Associate Professor Daniel Ghezelbash is Deputy Director of UNSW's Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law. Ghezelbash holds a DECRA grant to research 'Fast Track Asylum Procedures: Balancing Fairness and Efficiency' (2022 – 2025). He is an expert in the data and qualitative evidence around this issue and is available to talk about the asylum seeker claim process changes.
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The Federal Government must urgently lift income support payments as today’s routine indexation falls far short of what people need to afford basic necessities, ACOSS said. From today Youth Allowance for a single person living away from home is only going up by $6.92 a week. This lifts Youth Allowance and Austudy to just $342.10 per week, which is 36% of the minimum wage. These increases do little to offset soaring rents, food prices, energy bills and healthcare costs faced by people on the lowest incomes, leaving millions unable to afford basic essentials. “While every extra dollar helps, these small…
31 December 2025 JOINT MEDIA RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AIJAC, ZFA and National Jewish and Communal Organisations Call on Prime Minister to Establish Royal Commission into Antisemitism AUSTRALIA – The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC), the Zionist Federation of Australia (ZFA), Zionism Victoria, the Zionist Council of NSW, the State Zionist Council of QLD, the State Zionist Council of South Australia, the State Zionist Council of WA, the ACT Zionist Council, the National Council of Jewish Women of Australia, Women's International Zionist Organisation Australia, the Australasian Union of Jewish Students, the Rabbinical Council of Australia, the Rabbinical Council of…
Confronting new analysis reveals renters in some of Australia’s capital cities are thousands of dollars worse off this Christmas compared to last, with Sydneysiders facing an extra $3,770 in rent annually. Everybody’s Home has analysed SQM Research data on weekly asking rents to find the annual increase in rents from December 2024 to December 2025 across capital cities. The analysis reveals renters in Sydney are paying an extra $72.50 per week to rent a house this year compared to last year, adding up to $3,770 extra annually, while unit renters face an additional $2,109. Brisbane renters are paying $2,839 extra…
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