Welcoming New Colombo Plan scholars Jessica & Max to 🇲🇾 with Azra from our Education team. Doing transformative internships with Mattel Malaysia & Uni of Malaya. The NCP is building the next generation of ties between 🇦🇺 🇲🇾 & the Indo Pacific region.

Breaking barriers, crossing borders: how a scholarship has allowed two students to take on the world usc.edu.au/about/unisc-ne… via UniSC: University of the Sunshine Coast

So thankful to UniSC: University of the Sunshine Coast for letting me tell my story. Also- how cute are the kids! This was shot the week we left Australia. New Colombo Plan Scholarship: Jess' journey to Mattel youtu.be/OEWc4YIccyA via YouTube

Oh Penang, you are beautiful. Finally managed to finisg my #blog about our recent visit to this beautiful area of the world! I would love to hear your thoughts and recommendations for our next weekend trip jessicawhyman.wordpress.com/?p=386 #Malaysia #travel #travelblog

Cameron highlands day #2 🌹 Rose and orchid garden 👣 jungle trekking 🐐 goat feeding 🥘 sizzling dinner ✅️ day well done #Malaysia

Another great night at the Malaysian Australian Business Council #MABC monthly networking event! So fun seeing other New Colombo Plan scholars! Jan Drew

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Check out #MyYearInBooks Goodreads to discover the 39 books I read in 2022! goodreads.com/user/year_in_b…

Another wonderful night at Malaysian Australian Business Council! Wonderful people, great food and great location #MABC

Day 1 in Sabah, Boreno (East Malaysia). Such a gorgeous place! Mountains, sea and culture ❤️ we flew in around 9pm last night, picked up our car rental today (I missed driving!) And headed to Muri-Muri Cultural Village. It was PHENOMENAL.

When #NewColomboPlan scholar Jessica moved overseas, her packing list looked a little different to her peers. The UniSC: University of the Sunshine Coast student travelled to Malaysia & Japan with her young family in tow. Read more on Jessica’s experiences exploring the #IndoPacific bit.ly/NCPJessica

New Colombo Plan Scholarship part #2- learning bahasa Malay Saya sedang belajar bahasa melayu. #ncp #newcolomboplan #newcolomboplanscholarship #languagelearning

On International Day to Combat Islamophobia, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres says it is incumbent on all of us to stand up against discrimination. #FightRacism

One of my favourite quotes from Dr Song (Melbourne University): Asian women ... have to fight against sexism... then another layer is the racism. So you have to break the glass ceiling and after that, the bamboo ceiling is waiting for you." Give it a read: sbs.com.au/news/article/i…

My first assignment was about Magabala Books, and it was instant love. A quality, first nation's publishing house dedicated to combating issues of systematic white-washing in the publishing industry. linkedin.com/posts/auscounc… @MagabalaBooks Bologna Book Fair

Hello Japan!!