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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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19 July 20160 comments

They say that politics and paradox go hand in hand. Britain’s ‘Brexit’ vote to leave the EU is a case...

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Asylum seeker films highlight global issue

19 July 20160 comments

With poignant timing, Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) has programmed a series of feature films from July 28...

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Cold War migrants left out in the cold

19 July 20160 comments

Migrants refused full Australian citizenship for decades on political grounds have called for official acknowledgement of...

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Victoria on the move – 10 million by 2051

19 July 20160 comments

Victoria’s population is expected to exceed 10 million by 2051 but most people will still be living in metropolitan...

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