Research suggests there are significant barriers between refugees and migrants and the Australian legal system, especially when it comes to family disputes. Victoria Legal Aid is working to change this. Read more: http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2014/04/14/3984760.htm?site=newengland

Analysis by the Brotherhood of St Laurence has found the number of young people facing long-term unemployment has tripled since the global financial crisis. It warns of an unfolding ‘worst case scenario’ of some people aged 15 to 24 never…

For a man whose appointment as Human Rights Commissioner stirred up heated political controversy, Tim Wilson has shown he is a man on a mission to listen. “I am very keen to hear people’s views on a range of issues,”…

A woman who witnessed first-hand the horrors of the Syrian conflict and was forced to flee her home in the war-torn nation has been reunited with her sons in Melbourne under the new Community Proposal Pilot program. Amina Srio, a…

AN AWARD-winning Dandenong photographer has been invited to showcase his work at the Sydney Opera House in the TEDxSydney conference. Barat Ali Batoor is one of 16 Australians chosen to speak at the April 26 event. Read more: http://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/south-east/dandenong-awardwinning-photographer-barat-ali-batoor-invited-to-speak-about-refugee-journey-at-april-26-tedx-conference-in-sydney/story-fngnvmhm-1226883523866

The number of young people facing long-term unemployment has tripled since the global financial crisis, according to a new analysis of Australian Bureau of Statistics data. There are currently 257,000 unemployed young people (aged 15 to 24) across the nation,…

Former Australian Prime Minister and human rights advocate Malcolm Fraser has called for the establishment of an international ‘covenant of human ethics’. In a speech to the InterAction Council interfaith dialogue meeting in Vienna last month, Mr Fraser said: “There…

It is called ‘passive tolerance’ and it is the most hopeful piece of social theory to emerge in a long time. It is the notion that living in an area of high diversity can make you more tolerant and accepting…

Technology giant Apple is set to bring some cultural diversity to its Emojis. Emojis are the ideograms, or smiley faces, used in electronic messages and webpages. Apple was asked by email why there wasn’t more cultural diversity when it comes…

The Australian Government won’t offer protection to asylum seekers who testify at an upcoming Senate inquiry into riots at the Manus Island detention centre, the clerk of the Senate has said. Read more: http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2014/04/10/government-give-no-protection-manus-riot-inquiry-witnesses

Immigration Minister Scott Morrison says the Australian government will cover the costs of asylum seekers to be temporarily resettled on Nauru as refugees within the next month. Mr Morrison told ABC’s 7.30 the Government will give those refugees a small…

LESS than four minutes is all it takes to have your voice heard, as Maria Dimopoulos found out. The Westmeadows woman was one of 10 people chosen to have their film screened at the launch of Finding Our Way, a storytelling…