Professor Gillian Triggs will be speaking on the crisis of Australia’s refugee regime at Llewellyn Hall, 7pm Wed 25 October. All are welcome and there is no need to book. RSVP and invite your friends on Facebook The tragic death…
Jam for Refugees is a ten hour concert consisting of a series of 30-minute acts by some of Canberra’s finest musicians. The object is to raise both money and awareness to assist refugees. People seeking asylum is a global issue.…
1PM // GAREMA PLACE // SUNDAY 8 OCTOBER // RSVP on Facebook Here Come together to demand safety for refugees & asylum seekers imprisoned on Manus & Nauru! The evidence is overwhelming: Manus Island & Nauru are not…
1pm Thursday 10 August Parliament House Thirty-one year old Hamed Shamshiripour, found dead on Manus Island on Monday, is the latest in a line of tragedies for which Australian government policy must be held responsible. Documentary evidence, now published by the Guardian, has been…
CLOSE THE CAMPS – BRING THEM HERE – Candlelight Vigil, 6pm Garema Pl, 19 July On this 19 July, it will be four years since the then Prime Minister Kevin Rudd announced that people arriving by boat and seeking asylum…
Talking Change – Making it Happen Inaugural National Conference in Canberra Australian Refugee Action Network 20-21 May 2017 Conference Program available at: http://bit.ly/2nNDH3S Copland Lecture Theatre and Copland Building, ANU, Canberra All venues are wheelchair accessible. Bookings: https://www.trybooking.com/OZGU Ticket includes…
Come along to the RAC General Meeting for an update on the campaign and a discussion on strategy going forwards. Light refreshments will provided. 6:30pm Wednesday 26 April, Manning Clarke Centre Theatre 4 (ANU). Agenda items: 1. Political update 2.…
WELCOME REFUGEES – CLOSE THE CAMPS – 1pm / Sunday 9 April / Civic Square (ACT Assembly) Canberra welcomes refugees! Join us for the Canberra ‘Welcome Refugees: Close the Camps’ rally on Palm Sunday – just one of countless rallies occurring around the country on…
Join Canberra RAC alongside speakers Jane Caro, Fr Rod Bower and Dr Sue packer in calling on our local MPs to break their long-standing silence on the injustices of mandatory detention. We are holding a public meeting in protest on Monday 6 March, 6:30pm…
On Friday October 21st, the ANU Refugee Action Committee held a fundraiser “Amps not Camps.” Local musicians got together with refugee activists at the Polish club to raise money for ACT Migrant and Refugee Settlement Services, which works helping newly arrived migrants…
