News and Media Releases

Media release: Uniting Church calls for a new era of care for those fleeing persecution
14 October 2011
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Media release: Uniting Church shocked at proposed Migration Act amendments
19 September 2011
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Media release: Uniting Church calls for a revaluation of thinking on asylum seekers
1 September 2011
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Media release: Uniting Church calls for compassion on World Refugee Days
17 June 2011
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Media release: Uniting Church shocked at people swapping plan
9 May 2011
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Media release: Uniting Church objects to plans to re-open Manus Island
6 May 2011
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Media release: Detention on Christmas Island must end
17 March 2011
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Media release: Uniting Church applauds a step forward in immigration policy
24 February 2011
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Public statement: Grave concerns over Australia's MoU with Afghanistan
26 January 2011
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Media release: Church calls for a new bipartisanship for the protection of asylum seekers
16 December 2010
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News: The Uniting Church helping to get children out of detention
7 December 2010
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Media release: Uniting Church says taking children and families out of detention 'long overdue'
18 October 2010
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Media release:  Lives are at stake: mandatory detention must end
22 September 2010
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Media release:  Good and Bad in Point Scoring Policies
6 June 2010
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Media release:  Opposition leaves Christian values behind
27 May 2010
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Media release:  No more land of the 'fair go' for asylum seekers
19 April 2010
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Media release:  Uniting Church condemns suspension of Afghan, Sri Lankan visas
9 April 2010
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Media release:  Church leaders voice concerns for wellbeing of asylum seekers on Christmas Island
2 March 2010
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Media release:  Uniting Church urges constructive dialogue on asylum seekers
21 October 2009
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Media release:  Stop political point-scoring on lives at stake
20 April 2009
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Media release: Detention report falls short of Government's own standards
2 December 2008
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Media release: Uniting Church welcomes detention policy changes
29 July 2008
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Media release: Uniting Church welcomes action to end suffering on Nauru
10 December 2007
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Media release: Uniting Church condemns visa cancellation as undermining legal system
17 July 2007
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Media release: Uniting Church rejects PM's comments on sick refugees
28 May 2007
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Media release: Detention on Nauru: a breach of human decency
7 August 2006
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Media release: Moral courage absent in Government response to asylum seekers
13 April 2006
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Media release: Positive steps to recover our sense of decency and compassion
17 June 2005
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Media release: New invitation-only visa is a rotten deal
13 May 2005
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Media release: Removal pending bridging visas - much ado about nothing much
23 March 2005
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Media release: Uniting Church responds to Laurie Ferguson, in the Age, 28 October 2004
28 October 2004
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Media release: Deterrence is a failure: Uniting Church calls for new vision for refugees
23 September 2004
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Media release: Stop juggling visas
25 August 2004
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Media release: The land of the fair-go has disappeared
9 August 2004
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Media release: New hope for refugees
13 July 2004
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Media release: Detention figures only paint half a picture
6 July 2004
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Media release: Uniting Church calls for immediate release of children from detention
10 June 2004
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Media release: Uniting Church says the abuse must end now
14 May 2004
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Media release: Service or Violence at Easter? Uniting Church condemns forced deportation of asylum seekers
8 April 2004
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Media release: 'One more lie in a long line of lies', say Uniting Church leaders
14 November 2003
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Media release: Church calls for inquiry into immigration detention horrors
20 May 2003
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Media release: Uniting Church condemns Iran agreement
13 March 2003
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Media release: Labor's asylum policy heads in right direction, but a little more courage, please
2 December 2002
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Media release: Uniting Church condemns Government's "use and abuse" of Bakhtiari family
22 July 2002
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Media release: Government action to blame for detention centre riots
22 April 2002
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Media release: Instead of sniping and criticising let us seek solutions
November 2001
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Media release: Uniting Church calls for calm consideration of migration bills
24 September 2001
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Media release: Uniting Church and Anglican refugee workers express outrage at Government attempts to change refugee rules
15 August 2001
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Media release: New Uniting Church policy on refugees: 'end the discrimination and fear'
2 August 2001
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