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Government must use trauma-informed approach to end uncertainty on refugee visa applications
Published 15/05/2023
The Conversation
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In February this year, the Albanese government announced that thousands of refugees living in Australia who were on Temporary Protection Visas (TPV) and Safe Haven Enterprise Visas (SHEV) would now be moved onto a permanent visa known as a Resolution of Status Visa (ROS)...
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Published 30/06/2022
The Conversation
The election of the Albanese Labor government brings an opportunity to end one of the most detrimental elements of Australian refugee law and policy in the past decade: the use of temporary visas...
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Published 27/05/2022
The Conversation
The long-running case of the “Biloela family” has taken a step forward, after the new Labor government confirmed they would be allowed to return home to Queensland...
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Why one man with ‘god-like’ powers decides if Novak Djokovic can stay or go
Published 13/01/2022
The Conversation
After Novak Djokovic’s visa was restored by a Federal Court judge this week, the ultimate decision of whether he could stay in Australia rested with one person: Immigration Minister Alex Hawke...
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The situation in Afghanistan is beyond horrifying: this is what you can do to help
Published 02/09/2021
The Conversation (Australia Edition)
The situation in Afghanistan is rapidly unfolding as a humanitarian crisis. We are seeing images and stories of violence and despair on a daily, sometimes even an hourly basis.
If you are looking at practical ways to help, here are some suggestions to support refugees from Afghanistan locally, nationally, and internationally.
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Biloela family to be released into community detention - what happens now?
Published 15/06/2021
The Conversation (Australia Edition)
Federal immigration minister Alex Hawke has exercised his power to allow the Murugappan family from Biloela to live in the Perth community.
The Tamil asylum seeker family was previously held in an “alternative place of detention” (APOD) on Christmas Island. Residence determination, also known as “community detention”, was introduced in 2005 an alternative to held detention. As of April 2021, there were 536 people in community detention, including 181 children.
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As a young child is evacuated from detention, could this see the Biloela Tamil family go free?
Published 08/06/2021
The Conversation
On Monday, the image of a small girl in a hospital bed, crying as her big sister gives her a kiss flooded social media feeds...
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Explainer: what does the Federal Court decision on the Tamil asylum-seeker family mean?
Published 17/04/2020
The Conversation
The Sri Lankan family that had been living in Biloela, Queensland, before being held in detention on Christmas Island has had a partial victory in the Federal Court, with a ruling that the youngest child was not granted “procedural fairness”.
This is not yet a decision about whether the family will be allowed back into the community, but leaves the way open for the family to continue its bid to stay in Australia.
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How the Biloela Tamil family deportation case highlights the failures of our refugee system
Published 19/09/2019
The Conversation
Today, the Sri Lankan family who had resettled in the small town of Biloela in Queensland was given a last-minute reprieve in their fight to stay in Australia. A federal court judge ruled the family had established a prima facie case to remain in the country until a final hearing at a date yet to be determined...
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Explainer: how will the ‘medevac’ bill actually affect ill asylum seekers?
Published 13/02/2019
The Conversation
Both the House of Representatives and the Senate have now passed amendments to the Migration Act 1958 that allow for the medical evacuation of asylum-seekers from Manus Island and Nauru. These amendments are also known as the medevac bill.
So, how will the situation for asylum seekers and refugees on Manus Island and Nauru change with the provisions in place?