First 2018 meeting of the asylum seekers and refugees action group
Members of the Council for Civil Liberties Asylum Seekers Action Group, people wanting to be members, and interested others, are invited to our meeting on Wednesday February 14 at 7.00 p.m.We plan to...
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Submission of the New South Wales Council for Civil Liberties to the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee NSWCCL thanks the Senate Committee for the opportunity to comment on this...
View ArticleNSWCCL endorses Palm Sunday Rally
Join us in protest against the treatment of asylum seekers and refugees by Australia, both in the offshore detention centres of Nauru and Manus Island and on the Australian mainland. The NSWCCL...
View ArticleMigration Amendment (Clarification of Jurisdiction) Bill 2018
The NSW Council for Civil Liberties (NSWCCL) thanks the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee for its invitation to make a submission concerning the Migration Amendment (Clarification...
View ArticleNSW Council for Civil Liberties condemns threatened deportation of Aboriginal...
The New South Wales Council for Civil Liberties (CCL) has condemned the threatened deportation of Aboriginal man Brendan Thoms. The ABC reports he is the second Aboriginal man since September to appeal...
View ArticleNSW CCL signs #BackTheBill: Medical treatment should not be a political question
The New South Wales Council for Civil Liberties (CCL) has signed an open letter urging Members of Parliament to support the Home Affairs Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2018. This...
View ArticleCan the medevac bill survive government extreme attack ?
The extreme scare-mongering rhetoric of the Government’s attack on the Labor Party for supporting any version of the medical evacuation bill is a disgraceful performance which will further damage the...
View ArticleMedevac bill: cross-bench /labor victory- but danger ahead
Labor and the cross-bench found sufficient common ground to achieve a significant victory for decency and humanitarian values in the Australian Parliament yesterday. The medical evacuation amendment...
View ArticleThe thwarting of the medical evacuation bill
In December last year, Wentworth MP Kerryn Phelps advanced a bill to provide for emergency medical evacuations for people on Manus or Nauru. After negotiations with the crossbench, she agreed on...
View ArticleA glimpse into the difficulties people seeking asylum face in the courts
3 April 2019CQX18 is the boat identification of an Iranian man, who applied for a visa in March 2018. This request was rejected, and that decision was reaffirmed in April. He appealed that decision in...
View ArticleStatements from political parties in response to questions on asylum seeker...
9 May 2019Greens: How will you support the implementation of the Medivac Bill to provide medical assistance to sick and injured Men currently in detention on Manus and Nauru? The Greens sponsored the...
View ArticleWhere do the parties stand on asylum seeker policies?
9 May 2019Interested in Asylum Seekers issues and wondering where to send your preferences?This question led the NSWCCL Asylum Seekers Group to send the same five questions to all parties standing for...
View ArticleSubmission: Migration Amendment (Repairing Medical Transfers) Bill 2019
The New South Wales Council for Civil Liberties (NSWCCL) thanks the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee for its invitation to make a submission concerning the Migration Amendment...
View ArticleSubmission: Regional Processing Cohort Bill 2019 - August 2019
The Bill proposes to ban permanently from Australia any person who entered Australia as an unauthorised maritime arrival after 19 July 2013, was transferred to the Republic of Nauru (Nauru) or Papua...
View ArticleMedevac – another shameful last week in the Australian Parliament
This time last year we lamented the reckless proceedings in the last sitting day of the Australian Parliament as the ALP allowed the Government to force through the widely opposed encryption-breaking...
View ArticleAsylum Seekers and Refugees must be considered in COVID-19 responses
Asylum Seekers and Refugees must be considered in the response to the Covid 19 Emergency.The NSWCCL has grave concerns for the health and safety of those held in immigration detention centres on the...
View ArticleClose detention centres and prisons now, says retired physician
NSWCCL supporter and esteemed retired physician, Dr Alex Wodak*, has called for the Commonwealth Government to immediately close all immigration detention centres and remove all non-violent inmates...
View ArticleNSWCCL calls for release of those in alternative places of detention (APOD)
NSWCCL are asking members and supporters to urgently write to a group of Federal Ministers warning them of the risks involved in keeping 100 refugees in the Kangaroo Point Central Hotel, an alternative...
View ArticleThe right to protest should not be curtailed
4th May 2020The right to protest should not be curtailedThe NSW Council for Civil Liberties has grave concerns with the actions of the Victorian Police in the arrest of Chris Breen. To our...
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Refugee Week 2020
Refugee Week June 14 - June 20, is Australia’s peak annual activity to raise awareness about the issues affecting refugees and celebrate the positive contributions made by refugees to Australian...
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