Through its diversified services, Migrant Resource Centre Townsville Thuringowa Ltd (MRC) is able to assist newcomers to the Townsville region with the settlement process and to provide services and assistance to facilitate newcomers’ full participation in the local community. MRC’s services are primarily directed towards immigrants and refugees, particularly newly arrived migrants who are permanent residents. MRC believes that sustainable settlement solutions for individuals and communities must include all community stakeholders, including the ethnic sectors and mainstream human services, working together in the process of planning, developing, delivering and evaluating services that are flexible enough to accommodate current and future immigration, social, political and economic trends of our region. Read more... Cultural Fest : The annual Cultural Fest with the theme of Unity In Diversity is a major Queensland event and the most effective strategy to promote social harmony and inclusion in a holistic program which engages the widest cross-section of people in Australia. Read more...