Your local council may be releasing information based on COVID19, look up your council and check their website regularly. Here's a map search that listed Victoria's 79 councils: https://knowyourcouncil.vic.gov.au/councils
videos in Arabic, Dari, Dinka, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Khmer, Mandarin, Punjabi, Tamil, Turkish and Vietnamese regarding the importance of COVID-19 testing here ; videos by Think HQ and CultureVerse
Victoria State Government, COVID-19 Multicultural Campaign: https://cloud.think-hq.com.au/s/bBkqJogZJozym5P. Available in Arabic, Chinese (Simplified), English, Farsi, Greek, Indonesian, Italian, Khmer, Korean, Macedonian, Nepali, Spanish, Thai, Turkish & Vietnamese
Department of Health and Human Services https://www.dhhs.vic.gov.au/translated-resources-coronavirus-disease-covid-19. In 46 languages
Department of Home Affairs, use pull-down menu to translate the following webpage: https://covid19inlanguage.homeaffairs.gov.au
https://covid19inlanguage.homeaffairs.gov.au/
Services Australia has published factsheet for people of different language backgrounds to learn more about the Economic Support Payments and Coronavirus Supplement; available in English and 21 other languages: Arabic, Assyrian, Burmese, Chaldean, Chinese (Simplified), Croatian, Dari, Greek, Hazaragi, Italian, Karen, Khmer, Macedonian, Nepali, Farsi, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Turkish and Vietnamese: https://bit.ly/2Vy9MfL
For audiences in the Wyndham City Council area: Check In & Chat is a free one-on-one phone chat service, where you’ll be paired with a friendly staff member for a regular chat at a scheduled time and day. The service operates on weekdays, between 9am – 5pm and is open to all ages. Staff can also help direct you to other resources and organisations for support, including crisis support, counselling, mental health services and family support. With multilingual staff, the service is also available in languages other than English including Punjabi, Hindi, Mandarin, Tamil, Tigrinya, Amharic, Gujarati, Konkani and Spanish. Further languages are also supported through TIS National translating and interpreting service on 131 450. https://www.wyndham.vic.gov.au/checkinandchat
Northern Community Legal Centre have developed legal factsheets on your rights and entitlements in response to government policies, legislation, and restrictions. This fact sheet details issues you might have with your housing or tenancy. Factsheets are available in English, Hindi, Arabic and Punjabi. northernclc.org.au/covid-19-facts-and-info
Gambler’s Help services are free and confidential and available online in several languages (Arabic, Cantonese, English, Greek, Italian, Mandarin, Spanish, Turkish & Vietnamese) gamblershelp.com.au/get-help/help-in-other-languages
Digital technologies are rapidly changing the way people stay connected however reports had shown increased traffic to online gambling websites.
Gambling can develop into a serious form of addiction and at the time of uncertainty, many can become vulnerable - please consider sharing this information with communities that you're connected with and keep them and their connections informed: Gambler’s Help is a free and confidential service that is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week on 1800 858 858, they provide counselling, peer support and community education programs that is available in English, Arabic, Chinese, Greek, Italian, Spanish, Turkish & Vietnamese www.gamblershelp.com.au/get-help/help-in-other-languages.
Migration Council Australia (MCA) has developed a multilingual resource for Australia’s culturally and linguistically diverse communities about COVID-19, its impact and available support. Languages available: Arabic, Burmese, Cantonese, Dari, French, Greek, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Karen, Khmer, Korean, Mandarin, Farsi, Punjabi, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Tagalog, Tamil, Thai, Turkish, Urdu & Vietnamese.
IOS: https://apps.apple.com/au/app/myaus-covid-19/id1508274448
Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.myaus&hl=en_AU
Learning from home advice in your language, in Arabic, Auslan, Dari, Dinka, English, Farsi, Hakha Chin, Hazaragi, Hindi, Karen, Khmer, Oromo, Punjabi, Samoan, Simplified Chinese, Sinhalese, Somali, Swahili, Tamil, Tigrinya, Tongan, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Urdu, Vietnamese
https://www.education.vic.gov.au/parents/learning/Pages/home-learning-translated-advice.aspx
Mental Health: https://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/2020/feel-like-the-sky-is-falling--dont-worry-henny-penny-you-are-not-alone/
Information that may be useful for some of our Education alumni or Employment clients: The Australian Federal Government has introduced a $130 billion JobKeeper Payment scheme to support businesses significantly affected by the coronavirus to help keep more Australians in jobs: https://www.ato.gov.au/General/JobKeeper-Payment.
Information that may be useful for some of our Education alumni or Employment clients: The Australian Federal Government has introduced a $130 billion JobKeeper Payment scheme to support businesses significantly affected by the coronavirus to help keep more Australians in jobs: https://www.ato.gov.au/General/JobKeeper-Payment.
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