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The solution to Australia’s skills shortage hiding in plain sight: Opinion
The solution to Australia’s skills shortage hiding in plain sight: Opinion
Aug 7, 2025

Meena Naidu, General Manager Education and Participation | AMES Australia In Australia today, like the proverbial chameleon in the crowd,…

Africa’s forgotten humanitarian disaster
Africa’s forgotten humanitarian disaster
Jul 23, 2025

Sudan’s ongoing civil war has quietly become the world’s worst and most under-reported humanitarian crisis.  The conflict in the African…

Australia funding global refugee employment scheme
Australia funding global refugee employment scheme
Jul 22, 2025

An Australian Government funded scheme to help displaced refugees get jobs in third countries has been launched by the UN’s…

Sports, Arts & Culture
30 years since Srebrenica genocide
30 years since Srebrenica genocide
Jul 11, 2025

This week marks 30 years since the Srebrenica genocide which saw the massacre of more than 8,000 Bosnian Muslims. In…

IOM calls for investment in sustainable migration
IOM calls for investment in sustainable migration
Jul 8, 2025

More innovative investment in human mobility is needed to spur growth and help close the US$4 trillion annual development financing…

Human rights fears over US World Cup
Human rights fears over US World Cup
Jun 25, 2025

The global football body FIFA has been urged to reconsider its decision to make the US a co-host of the…

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