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Permanent Visa's for All - Upcoming Events

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Oct 18, 2023

Permanent Visa's for All - Upcoming Events

No one left behind! Check out these upcoming events: 1. Home Affairs Lunchtime Protest each Wednesday at 1pm 2. Permanent Visa's for All...

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Jul 12, 2023

10 Years Too Long - Upcoming Events

Ten years ago on 19 July 2013, Labor Prime Minister Kevin Rudd announced that no asylum-seeker arriving by boat would ever be resettled...

Help refugees win freedom & dignity - upcoming events

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Oct 25, 2021

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, 2021

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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Sep 13, 2021

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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Sep 9, 2021

Rally for Afghan Refugees

You are invited! Despite the emergency in Afghanistan, the Australian Government is continuing its cruel anti-refugee policies of the...

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Sep 6, 2021

Scattered People Screening

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Aug 19, 2021

Justice for Afghanistan Rally

Australia has a moral responsibility to act in response to the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan. Join the Afghan-Australian community...

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Jul 12, 2021

8 Years 8 Songs

Musician and activist Phil Monsour and others, will perform 8 Songs for 8 Years at the Brisbane Immigration Transit Accommodation (BITA)...

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Jul 12, 2021

Rally at BITA: 8 Years No Freedom

8 years of trauma, 8 years of shame, 8 years too long. The Australian government has held innocent refugees in indefinite detention for...

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Jun 30, 2021

Scattered People - Film Screening

You're invited to a screening of Scattered People. Through the eyes and hearts of two Iranian musicians, Scattered People is a story...

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Jun 28, 2021

Australia's Refugee Underclass

PUBLIC MEETING When: 3 pm Saturday 10 July 2021 Where: Electrical Trade Union meeting rooms, 41 Peel Street, South Brisbane. RSVP: RAC...

Brisbane: Let’s get Tharni and family home to Biloela

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Jun 16, 2021

Brisbane: Let’s get Tharni and family home to Biloela

QLD-born Tharnicaa won the nation’s heart when she was evacuated from a Christmas Island detention centre to a Perth Hospital with sepsis...

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Jun 16, 2021

World Refugee Day Welcoming Event

Brisbane says welcome! To coincide with World Refugee Day, at 2 o'clock this Sunday 20th June at St John’s Cathedral, local people of...

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Jun 10, 2021

Vigil for Tharnicaa

Bring Tharni and her family home to Biloela now! When: TODAY Friday, 11 June 2021 at 5:30 pm local time Where: King George Square, 100...

Destructive military conflicts create more refugees

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May 24, 2021

Destructive military conflicts create more refugees

A message from the Shut Down Land Forces Expo campaign group. Peter Dutton as minister for immigration spent many years of his political...

Disrupt Land Forces Festival of Resistance

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May 21, 2021

Disrupt Land Forces Festival of Resistance

The Disrupt Land Forces FESTIVAL OF RESISTANCE is on from May 28 - June 3 in Meanjin. Did you know that the Australian army is hosting an...

Migration Act nobbled by selfish politicians

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May 14, 2021

Migration Act nobbled by selfish politicians

The Migration Amendment (Clarifying International Obligations for Removal) Bill 2021 was voted into law with Labor support on Thursday...

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Mar 26, 2021

A message from Priya

Priya and her family were taken from their home in Biloela and are being held in detention on Christmas Island. Her daughters, Tharni and...

Palm Sunday Rally for Peace and Refugees

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Mar 24, 2021

Palm Sunday Rally for Peace and Refugees

Please join the Palm Sunday rally and demand peace and justice for refugees. When: Sunday, 28 March 2021 at 12:00 UTC+10 Where:...

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