As members of a culturally diverse society, Australians interact with fellow citizens and residents from many different backgrounds.  This rich engagement also presents challenges. Our website, hosted by the Institute for Cultural Diversity a not-for-profit company, provides a meeting place to discuss, debate, learn and partner with other Australians interested in building an inclusive and diverse society. This is done across 5 key themes; human rights, arts, justice, agencies and research. As a visitor you can read and use the site, as a registered user you will be able to add content, contribute comments on pages and posts to forums, add events, and list your organizations. You will be able to build “communities” with other members around topics or projects you share. So join us.

 

Cultural Diversity News

Refugees and racism

Friday, 27 August 2010 15:48

Professor Kevin Dunn from the school of Geography and Urban Studies at the University of Western Sydney has made a special study of racism in Australia and notes, "Broadly, Australians have very positive attitudes on cultural diversity [and] only about one in 10 have what we call problematic views."  

ABC 

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Ed Husic defies racist scare to become first Muslim MP

Friday, 27 August 2010 11:19



Former union boss Ed Husic is set to head to parliament as Australia’s first Muslim Federal MP. He’s the new Labor member for the Western Sydney seat of Chifley.  Husic's experience is also discussed in our Election 2010 Wash Up. Here he is interrogated by ABC 7.30 report about what being "a Muslim" means politically - even a "non-practicing" one.
Full transcript on ABC

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Herald Sun story: neo-Nazis meet in Melbourne

Friday, 27 August 2010 09:37

This story dates from November 2009, but in the hiatus after the election we thought we'd remind our readers of the low life that exists in Australia. For those of you who read Andrew Jakubowicz's Online Opinion blog posts and the responses he reaps, you'll be aware of the constant lurking of hard-line racists and their cyber hatred. This story deals with a real face to face gathering of people devoted to White race purity and the return of Nazi barbarism.  Read Herald Sun story Inside Look at Racist Group.

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Morris Iemma blasts ALP for losing support in "multicultural middle Sydney"

Wednesday, 25 August 2010 18:39

Morris Iemma, former NSW ALP Premier,  argues the ALP gave a message to multicultural Sydney that it wasn't interested in them, and they gave the message back that they weren't interested in the ALP anymore. In a veiled comment on Maxine McKew's desertion by Asian voters in Bennelong, Iemma reflected a growing awareness that the ALP has bungled the whole cultural diversity agenda, and lost working class ethnic communities to the Greens, and middle class ones to the Greens and Liberals. Listen to the interview here.

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