Letter to the editor The Age 10 January
Parents, educators and community leaders are right to be outraged when a popular social networking site like Facebook is used for racist and derogatory comments targeting various migrant groups and non-English speakers. Because it shows a
Letter to the Editor The Age 19 January
Unless we make the decision to welcome everybody to Australia and accept that there are differences but, as long as people settle here and obey the law and accept that diverse views, diverse ways of thinking
Letter Published In The Age 3 July 2008
Sam Afra, Chairperson, Ethnic Communities Council of Victoria, Carlton DAVID Imber raised many valid points on the challenges faced by low-income renters (Comment & Debate, 1/7). However, an extra hierarchy of vulnerability exists among this disadvantaged
Letter Published In The Age 30 April 2008
Teach Instead Of Test By Peter Van Vliet Let's offer refugees classes about their new home rather than exams. The effect of the former Howard government's higher-level citizenship test has been absolutely as predicted: educated skilled
Letter Published In The Herald Sun 7 February
Sam Afra, Chairman, ECCV Focussing on the views of residents of one suburb (Migrant Mix Not Right, 5/2/08) may not reflect the wider Victorian community which generally supports cultural diversity. Some individual areas may also attract
Letter Published In The Age 26 January 2008
Sam Afra, Chairman, ECCV In commemorating Australia day, Ethnic Communities’ Council of Victoria (ECCV) celebrates the cultural and linguistic diversity that our vibrant multicultural society has been built upon, including the important place of the traditional
Letter Published In The Age 3 October 2007
Phong Nguyen, Chairman, ECCV Ethnic Communities’ Council of Victoria strongly opposes the federal government’s decision to reduce the African intake in Australia’s humanitarian migration program. Australia’s refugee program should be conducted on the basis of need. At the
Letter Published In The Herald Sun 24 September
Phong Nguyen, Chairman, ECCV Victoria's 100,000 international students bring $3 billion into the Victorian economy every year but are made to feel like second class citizens when travelling on our trams, buses and trains. The Victorian
Letter Published In The Herald Sun 28 July
Phong Nguyen, Chairman, ECCV Letter Published In The Herald Sun – 19 May 2007Steve Bracks deserves praise for his great support of migrant communities in Victoria. He was a champion of immigration and cultural diversity and
Letter Published In The Herald Sun 19 May
Phong Nguyen, Chairman, ECCV Letter Published In The Herald Sun – 25 January 2007While the new citizenship test may help people learn about Australia there should be exemptions for some refugees and family reunion migrants. If
