On Friday September 8, the founder, managing director and chairperson of Culper, Mr Pino Migliorino, received his Member of the Order of Australia award in a presentation ceremony held at NSW Government House, Sydney.
Promoting health in multicultural communities
What it’s like to flee your country
The changing face of Australia’s Tourism Market
Austrade’s 2017 Tourism Forecast has revealed the changing nature of Australia’s Tourism Market. The data has shown that alongside a general expansion of the industry, broad trends in the decline of traditional markets such as the UK and New Zealand in favour of Asian markets such as China and India will continue into the near future. These statistics raise questions over the cultural competency and readiness of Australian businesses to adapt to these changing conditions and demonstrates the fundamental importance of multicultural communication and engagement.
Lavazza Italian Film Festival
Congratulations to the winners in the NSW Premier’s Multicultural Media Awards
NSW Premier’s Fund for Social Cohesion Opens Today
Multicultural NSW today announced the opening of the Premier’s Fund for Social Cohesion application. The grants program supports community-led events and activities that bring together people from diverse cultural backgrounds to celebrate diversity. It aims to build on the strengths of our multicultural society, develop stronger social cohesion and community resilience, particularly among young people (aged 12-25), and to inspire them to stand up against the divisive forces of fear, hate and violence.
Congratulations to the Winners of the 2017 Australia Post One Netball Community Awards
The Australian eSafety Office Launches Tools to Tackle Online Hate
The Australian eSafety Office today launched a new engagement platform called Young & eSafe to help counter online hate. This action is in response to a recently released research that shows up to 60 per cent of young Australians aged 12 to 17 have witnessed racist or hateful comments about cultural or religious groups online. Young people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds are particularly more prone to being targets of these online attacks.
Dive In Festival comes to Melbourne
Dive In, the Festival for Diversity and Inclusion in the Insurance Industry, will be held in Melbourne on 27 September for the first time this year. The aim of the festival it is initiate conversations and inspiration for companies and organisations to bring about positive changes in diversity and inclusion in their businesses and workplaces.