Edmund Rice Centre
15 Henley Rd
(PO Box 2219)
Homebush West,
NSW 2140
AUSTRALIA
Ph: (02) 8762 4200
Fx: (02) 8762 4220
Int'l Ph: +61 2 8762 4200
Int'l Fx: +61 2 8762 4220
Email: erc@erc.org.au
Located just 100 metres to the south of Flemington Railway Station. Link to new location on Google Maps
Brisbane Annexe
5 Abingdon St
(Postal: 84 Park Rd)
Woolloongabba,
QLD 4102
Ph 1: (07) 3103 7376
Ph 2: (02) 8090 1976
Fax: (02) 8762 4220
Staffed part-time
- please call for appt
Publications
Edmund Rice Centre's regular publications, such as Just Comment, Just Thinking and Just News. |
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NEWS: ERC has moved to a new location!
The Edmund Rice Centre has left its Croydon location to move to new premises at Flemington / Homebush West. The move took place during the week Monday 18th August to Friday 22nd August 2008. NB: ERC email was out from Thurs 21st to Wed 26th August 2008 The new location, only 100 metres to the south of Flemington railway station, is on ground level and fully accessible. New address: Edmund Rice Centre
PO Box 2219 (15 Henley Rd )
Homebush West NSW 2140 Ph: (02) 8762 4200
Fax: (02) 8762 4220
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link to ERC's new location on Google Maps | The Staff and Board of the Edmund Rice Centre wish to express their debt of gratitude to the Sisters of St Joseph who were our gracious hosts in the St Anthony's building at Croydon for the past 3 years.
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ERC Submission: Immigration Detention
The Edmund Rice Centre has made a submission to the Federal Parliament's Inquiry into Immigration Detention. The Inquiry which was called in June by Senator Evans, the Minster for Immigration is being conducted by Parliament's Joint Standing Committee on Migration. In its submission the Edmund Rice Centre (ERC) argues that mandatory detention should be dropped immediately, presenting evidence of how it is in breach of Australia's legal commitments under the 1951 Convention relating to the status of refugees.
ERC submits that:
• Australian reception of asylum seekers should embrace a continuum of measures ordinarily based on well-supported accommodation with communities which may, in extreme circumstances, include detention.
• Any decisions concerning which measure to apply in particular cases should only be applied after proper judicial review according to the principles of proportionality and necessity consonant with Human Rights Law.
• Wide community involvement and engagement with Government is the best way to fulfil Australia's commitments under the Convention.
The full submission can be read here
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Just Comment Vol 11 No 4: War in D.R. Congo
The world’s media has been saturated with coverage of warfare in recent years, yet the deadliest conflict since the Second World War has gone virtually unreported by the press. The Democratic Republic of the Congo has endured a loss of life on the scale of September 11 every two days since 1998. This war, and the silence that surrounds it, has been sustained by the vested interests of nations and corporations hungry to make a profit. - Download document here: .pdf 91KB (2 pages)
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Download a fully referenced background version of this publication here: .pdf 118KB (6 pages)
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Just Comment Vol 10 No 7: IR & Welfare Reforms
Con Jobs: Why Work Choices and Welfare to Work fail the vulnerable.
Recent changes to Australia’s industrial relations and welfare systems are carrying a very real human cost – and it is our most vulnerable citizens who are forced to pay the price. “The people who come to our agencies don’t aspire to a life of welfare – they are desperate to find employment and to share the benefits employment brings. We need to reward and support their efforts, not penalise them,”
Frank Quinlan, Catholic Welfare Chief Executive Officer
- Download document here: .pdf 127KB (2 pages)
Download a fully referenced background version of this publication here: .pdf 182KB (5 pages)
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ERC Just Comment Vol 10 No 6: Housing Crisis
Our homes offer shelter, a refuge from the world and a financial asset. Indeed access to safe and secure housing is a human right. However in light of soaring housing prices and the cramped and competitive Australian housing market, home ownership is becoming a struggle, housing stress is on the rise, and the amount and quality of social housing available for vulnerable Australians is undermined. - Download document here: .pdf 371 KB (2 pages)
Download a fully referenced background version of this publication here: .pdf 262 KB (6 pages)
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Australia's refugee determination processes return people to persecution in China -- ERC research for ARRA raises concerns
| The Australian Refugee Rights Alliance (ARRA) is very concerned about increasing numbers of Chinese nationals seeking asylum in Australia who have failed the refugee status determination process (RSD) despite cases of a “well founded fear of persecution”. Download document here: .doc 462KB .pdf 248KB
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