A growing body of evidence has recently accumulated demonstrating the extent of exploitative practices in Australian workplaces. Studies also reveal that migrants residing in Australia on temporary visas (migrant workers) are particularly susceptible to such...
The immediate and long-term wellbeing impacts of the COVID 19 pandemic have been widely recognised by both the Commonwealth and Victorian State Government. A whole-of-community approach that considers well known social determinants of health and pandemic-related...
Racism has increased during the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia, including in Victoria. Coordinated actions, political leadership and intensive collaboration between governments and communities are fundamental to avoid negative outcomes from the pandemic, which can...
The Ethnic Communities Council of Victoria (ECCV) welcomes the Victorian Government’s biggest budget announcement of $45.8m for our culturally diverse (CALD) communities. Many of the announcements specific to the multicultural affairs portfolio recognise and build on...
ECCV held the 2015 Regional and Metropolitan ECC Forum on 25 August 2015 in Carlton. The Forum aimed to explore strategies for improving the coordination of settlement services in regional Victoria. The Forum also discussed the matter of managing their local...
This report is the result of exploratory research the Ethnic Communities Council of Victoria (ECCV) commissioned the Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation (ADI), Deakin University, to undertake. The study examines the nature of relations between...
