• GetUp!- Mandatory Detention Campaign

    NiallJuly 30, 2008

    While there have been some fantastic bits of news about the Federal Government changing Mandatory Detention brought in by the Howard Gov’t, the opposition (gee - the old Howard gov’t) wants to block it. Please add your name to the petition urging them and the governemt to take this through to the end and end mandatory detention for immigration and assylum seekers.

    This video is awesome and helps make the message clear.

    Go here to sign up!

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    Which Way Home? - Rudd Gov’t releases Green Paper on Homelessness

    NiallMay 29, 2008

    Prime Minister Kevin Rudd launched the Federal Government’s national homelessness Green Paper on 22 May 2008. The paper, Which Way Home? takes forward the consultations on the future of housing and homelessness from the Australia 2020 Summit last month.

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    Posted in Australia, Politics, Social Justice |
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