Australia's largest independent not for profit that supports & empowers people seeking asylum & refugees.
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One change to policy = 250+ people affected in our health clinic alone.
Providing healthcare for these 250 people will cost the ASRC an additional, unbudgeted $270,000 a year.
Choose Welcome and help provide essential support. Donate today at pulse.ly/ivniuql0gh
BREAKING NEWS that unfort won't make the headlines but will have a massive impact on refugees. The Gov has just announced that ppl seeking asylum will now have to pay at least $1863 just to lodge an appeal of their bureaucratic protection claim. More: asrc.org.au/2026/11/02/price…
Maryam left her home in South Sudan seeking asylum in Australia. In this 4-part series we ask about her journey, and what services at the ASRC made a difference to her.
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Catherine, is an experienced and dedicated physiotherapist, who has volunteered with us for 15 years. What has kept her coming back? We asked her to find out!
Hundreds of volunteers help the ASRC do our work. 'Volunteer with us' through our website.
Rising rents. Expensive groceries. Soaring bills.
These are the issues people want fixed.
Blaming our neighbours won’t make life more affordable. We need political leaders focused on housing, corporate profits and real solutions.
Our new messaging guide:commoncause.com.au/real-prob…
After the break in at our catering kitchen and the theft of our two vans, the legends at @fordaustralia loaned us two brand new vans while ours were being located and repaired. Huge shoutout to Ford for their generosity!
With the state election just weeks away, it's time for everyone who cares about Treaty and First Nations justice to show up in solidarity. ❤️💛🖤
This Friday at the Together for Treaty Barnstorm we'll send a message that can't be ignored: Victorians back Treaty.
A new look for welcome. 💜 Today, we're proud to introduce a bold new look that reflects who we are today and the future we're building together: pulse.ly/rkbbon6eyi
What does life look like after detention?
Hear Ravi’s story and discover what living on Naoero is really like in Episode 1 of our podcast, Out of Sight, Out of Mind.
Available wherever you get your podcasts.
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On Friday 23rd of October, the ASRC is taking part in a forum called Strength in Solidarity: dialogues on anti-racism and Treaty in Dandenong, organised by Common Threads and Democracy in Colour.
🔗 FREE event - registration is essential: pulse.ly/soyhluy2eq
All four episodes of Out of Sight, Out of Mind are out now. 🎧
Listen wherever you get your podcasts. And don't forget to leave a rating or review to tell us what you think! ⭐
pulse.ly/ucbe8b59na 🔗
Diversity is our strength, not our weakness. Pauline Hanson’s plan to cut immigration would drain the vibrancy from our communities and, as economic modelling has shown, tens of billions from our economy.
Read more here: pulse.ly/fngqamcbzg
This week, we were in Parliament with incredible advocates who have lived experience of seeking safety in Australia, and partners like RACS’ Sarah Dale, urging representatives to keep our migration system fair, free and safe.
Twenty-five years after Tampa, our leaders are still following the same playbook: make us fear each other so we don’t ask who’s really failing us.
Read our CEO Kon’s opinion piece, published yesterday in Community Directors: pulse.ly/abhdkv5ytn
This Anti-Poverty Week, we’re calling for a fair and equal foundation for everyone, with the support people seeking asylum need to rebuild their lives as part of our community.
