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A National Disability Insurance Scheme – implications for the multicultural community
Sibylle Kaczorek On 31 July 2011 the Productivity Commission (PC) released the final report of its Inquiry into Disability Care and Support. Since ...
Being a parent (the best, but hardest job in the world) – and adjusting to a new country
Shelley Atkins Most of us learn how to be a parent from our own parents and from the expectations of the society we live in. For many parents who ha...
Cancer prevalence in CALD communities in Australia
Mamta Porwal Cancer represents a major disease both globally and in Australia where, in 2008, over 150, 000 new cases of cancer were diagnosed. It i...
Climate Change and Carbon Tax – How CALD communities can engage
Ross Tzannes AM The Australian public’s response to the threat posed by climate change (and the attempt to deal with it through the imposition of a ...
Exploring our Identity through the Arts
Chandrabhanu OAM In Australia today we seem to be either confused about our identity, adamant about preserving an identity of the past, or accepting...
Legitimising a fear of difference - major impediment to social cohesion
Mariam Veiszadeh One of the most challenging impediments to social and community cohesion in Australia has been the alarming increase in Islamophobi...
Making Australia ‘Fairer’: Reform of our Equality Laws
Anna Brown In recent times, the Occupy protests have focussed the public gaze on the principle of equality. However, few in the community would be ...
Recognition: A Cornerstone of the Reconciliation Journey
Leah Armstrong For the last four years I have been a judge for the biennial Indigenous Governance Awards. I have had the great privilege to meet the...
Temporary Migration and Multiculturalism in Australia
Peter Mares With 6 million people or 27% of the population born overseas, Australia has one of the highest proportions of overseas-born residents of...
The Department of Human Services addresses emerging issues
Sam Campisi There is a wide range of needs among the culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) population. Many newly arrived migrants and refuge...
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