Past Events

Is Australia in crisis? DO HUMAN RIGHTS MATTER? A Forum on our treatment of Asylum Seekers and Refugees Kaleide Theatre, RMIT, 360 Swanston St Melbourne MONDAY 26 AUGUST 2013, 6.30 – 8.30pm Speakers: Julian Burnside AO QC Dr. Leanne Weber, Barrister, Human Rights & School of Political and Social Refugee Advocate Inquiry, Monash University Prof. William Maley, Director, ANU College of Asia & the Pacific Bishop Philip Huggins, Vice-Chair of Australian Churches Refugee Taskforce Arrival & refreshments from 6pm Entry by…

Please join the Melbourne Law Students Society Institute for International Law and the Humanities & Melbourne Social Equity Institute in The Refugee Crisis: Is Manus Island the Solution, public forum! This seems like it will be an amazing discussion! Date: Thursday August 8th, 2013 Time: 1:00-2:00pm Venue: G08, Ground Floor Melbourne Law School, 185 Pelham Street Carlton. Attendance is FREE but booking essential! Please see the attached flyer for more information.

  World Refugee Day Rally 2013 Welcome Refugees Close Manus Island, Close Nauru End mandatory detention; Stop deportations to danger; Honour the Refugee Convention Sunday 16 June, 12 noon Gather @ Exhibition Building, Nicholson Street, near Gertrude Street (beside Carlton Gardens) Catch 86 or 96 tram or walk from Parliament Station Music & Speakers inc: Graham Thom – Amnesty International Misha Coleman – Australian Churches Refugee Taskforce Michele O’Neil – State Secretary Textile, Clothing & Footwear Union of Australia Adam…

To mark the one year anniversary of her detention, on May 10th the Refugee Action Collective is hosting a Release Ranjini Day event. Our government is holding more than 50 refugees in indefinite detention because of an adverse ASIO security assessment. People like Ranjini and her sons (pictured) are not security threats- they have not been charged with war crimes, or terrorist acts, or any other illegal activity. But they have been found to be genuine refugees, in need of…