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Family, food and festivity

20 February 20260 comments

Katherine Kwong reflects on the importance of the Lunar New Year celebrations for her family and her community.
As we welcome the Year of Horse, communities around the word…

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Convergence of cultural events a signpost for cohesion – Opinion

20 February 20260 comments

Melinda Collinson, CEO AMES Australia | Opinion
This week marks the beginning of the Lunar New Year, Ramadan and Lent. The three cultural and faith events are governed by different…

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Between fear, grief, and resolve: How Iranian-Australians are living through challenging times

3 February 20260 comments

Iranian Australian Neda Zeyghami writes about how her community is coping with the confronting events in their homeland.
For many Iranians in Australia, the latest escalation of violence in Iran…

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Migrants, refugees embrace Australia Day, survey finds

25 January 20260 comments

A large majority of migrants and refugees new to Australia plan to become citizens and believe it is important to celebrate Australia Day, according to a new survey.
Most newcomers…

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Opinion – Putting the migration debate in perspective

20 January 20260 comments

Melinda Collinson, CEO AMES Australia
Time and again throughout Australian history migrants have been demonised during times of hardship.
In recent months they have been directly blamed for Australia’s housing crisis…

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Worrying political trends on the horizon for 2026

16 January 20260 comments

Last year was a terrible one for humanitarianism, and 2026 is shaping as even worse.
A depressing litany of wars and negative geopolitical trends, as well as the continuing erosion…

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Economic impact of migration revealed in new report

18 February 20260 comments

By Joshua Tyrell According to a new report from the European Parliament, across the world, more than 160 million people...

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Epic run highlights plight of migrants

13 February 20260 comments

A refugee advocate has become the first person to run from Cape Town to London as part of campaign to...

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Deadly global humanitarian aid cuts – the data revealed

13 February 20260 comments

Almost eight million people have lost access to health care and food support and hundreds of thousands have already died...

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Global human rights in peril, report finds

13 February 20260 comments

The Trump administration, Russia and China have put global human rights in unprecedented peril, according to Human Rights...

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