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October 2019
Victoria: Free Tax and MyGov assistance for migrant / refugees
We are one of the ATO Tax Help centres providing Free Tax Help and myGov support in Bendigo. We have some experienced volunteers offering their service this year. If this is helpful for any of your clients or community members please ask them to call us to book an appointment. TAX Help ATO-trained and accredited community volunteers providing free and confidential service to help people to complete their tax returns online using my Tax. When: Appointments on Thursdays and Fridays…
Find out more »November 2019
Ballarat: Local Lens: Refugees in Regional Australia
In this panel discussion at the Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute, we’ll consider a global issue through a local lens. Mass human displacement is one of the most complex ethical and legal global challenges of our time. Australia’s response to asylum seeker arrivals has attracted controversy over the years, including criticism from the United Nations. Last year, the federal government commissioned a report into integration, employment, and settlement outcomes for refugees and humanitarian entrants. We’re still awaiting the results of this report. 20th…
Find out more »Brisbane – FRAYED LIVES, THREADS OF HOPE: AUSTRALIA’S RESPONSE TO THE GLOBAL REFUGEE CRISIS
FRAYED LIVES, THREADS OF HOPE: AUSTRALIA’S RESPONSE TO THE GLOBAL REFUGEE CRISIS Speakers, Musicians, Supper, Audience Engagement Frayed Lives Threads of Hope Media overview 29 October 2019. https://www.facebook.com/frayedlives/ Brisbane, Thursday 21st November Lavalla Centre Paddington Dr Karen Block, Associate Director of the Child Health and Wellbeing Program, Centre for Health Equity, University of Melbourne Noosheen Mogadam, Senior Lawyer, Asylum Seeker Resource Centre Musical performance by Mulu and Haftu (Ethiopia) The global refugee crisis has reached epic proportions. To create more…
Find out more »Ballarat – fundraiser for the House of Welcome
Ballarat a fundraiser for the House of Welcome supporting refugees & people seeking asylum on Sunday November 24th @ 2pm Newington, Ballarat.
Find out more »Sydney – 2019 Kaldor Centre Annual Conference
2019 Kaldor Centre Annual Conference Good decisions: Achieving fairness in refugee law, policy and practice Every day, decisions are made about whether people need international protection because they are at risk of persecution or other forms of serious harm. A variety of people make these life-or-death calls – immigration officials at the airport, tribunal members and judges, public servants, even Ministers themselves. In another sense, the decisions are also made by the general public, because the politicians they elect to…
Find out more »Cairns – Film Night – Against Our Oath
Film Night Wednesday 27th November @ 5:30pm Cairns Base Hospital, A Block AGAINST OUR OATH FILM SCREENING! A documentary feature film.... Ethical conflicts erupt for doctors as the Australian government overrides their clinical decisions made for refugee patients. If doctors cannot follow the ethics their medical profession is bound to, what will happen to their patients? Herein lies the extraordinary conflict of medical ethics versus politics that is playing out for doctors in Australia today. About the film Asylum seekers…
Find out more »December 2019
FORSTER: HUMAN RIGHTS DAY EVENT
ALL WELCOME TO: Great Lakes Australians for Refugees, HUMAN RIGHTS DAY EVENT Guest Speaker PHIL GLENDENNING AM Director of the Edmund Rice Centre for Justice and Community Education President of the Refugee Council of Australia On: SUNDAY, 1 DECEMBER, 2019 When: 2pm - 4pm Where: HOLY NAME PRIMARY SCHOOL HALL, LAKE STREET, FORSTER 2428 NSW Free presentation and afternoon tea will be served "We live in challenging times. But we have a choice: either we can crawl up in…
Find out more »South Gippsland: Rally on the first Saturday of each month
South Gippsland Rural Australians for Refugees (SGRAR) members hold a rally on the first Saturday of each month outside the Wonthaggi Coles Arcade at 11.00 am. We have refugee welcome signs and distribute literature about relevant refugee issues. We welcome everyone. Please come along and support this worthy cause. For further information about South Gippsland RAR contact – And don’t forget to like us on Facebook
Find out more »Bendigo – World Human Rights Day picnic
World Human Rights Day picnic Tuesday 10th Dec 4 - 6pm Bendigo Library Gardens BYO picnic & rug/chairs. Hosted my RAR Bendigo and the Grandmothers for Refugees. A chance to invite your friends, family & neighbours to join in a celebration and awareness of declaration of human rights.
Find out more »February 2020
Brisbane: 2020 Refugee Alternatives Conference
In its fourth year, the conference is heading north to the Sunshine State. After Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide, we are thrilled to be partnering with Queensland University of Technology (QUT) to be presenting the conference in Brisbane. Here's what you need to know Dates: 13 - 14 February 2020 Location: QUT Gardens Point Campus, Brisbane QLD Hosts: Refugee Council of Australia and QUT Early bird tickets will be on sale very soon. In the meantime, register your interest using the button below to…
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