The Australian Navy has been accused of manhandling asylum seekers in the first public descriptions of how the Government is turning back the boats. Two men – who say they were on two boats that were turned back by Australian…

The federal government is refusing to confirm or deny reports the Australian Navy forced an asylum seeker boat to turn back towards Indonesia. Read more: http://www.sbs.com.au/podcasts/Podcasts/radionews/episode/310612/Did-the-Australian-Navy-turn-back-another-boat

The Ethnic Communities Council of Victoria says migrants and refugees need to be educated better about the role of emergency services. Read more: http://www.sbs.com.au/podcasts/Podcasts/radionews/episode/310554/Call-for-better-emergency-services-education

The Fremantle Multicultural Centre is using its driver education program to help refugees and migrants get a step up in their new lives in Australia. Read more: http://fremantle.inmycommunity.com.au/news-and-views/local-news/Getting-in-the-drivers-seat/7654916/

Asylum seekers intercepted on unseaworthy boats could be sent back to Indonesia on large, engine-powered lifeboats, in an escalation of the Abbott government’s turn-back policy. Read more: http://www.winghamchronicle.com.au/story/2009990/government-mulls-lifeboats-plan-for-intercepted-asylum-seekers/

Aged care and ageing services for culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) people are set to undergo revolutionary change as Australia comes to grips with an ageing population and spiralling public health bills. Former senior bureaucrat and academic Professor Peter Shergold,…

Foreign overseas truckies could be recruited to address a critical shortage of local truck drivers. An ageing workforce and a negative image created by high-profile fatal accidents and police crackdowns on dodgy trucking companies is leading to a critical shortage…

Navid Forogh was driving home after a sellout concert in Kabul, Afghanistan, when a masked gunman appeared from the shadows. He pulled a pistol, fired three shots, then slipped back into the dark. One bullet hit the young singer’s shoulder,…

Australian authorities have intercepted the first asylum-seeker boat of the year but the government isn’t counting it yet. Immigration Minister Scott Morrison’s weekly statement, issued on Friday, says no illegal maritime arrivals were transferred to immigration authorities in the past…

US immigration is set to undergo radical reform as President Obama prepares to deliver on his first term election promise of setting up ways to allow “illegal aliens” to become legal and to make the immigration process more orderly. White…

Members of Melbourne’s large Afghan community are concerned over warnings from the United Nations and human rights groups that Afghan refugees in Pakistan and Iran are increasingly becoming targets for extortion, beatings, harassment and illegal detention. Thousands of Afghans, particularly…

A refugee family of three has had their lives changed thanks to the generosity of the community. The Man Tuang family moved to Ringwood East after fleeing Myanmar five years ago. http://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/east/ringwood-east-refugee-gets-independence-thanks-to-community-generosity/story-fngnvlxu-1226790545312