Australia’s national broadcaster is set to adopt greater diversity with new ABC Managing Director Michelle Guthrie pledging more diverse voices and content. In her first day on the job Ms Guthrie sent an email to ABC staff saying: “We must…

Australian actress Cate Blanchett has become a global goodwill ambassador for UNHCR. The two-time Oscar winner has proudly taken on the position in the United Nations refugee agency. After already doing work within the organisation Blanchett accepted the role and…

The great Dust Bowl of the 1930s which saw vast areas of the US prairielands devastated by drought and over-farming was not quite an ‘Okie diaspora’ as portrayed in popular culture, according to new research. A study of longitudinal data…

Cultural and linguistically diverse (CALD) people suffer disproportionally when attempting to seek employment in the face of negative stereotypes and racist perceptions, according to a new report. The report, ‘Getting business booming: report on the inquiry into barriers for small…

The job market in Australia is looking up with job vacancies rising across the private and public sectors and in most industries, according to the latest Australian Bureau of statistics data. Total job vacancies in February 2016 were up 3.1…

Head of the Islamic Council of Victoria Nail Aykan talks about the issues facing his community. Acknowledgements for this story

Films and TV shows produced by major media companies in the US are ‘whitewashed’ and there is an ‘epidemic of invisibility’ when it comes to women, ethnic minorities and LGBTI people, a new study has found. One of the most…

Economic debate in Australia has descended into a narrow debate driven by pseudo-economic nonsense that is stifling ideas about nation building, according to a new book. Australia Institute Chief Economist Dr Richard Denniss says rather than having an open debate…

Migration is the key issue in the referendum the UK will hold in late June this year to determine whether it remains part of the EU or not. The so-called ‘Brexit’ supporters argue the current arrangements damage the UK economy…

Germany has opened its first shelter for gay and lesbian refugees, as fears grow over threats to sexual minorities in overcrowded accommodations. The new housing in southern Germany’s Nuremberg can host up to eight people, according to a community association…

When I met Khadim Dai in Jakarta, Indonesia in November 2015 we instantly clicked. It was like we were long lost friends or family. Khadim was only 19 years old and one of the refugees who started the Cisarua Refugee…

As Islamophobia grows throughout the Western world, Muslim women are the most at risk of physical and mental abuse. In any minority women tend to bear the brunt of hate, but due to some Muslim women dress codes such as…