News & Stories
Pollies won’t change before the election, but we can
MAY 11 2016 By Andrew Hamilton SJ For Australians, elections are times of hope. But people who seek protection in Australia will find nothing to hope for from this election. Politicians who express concern that despair has driven people detained on Nauru to set themselves alight,…
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Why Turnbull rejected NZ offer to resettle 150 refugees
MAY 9 2016 By Frank Brennan SJ In February when visiting New Zealand, Malcolm Turnbull rejected New Zealand’s offer to take up to 150 refugees a year from the Australian caseload (whether onshore or offshore). Again last week when the PNG Supreme Court struck down the…
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Catholic Alliance for People Seeking Asylum encouraged by PNG Supreme Court stance
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – APRIL 28, 2016 In response to the news that Manus Island detention centre will close following the Papua New Guinea Supreme Court’s ruling that Australia’s detention of people seeking asylum there is illegal, the Catholic Alliance for People Seeking Asylum (CAPSA) has called…
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PNG court rules Manus Island camp unconstitutional
APRIL 27 2016 By Andrew Hamilton SJ In recent days the plight of the people whom Australia has despatched to Manus Island has twice been highlighted. The Four Corners program on the death of Mr Hamid Khazaei displayed in horrifying detail the negligence, indifference, lack of…
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Pope Francis on Lesbos
18 APRIL 2016 By Andrew Hamilton SJ There is so much to like about Pope Francis’ journey to Lesbos. There also so much for Australians to be humbled by. He undertook his travel at a time when the people seeking protection on Lesbos began being put…
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Jesuit Social Services – Speakers Program
Would you like a speaker to come to your school or workplace? The real faces and voices of people who seek asylum in Australia are rarely heard. We have the great privilege of walking beside many people, through the ordinary and sometimes extraordinary stages of their lives.We are…
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No Kids in Detention – now what?
11 APRIL 2016 On Sunday 3rd April, the Immigration Minister Peter Dutton gave an exclusive to the Sunday Telegraph announcing the significant news that there were no longer any children residing in Australian immigration detention centres. Dutton was celebratory and expressed his pride in having ended an…
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Why we walk on Palm Sunday
MARCH 3 2016 By Andrew Hamilton Palm Sunday is a poignant day. It celebrates the exuberant and optimistic beginning to the final week in Jesus’ life. Those who celebrate the feast know that Jesus’ journey will lead to suffering and death. So we naturally associate it…
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