Spiralling costs mirror spiral of despair
The controversial cost of offshore processing needs to be recognised for what it is; billions of dollars spent to needlessly punish vulnerable people in an attempt to make a political point, the Greens...
View ArticleAustralia’s rights and wrongs highlighted on Human Rights Day
Human rights groups in Australia are making themselves heard every day to the betterment of our society, but the Australian Government needs to follow their lead if real change is to be achieved, the...
View ArticleGreens welcome visas for Afghan interpreters
After introducing a bill and appealing to both the Government and the opposition to establish a special visa class for Afghan interpreters, the Greens welcome the establishment of a program that...
View ArticleAnother baby born into indefinite detention
A young mother named Ranjini who is facing indefinite detention in Australia has given birth to her third child; another innocent new-born who will be detained despite having committed no crime.“What...
View ArticleTranscript: Christine Milne and Sarah Hanson-Young: asylum seekers
Transcript Subjects: Asylum seekers, children in detention, Manus, Pontville, ACT Liberals. CHRISTINE MILNE: As you would be aware the UNHCR report is out today and it says exactly what the Greens have...
View ArticleGovernment refuses to grant media access to offshore detention centres
After consistently ignoring independent reports of the unacceptable conditions in the Nauru and Manus Island detention centres, the government today voted against a motion calling for full media access...
View ArticlePhotographs From Inside The Manus Island Detention Centre
The Australian Government is refusing to allow the conditions inside the Manus Island Detention Centre to be revealed to the Australian public. These photographs were sent to our office confidentially...
View ArticleBooks of Hope for children in detention
The Australian Greens have launched a ‘Books of Hope’ drive today, calling for people all around the country to donate children’s books for refugee families in Manus Island and other detention...
View ArticleDeadly consequences of immigration mess
The Australian Greens say recent reports of lives lost at sea will continue to be repeated as long as the old parties continue down the doomed path of deterrence and blame.“While the Labor Party and...
View ArticleChildren's Commissioner a win for our kids
After paving the way for the creation of the position, the Australian Greens have today welcomed the appointment of Megan Mitchell as the National Children’s Commissioner.“Children are some of the most...
View ArticleMedia must get access to offshore detention as suicide attempts continue
It is clear that the media must be granted greater access to Australia’s offshore detention centres, the Australian Greens said today after reports emerged from the Department of Immigration regarding...
View ArticlePetition to condemn the Coalition's fear mongering & vilification of refugees
The Coalition’s immigration spokesperson Scott Morrison has called for a freeze on bridging visas, special ‘behaviour protocols’ for refugees and asylum seekers, and police notifications whenever...
View ArticleBetween The Devil & The Deep Blue Sea - SA Screening (McLaren Vale) Friday...
Fri, 2013-03-15 20:00 - 22:30The Black Cockatoo Arthouse (Volunteer Not-for-Profit Arthouse Cinema, Art Gallery & Community Space), 1 Park St McLaren Vale (off Main Road opposite the Almond Train...
View ArticleGreens call for moratorium on Afghan deportations after Federal Court ruling
The Greens are calling for an immediate moratorium on the deportation of Hazaras back to Afghanistan in light of the Federal Court’s ruling today.“Now that the Federal Court has intervened the...
View ArticleRefugees’ health; we should care
A Senate inquiry report has been released today in which the Greens recommend an independent panel be urgently created to oversee the physical and mental health of refugees in detention offshore.“It...
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