A new research project is investigating the effect on the children of non-English speaking families newly arrived to Australia who become the initial translators or ‘language brokers’ for their parents. Researchers at the University of Western Sydney say that often,…

Peak bodies from business, the union movement and social services have collaborated in developing a proposal to improve job outcomes for disadvantaged people. The Australian Council of Social Service, the Australian Council of Trade Unions and the Business Council of…

Australian businesses are focusing on gender balance at the expense of promoting cultural diversity, according to a new survey. This is despite nine out of ten employers believing racist attitudes persist in the workplace. The survey, by the Diversity Council…

HIGHER migration levels are favoured by a fifth of Australians, in an exclusive Newspoll survey revealing robust support for the most multicultural society on earth. Read more: http://theaustralian.newspaperdirect.com/epaper/showarticle.aspx?&article=d8e2200b-93e2-4bff-8c96-fc8f224cc95f&viewmode=2&page=2

New migrants to Australia are actively engaged in forging a new life in their adopted country and show high levels of optimism, satisfaction and resilience, according to a new study of migrant attitudes. The study’s findings also paint a picture…

THREE more asylum seekers are missing from community detention in South Australia, taking the number on the run in the past fortnight to 15, including five children. As revealed by The Australian a week ago, some of the missing children,…

Oppositon Foreign Affairs spokeswoman, Tanya Plibersek, discusses the repatriation Sri Lankan asylum seekers and what should be done with the 153 who are being held on an Australian Customs boat. Read more: http://www.abc.net.au/lateline/content/2014/s4042918.htm

An Essential Media poll has shown that 27 per cent of voters believe that Australia’s asylum seeker policy is too harsh. This figure is up from 12 per cent in July 2013. Read more: http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/breakfast/poll-shows-increased-concern-over-asylum-policy/5589268

With the destination and fate of 153 asylum seekers on an Australian Customs boat unknown and asylum seekers on Christmas Island attempting suicide to get their children resettled, the Government is facing the most serious challenge to its asylum policy.…

Climate change has begun having an impact on migration; forcing people to leave their homes and jobs, according to news reports from Africa and the Pacific. A report last month in ‘The Zimbabwean’ newspaper headlined “Climate change migration on the…

Educators are increasingly pursuing creative and innovative education opportunities presented by online technologies that can link teachers and students anywhere in the world. In a classroom in Brunswick, in Melbourne’s inner-north, last year a group of students chatted to each…

A ‘bamboo ceiling’ is preventing Australians with Asian cultural backgrounds from achieving the highest positions of leadership in many public and private organisations, according to Race Discrimination Commissioner Tim Soutphommasane. In a recent speech to the Asian Australian Lawyers Association…