SSI Legal
Advice and support for all visa and immigration matters.
The Grassroots Collective
Funding and support to deliver local solutions in QLD and WA.
Multicultural Youth Queensland (MyQ)
Supports multicultural young people to shape services and influence policy in their communities.
Women’s Employment and Skills Pathways (WESP)
Tailored support navigating skills recognition, professional accreditation and employment pathways.
SSI & Usman Khawaja Foundation: Sport, Belonging and Equal Opportunity
SSI and the Usman Khawaja Foundation (UKF) have a shared belief: that every young person deserves fair access to sport and opportunities.
Fuel costs and support: information for SSI clients and communities
Fuel supply disruptions and rising fuel prices in Australia may make it harder to travel or manage everyday costs.
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Scoping the Gap: Unfunded Support and Unmet Needs in DFSV Response for Migrant and Refugee Women and Families
Established in 2024 and funded by the NSW Government, the NSW Multicultural Centre for Women’s and Family Safety (the Adira Centre) works across NSW to enhance culturally responsive domestic, family and sexual violence prevention and response in migrant and refugee communities. This report outlines the Adira Centre’s key achievements in its first year.
Petals of Regrow: Exhibition catalogue
”Petals of Regrow" brings together three female artists from Afghanistan, and SSI clients, whose pieces explore women’s rights and Nowruz.
NDIS reform must be built for a multicultural Australia
Following Minister Mark Butler’s address to the National Press Club today, SSI is urging the government to treat people with disability from multicultural backgrounds as a central consideration in its NDIS reform,.
Statement: Racism report is a ‘flashing red light’ for social cohesion and Australian democracy
A new Australian Human Rights Commission report confirms what SSI has been seeing in our work alongside communities: racism in Australia has reached crisis point.
Australians don’t want to import divisive US-style immigration policies
The Opposition’s newly released immigration platform would embed discrimination into a system that has been deliberately designed to be non‑discriminatory and values‑based, said SSI CEO Violet Roumeliotis.
Reform skills recognition now to tackle productivity crisis, leaders urge in national address
Former Treasury Secretary Dr Martin Parkinson AC PSM and SSI CEO Violet Roumeliotis AM will address the National Press Club in Canberra today, calling on the Albanese Government to use the next federal budget to address the productivity crisis and stagflation risks by fixing Australia’s outdated skills recognition system.
The refugee pathway that sees skills alongside status: Razia’s story
Razia Muradi, a refugee from Afghanistan, arrived in Australia through an employer-sponsored complementary pathway with SSI.