Much to the disappointment of thousands of devotees, the latest COVID-19 lockdown in Melbourne has caused delays in the consecration ceremony of the largest Hindu temple in the Southern Hemisphere made with handmade granite stones.
Source: Indian Link
In April, the Sir Zelman Cowen Centre (SZCC) commenced a new partnership with Benevolence Australia. The partnership will create and deliver Islamically sensitive, family violence primary prevention, via pre-marital counselling with young Muslim couples.
Source: Victoria University

The Islamic Council of Victoria (ICV) has warned against scapegoating the Muslim community for the rising number of coronavirus cases in Melbourne while backing calls from AFL star Bachar Houli for more people to get tested.
Source: ABC

The President of Turkey has recently formally converted Istanbul’s sixth-century Hagia Sophia back into a mosque and declared it open for Muslim worship, a decision that many Muslims have celebrated.
Source: ABC
The first stage of the Bendigo Islamic Community Centre is taking shape, with the walls of the structure now up.
Source: Bendigo Advertiser
The Victorian Government will establish a truth and justice process to formally recognise historic wrongs – and address ongoing injustices – for Aboriginal Victorians.
Source: Premier of Victoria

More than a year since Notre-Dame cathedral lost its gothic spire, roof and many precious artefacts to an inferno, authorities have finally agreed on how the centuries-old structure will be rebuilt — just as it was before.
Source: ABC

Shu Xian Leong has spent most of the year in a small Sydney apartment, thousands of kilometres from her family in Singapore.
Source: ABC
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