Muzafar Ali returned to our L4R meeting last month as our guest speaker, to update us on his marathon bike ride.
The Admin Review Tribunal, the first 6 months
In October 2024, the Administrative Review Tribunal replaced the Administrative Appeals Tribunal, with various new objectives, features, processes and powers. In December 2024 the Administrative Review Council was re-established with an objective of monitoring and advising on the operation and integrity of Australia’s administrative law system. These developments reflect a significant (re) commitment to the values and principles which underpinned the administrative law reforms of the 1970s.
In this seminar Professor Margaret Allars SC, Chair of the Administrative Review Council and Simone Burford, Deputy President and Jurisdictional Lead – Protection of the ART will explore the first six months of the new Tribunal’s operation, and the prospects for the revived ARC.
This online seminar (via Zoom) is hosted by the UNSW Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law and the Australian Institute of Administrative Law (NSW).
The Administrative Review Tribunal—The First 6 MonthsWhen: Monday 5 May, 5:30-6:30PM AESTWhere: Online (via Zoom) |
LABOR AND REFUGEES DECEMBER 2024
Copies to be sent to Tony Burke, Ged Kearney and Josh Burns,
Anthony Albanese
Prime Minister
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
3 December 2024
Dear Anthony
I first joined the Labor Party in 1956 just after Labor’s split but the bills passed in Parliament last week represent for me the most disappointing moment in Labor history.
In August 1945, Immigration Minister Arthur Calwell approved a scheme for Holocaust survivors to be sponsored to Australia
Under Article 14 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights everyone has the right to seek and enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution;
You would no doubt be aware that Labor’s Dr Evatt played a significant role in the formation of the United Nations (UN) and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), and was influential in the creation of the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees.
I refer you also to Michelle Bachelet who served as United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights from 2018 to 2022.
Michelle Bachelet, said that the newly concluded global compact on migration could help countries co-operate on migration and would protect the rights of some of the world’s most vulnerable. She said, ‘Australia, has suggested it might withdraw from the Compact, should join the consensus of the global community, adopt the compact and revise the country’s policies with respect to people arriving at its borders without a visa.’ Her fiercest criticism was reserved for Australia’s offshore immigration regime, on the remote islands of Nauru and Manus in Papua New Guinea. ‘The current offshore processing centres are an affront to the protection of human rights’, Bachelet said.
Sincerely
Robin Rothfield
Former National Convenor,
Labor for Refugees.
LABOR FOR REFUGEES FRINGE EVENT
FOR LABOR FOR REFUGEES MEMBERS AND SUPPORTERS.
FRINGE EVENT ONLINE. Fringe Events were not held at the NSW ALP Conference in 2024. The Labor for Refugees Fringe Event is now being held online on 27th November 2024 at 6.30pm
Please join us for our online L4R Fringe Event “ASYLUM MATTERS”
Speakers include :
· Dr Graham Thom, international refugee specialist
· Frances Rush OAM, Asylum Seekers Centre CEO
· Thouraya Lahmadi, refugee and writer
We have never witnessed a global displacement crisis or a local poverty crisis for people seeking asylum like those we face today.
In this session, international refugee specialist Dr. Graham Thom, Asylum Seekers Centre CEO Frances Rush OAM, and refugee and writer Thouraya Lahmadi will unpack the trends, insights, and experiences that must shape refugee policy in Australia.
From exploring the High Court’s ruling on immigration detention to highlighting the stark reality for a person seeking safety without a safety net, this session will highlight what we must do in order to provide protection for those who need it.
There will be time for questions at the end.
If you wish to receive the Zoom link for this event please email Nizza Siano
The Zoom link will be sent to you prior to the event.
We welcome existing and new members as well as anyone who is interested in
hearing what we can do to address the crisis which we face today, of global
displacement and a local poverty crisis for people seeking asylum.
Nizza Siano
National Secretary,
Labor for Refugees.
Email: contact@labor4refugees.com
Website: www.labor4refugees.com
L4R Newsletter April 2018
https://mailchi.mp/343d5ff606d2/at-last-labors-policies-for-conference-released?e=fab6b2efeb
ALP National Conference Consultation Draft 2018
A consultation draft of Labor’s National Platform is being released in the lead up to the 48th ALP National Conference, which will be held in Adelaide on 16, 17 and 18 December 2018.
The consultation draft is the work of Labor’s National Policy Forum, which over the past 12 months has engaged more than 3,000 Party members in the Platform Development process through workshops, policy submissions and surveys.
The consultation draft is available for download here. https://www.alp.org.au/national_platform