Nominations open for the Victorian Multicultural Awards for Excellence

Nominations open for the Victorian Multicultural Awards for Excellence

Victorians are encouraged to honour the remarkable people and organisations that help make our state a multicultural success story.  Victorians can be nominated for either paid or voluntary work, and award recipients will be honoured in a ceremony hosted by the Victorian Multicultural Commission later in the year. There are 15 categories, covering Categories such […]

Victoria donates ventilators to India

Victoria donates ventilators to India

The Victorian Government today announced it is donating 1000 ventilators and supporting equipment to India The Victorian Government today announced it is donating 1000 ventilators and supporting equipment to India. The donation will be made to the Commonwealth medical stockpile and they are working with DFAT to deliver this support to India as the country […]

Congratulations to the entire Indian Community in Victoria

Congratulations to the entire Indian Community in Victoria

The very first Indian Community Centre was inaugurated amidst much fanfare at Rowville in Melbourne’s south-east. Federal ministers Alan Tudge and Michael Sukkar inaugurated the centre. FIAV established AICCT (Australian Indian Community Charitable Trust) in 2013 for the delivery of such major community projects. The previous project delivered by AICCT was Museum India in Dandenong (Foster […]

All Victorian Students Return To The Classroom

All Victorian Students Return To The Classroom

Years 7-10 students will join their peers back in the classroom with the final stage of the return to face-to-face learning to occur this month. Victoria Government today announced that, subject to final health advice, Year 7 students in metropolitan Melbourne will resume face-to-face learning from Monday 12 October. Students in Years 8 to 10 […]

CALD Communities Taskforce – Standing Strong with Victoria’s Indian Communities

CALD Communities Taskforce – Standing Strong with Victoria’s Indian Communities

CALD Communities Taskforce – set up last month – has already helped thousands of individuals and families get the support they need, including targeted assistance for Indian communities. The Taskforce is partnering with community organisations and local government to develop community specific, locally delivered solutions that will help slow the spread of coronavirus. Since the […]

Elective Surgery is safely reopening for Victorians

Elective Surgery is safely reopening for Victorians

Important elective surgeries will resume across Victoria’s regional public and private hospitals as soon as today and in metropolitan Melbourne from the end of September. Premier Daniel Andrews and Minister for Health Jenny Mikakos today unveiled the way forward for the state’s safe and staged resumption of elective surgery, in line with the Victorian Government’s […]

Victorian government unveils new business support package

Victorian government unveils new business support package

Victorian government unveils new support package to support Victorian business. A new support package will see $3 billion in cash grants, tax relief and cashflow support delivered to Victorian businesses Premier Daniel Andrews today announced the multi-billion package to help businesses survive and keep Victorians in jobs – taking the Government’s total business support to […]

Victorians are being urged to stop putting off hospital visits and important health checks during the coronavirus pandemic

Victorians are being urged to stop putting off hospital visits and important health checks during the coronavirus pandemic

Hospitals and health agencies have seen a concerning drop in patients presenting to health services with     time-critical cardiac and stroke conditions since the pandemic. Visits to emergency department visits have fallen by at least 25 per cent compared to the same time last year. Emergency department presentations for heart attack are down by […]

Face Coverings And Masks For Metropolitan Melbourne and Mitchell Shire Schools

Face Coverings And Masks For Metropolitan Melbourne and Mitchell Shire Schools

Schools in metropolitan Melbourne and Mitchell Shire will be one of the first priority areas to receive reusable face masks in coming weeks as remote learning returns The Victorian Government has placed orders for 1.37 million reusable fabric masks from five Victorian manufacturers. These orders will be delivered across July and August. The manufacturers are […]