BREAKING: I have been refused a visa to visit Nauru. The reason? The Australian Government told them not to let me in. Kids are at risk of dying and Morrison doesn't want anyone to see. #KidsOffNauru
'Today we've had some fantastic news,' says World Vision CEO Claire Rogers
“We stood up against all odds, not on the basis of right or left, but on the basis of right and wrong.”
#KidsOffNauru #BackTheBill #SafeandFree
Media Alert: worldvision.com.au/media-centre/r…
Our work goes on. I’m talking to ANU students tonight about #kidsoffnauru and how they can make a difference.
It took months to get 170,000 signatures for the #KidsOffNauru petition, and yet the Remove Fraser Anning from Parliament petition topped 1 million in a few days. Are we keener to distance ourselves from Nazis than to actually help Muslims or refugees? Is it all about self-image?
Updating pics from a zine I made 5 years ago RAR.Australia #RefugeesWelcome #kidsoffnauru #letthemstay #auspol #illustration #draw
MEDIA STATEMENT: All Refugee #KidsOffNauru . World Vision Australia welcomes the news that the last four refugee children have departed #Nauru .
“Today’s announcement is a triumph for compassion and humanity,” - World Vision CEO Claire Rogers.
Read more: worldvision.com.au/media-centre/r…
It costs $400,000 a year to hold an asylum seeker in offshore detention
$239,000 to hold them in detention in Australia
around $40,000 for an asylum seeker to live in community on a bridging visa while claim is processed
kaldorcentre.unsw.edu.au/publication/co…
#auspol
#KidsOffNauru
#DoTheMaths
3 days to go. #WhyWeProtest #SixYearsTooLong #Flashback2018 Campaigns work, protests work. Taking action works. The #KidsOffNauru campaign got the kids to safety. Not Morrison. Not Dutton. We did it for the kids, we can do it for everyone else too. #Manus #Nauru #EndTheCruelty
On this day 4 years ago several parliamentarians delivered a petition with 130000 signatures to the government, to get #KidsOffNauru . Within months that shameful policy of indefinite detention of children had ended.
Nick McKim Rebekha Sharkie MP #auspol
A background to getting kids of Nauru with David Isaacs at #ACAHconf #BringThemHome #kidsoffnauru #asylumseekers #doodlemedicine #sketchnotes
Standing together at #ACAHconf to #savemedevac with a group of passionate, dedicated child health professionals! #advocacy #refugeehealth #bringthemhere #kidsoffnauru
Powerful and moving talk from powerhouse CNC alanna maycock at #ACAHconf on #kidsoffnauru and the terrible living conditions and resignation syndrome the children and families on Nauru had.
Here’s my #doodlemedicine #sketchnote from it :)
LUNCHTIME EVENT SYDNEY - Meet Adam Valvasori to find out how he and partners designed and ran the #kidsoffnauru campaign - Fri 29/3 12.30pm - Human Rights Law Centre 5/175 Liverpool St Sydney facebook.com/events/2274475… facebook.com/events/2274475…
A victory for humanity in the Parliament last night with the passage of legislation that will help ensure refugees and asylum seekers in Australia’s care, including children, get the medical treatment they need when they need it. #KidsOffNauru #BackTheBill #auspoI
Freedom means dreaming big can now be the new normal for these children #SafeandFree #KidsOffNauru