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Oct 21 2018

Tim Costello on why Australia needs refugees

when you’re blessed with plenty, build a longer table not a higher fence

Tim Costello on why Australia needs refugees

Tim Costello addresses why the Wentworth electorate and the rest of Australia can reframe our approach to refugees, adopting best practice to offer a more humane approach for all who seek refuge here, including children.

Audio Recording (Also in iTunes. Search for Paddington Anglican on Apple Podcasts, Pocket Casts, etc.):

Rev Tim Costello is one of Australia’s most respected community leaders and a sought after voice on social justice issues, leadership and ethics. Currently the Chief Advocate of World Vision Australia (WVA) and the Executive Director of Micah Australia. Read some of Tim’s recent articles below the form on this page.

Dinner was provided by Parliament on King – a refugee catering business. 

Want more info on how to respond to the global refugee and asylum seeker crisis? Check out our resource page here.

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Read more of Tim Costello’s work:

Radio Adelaide » Call to remove children and families on Nauru
Over 30 organisations have set a 3-month deadline for the Australian government to have 119 children and their families removed from Nauru.. The coalition want to make sure that these children are released by the 20th of November, Universal Children’s Day.
radioadelaide.org.au
 
‘Help us’: the purgatory of Manus made in Australia | Tim …
The government’s cruelty has cut the refugees off from the countries of their birth but left them unable to reach the countries of their dreams
www.theguardian.com
 
Malcolm Turnbull is kidding himself if he thinks the Manus crisis is over
All they have done is move the old problem to a new location, a few kilometres away.
www.smh.com.au
 
I’ve Visited Many Terrible Refugee Camps But Cox’s Bazar …
In a wretched makeshift refugee camp at Cox’s Bazar, near the border of Bangladesh and Myanmar, I am sitting on the ground, sweltering under a ‘shelter’ of black plastic talking with three small …
www.huffingtonpost.com.au
 
 
Even Poor Countries Are More Generous To Refugees Than …
Once upon a time there was a poor landlocked country and a rich island nation. When strangers seeking help came by foot to the poor country, they were welcomed in a rich spirit of generosity and …
www.huffingtonpost.com.au

Paddington Anglican Church supported:

  • the #KidsOffNauru Campaign
  •  Wentworth4Refugees. Wentworth4Refugees was a campaign to draw attention to the plight of refugees in light of the October 20th By-Election in Wentworth. At their website you can find out where the candidates stand on refugee issues.

 

Written by Jessica · Categorized: News

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