Stunning photo essay explores the asylum seeker experience

A stunning new photo exhibition charts the journey of an asylum seeker from Afghanistan over two years and across three continents.

Photojournalist Barat Ali Batoor has recorded his… Read Full Article

Helping refugees find their first homes in Australia

Her own family’s story of displacement has driven Lena Torus’ passion to help refugees find their first homes in Australia.

Lena is a Senior Client Manager with the… Read Full Article

Lantern festival lights up multicultural Melbourne

A Melbourne winter night was lit up this month by a vibrant multicultural lantern festival.

The inaugural ‘Luminous Festival’ took to the streets around the Queen Victoria Market… Read Full Article

Afghan refugees in Australia win the lottery of life – By Jalal Ahmadzai

I was one of more than 120,000 Afghans evacuated from Kabul in August 2021 when the government of Afghanistan – backed for two decades by western nations,… Read Full Article

Migrant soccer coach ‘bending it like Beckham’

Palwashi Aslami has an abiding passion to encourage women and girls from culturally diverse communities, especially those from her own Afghan community, to play sport.

As an Under-14… Read Full Article

Vale Stefan Romaniw

Australia has farewelled Stefan Romaniw, one of the nation’s multicultural champions, in an emotional and moving state funeral.

Mr Romaniw, 68, was a prominent Ukrainian community leader and… Read Full Article