Opportunity Knocks - Job or Education?

By Sean Morris 

 MELBOURNE - Why does anyone leave their country permanently?  For a better, safer life and more opportunities.

How Low Can You Go?

 Melbourne - An Indian student group has criticised reports that Indian students are being warned to keep a low profile in public to avoid attacks.

The Carriers Project

By Van Thanh Rudd

 MELBOURNE - Over a long period of time, like many visual artists and students, I was carrying my artworks on trams and trains to my studio either wrapped up or facing inwards, away from public view. I began to ask, ‘why should an artist deny the public this opportunity to view art, especially if the artist feels strongly about issues facing society at large such as inequality, racism and war?’ 
 

Harmony Cricket

By Jake Corcoran 

 MELBOURNE - Cricket Victoria has given a whole new meaning to multiculturalism this summer with its Harmony Shield competition.

Not a sporting life

By Nosrat Hosseini

 Melbourne - Australia may be sporting mad, but one group of Australians is not getting selected for the team.

Migrants and refugees are not given the opportunity to fully participate in sporting activity in this country and the nation could be missing out as a result.  The notion of fair play is not confined to the playing fields of exclusive Anglo Saxon private schools.  Other cultures also hero worship true sportsmen, who demonstrate that winning is not always the object of the game.

Sudanese Lost Boy Honoured

 Melbourne -- Akoch Manheim, founder of the Sudanese Lost Boys Association of Australia (SLBAA), has been named Yarra Council’s Citizen of the Year. 

Kick Starting the Future

By Aimee Vinci 

 Melbourne - 'Kick Start' is an innovate program developed by the Flemington Community Centre to help young people who fall victim to physical assault and other abusive behaviour.

To be or not to be

By Nyadol Nyuon

  Melbourne - The question “to be or not to be” can be answered only when I know what, or who, I need or ought to be.

A young Albanian in Australia

By Viriana Zeneli

 Melbourne - My name is Viriana Zeneli, I'm 19 years old. My family and I came to Melbourne in 1994. I am currently studying film and animation at RMIT university. I am interested in film culture, 20th century cinema and avantgarde art.

Finding a place to call home

By David Nyuol Vincent
 
 MELBOURNE - After 22 years of struggling for freedom, equality, dignity and respect, I have finally found a place to call home. My brand name, ‘refugee’, is slowly starting to fade. I had grown used to being called that but I guess I had no option.
 
Since my arrival in Melbourne nearly five years ago from the Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya, I am now proud to say I have managed to integrate into mainstream society.
 
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