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Migrants generally have higher employment rates that Australian-born residents, a new report shows. The ‘Australian Labour Market for Migrants’ report, produced by Jobs and Skills Australia (JSA), says that migrants who arrived in Australia over the past 20 years generally have higher labour force participation than Australian-born residents. They also often have lower rates of […]
World-renown writer Khaled Hosseini says that Syria is on the verge of losing an entire generation of its children. Writing in the New York Times, the best-selling author of ‘The Kite Runner’ and ‘A Thousand Splendid Suns’, said: “at some…
Walk into the Bestway Supermarket on Dandenong’s Lonsdale Street and you’ll immediately see 20 litre cans of sunflower oil and 80 litre cooking pots stacked neatly near the entrance. There are also posters advertising Quran classes, English lessons and home…
The 2014-15 Federal Budget has delivered mixed outcomes for culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) Australians, with the announcement of continuing support for many critical services and major cuts to other core areas. FECCA welcomes the Federal Government’s commitment to deliver…
Aged care services should be adapted to suit the needs of new and emerging ethnic communities, according to multicultural lobby group The Ethnic Communities Council of Victoria (ECCV). The ECCV appealed to Victorian and federal budget decision-makers to commit to…
THE Abbott government will unveil a revamped work-for-the-dole scheme as the centrepiece of its tough new welfare regime in next week’s budget that targets under-30s but applies to all recalcitrant unemployed people. Read more: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/policy/tony-abbott-to-phase-in-new-dole-regime/story-fn59noo3-1226905200783#
After a whirlwind few months involving thousands of hours of volunteer help, the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre’s new Home of Hope is opening its doors in Footscray. Thursday’s opening will mark a homecoming of sorts for the centre and its…
Today I am announcing that Australia will provide $20 million for children in Lebanon and Jordan who have fled across borders as refugees due to the Syrian crisis. Read more: http://www.investinaustralia.com/news/australia-provides-20-million-children-affected-syrian-crisis#sthash.pWkfdO81.dpuf
A new global trend has emerged which sees migrants from poor countries moving to other impoverished societies – sometimes even poorer ones. Across the developing world, migrants move to other poor countries nearly as often as they move to rich…
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…
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