

Refugee Action Coalition MEDIA RELEASE 02/10/2021 People detained across all compounds of Melbourne’s Broadmeadows detention centre,...

Comcare must hold Home Affairs to account over refugee cruelty

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Sep 27

Comcare must hold Home Affairs to account over refugee cruelty

Home Affairs’ cruelty to refugees ‘unchecked by workplace regulator’? – advocates Media Release 28/09/2021 The Department of Home...

Rally for Women of Afghanistan. Bravely Standing Against the Taliban Brutality

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Sep 17

Rally for Women of Afghanistan. Bravely Standing Against the Taliban Brutality

Stand in solidarity with the women of Afghanistan SUNDAY, 19 SEPTEMBER, 2PM KING GEORGE SQUARE, BRISBANE CITY MEDIA RELEASE 17.09.2021...

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Sep 16

A Brand of Heartlessness

This week, we were visited by Australian Greens Senator Larissa Waters at our Wednesday Home Affairs protest. We asked the Senator about...

Rooftop Protest at Yongah Hill Detention Centre

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Sep 14

Rooftop Protest at Yongah Hill Detention Centre

Refugee Action Coalition MEDIA RELEASE 14 September 2021 A group of at least 15 immigration detainees have begun a protest on the roof...

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Sep 13

Stand with Women of Afghanistan

What will happen to women’s rights in Afghanistan under the Taliban regime? Stand in solidarity with the women of Afghanistan. When: 2 -...

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RAC QLD works to inform and mobilise people in Brisbane and beyond to challenge Australian government policy and legislation that violates the human rights of refugees and people seeking asylum

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Twenty-Second Refugee Tests Positive for COVID at Park Hotel

Third Refugee Detention Compound Locked Down in MITA

Help refugees win freedom & dignity - upcoming events

Protest March for Eritreans in Libya

Covid Ground Zero Hotel Strikes Again

More Covid at MITA Detention Centre

Covid Spreads in the Park Hotel

Inexplicable Testing Delays Increase Covid Risk to Refugees at Park Hotel

REFUGEE HOTEL COVID OUTBREAK GROWS TO NINE

ONE MORE CONFIRMED CASE AT PARK HOTEL

COVID Crisis in Park Hotel

Melbourne Detention on Covid Alert

Melbourne Detention Centre Locked Down After Serco Officer Tests Positive for Covid

Government Disgracefully Deserts PNG Refugees

Another Serco Worker in Melbourne Detention Centre is COVID Positive

Comcare must hold Home Affairs to account over refugee cruelty

Rally for Women of Afghanistan. Bravely Standing Against the Taliban Brutality

A Brand of Heartlessness

Rooftop Protest at Yongah Hill Detention Centre

Stand with Women of Afghanistan