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
Articles
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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 | 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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PCP Reflection paper -- Kiribati -- Marita McInerney
Reflections on recent visit to Kiribati by PCP's Marita McInerny... It was with a great deal of anticipation and some trepidation that I arrived at the Sydney International Terminal at 4am on the 11th April 2012. The Kiribati visit that I was about to embark on was something that I had been thinking about for some time... only now was that trip able to became a reality. Having worked as a volunteer at the Pacific Calling Partnership at the Edmund Rice Centre for a bit over three years now and seen many DVD’s, heard many stories and listened to Maria Tiimon and Kateia Kakai (indigenous I-Kiribati who work at PCP) talk of their homeland and the problems Kiribati and the I-Kiribati people face due to development issues and climate change – now the time was right for me to visit Kiribati and experience and observe for myself just what the reality was. Read more
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PCP Reflection paper -- Climate Justice: Tuvalu -- Jill Finnane
Tuvalu struggles with an international profile of being tiny (nine coral atolls with a grand total of 25.6 sq km), remote (in the Pacific between Fiji and Kiribati), and largely unknown. Yet Tuvalu strives resolutely for international attention, refusing to lie down and slowly disappear as the rest of the world closes its eyes to the problems created by excessive global greenhouse gas emissions. Funafuti is the main island. Tuvalu is one of the small island states whose story the Pacific Calling Partnership (PCP) has been telling to Australia and global community since 2006. In 2012, PCP decided to strengthen and expand its links with Tuvalu and gain a deeper understanding of Tuvaluan concerns. PCP Co-ordinator Jill Finnane was sent for a week to immerse herself in the place, make contact with local people, learn some of the people’s experiences and concerns and to meet with members of the Tuvalu Climate Action Network. This is some of her experience... Read more
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Immigration amendments rejection a win for human rights
Phil Glendenning, Director of the Edmund Rice Centre, welcomes the Government's decisions to withdraw ammendments to the Migration Act and calls for a mature public debate on the future policy direction towards asylum seekers and refugees. This article appeared in Eureka Street and Crickey.com.au Click here for more.
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Using the resources boom to fund the future
Ben Spies-Butcher, economist and senior researcher at the Edmund Rice Centre and Tom Keily, freelance writer and a former Reserve Bank of Australia economist examine where the budgetary surplus comes from and where its going.
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