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Meg Pickup, Ballina

Sunday, 28 March, Ballina Region for Refugees is holding a Palm Sunday Rally on the foreshore near Byron Street, Lennox Head at 11am. The focus of the rally is on the Time for a Home and Get Them to Safety campaigns.

Join your voice with the increasing number of people who say it is time for the Australian government to end its shameful treatment of refugees and asylum seekers. Donations will go to supporting refugees currently being released from detention and placed on three or six month departure visas.

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