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Upcoming Actions
Regular rallies and vigils
Links for other national Lists of Events
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Upcoming actions
For other events, please check –
RAR Events Calendar
Rights and Freedoms Calendar
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2 July – 12 Noon Canberra Convergence #DefendMedevacBill
Facebook event here
18 July – 20 July AUSTRALIA-WIDE:
6th Anniversary – Manus and Nauru
#SixYearsTooLong
#CloseManusAndNauru
#SafeResettlementNow
Thurs 18 July
- Newcastle Thursday, 18th 5 – 6pm, King St, opp Trades Hall
Newcastle Facebook event here
Friday 19 July
- Nowra 10-12pm cnr Berry And Junction Streets.
- Hobart 12.30 The famous Tassie Nannas plan to walk from Hobart’s Elizabeth Street Mall (their regular knotting spot) with posters, banners and knitted chains to the office of Senator Jonathan Duniam, taking a letter to deliver to him. Other groups (eg Amnesty) are welcome to join us.
- Hobart 4:30-6p.m. on the corner of Murray and Macquarie St.
Facebook event here - Bendigo 5pm Friday, 19 July event here
Saturday, 20 July 2019
- Sydney 2pm Sydney Town Hall
FB event here - Melbourne 2pm State Library
FB event here - Brisbane 2pm Queens Park
FB event here - Perth 10.30am Forest Place
FB event here - Adelaide 2pm Parliament
FB event here - Canberra: 1pm cnr Northbourne Ave & London Cct, Civic
FB event here
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Regular rallies and vigils
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NEW SOUTH WALES
Armidale:
Weekly protests on Fridays from 4:30pm to 5:30pm
At the corner of Marsh and Dumaresq Streets in Armidale.
Rural Australians for Refugees – Armidale
Ballina:
Fortnightly vigils on Wednesdays. 4.30pm-5.30pm
at the traffic lights, on the river side of the intersection of Kerr and River St, Ballina.
Ballina Region for Refugees
Lismore:
Every Thursday, 4:00 – 5:00 pm,
outside MP Kevin Hogan’s office, Molesworth Street, Lismore.
Newcastle:
Thursday, 5:00 – 6:00 pm –
Crn Hunter & Auckland Sts, (in front of the Newcastle City Hall)
and outside Sharon Claydon’s office.
https://www.facebook.com/events/360759920945872/
Newcastle
First Saturday of every month – 2pm –
Wheeler Place, Newcastle – #CantStandBy https://www.facebook.com/events/137535673409718/
Nowra:
Every Friday, 10am -12 noon, Vigil outside Ann Sudmalis’ office,
Suite 3, 59 Junction Street, Nowra
Shoalhaven RAR: Stop the Shame
Sydney:
Every Friday 5.30-7pm
At the Queen Victoria statue in front of QVB
Facebook event here
Outside office of Cathy O’Toole MP, corner of Nathan Street and Ross River Road.
More information: Facebook Events button https://www.facebook.com/AmnestyInternationalTownsville/
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Adelaide:
Every Friday, 5.15-7pm,
Parliament house steps, North Terrace. #BringThemHere Weekly Vigil.
Facebook event here
TASMANIA
Hobart:
Every Monday, until Jan 13, 2020 – 8am
Vigil for Manus & Nauru
Hobart Town Hall, 50 Macquarie Street, Hobart
The Justice Society
Facebook event here
Hobart:
Every Friday from 11:00 until 1:00.
Elizabeth Mall in Hobart (toward the Liverpool Street end
Tassie Nannas knit and interact with passers-by You don’t need to be a knitter (tuition, wool and needles are available) or a nanna to join us.
Further information: tassienannas@gmail.com
Hobart:
Monthly – 5-6pm, first Friday of every month, Honk-a-thon.
Hobart locals raise their voices and horns to highlight the Australian Federal Government’s human rights abuses towards people seeking asylum.
Corner Murray and Macquarie streets, Hobart.
Amnesty Tasmania Refugee Team.
VICTORIA
5.30pm-6pm – Thursday evening vigils – Torquay – Kidsoffalloff– Corner of Surf Coast Hwy and Darian Rd, Torquay, Victoria. Facebook event here
Surf Coast Rural Australians for Refugees are extending these vigils until the remaining children are taken off Nauru.#kidsoffalloff
Ballarat:
Weekly – Mondays 11am to 12noon.
Outside Catherine Kings Office. 5 Lydiard St. Nth. Ballarat.
RAR Ballarat, Ballarat GADRC
Bendigo:
Monthly – 5.30pm – 6pm On the third Friday each month.
Bendigo Roadside Demonstrations – #CloseTheCamps, #BringThemHere
Corner of Pall Mall and View Street, Bendigo (near the Fountain)
RAR Bendigo, Bendigo GADRC, Bendigo Amnesty
Brighton (Melbourne):
Once a week
Bayside Refugee Advocacy and and Support Association (BRASA) hoist an 8 meter banner reading “Bring the refugees to safety now” on Nepean Highway or alternatively Beach Road, Brighton. Contact BRASA
Coburg (Melbourne)
Every Tuesday, 3.30pm – 4.30pm.
Grandmothers Against Detention of Refugee Children weekly vigil.
Cnr. Bell St. and Sydney Rd. Coburg.
Geelong:
Fortnightly on Thursdays – Geelong. 12:00 – 1:00 pm.
Silent Vigil, outside Myer, Lt Malop Street.
Geelong Vigil Group.
Melbourne:
5.30pm – 6.30pm Every Friday.
Vigils outside State Library:
Hosted by Melbourne Public Vigils – Refugees Off Nauru & Manus
Wangaratta:
First Friday of each month, 3.30-4.30 pm (until December 2018)
Outside Cathy McGowan’s office – 117 Murphy St. Wangaratta.
Warrnambool:
Rotating days each week at 11:00 am
Outside Dan Tehan’s office, 73 Kepler Street, Warrnambool.
Contact Love Makes a Way for roster.
AROUND AUSTRALIA
Nationwide phone marathon:
Every Wednesday.
A nationwide phone marathon to tell politicians that Australians want a complete amnesty for all the asylum seekers on Manus Island and Nauru.
Call or email your local MP and the Senators for your state, between 9:00 am and 5:00 pm.
#CantStandBy:
2pm 1st Saturday every month.
Choose from 147 pre-planned locations in five capital cities across the country.
https://www.facebook.com/CantStandBy/
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