Auspire - Australia Day Council of Western Australia.

Australia’s standard of living, job opportunities, climate and environment are so appealing that people all around the world choose to leave their current life behind to start a new one right here. Dante Maribbay’s story goes a little against this narrative.

Sukhjit Kaur Khalsa is many things. An artist. A businesswoman. A change-maker. A driving force. Perth-born with Sikh heritage. A 2022 WA Young Australian of the Year finalist.

Mentors, chairs and executives whose life stories began in many different parts of the world, make up the 16 inaugural participants of Auspire’s Multicultural Leadership Program 2022.

Community Citizen of the Year, Kahlie Lockyer, speaks to Auspire about how she’s raising awareness of Aboriginal culture and history among the residents of Mosman Park.

More than 250 people listened to the four 2022 WA Australians of the Year discuss their stories of determination, motivation and purpose, during an inspiring morning on Friday 24 June.

Read how Yuot Alaak escaped war-torn South Sudan to make a life for himself and his family in Australia.

Auspire – Australia Day Council WA welcomed attendees online to hear from Dr Robert Isaacs AM and Alison Page during National Reconciliation Week 2022.

Professor Samar Aoun was nominated in the 2022 Awards for her community-minded research into palliative care, a field she has been involved in since 2004.

Humanitarian and Auspire Board member, Rabia Siddique, has been chosen by the British Museum to feature as one of five strong global female voices in a new exhibition, Feminine Power.

Auspire chatted to City of Stirling’s 2021 Young Community Citizen of the Year, Akash Parekh, about the impacts of volunteering on a personal and community level.

Auspire – Australia Day Council WA, gave people around the country the opportunity to hear from 2022 Young Australian of the Year, Dr Daniel Nour, and 2022 WA Young Australian of the Year, Kendall Whyte, during the latest Lunch with Leaders.

Auspire – Australia Day Council WA has brought together a group of highly regarded industry professionals to form its inaugural Multicultural Advisory Group.