Aspirations and geographic location are a key influence on young people’s engagement with post-school education and training, according to new research. A new study explores how aspirations are affected by where a young person lives. It finds that young people…

The 2011 NSW state election delivered a swag of seats in western Sydney to the Liberal Party. Widespread dislike and distrust of the ALP re-focused the attention of many of the formerly Labor-voting ethnic communities on the potential benefits of…

MALCOLM Fraser has been remembered in parliament today as a “giant” of Australian politics who was “often misunderstood”. The nation’s politicians set aside their differences today to remember the former prime minister who died on Friday at the age of…

One in five Australians out of work are teenagers with young people bearing the brunt of Australia’s rising unemployment level, a new analysis has revealed. Teenagers are in the eye of the nation’s joblessness crisis with the unemployment rate for…

Origin-Transit-Destination features former refugees telling unvarnished stories of finding their way to, and making their home in, Australia. Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2015/mar/14/strangers-on-a-bus-sydney-show-gives-a-seat-and-voice-to-asylum-seekers

Affordable housing is increasingly becoming beyond the reach of low income earners, including many new refugees or migrants to Australia, according to new research. A growing proportion of Australian households are renting in the private market; the figure has risen…

Communications Minister and putative Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has revealed his views on the value of migration by ranking Australia as the most successful immigrant nation on the planet. The government has been struggling with the issue of multiculturalism after reports…

The English language and most other European tongues may be the result of a mass migration of people from the Cossack lands of the eastern steppes, according to a new study. DNA scientists who conducted the study now believe that…

A new training package to assist people who help young refugees and migrants was recently launched by the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Social Services, Senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells. The package, ‘Engaging Respectfully with Young People (from Refugee Backgrounds)’ was…

Since those exiled arrived here from the conflict in Indochina, the Vietnamese have weaved their traditions through the colourful cultural tapestry of Australia. After North Vietnam’s communist government take over of South Vietnam in 1975, Australia accepted tens of thousands…

A former refugee born in a camp on the Thai-Burma border who spoke no English when he arrived in Australia just five years ago has become the first adult trainee hired by Parks Victoria. Hsar Thein Ju was too old…

Elnaz Tavancheh, an ethnic Hazara who fled her home in Iran to avoid persecution and threats, completed her VCE at the school this year and is hoping to study at university. After fleeing to Indonesia from Iran and taking a…