Jana Favero

It appears you no longer have the right to protest | First Dog on the Moon Police charged at people who could not flee due to being kettled. As always police say that is not what happened

Right to protest?? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

A translation of the Nauruan president’s remarks will stay suppressed for a decade – but secrecy in Australia’s offshore policy is nothing new From Scott Morrison’s ‘on-water matters’ to the Albanese government’s MOU with Nauru, successive governments’ attitude to legitimate scrutiny has been one of hostility

If Australia’s offshore processing regime is as uncontroversial as the government insists, why is nobody allowed to see it, to interrogate it? Why should we not know the translation of the interview held by the government?

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A hummingbird, wings flutter, seeking nectar.

Red buds on a prickly pear.

Petroglyphs rock art of Vicuña from the Diaguita culture (around 1000 years old). Chile.

Intense search of the night sky through a telescope.

The magic of #ElquiValley Chile. Hummingbirds, cacti, ancient petroglyphs, and star gazing.
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Media release: Multicultural communities back Treaty for Victoria The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC), along with over 45 other multicultural organisations including Democracy in Colour, IndianCare, Centre for Multicultural Youth, Settlement Council of Australi...

Multicultural communities back Treaty for Victoria

With the legislation for Australia’s first Treaty debated this week in the Vict Parliament, we call on all politicians to support this historic step towards justice & Self-Determination for First Peoples.
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What I learned about healing after surviving the Rwanda genocide From surviving the Rwanda genocide to rebuilding her life in Australia, Frida uses her voice to inspire healing, compassion and unity.

What I learned about healing after surviving the Rwanda genocide

I urge everyday Australians to play a meaningful role in teaching, healing, and building communities to support refugees.
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Australia lacks ‘legitimate objective’ in fast-tracking Nauru deportations, Labor-led committee finds Parliamentary committee warns international human rights obligations could be breached under new regime

This is the danger of rushing laws through Parliament with no scrutiny, transparency or expert consultation.

Parliamentary committee warns international human rights obligations could be breached under new regime.
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Refugees and asylum seekers on Nauru going hungry despite government spending $1.5m a year for each person The Australian government is spending millions of dollars a year to house asylum seekers, yet many say they can not afford food and are forced to skip meals

“While the Albanese govt recklessly spends hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars in secret, with zero accountability or transparency, people seeking asylum sent to Nauru are going hungry because their allowance is too small to buy enough food,” www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

My calls and emails to family in Afghanistan go unanswered. The Taliban’s internet shutdown has left us all helpless | Shadi Khan Saif From the safety of Australia, I watch in despair as my loved ones in Kabul navigate this digital darkness – a calculated effort to silence dissent

My calls and emails to family in Afghanistan go unanswered. The Taliban’s internet shutdown has left us all helpless
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US private prisons operator to be paid $790m to hold 100 people on Nauru in quiet expansion of contract Exclusive: A sixteenfold increase in the original contract without public notification raises allegations of ‘gross mismanagement’ and a process ‘run out of control’

The staggering cost of cruelty.
''At the current rate, MTC’s contract on Nauru is worth $157m a year... If the contract does not increase further in cost before its expiry, Aust taxpayers will have paid $430,512 a day to process asylum seekers offshore''.
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Fact-check: Donald Trump’s false and misleading claims during his UN address The US president made at least five spurious claims ranging from climate change and immigration to ending wars

Donald Trump repeatedly made false and misleading claims during his address to the United Nations general assembly on Tuesday.
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Australia to send hundreds to Nauru in $1.6bn migrant resettlement deal The Pacific island will resettle up to 354 former detainees Canberra says have ‘no legal right to remain in Australia’.

Jana Favero, deputy CEO of the Melbourne-based Asylum Seeker Resource Centre, said the deal with Nauru was “discriminatory, disgraceful and dangerous”. @aljazeera.com

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Labor and Coalition pass deportation laws set to make Nauru a ‘penal colony’ for Australia, critics say Legislation validates flawed decisions, cuts off appeals and gives government sweeping powers to deport people, campaigners claim

The threat of deportation is now real for thousands of people: people who have Australian citizen family members, including children. This would cause permanent family separation. The Aust Govt should be ashamed of its “secret” deal with Nauru. @asrc1.bsky.social

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Up to 80,000 people in Australia may be affected by ‘sledgehammer’ powers to deport noncitizens to Nauru, lawyers warn Greens senator David Shoebridge accuses Tony Burke of ‘doing his Peter Dutton impression, dog-whistling and punching down on migrants’

The Govt is “blatantly misleading the public” about the bill’s reach and increased powers. “By removing the most basic legal protections from these decisions, Labor is setting Australia on a dangerous and slippery slope,” @asrc1.bsky.social
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Australia Should Halt Plan to Deport Refugees, Migrants to Nauru The Australian government struck a A$400 million (US$260 million) deal with Nauru to deport 280 people to the small Pacific island nation.

''This latest deportation plan will put hundreds more lives at risk.'' Human Rights Watch
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While Labor spins lines about cohesion, its inhumane migration choices betray a disregard for human rights | Elijah Buol We must fight for the Australia we wish to see – the one that welcomed me, an unaccompanied minor orphaned by war

Labor's new anti-fairness bill is failing human rights and our nation's cornerstones of fairness, justice, and equity, writes our CEO Elijah Buol via @australia.theguardian.com

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While Labor spins lines about cohesion its inhumane migration choices betray a disregard for human rights | Elijah Buol We must fight for the Australia we wish to see – the one that welcomed me, an unaccompanied minor, orphaned by war * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast At this moment, a democratically elected government of a western nation is preparing to pass a bill that would see non-citizens deported without giving them proper warning or the chance to challenge the decision. That same government is making secret deals worth almost half a billion dollars with questionable overseas regimes to ship migrants and refugees offshore, all while avoiding accountability and scrutiny. Elijah Buol OAM is a former refugee and CEO of the Asylum Seekers Centre in Sydney Continue reading...

While Labor spins lines about cohesion its inhumane migration choices betray a disregard for human rights | Elijah Buol

Fairness isn't something that can be selectively applied. Australia is better than this In an opinion piece published by The Canberra Times, Human Rights Commissioner Lorraine Finlay criticises the Federal Government proposed amendments to the Migration Act. She argues the proposed chang...

''Procedural fairness isn’t just about ticking legal boxes. It’s about making sure that decisions are made carefully, transparently, and with respect for the individual. It’s a safeguard against error, and a check on power''. Australian Human Rights Commission
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Australian government signs deal to deport former detainees to the tiny island country of Nauru Australia and Nauru signed an agreement on Friday to allow the Australian government to deport formerly detained people without valid visas to the tiny island nation

“This deal is discriminatory, disgraceful and dangerous. At a time when the entire country has just voted for unity and rejected fear, rather than embrace this and show leadership, the Albanese Govt has launched yet another attack on migrants & refugees.”
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Australia signs $400m deportation deal with Nauru Australia will pay Nauru hundreds of millions of dollars to accept non-citizens who don't have a valid visa...

“These secret deals send one clear message - in Australia, some people will be punished simply because of where they were born," deputy CEO Jana Favero said. @asrc1.bsky.social
"This deal is discriminatory, disgraceful and dangerous."

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Farage sets out Australia-style 'mass deportation' plan amid asylum seeker rallies across UK There is continued tension around the use of hotels for asylum seekers, with weekend protests in multiple cities in the UK.

Outrageous that anyone would choose to copy Australia's failed policy of offshore detention.

Offshore detention is well documented humanitarian and financial disaster. This is all about the politics of fear and division.
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Malnourished Palestinian woman dies in Italy after Gaza evacuation Marah Abu Zuhri, 20, arrived in Pisa on an Italian humanitarian flight along with other critical patients

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Al Jazeera Media Network condemns the ‘assassination’ of its Gaza correspondents and photographers by Israeli forces.

🔗: aje.io/eeht0q | #JournalismIsNotACrime

Five more Palestinians have died from starvation in Gaza, due to Israel’s restrictions on aid, bringing the total to 217 since the war began, including 100 children, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health.

🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/1490et

Leader of Australian bikie gang strikes deal to provide security on Nauru Companies controlled by Finks bikie leader Ali Bilal have been engaged since at least February to a Nauru government agency that provides escort security services to the detention centre, community sa...

For some in our community, committing a crime means the threat of deportation to Nauru, for others it leads to $$$ contracts for services on Nauru. This exposes the absurdity of our system, unfairness, lack of transparency & failure of offshore processing.
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Five Labor MPs defy NSW premier and vow to attend pro-Palestine march across Sydney Harbour Bridge ALP MLC Stephen Lawrence criticises ‘slow and steady demonisation of protest’ in NSW

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Several New South Wales Labor MPs have defied their premier, Chris Minns, by vowing to march across Sydney Harbour Bridge in support of Gaza this weekend as police attempt to challenge the protest in court.
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MEAA supports the Palestine Action Group’s bid to March for Humanity across the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

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We have known for years that people seeking asylum held on Nauru are subjected to horrific conditions.

Offshore detention must end, and people seeking safety must be treated with fairness and dignity.

Asylum seekers on Nauru contract dengue as advocates call on Australia to take responsibility Exclusive: Asylum seekers say accessing mosquito nets ‘impossible’ amid warnings virus compounds pre-existing health conditions

“The health system on Nauru is already fragile and easily overwhelmed – it will struggle to cope with this outbreak. Australia has a clear responsibility for the refugees our government has banished there.” @asrc1.bsky.social

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The @asrc1.bsky.social Winter Food Drive is TODAY!

We’re getting ready to fill the Foodbank shelves in Dandenong — and we’d love for you to be part of it. 💜

📍 Refugee Resource Hub, Oldham Lane, Dandenong 3175
🗓 Saturday 26 July
🕙 10AM – 2PM

Learn more: bit.ly/44CrD8K

#WinterFoodDrive