by Victoria Kyriakopoulos | Jun 20, 2020 | Stories
With 28.4% of the population born overseas and 49.1% of its constituents either born overseas or have a parent who was born overseas, Victoria is home to a number of multicultural communities, making it the most diverse state in Australia. Some of those who call...
by Victoria Kyriakopoulos | Jun 10, 2020 | Stories
The Australian Human Rights Commission recorded more complaints under the Racial Discrimination Act in the month of February than they did in the whole year leading up to it. According to Race Discrimination Commissioner Chin Tan, one-third of these complaints...
by Victoria Kyriakopoulos | Mar 12, 2020 | Stories
Maker Mayek is a litigation lawyer and the principal solicitor at Mayek Legal. Born in South Sudan, Maker came to Australia as a teenager after living in a refugee camp for almost a decade. He has since charted his own journey by practising law, completing a Bachelor...
by Victoria Kyriakopoulos | Mar 5, 2020 | Stories
Growing up in the inner city bayside of Melbourne, Sabina McKenna is a Melbourne-based curator, exhibitor. She is also the founder of the ‘Where are you from’ project, an online photo-journal that documents people of colour’s experiences with being asked “Where are...