Join the Big Victorian Harvest and you could receive a bonus of up to $2,430 for eight week’s work on a farm – on top of your wage.
The Victorian Government’s Seasonal Harvest Sign-on Bonus is an extra payment for jobseekers who take up a harvest job on a Victorian farm this season.
With the horticulture industry’s usual backpacker and international workforce reduced because of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, farmers need your help to pick, pack and process Victoria’s fruit and vegetables.
The Australian Government advises that the first doses of the Pfizer vaccine are expected to be available in Victoria from 22 February 2021 to allow us to start vaccinating the first Victorians, subject to shipping and distribution.
The rollout of other vaccines, including the Oxford/AstraZeneca (AstraZeneca) vaccine, will depend on the Australian Government’s regulatory approval, volume and the timing of doses becoming available.
During the vaccine rollout it is critical that we all continue to be COVIDSafe.
Recruitment is under way for a new domestic violence support hub in Shepparton, slated to open its doors in the coming weeks.
The Orange Door network, a free service for people of all ages and backgrounds, will provide advice and support for families and children experiencing or affected by family violence.
The service — a partnership between Family Safety Victoria and local providers including Rumbalara Aboriginal Co-operative, FamilyCare, Primary Care Connect and Nexus Primary Health — will also offer advice to support someone to seek help.
According to a whistleblower, some of the state’s most vulnerable children are still being groomed and abused by sexual predators in Shepparton. The ongoing abuse has been revealed by a whistleblower concerned that more young girls in care and in the community will fall prey to the group of males responsible.
Thre Forum on Australia’s Islamic Relations (FAIR) has made a call for participants to come forward and share their stories of settlement in Victoria. The project will create an interactive video that will tell stories and share experiences about the early days of Turkish settlement in Victoria.
COVID-related travel restrictions have prevented migrants’ overseas-based parents from visiting Australia.
Many migrants rely on extended family members such as grandparents for help with raising children.
Just under 30 per cent of Australia’s resident population were born overseas.
A largely self-taught young artist from Indonesia is painting cultural identities on the walls of immigrant businesses in Shepparton, in regional Victoria, while he earns his living as a farmworker.
Seasonal workforce numbers are dwindling due to pandemic border closures.
The new National Lost Crop Register reported $45 million in losses in its first eight weeks.
Supermarket prices are tipped to increase as the cost of the shrinking food supply is passed on to consumers.
Former Chair of Ethnic Council of Shepparton and District President, and ECCV Board Member Dr Sundram Sivamalai has been announced as the City of Ballarat’s 2021 Citizen of the Year at the Australia Day Awards.
The Ethnic Community Council Victoria Intercultural Youth Advocacy Leaders program is a pathway for young people from culturally diverse backgrounds to develop governance experience. Applications to join the program are open to young people aged 21 – 30. This program is made up of 12 young people aged 21 to 30 from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds selected for a period of 2 years.