Contact points & other useful resources

CONTACT POINTS

RELEVANT APPEALS TRIBUNALS

Administrative Appeals Tribunal
Level 8, Quadrant Building
1 William St
Perth WA 6000
Ph: (08) 9327 7200
Ph: 1300 366 700 (cost of a local call)
TTY: 1800 650 662 (hearing or speech impaired)
Fax: (08) 9327 7299
www.aat.gov.au
Email: aatweb@aat.gov.au

Refugee Review Tribunal
Level 12, 460 Lonsdale St
Melbourne VIC 3000
Ph: (03) 8600 5900
Toll-free: 1800 814 593
Fax: (03) 8600 5901
www.rrt.gov.au
Email: rrtinfo@rrt.gov.au

SUPPORT AND ADVOCACY GROUPS

Association for Services to Torture and Trauma Survivors (ASeTTS)
286 Beaufort St
Perth WA 6805
Ph: (08) 9227 2700
Fax: (08) 9227 2777
www.asetts.org.au
Email: reception@asetts.org.au

Catholic Migrant Centre
25 Victoria Square
Perth WA 6000
Ph: (08) 9221 1727
Fax: (08) 9221 3793
Email: cmc@cmc-perth.org

Centre for Advocacy Support and Education for Refugees (CASE for Refugees)
Level 2, Trinity Arcade
72 St George’s Tce
Perth WA 6000
Ph: (08) 9486 4987
Email: admin@caseforrefugees.org.au

Coalition Assisting Asylum Seekers and Detainees (CARAD)
Top Floor, Suite 38, Trinity Arcade
72 St Georges Tce
Perth WA 6000
Ph: (08) 9321 2900
Fax: (08) 9321 4955
www.carad-wa.org
Email: carad@iinet.net.au

Southern Communities Advocacy Legal and Education Service (SCALES)
Ground Floor, Lotteries House
Civic Blvd
Rockingham WA 6168
Ph: (08) 9528 6077
Fax: (08) 9528 6078
www.law.murdoch.edu.au/scales
Email: scales@murdoch.edu.au

GOVERNMENT

Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs
City Central
411 Wellington St
Perth WA 6000
General Inquiries: 131 881
www.immi.gov.au

OTHER

Migration Agents’ Registration Authority (MARA)
PO Box 1551
QVB PO NSW 12340
Ph: (02) 9299 5446
Fax: (02) 9299 8448
www.themara.gov.au
Email: themara@themara.com.au

OTHER USEFUL RESOURCES

BOOKS

Future Seekers – Refugees and the Law in Australia Crock, M and Saul, B (Federation Press, Sydney, 2002)
Immigration and Refugee Law in Australia Crock, M (Federation Press, Sydney 1998)
The Immigration Kit: a Practical Guide to Australia’s Immigration Law Immigration Advice and Rights Centre (7th ed) (Federation Press, Sydney 2004)
Immigration News Immigration Advice and Rights Centre, Sydney (quarterly) New Land, New Law NSW Young Lawyers (Sydney, 2003) available online from: www.lawsociety.com.au
Procedures Advice Manual (PAM 3) Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (available from Thomson Legal and Regulatory as a CD-ROM.

PAMPHLETS AND FACT SHEETS

The Immigration Advice and Rights Centre produces client information sheets that cover a wide range of situations, available from www.iarc.asn.au.
Welfare Rights Centre Factsheet: Newly Arrived Residents and Social Security Welfare Rights Centre, Sydney.

INTERNET

Australian Legal information Institute: www.austlii.edu.au
Amnesty International Australia: www.amnesty.org.au
Centrelink: www.centrelink.gov.au
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: www.dfat.gov.au
Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs: www.immi.gov.au
Human Rights Watch: www.hrw.org
Immigration Advice and Rights Centre: www.fl.asn.au/iarc
Migration Agents Registration Authority (MARA):www.themara.com.au