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UNCLASSIFIED THE HON SCOTT MORRISON MP Prime Minister THE HON DAVID COLEMAN MP Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs JOINT MEDIA RELEASE Thursday, 14 March 2019 COMMUNITY LANGUAGE GRANTS TO BUILD STRONGER COMMUNITIES More young Australians will learn another language with a funding boost set to connect people to new languages and cultures. The Morrison Government has committed $10 million through the Community Languages Multicultural Grants Program to support not-for-profit community language schools.  Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the Grants Program would deliver a stronger Australia and invest in the future of Australia’s workforce to help them compete in an increasingly multilingual global market. “Community language schools play a key role connecting young Australians with new cultures and the cultures of their ancestors,” the Prime Minister said. “As well as building on Australia’s successful multicultural society, community language schools help prepare students for a workforce that increasingly works with ...