Snapshot: Australia & Boat People in the Seventies - Part One
A timeline of quotes, noteworthy events with references included. The Vietnam War was a long, costly and divisive conflict that pitted...
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An Open Letter to Jacinda Ardern, Prime Minister of New Zealand
12 June 2021 Dear Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern We, the asylum seekers and refugees sent by Australia to the Pacific Islands of Nauru and...
1948: Former Nazi slaves from Baltic States welcomed to Australia
This video is made available by British Pathé newsreel archives. In the light of Australia’s response to people fleeing danger in these...
1963: ARRIVING IN AUSTRALIA - A story of migration, by the Commonwealth Film Unit
A billowing Australian flag, serenaded by an orchestra’s epic jolly jaunting tune sets the scene for “Arriving in Australia,” a...
A Letter from detained Melbourne refugees to The Honourable Daniel Andrews, Premier of Victoria
To The Honourable Daniel Andrews, Premier of Victoria Level 1/1 Treasury Place East Melbourne VICTORIA 3002 May 1, 2021 Dear Premier We...
A Refugee's plea: "Australia, We want our lives back. We beg you."
"We are in detention for 8 years, they have moved us from one detention place to another. We are so tired of being in jail for a long...
Tell the Stories, even when the very telling makes you nauseous. If you don’t it will get worse.
To write or not to write, that is always the question when considering the plight of refugees. Will revealing their predicament make...
An Epidemic of Violence: The Locust Effect
Gary Haugen is civil rights lawyer. He is influential in the fight against global poverty, slavery and corruption. He is a giant killer,...
Solutions: Help refugees thrive, not just survive
A TED Talk by Melissa Fleming Melissa is a compelling storyteller. Her stories shine a light on the realities of seeking asylum and the...
This is how war starts
A TED Talk by Janine di Giovanni Janine di Giovanni invites us to understand the horrors of war. As a reporter she has travelled to some...
Historic ‘fighting place,' Woolloongabba has become a modern day battleground.
Concerned Australians gather daily at Kangaroo Point to protest human rights abuses on their doorstep. Beverly Holmes-Brown Kangaroo...
Who are the Vulnerable? - a list:
They are the ones who are unable to defend themselves, those without a voice, those who, with varying degrees of powerlessness, are easy...