MCOT Latest News
Please click the link below to listen to our monthly session with ABC Radio. This interview featuring Joana Cubillos (MCOT Board members) and Datta Mahambrey (MCOT Chairperson) Joana talks about her move from Chile to Hobart and demonstrates a Venezuelan instrument....
Please click here to listen to an interview between Datta Mahambrey (MCOT Chairperson) and Duncan Spender (MCOT CEO) with Radio Hobart.
MCOT board 2019-20 Highlights - Click here Guided the organisation through the many challenges of COVID to date, as they affected migrants both on permanent and temporary visas, by lobbying governments and distributing grant money to those in need; Initiated the 40th...
MCOT media release – more female representation of multicultural community
Please find attached a media release from the Multicultural Council of Tasmania regarding increased female representation for multicultural Tasmania. Also attached are associated photos. https://youtu.be/_lO0JOneVS4
Mercury : Decide our own distance
Media - Decide your own distance
Media Release – Government needs to respond to racist attacks in Tasmania 20th May 2020
Media Release - The Multicultural Council of Tasmania (MCOT) today called on all levels of government to run anti-racist campaigns to dispel myths feeding racism. Read more here.
Summarised advice from the Red Cross about support options currently available to those on temporary visas
1) Register with the Tasmanian government grant The Tasmanian Government has announced support for temporary visa holders who are experiencing difficulties. There are three types of assistance that will be made available to temporary visa holders: * Pandemic Isolation...
Media Release – Allow overseas- qualified health practitioners to work
Media release – allow overseas-qualified health practitioners to work.
Media release - 16 March 2020 - Multicultural Council cancels Harmony Week gatherings.
Media Release – 20 March 2020 - Against Racism