Human Rights Watch, an international investigative and reporting organisation, says that it has “significant human rights concerns” about Australia’s treatment of refugees and Aboriginal people.
More than one-third of Australians experienced “moderate” to “severe” food insecurity in the last twelve months, according to a new study.
Refugee women desperate for visas are walking 650km from the office of Immigration Minister Andrew Giles in Melbourne to Parliament House in Canberra.
Hundreds of refugees rallied outside Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil’s office in Oakleigh, in south-east Melbourne, on Monday, demanding permanent visas for those who have still not gained protection more than a year after the election of the federal Labor government.
“If you’re here now, get ready to come back to more of these over the next few months, because what we are fighting for is our life, and the life of our university”, Dr Kim Davies proclaimed to fellow staff at Deakin University’s second strike of this year.