Humanitarian

Australian Aid Funding Increases Following Major USAID Cuts

Last night the Albanese government announced a 2.7% increase in foreign aid funding in the 2025-26 Federal Budget. With this increase, aid will receive $5.07 billion or around 0.65% of the entire budget. While not the growth that all organisations were hoping for, this stable support for aid is very welcome among an international landscape …

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New project provides tertiary education pathways for refugees

ANU Explorer is a new project from the Australian National University aiming to provide pathways for immigrants with refugee and humanitarian backgrounds into tertiary education.  These communities have often felt marginalised by bureaucratic systems and find integrating in Australia difficult.    Image: Image: Students from an earlier program. Supplied by Dr Sean Perera Produced By: …

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New Emergency Visa Proposal calls for improvement of Australia’s refugee and humanitarian visa scheme

As of yet, Australia has responded to those seeking humanitarian assistance with up to 25 different types of visas. While this ad hoc approach has offered elbow room in government response, it has also heightened inconsistencies within the visa processing system. The precarity of this system has ushered in a proposal for a more predictable …

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