Neelima Choahan
ABC.net.au
Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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Skilled migrants in high demand, but roadblocks may stymie efforts to retain talent in Australia
Three-and-a-half years ago, Shravan Nagesh relocated to Australia looking for better prospects and opportunities. Instead he found disillusionment and disappointment. → Read More
Indian online groups connecting thousands, as social media helps migrants thrive in Australia
Two and half years ago, this woman left her large group of family and friends to move to Melbourne with her husband. Finding new connections has been hard, but social media is a boon. → Read More
Queen Elizabeth II's death no reason to avoid truth about colonial baggage
In the hours following Queen Elizabeth's death, only some privileged Australians seemed to have a right to express an opinion. → Read More
Sarah is among the 65pc of women and girls with disability who have experienced violence
Sarah has been been abused for the majority of her life and lives with complex trauma. She's among the 65 per cent of women and girls with disability who have experienced violence. → Read More
SES continues clean-up as wild weather recedes from parts of Victoria
Severe thunderstorms are expected to lash eastern parts of the state on Saturday as Victoria continues the mop-up after days of wild weather. → Read More
Victorians brace for more thunderstorms, heavy rain and flash floods as wild weather continues
More wild weather will lash Victoria on Friday, with showers and thunderstorms expected across large parts of the state. → Read More
Community bids goodbye at funeral of four children who died in Werribee house fire
Mourners cried as the tiny coffins were carried overhead of family and friends before being laid to rest. → Read More
Mahatma Gandhi statue vandalised a day after Prime Minister Scott Morrison unveils the bronze in Victoria
Police appeal for witnesses after attempts to decapitate a newly unveiled statue of Mahatma Gandhi at the Australian Indian Community Centre in Rowville. → Read More
Joyous Diwali for Melbourne family reunited after toddler spends two years in India in grandparents' care
The COVID-19 travel ban separated Parteek Mittal and Kanu Aggarwal from their youngest child. Now that Diwali has arrived, it's time to put the darkness behind. → Read More
All of Victoria will be on the same COVID restrictions from Friday. Here's what that means for you and the roadmap
Victoria will reach its 80 per cent double dose vaccination milestone almost a week ahead of schedule, granting residents more freedoms, the government announces. → Read More
Victorian teen who was on ventilator says 'COVID nearly killed me'
Saela is just 17, and last month she nearly died of COVID-19. The year 11 student is from Hume, which has the highest number of cases in Victoria. This is her story. → Read More
Victorian mother struggling to get son with severe autism vaccinated against COVID-19 ahead of state reopening
When Victoria opens up later this month, Janine Terry is scared her only son will be locked up at home forever. → Read More
Victoria says it is 'stepping in' following Commonwealth failure to boost vaccination rates in disability sector
The Victorian government says it has been forced to step in and fund targeted hubs after failing to get a response from the Commonwealth on low vaccination rates among people with a disability. → Read More
Victorians hit by long COVID plead with community to get vaccinated
Bedridden, unable to finish a sentence without difficulty breathing and "with body aches and pains that not even strong pain relief could mask", Kim Hanrahan did not know how her COVID symptoms could get any worse. But they did. → Read More
Phoebe told the doctors she was fleeing domestic violence. They diagnosed her as 'delusional'
When the beatings and the verbal abuse became too much, Phoebe sought refuge at her local hospital. What came next almost cost the mother of two everything. → Read More
Victorian government's 'vaccinated economy' trial welcomed but industry worried about backlash
Double-dose Victorians will soon chart a path out of restrictions when six regional areas begin a vaccination economy trial in October. It may be our ticket to freedom but there are some roadblocks. → Read More
Victoria will soon start a 'vaccinated economy' trial for double-dosed residents. Here's what we know
The Victorian government will conduct trials in businesses and events across highly vaccinated parts of regional Victoria to help the state open progressively. → Read More
Push to make sexual consent education compulsory in Australian curriculum to stem assaults
Stephanie thought sexual assault was a stranger jumping out from a bush in a park to attack. Then she realised it could be somebody "pushing you and pushing you" until you said yes. → Read More
Victoria's rising COVID-19 cases put pressure on contact tracers but system working, experts say
The state's contact tracing is being tested as cases balloon. While this was to be expected, is this outbreak still playing out how experts thought it would? → Read More
Victorians in NSW border area allowed home as part of home-quarantine trial as regional restrictions ease
Victoria will begin to give residents stranded just over the New South Wales border an opportunity to return and quarantine at home. For many, it can't come soon enough. → Read More