New Assistant Multicultural Affairs Minister Craig Laundy has launched an impassioned defence of multiculturalism, citing its cultural and economic benefits. Writing in The Australian newspaper this week, Minister Laundy hit back at conservative commentators who have called for the federal…

The Australian workplace will undergo a revolution in the next twenty years with automation and new digital technology changing the way people work and the jobs that will be available, according to a new report. Australia’s science agency the CSIRO,…

Australia is missing out on the skills and experience of tens of thousands of highly qualified women who arrive as the spouses or partners of skilled migrants because they struggle to find work, new research has found. A qualitative survey…

The Australian population was expected to tick over to 24 million at 12.51am on Tuesday, with more than half of that growth driven by new migrants. The milestone saw Australia match the Chinese city of Shanghai, which houses a similar…

As an aircraft engineer with 30 years’ experience, refugee Fayyaz Ali Soomro faces the same career hiatus many professionals new to Australia encounter. He has been forced to cool his heels for two years while waiting for his residence status…

Migration by people to foreign countries has risen by 41 per cent over the last 15 years with 244 million people deciding to leave their homelands in 2015, according to a recent United Nations study. Of those, just 20 million…

Globally cinema has often used deeply emotional portrayals of the human spirit to explore the migrant experience, and in doing so create a platform for greater cultural understanding. Migrant stories are inherently cinematic in their ability to weave together international…

‘Gentrification’, or the movement of middle class white people into poor non-white areas, is increasing inequality and division in some communities, according to new research. And the process is creating ‘polarisation’ within both schools and multicultural communities, the study says.…

A leading business figure has called on Australian companies to help find jobs for Syrian refugees who have come to Australia fleeing a brutal conflict also saying the nation could take even more refugees. Chief Executive of the Australian Industry…

A compelling and heart-wrenching image of a small child being passed under a barbed wire fence at the border between Serbia and Hungary has won the premier news image award for 2015. The winning image by Australian photographer Warren Richardson…

Prince Ali bin Hussein of Jordan, a leading candidate to take over as the head of world soccer, has outlined his plans to clean up the ‘world game’ and use it as a focus for helping refugees. Writing in TIME…

Ancient Latin textbooks which helped Greek-speakers learn the language of their Roman conquerors are being used to inform the way second languages are taught today. The Latin texts lay out everyday scenarios to help their readers get to grips with…