Submissions and Research

Click the following link to download the report on Settlement Experience of Syrian and Iraqi Refugees Settlement Experience of Syrian and Iraqi Refugees: Opportunities, Challenges and the Way Forward After a pilot community evaluation...

As a member of the Inter-Congregational Voice on Climate Change, we helped write a submission to the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade's Inquiry into the strategic effectiveness and outcomes of Australia’s aid...

The Edmund Rice Centre has made a submission to the Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee Inquiry into the UN Sustainable Development Goals.  You can download a copy of the submission here....

ERC assisted our international partners Edmund Rice International and Franciscans International in the preparation of this NGO Alternative Report as part of the United Nations' Human Rights Committee's review of Australia. The Human Rights Committee...

This submission addresses the following components of the proposed citizenship changes: The introduction of a formal language test; Increasing the general residence requirement; Changes to the Australian Values Statement; and Changes to the test...

This submission provides recommendations to the following questions: In the global context, there are large numbers of people in need of resettlement and limited places available in Australia. What should Australia’s priorities be for...

The Edmund Rice Centre has made a submission to the Senate Select Committee on Strengthening Multiculturalism. Our submission has a particular focus on: The impact of political leadership and media representation on the prevalence...

This paper from University of Queensland student, Nina Evason, discusses Australian Indigenous Public Policy under the Howard Government from 1996-2007.  This is an excellent resource for anyone interested in understanding why Australian Indigenous public policy...

Australia is well positioned to accept and accommodate refugees from the processing centres in Nauru and on Manus Island, Papua New Guinea (PNG).  However, accomodating such a large number of people in either Nauru...

The Edmund Rice Centre's submisson calls for the closure of regional processing centres and an end to offshore processing and Operation Sovereign Borders. All asylum seekers and refugees be relocated to Australia to finalise...