Gillian Davy

  • Refugees denounced bribes and forced return

    MELBOURNE — Iraqi and Afghan refugees who now face the threat of forcible return to their "liberated" home countries addressed a forum held on April 29 at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, organised by the RMIT Refugee

  • Solidarity pledged for Timorese refugees

    MELBOURNE — Applications for refugee status by some 1700 East Timorese people, who have been living in Australia for up to a decade, are being systematically rejected by the Refugee Review Tribunal. Unless the federal government

  • RMIT pledges support for refugees

    MELBOURNE — RMIT University has made a landmark commitment to support refugees and asylum seekers, with a range of bold initiatives being implemented this year. RMIT plans to urge other Australian universities, through the

  • East Timorese asylum seekers: Let them stay!

    MELBOURNE — At a civic ceremony held February 12 in support of East Timorese asylum seekers was attended by 200 people including local government councillors and state parliamentarians, the message was loud and clear: "Let them

  • Staff oppose RMIT detention centre bid

    MELBOURNE — A forum convened on July 25 by the RMIT branch of the National Tertiary Education Industry Union (NTEU) expressed vehement opposition to the university's proposal to tender for the delivery of "educational and

  • RMIT bids for detention centre education

    MELBOURNE — On July 10, news broke that RMIT University has joined private prison operator Group 4 Falck to tender for the delivery of "educational and recreational sporting activities" to asylum seekers in Australian detention

  • Melbourne's biggest refugee rights rally yet

    MELBOURNE — In the largest demonstration for refugees' rights held here so far, 4000 people rallied on February 2 in City Square to demand that immigration detention centres be closed and that the refugees be freed. The

  • PNG Solidarity Action meetings

    BY GILLIAN DAVY& NORMAN BREWER The Papua New Guinea Solidarity Action group (PNGSA), formed after at least four PNG student activists were killed by riot police on June 26, started the new year with a successful tour of PNG activist Graeme Kunjil.

  • Unionists condemn war 'bigotry'

    MELBOURNE — The eighth anti-war rally in the six weeks since the September 11 terrorist attacks attracted 400 protesters on October 21, including strong contingents from the Turkish and Kurdish communities. Speaking to the crowd