Support the doctors’ march for refugees

CLOSE MANUS CLOSE NAURU 1pm Saturday 5 November, Hyde Park north Doctors for Refugees is calling on all Australian doctors and their supporters—specifically other health professionals but also the general public—to march on November 5th to...

Pre-election rally: Close Manus, Close Nauru, Bring Them Here

1pm Sunday 19 June, Sydney Town Hall Invite your friends to the Facebook event here Download a poster here to stick up at work or in your suburb Email us at refugeeactionsyd@gmail.com to ask for posters or leaflets...

4000 march on Palm Sunday in Sydney

The Palm Sunday rally for refugees on 20 March was a great success with around 4000 people demonstrating in Sydney and thousands more across the country. You can see a short video reports from...

Emergency rally on Europe-wide day of action

2pm this Saturday 12 September, Sydney Town Hall NO TO FORTRESS EUROPE - NO TO FORTRESS AUSTRALIA To coincide with Europe-wide day of action Saturday 12 September Invite your friends to the Facebook event here Twitter hashtag: #SydEUAU...

Hundreds of refugees protest on Nauru

Around 300 refugees on Nauru staged a protest yesterday, Friday afternoon, 27 February. The peaceful protest assembled at Beach House, the accommodation for many of the Australian personnel employed in the detention centre. However, when the...

Welcome refugees rally success

Sydney's Welcome Refugees rally on Sunday 19 April was a good success, with around 3000 in attendance. Click here for more photos and video of the day.This is about the same size as last year's...

Urgent action needed for Darwin hunger strikers as ‘Martin’ nears death

Fifteen Iranian asylum seekers are on their 19th day of hunger strike in Darwin’s Wickham Point detention centre. Meanwhile Martin, who has been on hunger strike since November last year is very weak and...

Fifteen Iranian asylum seekers in Darwin hunger strike

While the mass hunger strike at Manus Island has drawn the main media attention, 15 Iranian asylum seekers have entered their sixth day of hunger strike in the Wickham Point detention centre near Darwin. The...

Palm Sunday rally success

About 3000 people turned out in appalling weather in Sydney to demand an end to the horror the Abbott government is inflicting on asylum seekers on Nauru and Manus Island, and call for an...

Boat people’s convergence on Abbott

Meet Saturday 22 February 11am at Circular Quay Wharf 3 for Manly ferry or meet 12pm Manly Park To march on Tony Abbott’s office No boat turn backs Close Manus Island and Nauru Permanent not temporary visas