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Jana Favero

@janamf.bsky.social
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Advocate. Mother. Cares and tweets about refugees, asylum policy, fairness, equality, gender, politics, Italy, Afghanistan, Mongolia. Works Asylum Seeker Resource Centre

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Jana Favero @janamf.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
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Jill Favero @jillfavero.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Right to protest?? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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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
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Jana Favero @janamf.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
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? www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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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
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Jill Favero @jillfavero.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
The magic of #ElquiValley Chile. Hummingbirds, cacti, ancient petroglyphs, and star gazing. @janamf.bsky.social
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.
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Jana Favero @janamf.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
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. asrc.org.au/2025/10/13/m...
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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...
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Jana Favero @janamf.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
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. @asrc1.bsky.social womensagenda.com.au/latest/what-...
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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.
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Jana Favero @janamf.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
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. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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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
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Jana Favero @janamf.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
“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...
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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
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Jana Favero @janamf.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
My calls and emails to family in Afghanistan go unanswered. The Taliban’s internet shutdown has left us all helpless www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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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
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Jana Favero @janamf.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
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''. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
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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’
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Jana Favero @janamf.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Donald Trump repeatedly made false and misleading claims during his address to the United Nations general assembly on Tuesday. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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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
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Jana Favero @janamf.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
Jana Favero, deputy CEO of the Melbourne-based Asylum Seeker Resource Centre, said the deal with Nauru was “discriminatory, disgraceful and dangerous”. @aljazeera.com www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/202...
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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’.
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Jana Favero @janamf.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
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 www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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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
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Jana Favero @janamf.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
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 www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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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’
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Jana Favero @janamf.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
''This latest deportation plan will put hundreds more lives at risk.'' Human Rights Watch www.hrw.org/news/2025/09...
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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.
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Asylum Seekers Centre @ascsyd.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
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 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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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
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Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 02/09/2025
While Labor spins lines about cohesion its inhumane migration choices betray a disregard for human rights | Elijah Buol
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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...
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Jana Favero @janamf.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
''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 humanrights.gov.au/about/news/o...
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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...
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Jana Favero @janamf.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
“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.” abcnews.go.com/Internationa...
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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
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Jana Favero @janamf.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
“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." www.lithgowmercury.com.au/story/905379...
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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...
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Jana Favero @janamf.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
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. www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
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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.
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Jana Favero @janamf.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
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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 English @aljazeera.com · 11/08/2025
Al Jazeera Media Network condemns the ‘assassination’ of its Gaza correspondents and photographers by Israeli forces. 🔗: aje.io/eeht0q | #JournalismIsNotACrime
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 11/08/2025
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
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Jana Favero @janamf.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
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. www.theage.com.au/national/lea...
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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...
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Jana Favero @janamf.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
👏🏼👏🏼 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. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
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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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MEAA @withmeaa.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
MEAA supports the Palestine Action Group’s bid to March for Humanity across the Sydney Harbour Bridge. meaa.io/4laIpSL
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
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.
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Jana Favero @janamf.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
“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 www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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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
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Jana Favero @janamf.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
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
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Jana Favero @janamf.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
“Every time, it’s people who are suffering, not the leaders,” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
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Iranian Australians are worried about Israeli and US strikes – and fearful of Khamenei’s cornered regime
Melbourne man Kambiz Razmara says ‘our communities in Iran [face] further devastation, further oppression … it’s just a no-win situation for the Iranians’
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Kon Karapanagiotidis @kkarapanagiotidis.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
#WorldRefugeeDay #Telethon powered by the ASRC starts in one hour! 💜 CALL 1300 692 772 (1300 MYASRC) from 7am 💜 TXT ‘HOPE’ to 0476 000 111 to donate $20 now 💜 DONATE ONLINE at asrc.org.au/telethon now 💜 Bid on an auction item at asrc.org.au/auction now
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Jana Favero @janamf.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
And we are live! @asrc1.bsky.social World Refugee Day Telethon kicks off with a powerful Welcome to Country from Uncle Tony Garvey. Today is World Refugee Day but we honour and acknowledge the Wurundjeri people whose country we work on.
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Jana Favero @janamf.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Today 2,000 pages of 9,000 conversations and recommendations will be delivered to the Victorian Parliament. Exposing the harm and injustice but also paving the way for Treaty. I walk in solidarity & call for voice, treaty and truth. And will continue to turn up.
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Jana Favero @janamf.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
Great to join day 22 of the Yoorrook Justice Commission’s Walk for Truth. A powerful way to walk alongside First Peoples and celebrate the strength and resistance of Aboriginal people 🖤💛❤️ yoorrookjusticecommission.org.au/walk-for-tru...
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Jana Favero @janamf.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Jana Favero from @ASRC1 who was an advocate for the centre at the time, said the documents were “outrageous” and “consistent” with the ASRC’s experience trying to help asylum seekers get medical transfers. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Scott Morrison sought advice to obstruct Nauru asylum seekers from accessing abortions, documents reveal
Advocate claims Abbott government was concerned asylum seekers and refugees were using medical transfers as a back door to get into Australia
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Jana Favero @janamf.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Urgent action is needed, we must evacuate all people left in offshore detention to Australia. ‘We just sit here’: the broken men Australia’s offshore detention regime left behind in Papua New Guinea www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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‘We just sit here’: the broken men Australia’s offshore detention regime left behind in Papua New Guinea
Samad Abdul is among the last of more than 2,000 people who passed through the illegal system. Prevented from leaving PNG, he says his life is wasting away
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Kon Karapanagiotidis @kkarapanagiotidis.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
We provide thousands of litres of milk to children each year through our two Foodbanks at the @ASRC1. Help ensure we don’t run out this winter. Donate to our Winter Appeal: donate.asrc.org.au/donatetoday
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Jana Favero @janamf.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
The extension of Trump's Travel ban is outrageous. But let's not forget that the Albanese Government increased powers last year to allow Australia to impose a similar travel ban. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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What is Trump’s new travel ban, and which countries are affected?
President’s sweeping proclamation targets citizens of many countries and would dramatically reshape US border policy
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Jewish Council of Australia @jewishcouncilau.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
Jewish Council Advisory Member Louise Adler AM does not mince words about Israel’s crimes against Gazans—forced starvation among them. Videography by Simon Aubor.
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Jana Favero @janamf.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
As the theme of this year’s National Reconciliation Week, Bridging Now to Next, is urging, @asrc1.bsky.social stands firm in our determination to use our knowledge of the past to create a positive change in the future. asrc.org.au/2025/05/26/n...
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National Sorry Day and Reconciliation Week 2025
Today, Australia marks the National Sorry Day to remember the Stolen Generations—Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people forcibly removed from their families. It is also a time to honour survivor...
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Jana Favero @janamf.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
The children’s names were Yahya, Rakan, Ruslan, Jubran, Eve, Revan, Sayden, Luqman and Sidra. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
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‘One of the most heartbreaking tragedies’: Gaza doctor’s last goodbye before nine children killed in airstrike
Dr Alaa al-Najjar was at work when Israeli strike destroyed her home, leaving one son and her husband as survivors
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Jana Favero @janamf.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
“We’re not the fucking story here, they’re using us as a scapegoat not to talk about the real fucking issue.” www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Kneecap say terror charge is part of ‘witch-hunt’ to prevent Glastonbury gig
Northern Irish group say charge is ‘political policing’ to stop them speaking out about ‘genocide in Gaza’
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Jana Favero @janamf.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
“Humanitarian aid should never be politicised and Palestinian territory must not be reduced nor subjected to any demographic change.” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
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Australia and 22 other countries demand Israel allow aid into Gaza stating ‘the population faces starvation’
‘Palestinian territory must not be reduced nor subjected to any demographic change,’ joint statement declares after Israel announces military expansion
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Jana Favero @janamf.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Happy Volunteer Week to all the incredible volunteers out there. 🙏🏽👏🏽🎉 Special thanks to all the amazing @asrc1.bsky.social volunteers who make it possible to work with over 7,000 people seeking asylum and refugees.
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Jana Favero @janamf.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
“People seeking asylum are locked out of work, study and basic support — and Labor now has a clear mandate to fix it,” says Sobia Shah, Founder of the Professional Migrant Women’s Network. @asrc1.bsky.social womensagenda.com.au/politics/loc...
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'The politics of fear failed': Refugee advocates call on Labor to lead next term with humanity
Advocates for refugees and asylum seekers are calling on Labor to lead with humanity and deliver refugee policy grounded in justice.
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Jana Favero @janamf.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
Votets rejected the politics of fear and division. "Voters have acted with compassion and it's time for our elected representatives and political leaders to reflect this in the incoming parliament," @asrc1.bsky.social said in a statement. www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
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Did the Coalition's pledged cuts to migration backfire?
Migrant communities reacted negatively to the Coalition's plans to cut migration levels, according to a polling analyst.
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Kon Karapanagiotidis @kkarapanagiotidis.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
#AusVotes2025 #election #australiavotes #dutton #albo #auspol #australia #dutton #albo #australia
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Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 03/05/2025
BREAKING NEWS: ABC election analyst Antony Green says ‘nothing looks good for the Coalition at this stage’. Follow Australian federal election live updates and results
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Election 2025 live updates: Peter Dutton trailing in Dickson; Antony Green suggests ‘win or big win’ for Labor as Australia votes – latest Australian federal election news
Voting booths closing across Australia as last polls suggest Albanese to be re-elected as Australian prime minister
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Crikey @crikey.com.au · 03/05/2025
Anyway, here's an idea of the vibe at the Coalition's, er, party in Brisbane, courtesy of Anton Nilsson. #AusVotes
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