BERHAN Jaber arrived in Australia as a refugee and empty-handed. But the knowledge and life experience he brought with him has helped him make invaluable contributions to the Flemington community. Read more: http://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/north-west/refugee-week-shines-light-on-migrant-contributions-to-community/story-fnrvvn43-1227388369051

Melbourne is certainly no stranger to street art, but its latest big edition is more thought-provoking than most. Fintan Magee, or ‘Australia’s Banksy’, has treated the city to an enormous mural titled ‘The Refugee’. The Sydney street artist spent the…

Klaus Neumann loves telling the story of Egon Kisch, a Jewish Communist and anti-war activist of ethnic German origin who was born in Czechoslovakia. As a vocal critic of Adolf Hitler’s regime in Germany, Kisch’s books were burned in public…

As a former Mayor of Mildura and country lawyer of 50 years standing Peter Byrne has a wealth of stories in his repertoire and a rare talent for telling them. One story he relishes relating to anyone who will listen…

A stunning new photographic exhibition offers a unique window into the lives and stories of some of Australia’s newest and oldest refugee communities. The 2015 Heartlands Photographic Exhibition, which focuses on four diverse communities across the nation, opened at the…

A photo exhibition that launched in Melbourne on Thursday is telling the stories of refugee communities and their contributions to society since they arrived in Australia. Watch the clip: http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2015/06/04/exhibition-captures-refugees-contributions-australia

The WA government has announced, over the next year, $230,000 will go to improving the curriculum and teaching skills of professionals at after hours language schools. Read more: http://www.sbs.com.au/podcasts/naca/radionews/episode/416275/WA-invests-in-languages-education

Leading migrant and refugee settlement agency AMES has welcomed the implementation of Australia’s new Safe Haven Enterprise Visa scheme. The five-year visas, introduced last year, will be an option for refugees prepared to work or study outside of popular cities.…

Reforming training qualifications could provide workers with stronger capabilities, enabling them to adapt more quickly to changing labour market, and help reduce persistent skills mismatch, according to new research. The researchers were exploring the notion that many graduates do not…

The ethnic make-up of Melbourne’s suburbs has changed dramatically over the past forty years, according to a new analysis of Census data. In the decades after WWII it was easy to stereotype suburbs by their ethnic make-up; the Italians went…

It is the world’s largest annual migration and it doesn’t involve birds or wildebeest. When more than 200 million migrant workers in China’s industrial cities return home to their villages each spring the nation’s transport infrastructure is stressed to breaking…

Any accent other than ‘Aussie’ causes irrational concerns of incompetence for customers, according to a new study. The research titled “The effect of service employees’ accent on customer reactions”, carried out by marketing and business experts at the University of Adelaide,…