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EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY: Work Placement Program

MDA Employment Services is now seeking expressions of interest from people from refugee and migrant backgrounds to participate in an Office Administration Work Placement Program. Applications close on Monday, 30 August 2010. Please click here for more information.

MEDIA RELEASE: Asylum seeker policy shift risks harming effective refugee settlement

The Multicultural Development Association (MDA) has expressed concern that the latest policy announcements from both the federal government and the Opposition risk shifting asylum seeker policy back to the days of the Pacific Solution, where prolonged detention inflicted enormous, unnecessary trauma on many genuine refugees.

MDA CEO Kerrin Benson said, “There is still a lot [...]

MEDIA RELEASE: Border Protection vs. Human Rights

As cabinet deliberates its direction on asylum seeker policy today, the Multicultural Development Association (MDA) is calling on the Federal Government to show leadership and compassion to those who are in need of protection.
MDA CEO Kerrin Benson said now was the time for political leaders to show genuine leadership on this issue and to not [...]

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