Refugee Week
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‘We can and we must do better’
Actor, comedian and broadcaster, Tom Ballard, will be host and keynote speaker at the invitation of Macedon Ranges Rural Australians for Refugees at Kyneton Town Hall next month. The event, to be staged with assistance from Macedon Ranges Shire and the support of major sponsor Bendigo Bank, will mark the beginning of Refugee Week 2023…
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Refugee advocate to speak in Castlemaine
Refugee advocate Jana Favero will speak at Castlemaine’s Phee Broadway Theatre next week as a highlight of Castlemaine’s Refugee Week program of activities.The title of the talk is ‘Refugees, Reactions and the Australian Response’. Ms Favero is the director of advocacy and campaigns at the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre and was invited by Rural Australians…
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A face to the word
Young people in Kyneton got the opportunity to put a face to the word ‘refugee’ and hear first-hand of their experience during a special schools visit last Tuesday for Refugee Week. Kyneton’s Social Foundry brought with them Malaysian-born Richard and Riya, who now live in the Bendigo region and have pending refugee status in Australia.…
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Community lunch to raise awareness for Refugee Week
Kyneton’s popular community lunch will be raising funds and awareness for Refugee Week tomorrow at Kyneton Mechanics Institute 12.30pm. “We will be raising money for the Macedon Ranges Rural Australians for Refugees and are thrilled to have a representative from their group to speak at the lunch,” said Catherine Christmass, lunch coordinator. “This initiative is…