Cultural Diversity News
Curry munching as a political act
Tuesday, 09 February 2010 14:43
The debate about Australian responses to the attacks on Indian students has begun to enter a very strange zone, reports Mel Campbell in the online mag New Matilda. Mel explores the site Vindaloo against Violence and its request that Melburnians eat curry in a massive show of solidarity with students on 24 February.
ASIO rushed Oceanic Viking asylum checks
Tuesday, 09 February 2010 13:30
Opposition leader has foreshadowed a stricter asylum seeker policy if re-elected, as current Immigration Minister Chris Evans acknowledged overcrowding at the Christmas Island detention facility. It has also been revealed that the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation had to speed up its usual process of assessment when 78 Sri Lankan refugees were held aboard the Customs vessel "Oceanic Viking".
Pearson tells Aborigines to follow Jewish lead
Tuesday, 09 February 2010 11:21
Noel Pearson urges the Aboriginal community to learn from the experiences of Jewish people.
Speaking to members of the American Bar Association in Sydney, Mr Pearson told his audience that the Aboriginal community could learn from the experience of the Jewish people, who he said "fight staunchly in defence of the truth."
Welcome To The Mother Country
Monday, 08 February 2010 16:20
Although the lives of asylum seekers only register on the radar of most people when issues related to immigration and detention dominate the media after a crisis, the relationships being built between asylum seekers and carers are far longer lasting and enduring. In an article published by New Matilda, Fiona Rutkay interviews some of the community workers and carers who have built long term relationships with people in detention, who are now themselves members of the larger community.
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