15 July 2021 11:53am
Both Federal government and the government of New South Wales this week announced allocation of funds to multicultural communities and media to “design and lead grass roots communication activities tailored to meet the needs of their community” in spreading the message on measures to counter the spread of COVID-19.
On Wednesday, NSW Minister for Sport, Multiculturalism, Seniors and Veterans Natalie Ward announced that the state would allocate $4million to ensure that important health measures would reach multicultural communities during the latest COVID-19 outbreak in Sydney’s south west.
Speaking during an online multicultural media conference that included NSW Health Minister Brent Hazzard and Chief Health Officer Kerry Chant, Ms Ward said the state relied on multicultural media to deliver its COVID-19 messages to the wider community and that a $2million NSW Multicultural Media Grants Programme was included to support multicultural media in distributin