THE Labor party has called on the federal government to make public its inquiry into the death of an asylum seeker from Manus Island’s detention centre. HAMID Kehazaei’s family switched off his life-support on Friday after he was declared brain-dead…

KAREN refugees are getting a kick out of a new Victoria University program designed to get them into sport. Samurai Karate in Laverton is the first sporting club to get on board a new program to encourage refugees to be…

Australia has been accused of a “chain of human rights violations” in its treatment of asylum seekers by the incoming United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Prince Zeid Ra’ad Al-Hussein. In his maiden address to the UN Human Rights Council,…

The 15th annual Yarrilinks Planting Weekend was again a roaring success with thirty-seven AMES students taking part.It was the eleventh time AMES has been involved and the first day of the weekend did not auger well. Hailstones peppered the bus as it…

Six centuries ago an Admiral named Zheng He commanded the Ming dynasty’s immense fleet of trading vessels on expeditions ranging as far west as India, Africa and the Red Sea and south as far as Thailand and Indonesia. The most…

Among refugees and migrants to Australia there are many who don’t even know domestic abuse is illegal — or how they can escape this cycle of violence.  Read more: http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2014/09/03/video-tell-migrants-about-help-domestic-violence

Among refugees and migrants to Australia there are many who don’t even know domestic abuse is illegal — or how they can escape this cycle of violence.  Read more: http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2014/09/03/video-tell-migrants-about-help-domestic-violence

There are reports Hamid Kehazaei, a 24-year-old Iranian asylum seeker who had been detained on Manus Island, has been declared ‘brain dead’ after suffering a heart attack. According to the Refugee Action Coalition, Hamid Kehazaei was transferred to the mainland…

A refugee has told how a fashion social enterprise helped her find her feet in Australia after she was kidnapped and close relatives killed by militias in her native Sudan. The charity called The Social Studio, which marks its fifth…

Countless moments make up Australia’s national story. Some of these moments have the potential to be epoch marking. They have the capacity to profoundly change our story; to move us in a new direction or to transform the way we…

The civil war in Syria has created an unprecedented humanitarian crisis, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), as it has forced more than three million people to flee the country – an increase of one million…

Former Vietnam refugee Hieu Van Le has been sworn in as South Australia’s new Governor at an official ceremony at the Adelaide Convention Centre. The ceremony was capped off with a 19-gun vice regal salute from the riverbank. Mr Le…