Australia’s Department of Home Affairs announced a landmark Refugee Advisory Panel – but there’s a catch. By Missing Perspectives, Pearls & Irritations

Sounds progressive, right? It is, except there’s a pretty big catch. Being on this panel is an unpaid position. An unpaid position offered to some of Australia’s most vulnerable and marginalised. This is consistent with advisory panel models in other countries.

Asking for their time and expertise without so much as a drop of reimbursement in return.

Australia’s Department of Home Affairs announced a landmark Refugee Advisory Panel – but there’s a catch. By Missing Perspectives, Pearls & Irritations