Podcasts about Villawood

NEWS WEAKLY – EPISODE 154“Consistency of Hypocrisy” – 19 April, 2025TOP OPINION OF THE WEEK:Guantanamo never closed, the rules-based order never applied, and now the cruelty once exported is finally coming home.Also:Australians detained and deported from the US despite valid visasTransgender travellers profiled and imprisoned in VillawoodPeter Dutton wants to cancel your citizenshipAnd Trump's latest plan? Outsourcing US citizens to El Salvadoran prisons!From offshore detention to ICE raids, from CIA coups to the maskless face of empire, this week we look at what happens when systems built for them start turning on us—and why moral consistency, not just outrage, is what really matters.QUOTE OF THE WEEK:“If you only care when it's you, that's not morality. That's narcissism with an accent.”Support the Show:Listen ro News Weakly ad-free by joining Sami on Patreon: patreon.com/samishahSami Shah is a multi-award-winning comedian, writer, journalist, and broadcaster.For more: http://thesamishah.comTheme music: “Historic Anticipation” by Paul MottramThis podcast is written, hosted, and produced by Sami Shah. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Acknowledgement of Country Headlines Today's program included several interviews with distressing themes. If you need to speak with someone for free and confidential support, you can call:Lifeline (national, 24/7): 13 11 14Suicide Callback Service (national, 24/7): 1300 659 467QLife (national, 3PM-midnight): 1800 184 527Rainbow Door (Victoria, 10AM-5PM): 1800 729 367 1800RESPECT, the National Domestic Family and Sexual Violence Counselling Service (national, 24/7): 1800 737 732 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander listeners can also call:13YARN (national, 24/7): 13 92 76Yarning SafeNStrong (Victoria, 24/7): 1800 959 563 Content warning: this interview covers topics including forcible child removal, racism and sexual violence. Bev Burns, a spokesperson for the Land Back for Stolen Generations campaign, caught up with Priya earlier this week to unpack the fight to restore the site of Sister Kate's in Boorloo/Perth on Whadjuk Noongar land to Noongar community control. Bev took us through the history of Sister Kate's, a site of significant abuse and lasting trauma for Stolen Generations who were impacted by its operation under the Uniting Church, its transformation into the Aboriginal community-run Beananing Kwuurt Institute, and the Uniting Church's announcement last year that it planned to close the site and evict the BKI, bringing an end to the vital community and cultural connection, healing and services that it has provided to the local Aboriginal community. The campaign, led by Noongar women, is calling for the land to be handed back to Noongar people for the benefit of all Aboriginal people, including Stolen Generations survivors. Their occupation of the site which began on December 13th 2024 is still going strong. Support the Land Back for Stolen Generations campaign  by signing the petition here, and donating to cover essential costs via the details below. Name: Return Sister KatesBSB: 062 948Account Number: 3917 9786 Keep up to date with the campaign by following @landbackforstolengenerations on Instagram. We replay an excerpt of an interview from this week's Tuesday Hometime program where Jan Bartlett spoke to one of the three organisers of the Merchants of Death war crimes tribunal, Brad Wolf. Brad speaks about the years of work to bring the tribunal, which investigated US weapons manufacturers in relation to war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide, to fruition and its recommendations. To find out more about the tribunal's work and verdict, head to merchantsofdeath.org. Don't forget to tune in to Tuesday Hometime, 4-6PM every Tuesday on 3CR 855AM. Content warning: this conversation touches on themes of police violence, sexual violence, racism, queerphobia, and whorephobia. Damien Nguyen, a first-generation Vietnamese migrant sex worker and member of the Asian Migrant Sex Worker Advisory Group and Pride in Protest, joined us to talk about the impact of racial and gender profiling by so-called Australia's carceral border regime on migrants working in the sex industry. This conversation also included a discussion about the recent statement released by Pride in Protest in solidarity with trans women incarcerated at the Villawood detention centre, where detention centre workers are currently undertaking industrial action over a contract dispute - read it here. Scarlet Alliance have published translated resources on their site for Asian migrant sex workers who have experienced Border Force profiling and visa exploitation - you can find this information here. Content warning: this conversation includes discussion of transphobia. Dr Damien Riggs, a Professor in the College of Education, Psychology and Social Work at Flinders University, speaks with us about the recently announced federal review into the Australian Standards of Care and Treatment Guidelines for Trans and Gender Diverse Children and Adolescents in Australia. Auspath, Transcend and LGBTIQ+ Australia have created a factsheet addressing both the federal review and the Queensland government's decision to block access to puberty blockers for trans youth in the state, which you can find here. Support the national day of action to protect trans youth by joining a rally this Saturday the 8th of February. In Naarm/Melbourne, the rally will be held at 10AM at the State Library on Swanston Street.  Image credit: Matt Hrkac, 2024. Support Matt's excellent frontline photojournalism here.

Acknowledgement of Country Headlines Today's program included several interviews with distressing themes. If you need to speak with someone for free and confidential support, you can call:Lifeline (national, 24/7): 13 11 14Suicide Callback Service (national, 24/7): 1300 659 467QLife (national, 3PM-midnight): 1800 184 527Rainbow Door (Victoria, 10AM-5PM): 1800 729 367 1800RESPECT, the National Domestic Family and Sexual Violence Counselling Service (national, 24/7): 1800 737 732 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander listeners can also call:13YARN (national, 24/7): 13 92 76Yarning SafeNStrong (Victoria, 24/7): 1800 959 563 Content warning: this interview covers topics including forcible child removal, racism and sexual violence. Bev Burns, a spokesperson for the Land Back for Stolen Generations campaign, caught up with Priya earlier this week to unpack the fight to restore the site of Sister Kate's in Boorloo/Perth on Whadjuk Noongar land to Noongar community control. Bev took us through the history of Sister Kate's, a site of significant abuse and lasting trauma for Stolen Generations who were impacted by its operation under the Uniting Church, its transformation into the Aboriginal community-run Beananing Kwuurt Institute, and the Uniting Church's announcement last year that it planned to close the site and evict the BKI, bringing an end to the vital community and cultural connection, healing and services that it has provided to the local Aboriginal community. The campaign, led by Noongar women, is calling for the land to be handed back to Noongar people for the benefit of all Aboriginal people, including Stolen Generations survivors. Their occupation of the site which began on December 13th 2024 is still going strong. Support the Land Back for Stolen Generations campaign  by signing the petition here, and donating to cover essential costs via the details below. Name: Return Sister KatesBSB: 062 948Account Number: 3917 9786 Keep up to date with the campaign by following @landbackforstolengenerations on Instagram. We replay an excerpt of an interview from this week's Tuesday Hometime program where Jan Bartlett spoke to one of the three organisers of the Merchants of Death war crimes tribunal, Brad Wolf. Brad speaks about the years of work to bring the tribunal, which investigated US weapons manufacturers in relation to war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide, to fruition and its recommendations. To find out more about the tribunal's work and verdict, head to merchantsofdeath.org. Don't forget to tune in to Tuesday Hometime, 4-6PM every Tuesday on 3CR 855AM. Content warning: this conversation touches on themes of police violence, sexual violence, racism, queerphobia, and whorephobia. Damien Nguyen, a first-generation Vietnamese migrant sex worker and member of the Asian Migrant Sex Worker Advisory Group and Pride in Protest, joined us to talk about the impact of racial and gender profiling by so-called Australia's carceral border regime on migrants working in the sex industry. This conversation also included a discussion about the recent statement released by Pride in Protest in solidarity with trans women incarcerated at the Villawood detention centre, where detention centre workers are currently undertaking industrial action over a contract dispute - read it here. Scarlet Alliance have published translated resources on their site for Asian migrant sex workers who have experienced Border Force profiling and visa exploitation - you can find this information here. Content warning: this conversation includes discussion of transphobia. Dr Damien Riggs, a Professor in the College of Education, Psychology and Social Work at Flinders University, speaks with us about the recently announced federal review into the Australian Standards of Care and Treatment Guidelines for Trans and Gender Diverse Children and Adolescents in Australia. Auspath, Transcend and LGBTIQ+ Australia have created a factsheet addressing both the federal review and the Queensland government's decision to block access to puberty blockers for trans youth in the state, which you can find here. Support the national day of action to protect trans youth by joining a rally this Saturday the 8th of February. In Naarm/Melbourne, the rally will be held at 10AM at the State Library on Swanston Street.  Image credit: Matt Hrkac, 2024. Support Matt's excellent frontline photojournalism here.

With special guest: Jeff Apter… in conversation with Bill Kable George Young made his name internationally by writing with his best mate Harry Vanda a song we can all sing along to more than 50 years after its release. So it was a natural choice as the title of Jeff Apter’s book Friday on My Mind: the life of George Young. George managed to get a ticket to The Beatles Sydney performance in 1964. He decided right then that he was going to be in music as a career but it was not going to be a straightforward ride as we learn in Jeff’s book. We hear from our special guest today about the toughness of all the large Young clan. Eight of them arrived in Australia as Ten Pound Poms. They needed that toughness firstly as they grew up in a dreary part of Scotland. Then when they abandoned their life in Scotland they needed to be tough once again when they arrived in the Villawood Migrant Hostel in Sydney. Villawood was not the land of milk and honey they had seen on the posters. It was after a fight in the hostel that George met Harry strumming a guitar and the nucleus of The Easybeats formed. Podcast (mp3)

Na Mon from AMSWAG (Asian Migrant Sex Worker Advisory Group) chats to Joni Boyd about a south east Asian trans woman who had her visa cancelled by Border Force and has spent the last ten weeks in male detention at Villawood. There, the woman has been sexually assaulted, isolated, intimidated and denied medical treatment. Na Mon also goes into the profiling of south east Asian women under 30 being disproportionately targeted by border force and AMSWAG's campaign to end profiling, border turn backs and mandatory detention for migrants awaiting visa outcomes.

Murray - Darling Basin Update here II Environment Victoria's latest report Doomed Without a Drink calls on the Victorian Government to allow Federal Government water buy-backs to flush the Murray-Darling river system or risk the demise of 140 native species - bird, fish, grasses and frogs ahead of the up-coming Murray-Darling Ministerial Council meeting. We talked to Grey Foyster, Rivers Campaign Manager at Environment Victoria.Techno Park Drive here II Lara Week, resident at Techno Park Drive Williamstown, tells us about how the Hobson Bay Council sent eviction letters to the residents of Techno Park Drive and how the residents are fighting back. Sign PetitionThis is the Week here II Kevin rips through the week with satire.Villawood Detention Centre update here II Ian Rintoul, from the Refugee Action Coalition, talks about recent incidents at Sydney's Villawood Detention Centre.RAC Rally here II Lucy Horan from Refugee Action Collective gives the background to why the refugee issue hasn't disappeared with the change of government federally and the rally being called for 2pm 22 July outside the State Library

A blaze reportedly started as a distraction for immigration officers has been seen in Villawood.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You Can Go Now here II Larissa Behrendt film You Can Go Now focucsing on indigenous artist policital activist Richard Bell is in cinema's now. I speak with Richard Bell.Another Refugee Death in Custody here II Ian Rintoul from Refugee Action Coalition talks about the latest suicide of a refugee in Villawood. Enough is enough.Socialist Alternative Push for Parliament  here II Jerome Small, a recent Socialist Alternative candidate for the most recent Victorian election talks about the experience and the push for a socialist presence in Parliament.This is the Week here II Kevin Healy gives the best analysis of the tennis to be found in any media.Wombat State Forest Logging Protest here II Amy Calton from Wombat Action Group tells us about the week long action against logging in the state forest leading up to the rally outside Victorian Parliament on Tuesday Feb 10 at 10am.Decolonizing Gender here II We hear from Toroga Denver Breda (Khoihoi), language revitalizer from a webinar run by Cultural Survival. Cultural Survival is a nonprofit group based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, which is dedicated to defending the human rights of indigenous peoples.

Air Date 9/6/2022 Today, we take a look at the precarious state of our immigration and asylum system, the legacy of neoliberalism and imperialism in South and Central America, the inhumanity practiced by both of our political parties (though not equally), and the ever-present possibility that things could get worse. Be part of the show! Leave us a message at 202-999-3991 or email Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com  Transcript BestOfTheLeft.com/Support (Get AD FREE Shows and Bonus Content) Join our Discord community! SHOW NOTES Ch. 1: Biden to End Trump-Era "Remain in Mexico" Border Policy; Immigrants Face Ongoing Trauma, Separation - Democracy Now! - Air Date 8-10-22 We speak to attorney and activist Efrén Olivares with the Southern Poverty Law Center's Immigrant Justice Project about the impact of this policy, as well as ongoing efforts to reunite families separated at the U.S.-Mexico border Ch. 2: The Lasting Impacts of Family Separation - The Takeaway - Air Date 8-18-22 Caitlin Dickerson whose latest investigative piece “The Secret History of Family Separation,” chronicles the full scope of the policy, its legacy, and how similar, future iterations may be adopted. Ch. 3: Political Pawns: Immigrant Activists Decry Texas Gov. Abbott for Busing Asylum Seekers to NYC - Democracy Now! - Air Date 8-11-22 “What we're seeing happening right now is Governor Abbott using asylum seekers as political pawns to merely help increase his polling numbers down in Texas,” says Murad Awawdeh, executive director of the ​​New York Immigration Coalition Ch. 4: Capital's migration policy: Daniel Melo Part 1 - This Is Hell! - Air Date 2-28-22 Immigration lawyer Daniel Melo on his article "The Capitalist Imperative Driving Cruel and Bipartisan US Migration Policies" for Black Agenda Report. Ch. 5: Azadeh Shahshahani on Central America Plan, Jon Lloyd on Facebook Disinformation - CounterSpin - Air Date 8-19-22 Azadeh Shahshahani is legal and advocacy director at Project South. She joins us to raise some questions about the US government's claim that this time, they're really bringing stability and security to northern Central America. Ch. 6: The Democrats Long War on Immigrants - Intercepted - Air Date 2-17-21 The activist and writer Harsha Walia joins Intercepted to discuss the Democratic Party's fundamental role in shaping the long arc of U.S. border policy Ch. 7: Capital's migration policy: Daniel Melo Part 2 - This Is Hell! - Air Date 2-28-22 MEMBERS-ONLY BONUS CLIP(S) Ch. 8: The Democrats Long War on Immigrants Part 2 - Intercepted - Air Date 2-17-21 The activist and writer Harsha Walia joins Intercepted to discuss the Democratic Party's fundamental role in shaping the long arc of U.S. border policy FINAL COMMENTS Ch. 9: Final comments on the amorality of economics MUSIC (Blue Dot Sessions): Opening Theme: Loving Acoustic Instrumental by John Douglas Orr  Voicemail Music: Low Key Lost Feeling Electro by Alex Stinnent Activism Music: This Fickle World by Theo Bard (https://theobard.bandcamp.com/track/this-fickle-world) Closing Music: Upbeat Laid Back Indie Rock by Alex Stinnent SHOW IMAGE: Description: A sign with a red background and white lettering is taped to a piece of cardboard and lies on the concrete ground; it reads “Seeking Asylum is a Human Right”. Credit: “Advocates disrupt transfer of asylum seekers from Villawood” by Kate Ausburn, Flickr | License: CC by 2.0 | Changes: Cropped   Produced by Jay! Tomlinson Visit us at BestOfTheLeft.com Listen Anywhere! BestOfTheLeft.com/Listen Listen Anywhere! Follow at Twitter.com/BestOfTheLeft Like at Facebook.com/BestOfTheLeft Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com

Mortgage Choice survey a little shocking, ABS Land Data, Choosing Land Tax over Stamp Duty upfronts, factory homes, massive Villawood deals and WTF Virgin and Qantas record delays and cancellations!!! Get in touch alexf@jlf.com.au | mitchells@jlf.com.au All views and opinions discussed are that of the hosts. They do not endorse reliability or accuracy of their information. Not for commercial use.

*Content Warning: This episode of Doin' Time contains audio images and discussion of Aboriginal and Torres-Strait Islander people who have died This week, Marisa presents part one of a yearly commemoration of the Myall Creek Massacre, interviewing Cecilia Blackwell, non-Aboriginal co-chair of the Friends of Myall Creek National Committee alongside Keith Munro, who will be joining the program next Monday 30th May.  Each year, people around the country gather on the June long weekend to commemorate the unprovoked massacre of at least 28 Wirrayaraay women, children and older men by a group of stockmen on Myall Creek Station on June 10, 1838. The Myall Creek Memorial, constructed near Bingara was constructed on 10 June 2000 by a group of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people working together in an act of reconciliation. In 2008 the massacre site and memorial were included on the national heritage register and also received NSW state heritage listing in 2010.  Cecilia discusses the brutal story of the Myall Creek Massacre and its aftermath, the history of commemorations and memorials, and the importance of representative descendants of both perpetrators and survivors acting in yearly reconciliation events, with an emphasis on truthfully remembering the past, reaching out to community and building a shared vision of the future. To find out more about the fundraiser and memorial events in Myall Creek on the 11th & 12th June 2022, or to become a member of Friends of Myall Creek, you can go to their website www.myallcreek.org  Later in the program, Marisa speaks with Ian Rintoul from the Refugee Action Coalition about a tragic further suicide at Villawood Detention Centre, where a New Zealand woman in her early 30s took her own life 22nd May 2022, following at least two other suicides this year (and a large number of attempted suicides) in Villawood and other detention centres. He discusses this epidemic of self-harm and suicides within the detention regime in so-called Australia and the familiar story of distress and abuse of the hands of Serco guards, calling for an inquiry into the lack of oversight, timelines, and procedures involved in immigration detention. Also discussed are the large number of people from New Zealand in immigration detention and other temporary visa holders who do not necessarily fall under the umbrella of refugees or asylum seekers, but are commonly deported or detained under existing regulations of section 501 (and how many are unaware of the visa cancellation laws that put 80% of people in immigration detention through visa cancellations), and the struggle ahead in securing rights for all people in this system under the new Labor government, including those on bridging or expired visas and those already in detention, here and offshore.  Lastly, Marisa speaks with Brett Collins from Justice Action about a recent partial win in the SA supreme court, allowing the distribution of the JUST US newspaper to prisoners in the state. JUST US, running since 2004, is the only newspaper for people in detention that allow prisoners to read a statement from state and federal political parties in regards to prison issues ahead of elections. Since this win, one newspaper will be made available per prisoner in detention nationwide.  This is not a complete win, however, with many redactions including an advertisements for the Justice Reform Initiative for the words "justice is failing" and also "Jailbreak Prison Radio", and perhaps most alarmingly, contacts for NGO supports available to prisoners. The struggle continues. If you would like a copy of the JustUs newspaper, you can send a request to Justice Action at PO Box 386 Broadway NSW 2007. To donate to Doin' Time for 3CR's annual Radiothon fundraiser, you can make a tax-deductible donation on 3cr.org.au/donate, or call (03) 9419 8377 during business hours.  Our target this year is $850 - Keep Community Strong and please donate if you can!

Advocates call for an investigation after another refugee self harms in Villawood immigration detention; the death toll climbs in a Japanese tour boat tragedy; and in AFL, Collingwood facing Essendon for their traditional Anzac Day clash.

Marz goes camping and they don't sing kumbaya or roast marshmellows! We bring you some information from the land down under, providing an example of what an overreach of authority looks like. We cover the Biden admins withdrawal of the vax mandate and end off with coverage on what freedom fighter organizations like Let Them Breathe and Let Them Choose are doing to help spread awareness! Thank you again for all the support!Links - - - - - - - Vax MandatesBiden administration withdraws vaccine-or-test mandate for large employers (msn.com)Biden administration to withdraw Covid-19 vaccination and testing regulation aimed at large businesses - CNNPoliticsSupreme Court blocks nationwide vaccine and testing mandate for large businesses - CNNPoliticsBiden Administration Withdraws Vaccine Mandate for Companies | TimeBiden administration officially withdraws vaccine rule - ABC News (go.com)Covid Interment CampsHoward Springs: Australia police arrest quarantine escapees - BBC NewsCOVID-19 outbreak at Sydney's Villawood detention centre grows (sbs.com.au)COVID Concentration Camps For Australians; It's Happening | Citizens Journal‘Rampant': fears over growing Covid outbreak at Sydney's Villawood detention centre | Australian immigration and asylum | The GuardianInside Australia's COVID Concentration Camps – Rights and Freedoms (wordpress.com)⁣Inside Australia's Covid internment Camp Howard Springs FULL SCOOP (brandnewtube.com)Let Them BreatheLET THEM BREATHE (@let_them_breathe_) • Instagram photos and videosLET THEM BREATHE (@let_them_breathe_) • Instagram photos and videosSan Diego Judge Halts SDUSD‘s COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate For Students (msn.com)SDUSD appeals ruling against its COVID-19 vaccine mandate (10news.com)

'Maafa yanayongoja kutokea': Wafungwa sita wa Villawood wamepatikana na virusi vya COVID-19

Maryam Zafari and I worked together for the Salvos in Villawood and helped lots of people who struggled with various addictions. Today we delve into some of the challenges and insights we have gained along the way

Today I have a novel of Sydney that has become a favourite already of my reading this year.Kavita Bedford is an Australian-Indian author and freelance journalist. Her writing has appeared in Guernica, The Guardian and Griffith Review. But it is Kavita’s debut novel Friends & Dark Shapes that I want to talk about today.In Friends & Dark Shapes four friends move into a share-house in Redfern. Over the course of four seasons the group must navigate communal living as both a necessity of their late twenties existence and a reality of the increasing inaccessibility of the gentrifying city.From toilet rolls and the dishwashing roster, share-house living is opened up and the reader is invited to navigate space in a city that is always shifting and seemingly forever out of reach.The narrative of Friends & Dark Shapes is comprised of vignettes taking us around Sydney and into small moments of life. The narrator welcomes the reader into her world and juxtaposes people and places with their parallels in her past.Negotiating between the contemporary and a kind of nostalgia is a necessary battle as it is in these past moments that the narrator vividly recollects her father. Their bond and the ways they traversed the city through exploration and ritual make the seeming patchwork of streets and suburbs a comfortable terrain.As we move around Sydney, in space and in time, we are confronted with the ways people live their lives, often siloed from neighbours in nearby suburbs. Within the share-house there is a sense of permanent impermanence. The group knows this is not their forever home but cannot perhaps conceive of what such a place might look like.The uncertainty of place and belonging is explored the various communities we visit. While working on a story the narrator takes us to Villawood and the home of migrants who have settled in a house overlooking the temporary home they occupied when they first arrived. The detention centre is now a space shut off and barricaded to serve as a deterrent.In some ways it seems that the novel is posing a question of who can belong. Whether through barbed wire fences or sky rocketing house prices home and belonging are strictly controlled and for many Sydney is a liminal space.Ultimately though Friends & Dark Shapes is a gorgeous meditation on movement. The novel had me reflecting on the ways I move through life, through relationships and yes through this city.As I record this just outside of Sydney in the Blue Mountains, I find Friends & Dark Shapes takes me back to the streets and the people that I have loved.When I spoke with Kavita for Final Draft she compared our conversation to a virtual walk through Sydney. I think that’s a good metaphor for the experience of reading Friends & Dark ShapesThis is a soulful novel that I would highly recommend

Robbo has struggled all his life. But has found a community at the Salvos in Villawood where he feels like he belongs and can contribute. Best of all though, he gets and gives hugs!

29 yaşındaki bir tutuklunun ölümünden sonra Villawood Göçmen Gözetim Merkezinin önünde bir nöbet eylemi düzenlendi.İnsan hakları savunucuları bu konuda politika değişiklikleri çağrısında bulunuyor.

Một hoạt động cầu nguyện đã được tổ chức ở bên ngoài trung tâm tạm giam di dân Villawood, theo sau cái chết của một thanh niên 29 tuổi. Trong khi đó các nhà vận động nhân quyền kêu gọi các thay đổi về chính sách đối với di dân ở Úc.

The lovely Sue and I are moving to Queensland in the new year and there is great sadness at leaving Sydney and my Villawood and Helensburgh friends. I have loved them deeply and the inevitable suffering and separations of love, hurts a lot. But its OK!

Human rights advocates are calling for policy changes, after the death of a 29-year-old detainee.

With the next season of Fat Pizza set to start filming next week, Bobo took some time out to have a chat with HEAVY and answer your questions.This week he tackles these subjects... will Bobo get out of prison in the next series, will he get more screentime and unleash the chainsaw, is his guitar/chainsaw in the picture real and where did the idea come from, how to stop a dog humping your leg, does he play an instrument and how he would deal with the COVID situation if he ran the country...                                                                                                                                                     About Johnny BoxerA boy was born in Haifa, Israel 1959 to Kazimiera and Marcus Bokser. They married in war torn Warsaw, Poland circa 1956 after Marcus (a shoemaker who ran his own shop) hired Kazimiera as his assistant on the same day she’d walked in to purchase a pair of red shoes.Five year old Johnny (Janusz in Polish) arrived in Australia as a refugee with his parents first staying at a detention centre in Bonegilla, Victoria then transferred to Villawood,NSW.Settling in Campsie, JB’s parents worked hard, eventually purchasing property and setting up a secure position in the community. Kazimiera involved herself in local church activities such as teaching scripture and singing in the choir as well as nursing while Marcus ran his handcrafted shoe business from Circular Quay and became a well-known identity some would refer to as a ‘philosopher’ at the Campsie Hotel. Johnny refers to his dearly departed mother and father as ‘an angel’ and ‘a cutthroat but true gentleman’ respectively. And boy did they know how to dance…Johnny followed in his parents' footsteps regarding work ethic, busying himself from the age of 7 with jobs such as paper and milk runs, delivering pharmaceuticals for a chemist and sweeping the local cinema and ice rink.While attending gigs in his teens JB met a band promoter who took him on as a roadie where he toured with the likes of AC/DC, Sherbert, Hush, Rose Tattoo, The Southern Star Band, The Who, Black Feather, Status Quo and Pink Floyd just to name a few.Boxer (his better known stage name only slightly changed from its original) also worked as a bouncer at the State Theatre and various clubs/strip joints throughout Sydney’s notorious Kings Cross.From there, of course, he became the worlds most feared pizza chef, Bobo, in the hit TV series Fat Pizza.This was just the beginning of what JB refers to as his magic carpet ride through life.Weighing in now at 61 years he sure has a story or two to tell.Wanna know more? Just ask away…

► Video (first hour): https://youtu.be/oAdnFSZc3dU Back to back set played by Apollo111 (https://soundcloud.com/apollo1111) and DJ Hetman (https://soundcloud.com/hetmandj) @ VillaWood. Tracklist 1. Kay-D — Tethys 2. Qualysto — Zona Rossa 3. Max Blade — Reflections (Fabri Lopez Remix) 4. Enertia-sound — Are We Alone 5. Gudy & Zocca — Bring Me Home 6. Kirill Sarsenov — Not Enough Endorphins 7. Grazze & Rauschhaus — Nord 8. Eric Rose & Comax — Pogo (Rafael Cerato Remix) 9. Ismael Rivas & Bias — Intergalactik (Lonya Remix) 10. Umut Sezgin — Middle East (Riley Bee Remix) 11. Alexander Alar & Sonita — Milan 12. EANP — Adrift 13. iCoen — Magic 14. matchy — Wrong Turn 15. Hannes Wiehager — Nebula 16. Kostakis — Ithaca (Paul Anthonee Remix) 17. Kostakis — Telos (Matchy Remix) 18. Matchy — Salvation 19. Adrian Roman & Dowden — White Rain (Simos Tagias Remix) 20. Anymood — Quietly (Andrewboy Dub Remix) 21. Almi & Theus — Wishes ► More live sets: https://soundcloud.com/hetmandj/sets/live

Mui is a 70 something year old Vietnamese lady who lives in Villawood. She is my unlikely surrogate grandmother, even if the food she gives me is a little different to Grandma Davies.

Back to back set played by Apollo111 (https://soundcloud.com/apollo1111) and DJ Hetman (https://soundcloud.com/hetmandj) @ VillaWood. Tracklist 1. Clay Smith — Resolutions 2. Golan Zocher & Greenage — Alhena (Bluum Remix) 3. Vanita Alexandros Djkevingr Greg Ignatovich — Sedalosp 4. Den Mayer — Rain (feat. Katarina Seva) 5. Two Sins — Atlantida (Schwarzmatt Remix) 6. Cuprite — Crimea (Two Sins Remix) 7. Horisone — Sacrifice 8. Stereo Underground — Space Fields 9. Robert Babicz — Starchild (Morttagua Remix) 10. Two Sins — Farewell (Original Mix) 11. Ewan Rill — Hawk (Haus on Fire Remix) ► More live sets: https://soundcloud.com/hetmandj/sets/live

Mr Xaing hardly speaks any English, but is a loved and treasured part of the Villawood salvo community. This is the story of how we came to love him.

Maryam Zafari was born in Iran and trained as a lawyer.  She immigrated to Canada 14 years ago and has worked with indigenous people in Canada who have been separated from families as children.  She has a brother with cognitive challenges and she has a deep empathy and understanding of disability and vulnerability.  She moved to Australia 5 months ago and now works for the Salvation Army in Villawood as a D&A counsellor.    

Over the last 12 months the Salvos have been involved at a government housing complex in Villawood.  Great partnerships have been established and we now have a variety of programs and engagement based out of the community room there.  This is the story.

অস্ট্রেলিয়ার ইমিগ্রেশন ডিটেনশন সেন্টারগুলোর অবস্থা নিয়ে উদ্বেগ প্রকাশ করা হয়েছে কমনওয়েলথ অমবুডজম্যান একটি রিপোর্টে। আর এই রিপোর্টটিকে স্বাগত জানিয়েছেন শরণার্থী সমর্থকরা। অমবুডজম্যান মাইকেল ম্যানথ্রপ এই রিপোর্টটিতে বেশ কয়েকটি সুপারিশ পেশ করেছেন। এর মধ্যে রয়েছে সিডনির ভিলাউড ডিটেনশন সেন্টারটি বন্ধ করার কথা।

Refugee advocates have welcomed a report by the Commonwealth Ombudsman, which has raised concerns about conditions inside Australia's immigration detention centres. The review by Ombudsman Michael Manthorpe has made several recommendations, including calling for the closure of an overcrowded high security compound at the Villawood centre in Sydney. - Avustralya’nın ombudsmaninin hazırladığı bir rapor ülkenin göçmen gözetim merkezlerindeki durumun endişe verici olduğunu gösterdi. Ombudsman Michael Manthrope’un bazı tavsiyeleri var. Bunlardan biri de kötü bir ünü olan Sydney’deki Villawood merkezinin kapatılması.

The 2019 Australian open climbing Nationals have come and gone. This year's were different to previous ones, not only the format of all three disciplines being run over 4 consecutive days, but also because of the Olympics. This is the beginning of the Olympic dream for all of our athletes. Those competing in all three disciplines were vying for a top 8 finish which would give them a place in the Australian team for the Oceania Championships being held on 28-9 March 2020.Amanda, Tom, Rob and Carlie go through the results, have a chat about what it takes to put an event like this on and what the future holds.https://sportclimbingaustralia.org.auYou can follow Rob @thegoldenpitch and Carlie @carlieclimbs on InstagramThey also run Sydney indoor climbing gym Villawood @sicgvillawood http://www.indoorclimbing.com.au/villawood/

Grime and Drill music are becoming increasingly popular, and many are finding ties to Sydney's Western Suburbs. Writer and host on Vice's Violent Times, Mahmood Fazal, joins us to talk about the special connection between rap music and Sydney's West. Later, it was recently reported that Villawood, one of Australia's major immigration detention centres, has been scolded by a tribunal for repeatedly bringing detainees to their hearings too late. This is just one in a host of problems faced by detainees at detention centres. Buzzfeed reporter Hannah Ryan joins us to discuss lengths the Australian government has gone to in order to keep sick refugees away from our shores. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chris Breen from Refugee Action Collective with an update on the current status of the stranded detainees, The court ruling declining the restoration of food, water and power and lawyers intention to appeal. Rally ImagesMichele Vescio (Twitter @Mchl_Vsc) attended the Rally on Saturday 4 November 2017 at the State Library and managed to organised amazing recordings. You'll be hearing from speakers from the Bring Them Home rally that was held in Melbourne on Saturday 04/11/17. The speakers have a lived experience of being current, or former refugees or asylum seekers. In these audio excerpts, you'll be hearing from Behrouz Boochani, Walid Zazai, Aran Mylvaganam, and Safikul Islam. Twitter @Mchl_VscWe heard from:1. Behrouz Boochani is a Kurdish journalist, human rights defender, poet and film producer. He has been at the Manus Island detention centre since August 2013. He has been tweeting consistently about the conditions and mistreatment on Manus Island.  Twitter @BehrouzBoochani 2. Walid Zazai is a young Afghan man currently detained on Manus Island. He has been on Manus Island for 5 years. His intro on his Twitter account says: "Dreaming of freedom" "Suffering in hell" You can follow him via his Twitter handle @ZazaiWalid3. Aran Mylvaganam was born in Nagar kovil in Northern Sri Lanka. Between 1995 and 1997 he lived in a refugee camp in Udayarkaddu, before coming to Australia as a 13-year-old unaccompanied refugee in 1997. He was detained in Villawood detention centre for three months. In 2011 he founded the Tamil Refugee Council. Aran Presents Tamil Manifest here at 3CR and currently works as a union organiser with the Finance Sector Union and is a spokesperson for the Tamil Refugee Council. Twitter @aranmylvaganam4. Safikul Islam came by boat, he is a refugee from Rohingya. He is a union activist and organiser. There are 170 Rohingya refugees on Manus and Naru. In this audio, he speaks of his experiences as a refugee.Contact your local MP:Malcolm turnbull - (02) 6277 7500Julie Bishop - (02) 6277 7500Bill Shorten - (02) 6277 4022Tanya Plibersek (02) 6277 4404Hope speaks with Karima Baadilla, a Melbourne-based artist, born in Indonesia. They discuss an upcoming event featuring Indigenous and women of colour artists, exploring the foundational qualities of being through material and object relations. Yes For Love Campaign - Are the Kids Alright?, Featuring children Sebastian and Felix from a rainbow family, they chat about the impact the Yes Campaign is having on them and their family and answer the question, Can Mum's tell Dad jokes? YES for LOVE was produced by Joy (94.9) FM for the Community Radio Network -  Stories from the LGBTIQ community across Australia recorded in the lead up to the survey  @Joy949

This episode of Art We Heart features an interview with Sydney based artist James Nguyen and our arts editor Elly Zurowski where they talk about his "oh shit, I can do this" art moment. James Nguyen is a Sydney based contemporary artist who works across the form of video, installation and performance. He explores the politics of spaces, looking particularly at Villawood in Sydney where he grew up. His work often involves collaborations with his family members and friends enticing a dialogue around the concepts of cultural narratives and personal histories.

This episode I talk to to a couple of Jewish lefties, Yehuda and Ali about their Jewish left group in the process of formation in Sydney. We talk about the actions they’ve done so far, opposing Netanyahu’s Sydney visit and holding a Passover seder at Villawood detention centre. We talk about their political outlook, overseas influences, politics and religion, Zionism, the Holocaust and plans for the future.

Intercepted? The people smugglers boats are not intercepted. They are welcomed. With open arms. According to the Encarta dictionary, to intercept is “to prevent people or objects from reaching their destination or target by stopping, diverting, or seizing them.” Encarta gives this example “The contraband was intercepted by police at the dock.” The Gillard government doesn’t intercept smugglers’ boats. The smugglers clients are welcomed, given government homes and put on welfare. So far 1278 clients have been welcomed this month, 6535 this year. Ms. Gillard and her ministers have welcomed 91 boats this year. The government’s spin doctors won’t tell us, but 2GB’s Ray Hadley revealed on 24 July that once again, smugglers’ clients at the Villawood detention centre have jammed blankets into smoke alarms and set their more than ample taxpayer funded accommodation on fire. Meanwhile, moving smugglers’ clients from the crowded facility on Christmas Island to the mainland is costing up to $180,000 a flight, according to Gemma Jones in The Daily Telegraph (24/7)

Earlier this week over Villawood detention centre, a sign read ‘we need help & freedom’. In some sense, it is a sign that could go over all our lives.  We all need help & freedom. We all need redemption. Ruth 4 ties up the loose ends of the book & ultimately reveals a story of […] The post Redeeming Ruth appeared first on The Bridge Church.

Meli Dogolau, has been a resident of Australia for eight years, but failed to renew his visa in the last two months. He is now in Villawood getting ready for deportation. -