{"id":191,"date":"2010-06-27T02:59:16","date_gmt":"2010-06-27T02:59:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/refugeeactioncoalitionsydney.wordpress.com\/?p=191"},"modified":"2010-06-27T02:59:16","modified_gmt":"2010-06-27T02:59:16","slug":"refugees-racism-and-fear-how-can-we-avoid-another-tampa-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/refugeeaction.org.au\/?p=191","title":{"rendered":"REFUGEES, RACISM AND FEAR: HOW CAN WE\u00a0AVOID\u00a0ANOTHER\u00a0TAMPA\u00a0ELECTION?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Flyer<\/a>A public forum organised by the Refugee Action Coalition<\/p>\n

Speakers:
\nRiz Wakil (Afghan refugee, former Curtin detainee)
\nAaron Hulse (Get Up! campaign director)
\nAmnesty International speaker<\/strong>
\nRefugee Action Coalition speaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

As the federal election approaches, the major parties are engaged in a bidding war about who can be \u201ctoughest\u201d on refugees. Julia Gillard’s replacement of Kevin Rudd as Prime Minister shows no sign of ending this–in fact she is moving to emphasise further Labor’s ability to “protect the borders”. The Labor government\u2019s visa freeze has led to the re-opening of some of Howard\u2019s notorious desert detention centres, including Curtin in WA. This forum will discuss the government\u2019s hardening of refugee policy, and what can be done to stop the renewed spread of fear and hysteria about refugees.<\/p>\n

6pm Monday July 19
\nClub room, Federation conference centre
\n23-33 Mary St, Surry Hills (near Central station)
\nSee map<\/a><\/p>\n

Contact Ian 0417 275 713 or email irintoul [at] ozemail.com.au<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A public forum organised by the Refugee Action Coalition Speakers: Riz Wakil (Afghan refugee, former Curtin detainee) Aaron Hulse (Get Up! campaign director) Amnesty International speaker Refugee Action Coalition speaker As the federal election approaches, the major parties are engaged in a bidding war about who can be \u201ctoughest\u201d on refugees. Julia Gillard’s replacement of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":311091,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-past-actions"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t