Multiculturalism
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Australia eyes Canada-style community sponsorship model in overhaul of refugee program
The Morrison government is eyeing a Canadian model of community sponsorship of refugees after a review of Australia’s support program.…
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Who’s Afraid of Antiracism?
It seeks to rectify and repair, not terrorize and destroy. Chelsea Stieber Public Books Yet you wouldn’t know that if…
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Australia would be a better nation if its children learned more than one language: Ken Wyatt
The Hasluck MP also told a crowd of linguistics lovers and Liberal Party members in Fremantle last month that political…
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We need more, not less, critical thinking about race in Australia
Ηow unsurprising to learn that the assistant minister to the attorney general, Amanda Stoker, raised objections to the Australian Human…
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Researchers demystify the secrets of ancient Aboriginal migration across Australia
Australia’s first people are thought to have arrived when the continent was a much bigger place, with lower sea levels…
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She couldn’t eradicate anti-Asian hate crimes. So she made a handbook on how to fight them
In March, after a series of violent attacks against elderly Asian Americans in the Bay Area, all four became afraid to venture…
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A verdict brings tears of relief – and a challenge to us all
My first thoughts of George Floyd were, “I hope ‘mama’ heard you.” Nyadol Nyuon The Age For among George Floyd’s…
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Is that just the way it is?
The successful prosecution of a police officer in the George Floyd murder trial shows how radical change can occur in…
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Arnold Zable – Australia Council Lifetime Achievement Award in Literature
I am touched and honoured in receiving the Australia Council Lifetime Achievement award in literature — especially on this day…
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Diaspora Greeks: Voting rights and other issues
The right to be able to vote in a Greek election from the place and from the country of your…
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Easter promise: the patisserie built on a friendship that bridges Istanbul’s divides
Fehmi Yıldıran remembers how, growing up in the Anatolian town of Bolu, every spring he and the other children used…
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Nick Fotiou, the milk bar owner who was waiting for customers who would never arrive, has moved out
Owner Nick Fotiou, who has been holding out in the old Olympia since it was closed after falling into disrepair,…
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Australia on the brink of deciding what it can become
These are traditional hymns – the kinds of spiritual and psychological memories that are often the only things a refugee…
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‘No peace without truth’: Victoria to launch Indigenous reconciliation inquiry
The Andrews government will on Tuesday launch a “truth-telling” commission that will help guide the state’s treaty negotiations and potentially examine…
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Brexit means … Euro-English?
The mantra of Brexit was “take back control” but the Brits’ departure from Brussels means they risk relinquishing their grip…
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French minister defends ‘Islamo-leftism’ inquiry
French Minister for Higher Education and Research Frédérique Vidal today defended her probe into the influence of postcolonial studies and…
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