Campaigning for changes to policies and practices affecting refugees and people seeking asylum is at the core of what we do.

We work with our member groups, the broader refugee advocacy sector and refugee-led groups to determine campaign priorities. 

We campaign through:

  • Writing letters to politicians [WRITE A LETTER HERE]

  • Holding vigils and rallies in our communities

  • Petitions. Start a petition / promote a current petition.

  • Writing to local and national media.

  • Building community awareness of what really happens with refugees and people seeking asylum

Current RAR Priorities

  • ADVOCATES CALL FOR VISA CERTAINTY AS REFUGEE-LED ACTION REACHES 100 DAYS

    ADVOCATES CALL FOR VISA CERTAINTY AS REFUGEE-LED ACTION REACHES 100 DAYS

    Human rights advocates are urging the Australian Government to fix the retrospective unfairness affecting 8,400 refugees who have lived without certainty in Australia for more than a decade because of the unfair Fast Track process.

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  • BACK YOUR NEIGHBOUR CAMPAIGN

    Rural Australians for Refugees has signed up this campaign - led by a coalition of Australian local councils, community services, unions and individuals who support people seeking asylum and refugees. It is auspiced by the Local Government Mayoral Taskforce Supporting People Seeking Asylum. Its aims are directly in line with our policy priorities.

    We encourage refugee advocates to download materials from www.backyourneighbour.com.au including postcards to Tony Burke MP, petitions and posters.

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  • WE STAND WITH WOMEN & GIRLS IN AFGHANISTAN

    RAR, Women for Change and Azadi-e Zan have launched 12 months of action calling for women’s and other organisations to speak out about the appalling treatment of women and girls in Afghanistan. Email Secretary.rar.australia@gmail.com to request postcards to sed to politicians.

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  • OPEN LETTER TO THE PRIME MINISTER

    We delivered this Open Letter to the Prime Minister in August , on the third anniversary of the Talban takeover It was encouraging to see the Foreign Minister Senator Penny Wong make a statement on X (formerly Twitter) denouncing the latest Taliban 'vice and virtue' decrees which ban women's voices and bare faces in public.

    We must continue to speak out for women and girls in Afghanistan.

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