This submission highlighted that this was the first Bill introduced to the Parliament in a long time that aimed to fundamentally reform Australia’s immigration detention system.
Submissions
The Refugee Council of Australia regularly makes submissions to inquiries and reviews on a wide range of issues affecting refugees in Australia. You can also search and find submissions by topic for the past two years here. (For older submissions, see our page on archived submissions below).Latest submissions
National Anti-Racism Framework submission
This submission to the Australian Human Rights Commission's draft National Anti-Racism Framework outlined the experience of refugees and people seeking asylum and the impacts of racism on their communities, social...
Further evidence for inquiry into Australia’s engagement in Afghanistan
This further evidence and update on our previous submission to the inquiry into Australia's engagement in Afghanistan drew the Committee’s attention to the urgent need for visa processing priorities to be determined and...
Submission on the performance and integrity of Australia’s administrative review system
The Refugee Council of Australia's submission on the inquiry into the performance and integrity of Australia’s administrative review system emphasised the importance of the AAT remaining independent, adequately...
Intake & archived submissions
Submissions on international issues
Australia’s engagement in Afghanistan
This submission highlighted key issues relating to Australia's engagement in Afghanistan, including costs, the need for an emergency response, the impacts on disapora communities, and its impact on people from...
Submission on the Migration and Citizenship Legislation Amendment (Strengthening Information Provisions) Bill 2020
This submission opposes a Bil that would deny refugee applicants procedural fairness through a secretive Ministerial process which they would be unable to challenge. The Bill offends the principles of the rule of law...
Submission to the inquiry into strengthening Australia’s relationships with countries in the Pacific region
This submission recommends that the Committee considers the damage that Australia’s offshore processing policies have caused to our relationships with Nauru and PNG and to our standing in the Pacific region, and that...
Submission on the implementation of OPCAT in Australia: Second stage of consultations
This submission includes recommendations in relation to the implementation of the Optional Protocol on the Convention against Torture. The feedback is submitted to the second stage of civil society consultation...
