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T20I watch party as Australia’s world champion women’s team took on New ZealandPhoto: Johann Jayasinha - #SNNI
Cricket

Melbourne cricket fans pack Abbotsford pub as Australia go 2-0 up on Kiwis

Cricket Australia's Multicultural Ambassadors joined fans at the Aviary Hotel to watch the world champion women's team extend their T20I series lead over New Zealand.

Community
Sanjika Abeyratna (centre) with SAT Thomson Nerys guests and partners at the Beyond Boundaries 2026 event at Box Hill Town Hall.Photo: Pic SNNI Group
Sri Lankan Community

Property expo and gala draws 300 guests to Box Hill Town Hall

Group Chairman Sanjika Abeyratna addressed guests on property investment as the real estate firm's annual symposium combined an expo with a gala dinner and cultural performances.

Community
GEELONG IS HOME AND HOST FOR AVALON 2027Photo: JohaImage: Mel Pedersen-Cook and Jazz Nash from Hamo Hospitality join Justin Giddings AMDA Foundation CEO and Greater Geelong Mayor, Stretch Kontelj OAMnn Jayasinha
Community

Geelong locked in as host city for Avalon Airshow's 2027 return

Mayor Stretch Kontelj says the event, which pumped $31.85 million into the region in 2025, will be back at Avalon Airport for six days in February 2027.

Community
Whitten Oval, Footscray, home ground of the Western Bulldogs since 1883 (file photo).Photo: Totallynotarandomalt69 / Wikimedia (CC BY 4.0)
AFL

VAFA umpires to support fourth NextGen Unite Cup at Whitten Oval

The 2026 event will again feature South Sudanese and African football talent from Victoria, a year after the Westside Warriors swept all three matches in the Cup's west Melbourne debut.

Community
Hatton National Bank and Lexington (Pvt) Ltd representatives at the partnership signing at HNB's head office in Colombo.Photo: Pic HNB - Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan Community

Melbourne firm signs deal to open Australian doors for HNB customers

Hatton National Bank has partnered with a Melbourne-based company to connect its customers with Australian universities, government bodies and sporting organisations.

Community
Community

New Victorian agency begins work for multicultural communities

Multicultural and Multifaith Victoria issued its first fortnightly update, thanking two outgoing commissioners and marking a youth milestone for The Huddle.

Community
Sri Lankan exporters and community representatives gather at the Franklands Foods stand during Fine Food Australia at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre.Photo: Johann Jayasinha - #SNNI
Sri Lankan Community

Sri Lanka claims first-ever pavilion at Melbourne food trade show

Seventeen Sri Lankan food and beverage companies exhibited at Fine Food Australia, with a dozen featured under the country's inaugural National Pavilion.

Community
Cricket administrators and community leaders gather for a working lunch at Mrs Tran's Kitchen in Mentone to discuss multicultural cricket pathways in Victoria. (Caption to be confirmed against the supplied image; credit to be added.)Photo: supplied by Sports N News / multicultural cricket committee
Cricket

Cricket veterans meet over lunch to talk multicultural pathways

A former Cricket Victoria chief and a suburban club president sat down in Mentone to discuss widening participation and boosting women's cricket at grassroots level.

Community
Victorian Multicultural Commission chairperson Louise Perry, from the commission's final Community Update.Photo: supplied by the Victorian Multicultural Commission
Sri Lankan Community

VMC bids farewell after 40 years as new multicultural body takes over

Chairperson Louise Perry reflected on four decades of work as the commission prepares to hand over to Multicultural and Multifaith Victoria on 1 October, with grants and events for communities also flagged.

Community