A new book by one of the world’s leading philosophers has laid out an ethical defence of multiculturalism in the face of rising condemnation of the policy by conservatives across the world. Canadian academic and writer Alan Patten’s book Equal…

A plan developed by Tasmanian community leaders and human rights activists would see the island-state become Australia’s asylum seeker processing centre. The Tasmania Opportunity Leaders Summit in Launceston heard the case for making the state an asylum seeker processing centre…

MARK COLVIN: The Immigration Department says it doesn’t yet know how much it’ll cost the Australian Government to resettle refugees from Nauru to Cambodia.The Immigration Minister signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Cambodian government at the end of last…

How is dementia affecting members of Australia’s non-English speaking communities? Read more: http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2014/09/30/challenges-dementia-multicultural-australia

While many conservatives continue to hold to the Howard line against multiculturalism, Tony Abbott is adjusting to the reality that Australia is a multicultural country, writes Mike Steketee. “The Australian Government will be utterly unflinching towards anything that threatens our…

THE Labor party has called on the federal government to make public its inquiry into the death of an asylum seeker from Manus Island’s detention centre. HAMID Kehazaei’s family switched off his life-support on Friday after he was declared brain-dead…

Two AMES clients have hosted a dinner for the founder of the Care to Share project, which sees Melburnians volunteer to host asylum seekers and refugees in their homes. AMES asylum seeker clients Nasir and Zamin hosted Care to Share…

Australia has a long history of immigrant entrepreneurs, dating back well over a century in the case of Chinese, Lebanese, and Greek migrants. More recently Thai, Sri Lankan, Indian and South Korean migrants have also taken the plunge into small…

The Abbott government has made plans to include Syrian and Iraqi refugees fleeing slaughter by Islamic State terrorists as it opens up 4000 spots a year in Australia’s humanitarian refugee intake. Read more: http://www.afr.com/p/national/australia_to_accept_syrian_and_iraqi_V0qyrZf033eb6jxjwqyULK

Whether it is the classical work of Chopin, or the hard rock of ACDC music has the ability to convey raw human emotion across the world, regardless of race, religion or language. But what happens if you are an artist…

Refugees in Australia are adequately housed – with none actually homeless – but they struggle with private rental costs and most find home ownership beyond their reach, according to new research. A new study also found that while almost all…

A national study says that while migrants and refugees have high education rates in Australia, many struggle to find jobs. Read more: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-08-05/migrant-job-struggle/5650926