Ingrid Stitt, Minister for Multicultural Affairs, has announced that grants of up to $25,000 will be available through the 2024-25 Multicultural Media Grants program to support multicultural media organisations across the state.
The grants will help multicultural media organisations with the cost of production and publication, equipment upgrades, and training and development for volunteers and staff.
The most recent round of the program included a grant to support Africa Media Australia in Wyndham to train their contributors in digital storytelling and the production of videos and podcasts – helping extend their audience reach across Melbourne’s western suburbs.
Based in the heart of Melbourne’s Turkish community in Hume, Dunya Turkish Newspaper received funding to purchase new equipment to increase the quality of their production and outreach to the Turkish speaking community.
Sunraysia Community Radio Association in Mildura received a grant to train more volunteer presenters – boosting the number of people from multicultural communities that can present their own shows.
Since 2014, the State Government has invested more than $4.4 million through the Grants program.