As we enter the warmer season in southern hemisphere, we talk about what we are currently reading and watching. The conversation we have this week is on language discrimination, the news of English proficiency requirement for partner visa application, and the complication with Footscary Primary School’s decision of changing their Vietnamese bilingual program to Italian. 

New English language rules for Australian partner visas labelled 'racist' by cross-cultural couples https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-10/australian-partner-visa-english-language-rule-budget/12743534

Migrants to Australia required to learn English to a 'functional level' under new rules https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-08/500-hours-of-english-classes-required-under-partner-visa-changes/12741714

Australia's English test for partner visas could leave women at mercy of abusers, experts warn https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/oct/08/australia-english-language-test-partner-visa-immigration-requirements

Melbourne parents fight to keep bilingual Vietnamese program at Footscray primary school https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/oct/04/melbourne-parents-fight-to-keep-bilingual-vietnamese-program-at-footscray-primary-school

Change.org Petition https://www.change.org/p/minister-save-the-vietnamese-bilingual-program-at-footscray-primary-school

Over the Moon NY Times Review https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/22/movies/over-the-moon-review.html

Hot Milk | Deborah Levy https://www.penguin.com.au/books/hot-milk-9780241968031

Freedom Circus | Sue Smethurst https://www.penguin.com.au/books/the-freedom-circus-9781760890308

Selected Poems | Wallace Stevens https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8552929-selected-poems

Funny Weather | Olivia Laing https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/olivia-laing/funny-weather/9781529027648

The Great Flowing River | Chi Pang-yuan. Translated by John Balcom http://cup.columbia.edu/book/the-great-flowing-river/9780231188401

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