In May 2024, ECCQ’s Research, Advocacy, and Policy Manager met with representatives from multicultural communities in Mt Isa to discuss key issues facing the multicultural communities in regional Queensland, from the multicultural community leaders’ perspectives. One of the key concerns raised by all community leaders was the lack of face-to-face Adult Migrant English Program (AMEP), a free service to help eligible migrants and humanitarian entrants to learn or improve their English skills and settle effectively into the Australian society (TAFE Queensland, 2024). According to the leaders we met, the AMEP has not been available at Mt Isa face-to-face for several years, and this was confirmed through ECCQ’s recent meeting with the relevant leadership at TAFE Queensland, which suggests that the program is only offered through TAFE New South Wales’ distance learning for Mt. Isa residents.
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