Kaldor Centre Unsw

24 July 2015 - This symposium brought together academics, legal centres and social justice organisations to review existing literature on public attitudes to refugees. Participants discussed research on public opinion, discourse and framing in relation to both refugee issues and other contentious policy areas, to generate comparative insights. Organised by the Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law in conjunction with the Migration Law Program (ANU) and the Centre for Refugee Research (UNSW). Session 2: What are we learning? Chair: Marianne Dickie, Director of the Migration Law Program, ANU Common Cause: why values matter Mark Chenery, Co-founder of Common Cause Australia The refugee story: steps to a progressive narrative Alex Frankel, Director, Frankly Research and Communications Discussion session about experiences within the sector - beginning with a short presentation by Chantelle Ogilvie-Ellis, Community Organiser: Asylum Seekers, Sydney Alliance