Australia needs overseas workers in key sectors Australia is currently facing its largest skilled labour shortage in decades. The National Skills Commission’s 2022 Skill priority report found that in the past year, skill shortages across various industries nearly doubled. Skilled migration has an important role in helping address these skill gaps and workforce shortages, so…

21 March each year marks the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (IDERD), sometimes referred to as ‘Harmony Day’ in Australia. ‘Harmony Week’ refers to the week within which this date falls. More info: https://humanrights.gov.au/our-work/race-discrimination/publications/fact-sheet-international-day-elimination-racial What is the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and why is it important? Why we…

Churchill Fellowship Award Welcomes Applicants from Multicultural Communities Would you like to travel overseas for four to eight weeks to explore a topic or issue that you’re passionate about, and come back and share your knowledge? You are welcome to apply for a Churchill Fellowship. A Churchill Fellowship is for any Australian Citizen or permanent…

The 2023 COVID booster dose is available for everyone aged 18 and above from 20 February.  Getting your bivalent booster dose remains the best way to prevent severe illness or hospitalisation, especially in people over 65 and those at higher risk of severe illness. You can have your booster dose if your last dose or COVID…

A research team at Monash University Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health is funded by the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) to conduct a study and help develop culturally informed treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Any first-generation immigrant from China aged between 18-65, with experience of stressful/adverse event (such as…

Multicultural Health Connect Healthdirect Australia has launched a new helpline – Multicultural Health Connect – the first national helpline to help people in multicultural communities get health information and advice. The helpline is free and confidential, and run by workers with multicultural backgrounds. In-language help is available by calling 1800 186 815, where callers speak with a trained worker who…

Happy Lunar New Year! 恭贺新禧，兔年吉祥！ Forthcoming celebrations in Melbourne.

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“Screen Presence 23” Chinese Australian Film Festival (银屏华风迎新年) Date: Sunday January 29, 2023Venue: The Capitol theatre, 113 Swanston St, Melbourne. • 10:00AM Discussion: Screen Presence (Session 1)• 11:45AM Screening: Shanghai Express 上海快车 (1932) 82 mins (Session 2)• 2:00PM Screening: Floating Life 浮生 (1996) 95 mins (Session 3)• 4:30PM Screening: Mao’s Last Dancer 毛泽东时代的最后舞者 (2009) 117…

Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) is asking the 1.3 million Australians who identify as Chinese Australian to share a story from their life – it can be a funny, sad, heart-warming or a heartbreaking story – but one that speaks to the truth of their experience in Australia. They are looking for stories that can help change…