Welcome to Australia

We'd like to help you say a big 'Welcome to Australia' to asylum seekers, refugees, new arrivals and other migrants. One way you can do this is to host a 'Welcome Party' in your home, street, office, sporting club or other community group to very publicly celebrate the beauty and depth that diversity adds to our nation. There's also many other ways you can personally get involved in offering practical acts of welcome to new Australians. See the 'ENGAGE' page to find a way you can be a part of cultivating a culture of welcome in this nation we all share as our common home.

Walk Together

At 1pm on June 23, the Saturday of Refugee Week, we're inviting everyone who is a part of the Australian community to 'Walk Together' in recognition that although we've all arrived here via different pathways we share a common Australian journey...

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Welcome to My Place

Welcome to My Place is an opportunity for community groups across Australia to register as 'Welcome to My Place' communities and encourage their members to practically model welcome as an alternative to mandatory detention. Welcome to My Place w...

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One Million Welcomers

Add your name and image to the growing gallery of Australians who want to let asylum seekers, refugees and other new arrivals know that they are welcome in our nation. As you submit your photo please also share it on your social networks, and even ma...

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Ozi Batla

'I truly love this country and believe there is a place for everyone, from the First Australians to the most recently arrived. I'm embarrassed and saddened by the lack of compassion a nation of immigrants can show for people just like us, who are not...

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'From strangers to friends'

'From strangers to friends - celebrating the presence of former refugees in our midst' A morning tea with a difference. Music, Displays, Market Place. Celebrate being together. a mutual experience for friendship and getting to know each other's cult...

Naseema Mustapha

My family were migrants from South Africa during the Apartheid regime. I was a young child when we migrated in 1977. Schooling on Brisbanes northside during the 80's was extremely difficult and I felt very isolated and alienated due to the colour...