Kon Karapanagiotidis

An enormous thank you to all the beautiful people who donated to the ASRC Food Drive for refugees today, we are so grateful for your support 🫶🏼

I’m always so deeply moved by the kindness of everyday Australian families donating food to families in need at the ASRC. This is the country we are, kind, compassionate and welcoming. ❤️

Thank you to all the beautiful people who have already donated food today to the @ASRC1 food drive for refugees. We are here till 2pm! Directly opposite 46 Albert St, Footscray, back of the ASRC.

Our food drive for refugee families at the @ASRC1 has begun. Come join us and donate what you can ❤️

The ASRC annual food drive for refugee families starts at 10am today till 2pm. Below is a list of our most needed items. Hope to see you there today. Our garage entrance is directly opposite 46 Albert Street, Footscray.

‘Day by day I lose weight’: asylum seekers on Nauru get $115 a week, but a bag of grapes costs $20 Forbidden from working, people sent to the island by Australia say they are struggling to survive because food is so expensive

Day by day I lose weight’: asylum seekers on Nauru get $115 a week, but a bag of grapes costs $20.

This while the Albanese Government is spending $2.5 billion to detain people on Nauru. The corruption is out of control as is the lack of transparency.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

Most needed items

Tuna in oil
Coconut milk or cream
Honey, peanut butter, jam
Sweet/savoury biscuits
Tinned vegetables (peas, carrots, corn, tomatoes)
Oil
Dried+tinned legumes (chickpeas, lentils
Toothpaste and toothbrushes
Razors and deodorant Shampoo
Instant coffee/tea bags

Buy my Greek cookbook for Christmas presents and I’ll donate 100% of my profits from your purchase to PARA to help Palestinian refugee families from Gaza in Australia.

It’s available everywhere. 300+ page hardcover. All vegetarian/vegan recipes + how to make gluten free.

It’s Giving Tuesday! A global day of generosity where people come together to create real change. Today, your kindness defends hope for refugees and people seeking asylum.
Every gift makes a real, immediate impact. Donate to the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre here: donate.asrc.org.au/helptoday

It’s Giving Tuesday! A global day of generosity where people come together to create real change. Donate to the ASRC: donate.asrc.org.au/helptoday

It’s Giving Tuesday! A global day of generosity where people come together to create real change. Donate to the ASRC: donate.asrc.org.au/helptoday

It’s Giving Tuesday! A global day of generosity where people come together to create real change. Today, your kindness defends hope for refugees and people seeking asylum.
Every gift makes a real, immediate impact. Donate to the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre here: donate.asrc.org.au/helptoday

Come join me this Sunday in Melbourne for our Festive Food Drive for refugee families 👇🏼

As part of #16DaysOfActivism it’s my job as a man to remind all men that male violence against women is a men’s issue

To say it’s a women’s issue is to blame women for our violence as men

We collectively are the root cause and the root solution to ending it.

Let’s get to work

Help the ASRC support thousands of families seeking asylum this Christmas. Your donation provides immediate support, here & now under the one roof, from food, medicine, emergency housing to medical care. Donate here to our End of Year Appeal: donate.asrc.org.au

Exclusive footage reveals boats at the centre of secretive Australian Border Force scheme The footage, captured by a 9News Perth drone, shows the Australian Border Force’s 110-metre Ocean Shield leaving Broome Port carrying the four fishing boats.

ABF’s largest ship captured on film leaving Broome carrying 4 fishing boats, evidence of its secretive & controversial program of purchasing old boats to give to illegal fishers & people smugglers that sail into Australian waters in unseaworthy craft. www.theage.com.au/national/wes...

Nauruan president makes surprise visit to meet Albanese government as another man quietly deported to Pacific island President David Adeang was spotted by ABC cameras as Nauru received its fourth member from the NZYQ cohort

Secretive meetings behind closed doors, billions in taxpayer money down the drain, people exiled to Nauru by Australia unable to even access enough food. It’s way past time to end this. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Wong, Burke admit to secret meetings with Nauru president Wong’s office said she “raised recent media reports” with Nauru President David Adeang on Monday, but not until after he was photographed entering Parliament House on Tuesday.

Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke and Foreign Minister Penny Wong have both met the Nauruan president in Canberra this week after this masthead revealed fresh allegations of corruption inside the federal government’s offshore detention regime in the Pacific nation.

www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...

The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre has two wonderful roles going at the moment! A Senior #Solicitor role and a #Legal #Advocacy Lead (parental leave cover) role. To find out more go to: asrc.org.au/get-involved...

Nauru president quietly arrives at Parliament House David Adeang was photographed by the ABC entering Parliament House days after this masthead revealed allegations of corruption in the federal government’s offshore detention regime.

The Nauruan president has secretly arrived at Parliament House for talks with Australian officials just days after this masthead revealed allegations of corruption inside the federal government’s offshore detention regime.

www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...

Nauru president makes secretive parliament visit amid bikie contract claims Nauru's president has made a secretive visit to Parliament House in Canberra amid allegations that bikie gangs won a lucrative contract to provide security for former immigration detainees.

Nauruan president makes secretive trip to parliament amid claims bikies won lucrative contract

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...

‘Dirty deals’: Nauru rorting, bikie gang allegations to be referred to NACC Allegations of rorting, graft and bikie gangs infiltrating critical border security operations are set to be referred to the national anti-corruption watchdog.

Allegations of rorting, graft and bikie gangs infiltrating critical border security operations are set to be referred to the national anti-corruption watchdog as more disturbing evidence emerges of Australia’s secretive offshore detention regime in Nauru.

www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...

YouTube video by 60 Minutes Australia How Australia got rid of illegal immigrants | 60 Minutes Australia

Last nights #60mins was explosive & shocking. Whistleblowers exposing a web of corruption, cover ups & the infiltration of our offshore detention regime by criminal bikie gangs.

Watch 60 Minutes story here: youtu.be/9hvxVzX0NDI?...

ASRC’s media release: asrc.org.au/2025/11/10/e...

#60mins #60minutes #auspil #nauru #albanese

‘Pouring money into a trough’: Senior public servant blows whistle on allegedly ‘corrupt’ millions The former Home Affairs assistant secretary claims money was spent on overinflated contracts or for services that were never provided.

A high-ranking Home Affairs Dept official has blown whistle on what he says was corruption infecting the federal gov’s offshore detention regime, alleging was pressured to cover up suspected rorting so Australia could keep using Nauru as border security outpost.

www.theage.com.au/national/pou...

#60mins #60minutes #auspil #nauru #albanese

The Albanese Government must release all contracts, correspondence, and agreements relating to offshore processing and offshore warehousing in Nauru and Papua New Guinea. #60mins #auspol #nauru #albanese #60minutes

The #Albanese Government must end the offshore detention regime and stop outsourcing its legal responsibilities to other nations. People deserve better than a government that hides behind closed-door deals to fund cruelty. #60mins #auspol #60minutes #albanese #nauru