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Welcome to the New Australia Media website.

This website showcases the work of our Roving Reporters who are writing stories with the help of journalist mentors. 

We are sure these young people will become champions for their communities, working to improve the quality and flow of information available to new and emerging communities and also helping to educate all Australians on the importance of diversity.  

We also aim to make the mainstream media more multicultural and the multicultural media more mainstream.

New Australia Media promises a lively forum, giving a voice to those not normally heard in the mainstream media. 

Multicultural news website launched in Melbourne

  Melbourne -A groundbreaking online news service featuring stories from young multicultural Australia was launched in Melbourne on Friday 12th December.

New Australia Media is Featured in DIAC Newsroom

New Australia Media is featured in an article on the Department of Immigration and Citizenship's online newsroom: 
 
  Canberra - Young migrant Australians are brushing up their literary skills with the help of some of Melbourne’s foremost professional writers and journalists.
 

NGO’s Appeal to Donors for Aid to Development of East Timor

By Setyo Budi

MELBOURNE -- Non-Government Organisations in East Timor are awaiting a reply from donor countries to their appeal for aid to allow the Dili government to push ahead with development plans to tackle the long-term causes of poverty and conflict in that country, according to reports reaching here.

A voice of hope for Afghanistan's women

By Frud Bezhan

 Melbourne - For the women of Afghanistan, it is yet another brutal message — that death awaits those who choose a public life.

Hip Hop Hope

By Brooke from A.R.A.B.

 MELBOURNE - A.R.A.B is one of the best families you could find. I’m 16 and I became part of this amazing family four years ago when I was in Year Seven.

Indonesia widens pornography definition

By Jennifer Henderson

 MELBOURNE - Australians tourists to Bali who show too much skin could be targets of new laws passed in an Anti-Pornography bill. The bill, which was originally drafted in 1999, contains definitions of pornography and restrictions on clothing and behaviour.

Hardline Islamic parties such as KAMMI and The Justice Party have pressured the government to pass the bill. A day before the law was passed hundreds of Muslim Indonesians rallied for its support in Jakarta. They claimed that the bill was vital to protect women and children from sexual attacks.

Bitter Chocolate

By Lisa Williams
 Melbourne - Chocolate lovers are being urged to write to manufacturers to ensure there is no dark side to their favourite sweet.

The Small Woes of Settlement

By Katie Fraser

 Melbourne - When I first started working with African clients six months ago at a Community Legal Centre in Melbourne’s western suburbs, I had a slightly sensationalized idea of what I might expect. Disaffected youths picked up for loitering, concealed weapons, and drug possession? Crimes involving gang violence and assault?

Khatami Is No Champion Of Rights

By Nosrat Hosseini
Iranian Women’s Association 
 Melbourne - “Dialogue of Civilisations” is the theme for former Iranian president Mohammed Khatami’s talks in Australia, sponsored by La Trobe University’s Centre for Dialogue.

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