Australia’s points-based skilled migration system has been the envy of the world, and has been emulated by many other countries. The focus on skills, experience, age and language ability has allowed Australia to tightly control the migration intake, making it a tool to engineer favourable demographic and skills outcomes in the general population. The success of the program and recommendations for its improvement should be based on the following economic criteria.READ > https://www.ceda.com.au/ResearchAndPolicies/Research/Population/A-good-match-Optimising-Australia-s-permanent-skil
Olivia Hill has made history as the first openly trans person to be elected to political office in Nashville, Tennessee. On Thursday (14 September), Hill made history, winning 12.9 per cent of the vote and being elected to the Metro Council. She is the first out trans candidate to have been elected anywhere in Tennessee, according to the LGBTQ+ Victory Fund.https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/09/17/nashville-elects-first-openly-trans-politician
Featured at the New York Historical Society Museum, there is a gallery of artworks that show different populations that make up New York City (NYC). These plaster busts were created with the help of four resident women at a homeless shelter on Park Ave. The project by artists John Ahearne and Rigoberto Torres was created about the homeless crisis in NYC using the transformation of art through plaster models made from real persons.The space around the busts is symbolic of the space and shelter that should be given to the homeless as part of the community.