Ethnic languages and multiculturalism are financed by the state budget, submitted yesterday by Ted Baillieu’s State Government of Victoria. Two-million-dollars has been granted for the construction of the Hellenic Cultural Center.
Language teaching and community schools will be assisted financially by the State. More specifically, the Minister of Multicultural Affairs, Nicholaos Kotsiras, maintained that 16.3 million dollars will be given to schools for immigrants in the next 4 years. The Chairman of Community Languages Australia Organization, Stephan Roumaniw stated that he is really satisfied with the government as ethnic languages are an important investment for the future.
Consequently, Baillieu’s government increased by 480,000 dollars regarding the budget of Multicultural Arts Victoria, which supports multicultural art activities.
President of the Greek Orthodox Community of Melbourne Vasilis Papstergiadis, expressed his satisfaction about the government’s assistance towards multiculturalism and immigration.
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