This working paper focuses on how engagement in media production, through a community radio project, can assist in the settlement experiences of young people of refugee background.

Forty years ago, the Commonwealth Parliament enacted the first federal human rights and discrimination legislation. This report documents the activities and findings of this year’s anniversary activities.

Recently the ECCV was requested to review the Essential Services Commission’s (ESC) draft report Supporting Customers, Avoiding Labels: Energy Hardship Inquiry Report, September 2015. While ECCV understands that the term ‘vulnerable’ can sometimes be abused, the significant changes proposed by the ESC’s draft report will tip the regulatory balance in favour of the retailer and...

Ethnic Communities' Council of Victoria finds that residents, in particular Australian Muslim mothers and daughters, are distressed by high levels of discrimination from local residents in the streets where they live, in parks and shopping centres and on roads with vehicles. At the same time negative attitudes from local residents towards women and their children...

This study examines the nature of relations between parents and adolescents in newly-arrived migrant communities in Victoria as they negotiate the challenges of migration, settlement and integration.