This speech welcomes the launch of the Refugee Welcome University Sponsorship consortium and the development of education pathways as a complementary pathway to protection.
Speeches
The Refugee Council of Australia regularly makes speeches on a wide range of issues affecting refugees in Australia.A right to home: Creating pathways out of homelessness for non-resident people
Presentation by Refugee Council of Australia CEO, Paul Power, to the forum at Customs House, Sydney on 19 July 2022 Homelessness forum speech Size : 165.1 kB Format : PDF I would like to thank Uncle Michael West for the...
Strengthening the role of refugee communities in policy development
Paul Power and Om Dhungel spoke from different perspectives about strengthening the role of refugee communities in policy development.
Denying refugees citizenship: The Australian way
Asher Hirsch discusses the denial of citizenship for refugees and the actions of the Refugee Council to address them.
Wellbeing from the refugee lived experience perspective
In this speech at a conference on 'From surviving to thriving', Atem Atem speaks about wellbeing from the perspective of lived experience.
Rebuilding our damaged reputation: A strategy for Australian leadership on refugee protection
In this wide-ranging speech, Paul Power, the CEO of the Refugee Council of Australia, reflects on the failures of Australia's refugee policy and sets out a direction for Australian strategy in refugee protection.
