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A Filipino has just arrived in Australia — what would you ask first?

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According to the 2021 Census by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, almost 294,000 people living in Australia were born in the Philippines. If a Filipino has just arrived in Australia, what’s the first thing you would ask them?


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By Martin Tuano

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According to the 2021 Census by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, almost 294,000 people living in Australia were born in the Philippines. If a Filipino has just arrived in Australia, what’s the first thing you would ask them?


Key Points

  • Did you know that almost 300,000 people in Australia were born in the Philippines?
  • More than 65,000 of them arrived in Australia between 2016 and 2021.
  • That means every year, new Filipinos arrive here — to work, study, join their families, or start a new life.

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