OLD vacancy at Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC)

The ASRC has a vacancy for a full-time Operations Coordinator.
Applications close Friday the 28th of September 2007 (as listed at employment.infoxchange.net.au)

OPERATIONS CO – ORDINATOR
Posted: 05-09-2007
Employment Sector: Coordinator/Management,

The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre is seeking to employ a full-time Operations Co-ordinator. A rare chance to take on a operations co – ordination role in a wonderful grassroots, non bureacratic, people focused organization with a great work culture.

You will make a real difference to the lives of thousands of people by helping further strengthen and build our organizational capacity to care for asylum seekers in need.

You can find a PD at our website under Job Vacancies at: www.asrc.org.au
[www.asrc.org.au/uploads/File/OPERATIONS%20CO%20-%20ORDINATOR%20PD.doc]

Website: http://www.asrc.org.au
Organisation: ASYLUM SEEKER RESOURCE CENTRE
State: Victoria
Work Type: Full-time
Closing Date: 28/09/2007
Contact Name: Kon Karapanagiotidis

ASRC sleep-out to end poverty for asylum seekers

Event in Melbourne, Friday May 18th

The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) is organising a sleep-out in front of Immigration, a campaign that aims to “end poverty for asylum seekers”

2007 marks the 10th anniversary of our federal government denying thousands of asylum seekers the right to work, income and health care. By doing so they force asylum seeker families into a life of destitution, hunger, homelessness, ill health and despair.

On Friday night the 18th of May 2007 we [the ASRC] are seeking as many people as possible to join the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) in sleeping outside the Department of Immigration and Citizenship for the night to raise public awareness about the desperate plight of asylum seekers and to pressure our government to end it’s inhumane policies.

When: Friday 18th of May 2007 from 6pm onwards
Where: 2 Lonsdale Street, City (50 metres from Parliament Train Station [MAP])
Bring: Sleeping bag, warm clothing (we will be undercover so don’t worry if it rains), food (the ASRC will also be selling food cheaply at the sleepout to help raise funds for our emergency relief work) and musical instruments!

More info via:
http://www.asrc.org.au/uploads/File/SLEEPOUT%5B1%5D(2).pdf

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Sri Lankans by Pamela Curr

Communication opened for Sri Lankans by Pamela Curr, on Perth Independent Media Centre, 2007-03-12; see also Pamela Curr’s blog: http://justfreedom.org.au

Tonight DIAC have announced that the Sri Lankan asylum seekers on Christmas Island may be given mobile phones.
While this is cause for rejoicing at face value, things are not always what they seem.
There are no mobile phones on Christmas Island-they have to be purchased on the mainland.
A local CX islander tells me that detainees can’t register the phones so an Australian has to purchase and register in the Australian’s name.
Currently the phone number advertised on the web is not working . Also there is only one landline phone for 83 +people.
However these grumbles aside at last they can seek support.
If anyone wishes to donate a GSM TELSTRA PHONE- prepaid plus 10 dollars credit please email.
The Man transferred to Perth on Medical grounds has been able to speak to relatives in Australia tonight.
After two weeks and one day- incommunicado detention is over.

Pamela Curr ASRC Melbourne