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Dari Language Resource – Mental Health, Domestic Violence
Huma Media is releasing a series of long and short videos in Dari which will provide essential information to the Afghan community, particularly for the new cohort who arrived to Australia since the fall of Afghanistan.
Migrant and Refugee Women with Disabilities Survey
Harmony Alliance, Women With Disabilities Australia (WWDA) and National Ethnic Disability Alliance (NEDA) are conducting a survey on the experiences of women, girls, women identifying, and non-binary people with disabilities from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds. The survey is available in Arabic, English, Nepali, Swahili, Spanish and Mandarin.
Youth Job Seekers
GROW Greater Shepparton has launched a new Job Seeker profile page where job seekers can create themselves a profile, upload a bit about themselves, their previous experiences, and what work they’re looking for. Employers can jump on and view the profiles and contact job seekers directly if they are suitable for the job.
Ahead of the Curve Community Commissions
The Ahead of the Curve Community Commissions is for communities of colour to develop and produce community projects and new digital works, which respond to social challenges, including COVID-19.TheAhead of the Curve Community Commissions is for communities of colour to develop and produce community projects and new digital works, which respond to social challenges, including COVID-19.
Wait time for key Australian Work Visa more than doubles
Processing times for an important skilled worker visa have more than doubled and the number of migrants languishing on bridging visas has increased six-fold, a new report warns.
The Migrant Workers Centre on Friday released a report documenting the deterioration in Australia’s visa processing system, which found processing times for the 887 skilled regional visa has more than doubled since 2018.
It is now taking at least 24 months for the government to process an application for an 887 visa, which rewards people who have lived and worked in specified areas of regional Australia, providing a pathway to permanent residency.
Shepparton’s Pakistani community watches ‘biblical’ floods from afar
Shepparton’s Pakistani community has been watching as friends and family members back home fight “biblical” floods, with half the country underwater and 33 million people displaced.
Invitation to Join the Migrant Worker’s Regional Advisory Group
The Migrant Workers Centre invite you to be part of the Migrant Workers Centre’s first ever Regional Advisory Group. We’re putting together a group of key community members leading initiatives to support CALD and bicultural communities in regional Victoria.
International Day of Rural Women
The Women’s Collective invites you to celebrate the International Day for Rural Women at the UniMelb School of Rural Health on evening of 13 October. The International Day for Rural Women is a United Nations Women (UN Women) initiative that acknowledges the work of rural women, both paid and unpaid.
Community Flood Update Meeting
There will be a community meeting – conducted by the SES – at the McIntosh Centre, Shepparton, on Saturday 1 October to update the community on floods. The meeting is for those who live in Shepparton and surrounds. Find out the latest on the possible flood situation downstream of Lake Eildon and along the Goulburn River to the Shepparton-Mooroopna-Kialla areas this Spring. Information is also given in other languages.