HIGHCOURT CHALLENGE TO LAWFULNESS OF OFFSHORE DETENTION
The Australian Greens welcome the case filed in the High Court yesterday challenging the lawfulness of offshore detention."It is costing taxpayers billions of dollars to keep children locked up in...
View ArticleThe Australian Greens call for the Prime Minister to attend Rohingyan refugee...
The Australian Greens call for the Prime Minister to provide regional leadership by attending the Rohingyan refugee crisis talks scheduled to be held in Thailand on May 29."I'm calling on the Prime...
View ArticleResponse to the Governments so called humanitarian assistance to Burma
"Last week the government cut 28 million dollars of aid to Burma. A week later they want a 'pat on the back' for restoring less than a quarter of that" Greens spokesperson for Immigration Senator...
View ArticleRoyal Commission to consider investigating the abuse of children inside...
After writing to the Commissioner in relation to child abuse claims in Australian immigration detention centres, The Australian Greens welcome news that the Royal Commission into Institutional...
View ArticleAUSTRALIA’S CHANCE TO PROVIDE REGIONAL LEADERSHIP ON ROHINGYA CRISIS
At today's Rohingya crisis meeting in Bangkok Australia has an opportunity to provide leadership and initiate practical steps to assist in humanitarian efforts to save lives. "As one of the wealthiest...
View ArticleRefugees who take up work visas should be able to stay: Greens
The Greens have today renewed calls to give people found to be refugees permanent visas. In responding to reports today that the NSW Government has agreed to work with the Federal Government to place...
View ArticleRefugee boat, turned back by the Australian Navy, crashes onto reef.
The Australian government continues to its secret operations on the high seas while ignoring its regional responsibilities after a boat carrying 65 asylum seekers, including three toddlers, crashes...
View ArticleCONFUSION OVER THE PROPOSED TRANSFER OF INJURED BOY FROM NAURU TO INDIA A...
Conflicting reports from service providers on Nauru and Minister Dutton that the refugee boy suffering from a seriously broken arm on Nauru will be transferred to India for surgery, rather than being...
View ArticleAUSTRALIA PAYS MILLIONS FOR OTHER COUNTRIES TO DO ITS DIRTY WORK
The cloak and dagger secrecy of the Australian Government continues after the arrival of four refugees in Cambodia from Nauru. "Australia has bribed Cambodia to take these poor people. There is no...
View ArticleGovernment must give full account of boat turn back and payments
The Australian Greens have demanded answers today over reports from an Indonesian Police Chief that Australian officials paid thousands of dollars to the crew of an asylum seeking boat to turn...
View ArticleThe Prime Minister must come clean on trafficking allegations
The Australian Greens say that that the Government must come clean on whether payments were made to boat crews to turn asylum seekers back to Indonesia and whether Government officials have acted...
View ArticleGreens will use Senate powers to reveal truth on cash bribes for smuggling
The Greens will use parliamentary powers to force the Government to table documents relating to the interception and 'turn-back' of an asylum seeker boat including any payments of monies to individuals...
View ArticleAustralian Greens have written to Australian Federal Police requesting...
The Australian Greens have today written to the Australian Federal Police asking them to investigate if any payments have been made to crews of boats carrying asylum seekers and if so what laws have...
View ArticleGreens call for emergency intake of 20,000 Syrian refugees
Australian Greens Leader Richard Di Natale is calling on the Australian government to initiate an emergency intake of 20,000 refugees fleeing sectarian violence in Syria's ongoing civil war, where over...
View ArticleThe Plan for Change
The Plan for Change is an event which is travelling the country to help eqiup and inspire community members in helping welcome people seeking asylum into the community, and to bring about change to our...
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