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Blacklisted Fil-Aust theatre artist-educator Cavestany returns triumphant to Sydney
Multi-award winning Filipino Australian theatre director-actor-writer-educator, Mars Cavestany, is openly known in the Filipino community in NSW as well and in the Philippines as being HIV positive. Early this month [...]
With Australia’s population growth rate now twice the global average, even surpassing that of countries with fast growing populations including the Philippines, Malaysia, India, Indonesia, and Vietnam, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd over the weekend created a Population Ministry [...]
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The Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) recently announced the passage in Senate of the Migration Amendment (Abolishing Detention Debt) Bill 2009. The Bill abolishes the system of imposing charges on immigration detainees and waives all existing debts for current and former detainees [...]
Continue reading …The Department of Immigration and Citizenship issued recently a reminder to community employers and companies to check that their staff are entitled to work in Australia. DIAC said that employers in the retail and hospitality industries are among those at the highest risks [...]
Continue reading …The national workplace watchdog has labelled as reprehensible the exploitation of three Filipinos recruited as nursing assistants in Sydney. The Workplace Ombudsman says the treatment of one male and two female 457 visa-holders was nothing short of shabby [...]
Continue reading …AN APPARENT SKILLS SHORTAGE is driving Australian companies to hire skilled workers from other countries, and the Philippines is seen as a source country for needed workers. Filipinos seeking overseas work will find Australia a good prospect, but they are warned to beware of illegal recruiters [...]
Continue reading …The threat of removal of the Avendano family from Australia appears to be receding.
This is the assessment of a news story that appeared today in the SMH.com.au. The strong support of the Filipino community behind Renato Avendano and his family must be a big factor.
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