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Diversity celebrated on ANZAC Day

30 April 20260 comments

Cultural diversity is increasingly becoming a feature of Anzac Day commemorations.
The Karen refugee community at Nhill, in Victoria’s north-east, have been integral to the town’s Anzac Day commemoration for…

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Australia’s migrant population growing and changing – ABS report

30 April 20260 comments

Australia’s overseas-born population has increased to 8.8 million, or 32 per cent of the total population, according to new data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ASBS).
The latest data,…

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Teenagers show the way towards social cohesion

30 April 20260 comments

The Australia Day speeches of two schoolgirls from the northern Victorian town of Nhill are signposts to the inspiring and exemplar story of a community that had embraced diversity…

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75 years of refugee protection marked

30 April 20260 comments

This year marks the 75th anniversary of the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees – the cornerstone of the international refugee protection regime.
For 75 years, the convention…

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Refugee’s long journey to safety

27 April 20260 comments

Eritrean refugee Jahar Mussa Mahmud survived conscription by a brutal military regime, the harsh conditions of a notorious military camp and ten years as a refugee living precariously in…

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Supporting a thousand refugee families to find homes

17 April 20260 comments

A thousand refugee families across Melbourne have safe and secure homes thanks to the work of former Karen-Burmese refugee, Law Baw.
As a housing worker with migrant and refugee settlement…

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Migrants and refugees embracing Aussie life – ABS study

19 July 20180 comments

New data released by the Australia Bureau of Statistics shows overwhelmingly that refugees and migrants are embracing life...

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Global Compact for Migration completed

19 July 20180 comments

More than 190 countries have finally agreed on an historic global compact to promote safe and orderly migration and...

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Human migration began earlier than we thought – archaeological study finds

19 July 20180 comments

Human migration out of Africa began more than two million years ago – much earlier than previously thought –...

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Australia’s migrant intake drops to ten-year low

19 July 20180 comments

Australia’s permanent migrant intake has dropped to just 162,417 in the past financial year – the lowest in a decade...

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