Cultural Diversity News

Sultana's Dream challenges SBS Insight for lack of insight

Thursday, 13 September 2012 16:58

 If there is one issue that unites Australian Muslims across the board, writes Hanifa Deen Sultana's Dream editor, in the August issue,  it’s how we perceive our treatment by the media.  Sunni or Shi’a, Sudanese, Somali, Turkish, Lebanese, Egyptian, Indonesian—or plain old Anglo – we all have something to complain about. Print or electronic, it matters not—in Muslim eyes ‘they’ are all tarred with the same brush. Sounds familiar doesn’t it? Read about Muslim women's take on the Insight on Polygamy and how they're saying, enough is enough! http://www.sultanasdream.com.au/index.htm

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New 'Harmony Day' documents released on FoI: why did it happen?

Friday, 06 July 2012 12:38

The Department of Immigration and Citizenship has released the final tranche of documents under a Freedom of Information request relating to what happened to the research on racism in Australia in 1998. The original research was suppressed by successive governments, but was finally released in 2011under the first part of the FoI.

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Coalition 'talking points' on Multiculturalism leaked by Crikey

Friday, 06 July 2012 12:29

The online news service Crikey has leaked the Coalition's Talking Points (dated 1 July 2012). These include headings such as Immigration, Population and Multiculturalism.

29. The Multiculturalism 'Points' :  In the Coalition’s view, multiculturalism describes what has always been Australia’s reality  â€“ that people from different ethnic and religious backgrounds have assimilated into our society in their own way and at their own pace.

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Why Multiculturalism still trumps interculturalism: the European debate

Monday, 04 June 2012 11:30

Prof Tariq Modood, a leading UK academic writer and participant on the policy issues associated with European multiculturalism, will be talking in Melbourne and Sydney in the next few weeks. In Sydney his talk on Multiculturalism and Inetrculturalism is being sponsored by the ICD, UTS:CCS, the DCA, Macquarie University and the ANZ Bank. Details at http://dca.org.au. Prof Modood will speak in Melbourne at a special seminar at the Centre for Citizenship and Globalisation on Multiculturalism and Interculturalism: the new European debate. The seminar will be held on June 15 at 12pm, Rm: C2.05. Please email ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) to express your interest in attending. For further information please click the following link. http://www.deakin.edu.au/arts-ed/ccg/events/seminars/specialseminars2012.php.

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