What the 2025-26 Federal Budget means for people seeking asylum
March 26, 2025The 2025-26 Federal Budget has been handed down and the disparity between $20 million in financial support for people seeking… More
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Federal Budget 2025: Last chance for government to make good on election promises for people seeking asylum
March 24, 2025This Federal Budget is a final opportunity for the Albanese government to make good on its election promise to ensure… More
MEDIA RELEASE: Refugee and human rights organisations issue urgent warning on dangerous rhetoric in election debate
March 21, 2025Media release More than 35 refugee, human rights, community, and faith-based organisations have today released an open letter to the major political… More
Open letter urges major parties to avoid divisive discourse during election campaign
March 21, 2025Dear Prime Minister Albanese, Mr Dutton, Mr Littleproud and Mr Bandt, Ahead of the coming federal election we are writing… More
Language matters: Why we say ‘people seeking asylum’
March 17, 2025Language shapes perception, and the way we describe people fleeing violence, persecution, or war profoundly impacts how they are viewed… More
International Women’s Day: “One woman can change the world”
March 12, 2025My name is Fatima Rahmati. I was born in Afghanistan, the land of mountains and spices and pomegranates and tea… More
Meet Ekim: The outsized difference of welcome
March 04, 2025At the Asylum Seekers Centre (ASC), welcome often begins with Zeynep Ekim Elbaşı Gözoğlu or Ekim, our Senior Welcome and… More
Send a message of welcome
February 28, 2025More important than ever In a world where politicians increasingly seek to divide, where hostile rhetoric towards people seeking asylum… More
Free To Be: ASC’S LGBTQIA+ peer group celebrates Mardi Gras
February 21, 2025For people seeking asylum, this year’s Mardi Gras theme, ‘Free To Be’, resonates deeply. On 16 February, the Asylum Seekers… More
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