The Multicultural Development Association has recently launched its new “Brisbane Actionweb for Refugee Collaboration" (BARC) website, as a community project. This hub will, in time, act as a central source, or "one-stop-shop" for information dissemination about refugee-related events, employment, projects, research, etc. While some information may have a limited audience, much of the information will be of relevance to anybody in the wider migrant and refugee sector. In one month from now, the Brisbane City Council multicultural team will stop distributing information that will be readily found on BARC.

Therefore, from now on you should do three things:

• Visit BARC regularly (eg weekly) at www.barc.org.au
• Subscribe to the BARC newsletter (it’s easy - you just need go to the Community Newsletter heading on the homepage, give your name and email address, and reply to their confirmation email).
• When you have something to share - “Post an item or event to BARC” (the link is prominent on the homepage, and requires your name, email address and you enter your password - and there’s also another link on the homepage to a video tutorial on how to post material)

MDA is preparing information on BARC which will soon be circulated. In the meantime, if you have any questions about how to use BARC, please email them to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .