Sport’s important role in promoting social inclusion and uniting Australian communities has been recognised by the federal government in a new round of funding grants. Physical activity allows all Australians the opportunity to improve their mental and physical wellbeing. For…

Visual cues and multimodal forms of learning can help students from non-English speaking backgrounds bridge engagement gaps in the classroom, according to a leading expert on literacy and digital culture. Professor Kathy Mills, a researcher multimodal literacy learning in primary…

The federal government has released a new range of visas that prioritise a new group of occupations in a bid to get more migrants to settle in regional areas. The new visas are aimed at skilled migrants, including architects, scientists,…

The US has slashed its annual refugee intake to 18,000, the lowest number since 1980 and just 20 per cent of the target set by President Obama in 2016. And in the October month the US took in exactly zero…

Murdered Israeli overseas student Aiia Maasarwe will be remembered with a scholarship designed to support students encountering financial hardship. Premier Daniel Andrews announced the establishment of the ‘Aiia Maasarwe Memorial Scholarship’ for local or international students experiencing financial hardship in…

A new tool developed to measure workforce diversity promises to help businesses and organisations exploit the advantages of cultural diversity. Developed by cultural enterprise Cultural Infusion, the ‘Diversity Atlas’ tool analyses diversity within a given response-group and presents results via…

More than 300 businesses have been opened by refugees in Melbourne and Sydney in the past two years, new figures show. An audit by migrant and refugee settlement agency AMES Australia and not-for-profit micro-finance provider Thrive shows significant numbers of…

Highly educated, highly skilled migrants often can’t find good jobs because employers don’t trust their experience, according to a new study. The research suggests the skills of many migrants are wasted and has recommended that workplaces be required by law…

Australia’s permanent migration intake has dropped to 160,000 – the lowest level in a decade, according to newly released immigration data. The data shows just 160,323 permanent visas were granted under the 2018-19 migration program. The government will cap the…

A new report from the Organisation for Economic Development (OECD) shows that Australia is one of the top countries that takes in temporary labour. The OECD International Migration Outlook 2019 report found Australia was one of the top 10 OECD…

As the list of geo-political issues grows daily – with Brexit, posturing in the Persian Gulf, trade tensions with China and a more imminent climate change catastrophe – the UN’s High Commissioner for Refugees faces a serious task in keeping…

Refugees are struggling to access Australia’s health care system because of language and cultural barriers, new research claims. And refugees living regional Australia face even more barriers finding appropriate health care, the study said. The study, by medical students at…