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2012-13 Submission on the Refugee and Humanitarian Program RCOA's annual submission on Australia's Refugee and Humanitarian Program is now available for download here.

2012-14 Refugee Week theme: 'Restoring Hope' RCOA has chosen 'Restoring Hope' as the Refugee Week theme for 2012 to 2014. For further details, visit the Refugee Week website.

Plight of refugees with adverse ASIO findings raised with Canberra RCOA has written to Attorney-General Nicola Roxon on the predicament of recognised refugees who remain in immigration detention because of adverse ASIO findings. Read the letter here.

Nauru is not an option RCOA acted strongly to reject any return to offshore processing in Nauru following revelations the Federal Government was willing to negotiate with the Opposition on asylum seeker policy. Read our media release.

Refugee and asylum seeker policy on a positive pathway RCOA has welcomed the announcement by the Federal Government that it had begun to wind back its policy of indefinite mandatory detention for asylum seekers who enter Australia by boat. Read our media release.

 

 

Refugee Week poster

The 2011 Refugee Week poster has been designed by Shaun Tan. Shaun is a Melbourne-based freelance artist and author best known for his award-winning picture books such as The Rabbits, The Lost Thing, The Arrival and Tales from Outer Suburbia. In 2011, Shaun won the Academy Award for Best Short Animated Film for The Lost Thing (adapted from his picture book of the same title) and the prestigious Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award.

Download the poster

A PDF version of the poster can be downloaded here.

Poster pick-up points

Refugee Week picked up from the following organisations points in each state and territory. If you do not have a pick-up point in your area, please contact us to order posters.

Australian Capital Territory | New South Wales | Northern Territory | Queensland | South Australia | Tasmania | Victoria | Western Australia

Australian Capital Territory

Canberra
Migrant and Refugee Settlement Services (MARSS)
Address: Level 2 North Building, 180 London Circuit, Canberra City, ACT
Phone: (02) 6248 8577

 

New South Wales

Armidale
Armidale Northern Settlement Services
Address: Hughes House, 141 Faulkner Street, Armidale NSW 2350
Phone: (02) 6771 3975

Auburn
Auburn Diversity Services
Address: 17 Macquarie Road, Auburn NSW 2144
Phone: (02) 9649 6955

Bankstown
Metro Migrant Resource Centre
Address: Second floor, 59-63 Evaline Street, Campsie NSW 2194
Phone: (02) 9789 3744

Blacktown
SydWest Multicultural Services Inc
Address: Level 2, 125 Main Street, Blacktown NSW 2148 
Phone: (02) 9621 6633

Campbelltown
Macarthur Diversity Services
Address: Level 2, Centre Court, 101 Queen Street, Campbelltown NSW 2560
Phone: 4627 1188

Coffs Harbour
Anglicare North Coast
Address: 59 Grafton Street, Coffs Harbour NSW 2450
Phone: (02) 6651 8764

Fairfield
Fairfield Migrant Resource Centre
Address: Cnr of Railway Parade & McBurney Road, Cabramatta NSW 2166
Phone: (02) 8707 0619

Lismore
St Vincent de Paul North Coast Settlement Service
Address: 84B Magellan Street, Lismore NSW 2480
Phone: (02) 6698 0505

Liverpool
Liverpool Migrant Resource Centre
Address: Ground Floor, 108 Moore Street, Liverpool NSW 2170
Phone: (02) 9601 3788

Newcastle
Northern Settlement Services
Address: 8 Chaucer Street, Hamilton NSW 2303
Phone: (02) 4969 3399

Parramatta
The Hills Holroyd Parramatta Migrant Resource Centre (HHPMRC)
Address: Level 4, 1 Horwood Place, Parramatta NSW 2150
Phone: (02) 9687 9901

Rockdale
St George Migrant Resource Centre
Address: 552 Princes Highway, Rockdale NSW 2216
Phone: (02) 9597 5455

Sydney City
Refugee Council of Australia - Sydney office
Address: Suite 4A, 410 Elizabeth Street, Surry Hills NSW 2010
Phone: (02) 9211 9333

Wagga Wagga
Wagga Wagga Multicultural Council
Address: 23 Baylis Street, Wagga Wagga NSW 2650
Phone: (02) 6921 6666

Wollongong
Illawarra Multicultural Services Inc.
Address: 27 Atchison Street, Wollongong, NSW, 2500
Phone: (02) 4229 6855

 

Northern Territory

Alice Springs
Multicultural Community Services of Central Australia
Address: 2/20 Parsons Street, Alice Springs NT 0871
Phone: (08) 8952 8776

Darwin
Melaleuca Refugee Centre
Address: Shop 33, Rapid Creek Shopping Village, 48 Trower Road, Millner NT 0810
Phone: (08) 8985 3311

Multicultural Council of NT
Address: Shop 15 Malak Centre, Malak Place, Malak NT 0812
Phone: (08) 8945 9122

Queensland

Brisbane
Multicultural Development Association
Address: 28 Dibley Street, Woolloongabba QLD 4102
Phone:  (07) 3337 5400

Cairns
Centacare Migrant Settlement
Address: Suite 21, 68 Abbott Street, Cairns QLD 4870
Phone: (07) 4041 7699

Townsville
Townsville Multicultural Support Group
Address: 63 Ross River Road, Mundingburra, Townsville, QLD 4812
Phone: (07) 4775 1588

South Australia

Adelaide
Migrant Resource Centre of South Australia
Address: 59 King William St, Adelaide SA 5000
Phone: (08) 8217 9510/9500

Survivors of Torture and Trauma Rehabilitation Service (STTARS)
Address: 12 Hawker St, Bowden SA 5007
Phone: (08) 8346 5433

Tasmania

Hobart
Amnesty International
Address: First Floor, 130 Macquarie Street, Hobart, TAS
Phone: (03) 6221 1000

Migrant Resource Centre of Southern Tasmania
Address: 49 Molle Street, Hobart TAS 7000
Phone: (03) 6221 0912, (03) 6234 9411

Launceston
Migrant Resource Centre Launceston
Address: 95-99 Cameron Street, Launceston TAS 7250
Phone:(03) 6332 2215/2211

Victoria

Dandenong
AMES Dandenong
Address: 280 Thomas Street, Dandenong VIC 3175
Phone: (03) 8791 2401

Footscray
New Hope Foundation - Footscray Refugee Resource Centre
Address: 21 Victoria Street, Footscray VIC 3011
Phone: (03) 9687 4500

Geelong
Diversitat
Address: 153 Pakington Street, Geelong West VIC 3218
Phone: (03) 5221 6044

Diversitat Northern Community Hub
Address: 25-41 Arunga Avenue, Norlane VIC 3214
Phone: (03) 5260 6000

Melbourne City
Refugee Council of Australia - Melbourne Office
Phone: (03) 9600 3302
Email: melbourne@refugeecouncil.org.au
Head straight up the elevators to Level 5 and then follow the signs to pick up Refugee Week posters.

Noble Park
AMES Noble Park
Address: 60 Douglas Street, Building D, Noble Park VIC 3174
Phone: (03) 8558 8800

Oakleigh
AMES Oakleigh
Address: 1A Palmerston Grove, Oakleigh VIC 3166
Phone: (03) 9563 4777

Preston
AMES Preston
Address:10 Cramer Street, Preston VIC 3072
Phone: (03) 9474 7100

Shepparton
Uniting Care Cutting Edge
Address: 136 Maude Street Shepparton VIC 3630
Phone: (03) 5831 6157

Werribee
New Hope Foundation - Werribee Refugee Resource Centre
Address: Suite 13-15, 2-14 Station Place, Werribee VIC 3030
Phone: (03) 9974 1700

Whittlesea
Whittlesea Community Connections
Address: Shop 111, Epping Plaza (cnr Cooper & High Streets) Epping VIC 3076
Phone: (03) 9401 6666

Western Australia

Fremantle
Fremantle Multicultural Centre
Address: 241-243, High Street, Fremantle WA 6160
Phone: (08) 9336 8282

Mirrabooka
Metropolitan Migrant Resource Centre
Address: 1/14 Chesterfield Road, Mirrabooka WA 6061
Phone: (08) 9345 5755

Perth
Association of Services for Torture and Trauma Survivors (ASeTTS)
Address: 286 Beaufort Street, Perth WA 6000
Phone: (08) 9227 2700