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IMPORTANT UPDATE : Our ASRC office is undergoing renovations to better serve our community As we make these improvements, there will be some changes to our services. Learn more about these changes HERE.
People seeking asylum want to work, study and rebuild their lives in safety, but the government continues to deprive many of them of their human rights.
This winter your donation can be the hand up young refugees and their families need to rebuild their lives in safety by providing them with healthcare, food, legal aid and other essential services.
Now you can place your ASRC Catering order directly from our website. It’s as easy as 1–2–3:
1. Browse our range of mouth-watering canapés, wraps, sweets, mains and more.
2. Make your selection by clicking ADD TO CART.
3. Proceed to checkout.
We’ll take care of the rest to ensure the food at your next gathering is memorable for all the right reasons.
The Albanese Labor Government is rushing through knee-jerk legislation that criminalises refugees. If this bill gets through the Senate and becomes law, it could lead to refugees being banned entry to Australia or forced to return to countries where they face persecution or even death.
Please urgently email your Senators, and let them know that you don’t support the entry ban and deportation bill.
MEDIA RELEASE: The ASRC is calling on the Albanese Government to restore safety nets for people seeking asylum in the Federal Budget – starting with urgent investment in social support and ensuring people have the rights to work, study and access medical care. Between 2016-2022, social support for people seeking asylum was cut by a
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MEDIA RELEASE: A Government majority Senate Committee has ignored overwhelming evidence from impacted refugee communities, medical and legal experts, support agencies and academics to give the Albanese Government’s callous Entry Ban and Deportation Bill the go-ahead in a majority report released this afternoon. After attempting to ram the Bill through Parliament in less than 36
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MEDIA RELEASE: Widespread pressure continues to build against Labor’s brutal Entry Ban and Deportation Bill, with the latest criticisms descending from Parliament’s own Human Rights Scrutiny Report released yesterday. The report produced by the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, and chaired by ALP MP Josh Burns, confirms Labor’s Bill currently limits several fundamental human rights including the
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MEDIA RELEASE: ASRC will join refugee human rights lawyers giving evidence today in opposition to Labor’s Entry Ban and Deportation Bill at the one-day Senate hearing in Canberra. The Bill, which unfairly punishes refugees, migrant families and people seeking asylum, was road-blocked at the Senate for an inquiry after Labor attempted to ram the Bill
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With no foreseeable end to the cost of living crisis and the increased rate of illness and vulnerability during these cold months, the ASRC is deeply concerned about its community this season. As we are all too familiar, families who have already been deeply affected by the challenges of no work rights or income face
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What is the Bill about? On 26 March 2024, the Government introduced a Bill which provides the Minister for Immigration with new powers to force a person to cooperate with being deported from Australia. The Bill also allows the Minister for Immigration to prevent people from certain countries from entering Australia. The Bill has not
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Today is International Women’s Day, a time to reflect on the achievements women around the world have attained in more than a century fighting for their rights. On top of this, the ASRC team is also conscious of the multiple challenges refugee women and those seeking asylum are still facing worldwide and, particularly in Australia.
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“From Malaysia to Australia: A journey of flavours and finding freedom.” If you are lucky enough to have a meal cooked for you by Harchana, rest assured that it will be a meaningful experience, straight from the heart. “When I cook, I always cook with love. Cooking is also my way of showing people love.”
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