One of Australia’s largest public service organisations has launched a new multicultural strategy aimed at ensuring inclusiveness in the delivery of crucial services. The federal Department of Human Services, whose 36,000 employees oversee Medicare, Centrelink and Child Support services, has…

An Australian production company is passionate about bringing a story to the screen focusing on a 16-year-old refugee settling in Melbourne. What is missing from the project is their lead actor, with the filmmakers embarking on a national campaign to…

Sixteen million dollars in Victorian Government grants have been made to community groups and programs across the state aimed at boosting social and economic participation for multicultural communities. Victoria’s Minister for Multicultural Affairs Robin Scott has announced more than 250…

From ‘bogans’ eating ‘battered savs’ to ‘bush baptists’ and ‘chardonnay socialists’, the Australian idiom can be bewildering to visitors and newcomers to this country. ‘Babycinos’, ‘rangas’ and ‘captain’s picks’ are among the more than 6,000 Australian words and phrases that…

Women will be the focus of Australia’s revamped foreign aid effort after Foreign Minister Julie Bishop pledged that empowering women would be the key pillar of the government’s policy. Ms Bishop said that despite cuts to Australia’s foreign aid budget…

Newcomers to Australia cherish our freedom, democracy, and standard of living but some are happier than others and different groups experience varying levels of racism and exclusion, according to a first ever broad survey of the attitudes of recent migrants.…

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees’ man in Australia, Thomas Albrecht, speaks to AMES Australia Senior Journalist Laurie Nowell about the global refugee crisis.

Danial Haron’s calloused and gnarled fingers tell the story of a life of hard, unremitting work. The 93-year-old Syrian refugee has seen trouble and hardship in his long life; he fought with the British army in WWII and he carved…

A Chinese tourist who tried to report a stolen wallet during a visit to Germany unwittingly signed an asylum application form that got him presumed to be a refugee and tangled him up in immigration bureaucracy for two weeks. The…

New Zealand, Indonesia – including Bali – and the US were the top three most popular travel destinations for people leaving Australia in 2015-16, according to new figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). ABS Migration Analysis and…

The first comprehensive picture of the settlement of refugees across Melbourne has emerged from a new study that reveals where the city’s refugee population comes from, what its health and housing needs are and where its members are now living.…

Refugees have the potential to become Australian entrepreneurs and many have business skills and experience, according to new research. The research report, titled ‘Igniting the Passion of Newly-Arrived Refugees’, cites ABS data that shows that migrants who arrived as refugees…