Past Events

The Refugee Advocacy Network is calling on all groups and individuals who support refugee rights to come together and send a clear message to the government: it’s time to end mandatory detention. The crisis in Australia’s detention system has reached a critical point. There are now almost 7,000 people locked in detention centres across the country. Increasing number have been incarcerated for long periods of time – months or even years.  Asylum seekers and refugees in the camps are increasingly…

Five hundred people joined a protest to end mandatory detention in Melbourne on Sunday November 7 and marched through the city streets demanding justice for refugees. Protesters heard from a range of speakers, including Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young; State Labor parliamentarian Hong Lim; acclaimed Afghan women’s rights activist and opponent of the US/NATO occupation Malalai Joya; Gilios, a West Papuan refugee representing RISE Refugee; Brian Walters (Greens candidate for Melbourne); Michelle O’Neill from the Textile Clothing and Footwear Union; and…

Join the rally for refugees on Sunday November 7, 2pm at the State Library