Migrants and refugees from India and the Middle East feel most welcome in Australia while people from China are the most eager to start a business. Chinese migrants cited their children’s future as the most important reason for coming to…

BENDIGO will host the region’s first ever forum on problem gambling in multicultural communities on Wednesday. Leaders in the gambling prevention field will discuss challenges facing those from ethnic backgrounds and listen to perspectives from those within the Bendigo community. Loddon Campaspe…

Café supervisor Sheridan Mills tells how serving coffee and food to customers at the social enterprise Fifty-Six Threads Café helps him build friendships and gives him insight into human nature.      “A young couple (originally from Adelaide) come in…

Most unemployed people don’t need long-term solutions, just a short-term safety net – for them, quarantined payments or work for the dole could simply hinder their job search, writes Simon Cowan. Read more: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-08-01/cowan-paternalism-for-all-does-not-work/5641674

My interview with Mr Syed did not get off to a great start. We’d arranged to meet at the Dandenong library – part of the city council building, a huge, bright orange edifice in the redeveloped heart of Dandenong in…

Lawyers for 157 asylum seekers being detained on an Australian Customs vessel say it’s still unclear where the Australian government will take them if they lose next month’s High Court battle. The full bench of the High Court will determine…

A new study has identified the regions around Australia most vulnerable to job losses and economic decline because of structural economic change. The study, commissioned by the National Vocational Education and Training Research Program, found that manufacturing, health care and…

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

A new report on migrants and temporary residents in Australia shows one out of three find it difficult to land their first job. Read more: http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2014/06/30/1-3-migrants-struggle-land-first-job-abs

Former Vietnam refugee Hieu Van Le has been named as South Australia’s next governor. Mr Le, the current deputy, will replace Rear Admiral Kevin Scarce from September. Read more: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-06-26/hieu-van-le-appointed-sa-governor/5552004

Thousands of refugees and asylum-seekers settling in Melbourne’s west face a healthier future under a plan launched in Footscray. Health Minister David Davis released the Victorian Refugee and Asylum Seeker Health Action Plan 2014-2018 last Thursday. Read more: http://www.maribyrnong.starweekly.com.au/story/1805085/footscray-plan-promotes-health-lift-for-western-suburbs-refugees/

Another 19 asylum seekers granted refugee status by Nauru’s Government and released from Australian immigration detention. A second group of asylum seekers has been granted refugee visas on Nauru and released into the community. A total of 19 people were…