Our role as community visitors
by Judy Lynch and Guy Power We have been members of BMRSG for close to 10 years. Over this time, most of... Read More
Sounds of Sunday – Tres Amigas
From left to right the Tres Amigas performers are – Ann Palumbo, Inge Courtenay-Haentjes, Jane Andino, Paul Laszlo and Rev Leigh Gardiner... Read More
Aida’s Poem
by Prue Kozlovski Sometime ago, as a BMRSG volunteer, I was asked by a caseworker to support a young teenager, as the... Read More
Who are members of BMRSG? – Michael Howorth
An occasional series on some of the very many people who work or have worked with BMRSG over the 22 years we... Read More
BMRSG at the opening of the Tamil Refugee Council’s new offices
by Mike Howorth On 18 June Michael Howorth represented the Blue Mountains Refugee Support Group speaking at the opening of the Tamil... Read More
Courage and Determination
by Noeline Nagle It’s a daunting task for anyone opening a new business. Consider this situation: a refugee and English is their... Read More
Combined churches Lent bread and soup lunches
By Roger Grealy Last year BMRSG member Roger Grealy was invited to be the guest speaker at a men’s breakfast at St... Read More
Satheesh RoS
by Noeline Nagle Satheesh was introduced to me 10 years ago. A young, athletic man who wanted to play cricket for Ocean... Read More
The Free + Equal Position Paper: A Human Rights Act for Australians
Charters of Human Rights are about ensuring that the values we all share – like fairness, respect, dignity and compassion – are... Read More
Impressive crowd at book launch
by Barbara Barnard On Sunday (26 February) we were privileged to attend the book launch of “Only Rape! Human Rights and Gender... Read More