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  AusAID: Globalisation and the Aid Program
AusAID
 
Read about Australia's commitment to assist developing countries affected by globalisation.
Format: pdf | Size: 112 KB | Length: 2 pages | Date Added: 22 November 2004 | | VIEW |
 
  Bureau of Immigration, Multicultural and Population Research
Bureau of Immigration, Multicultural and Population Research
 
A pamphlet put out by the BIMPR not long before it was closed in 1996, explaining the work of the Bureau.
Format: pdf | Size: | Length: | Date Added: 29 March 2002 | | VIEW |
 
  Commitment to overseas markets reaps rewards
Department of State Development, Queensland
 
An example of calling on the skills and knowledge of the state's culturally diverse population to help do business, citing the successes of a developer of library management systems in Asia.
Format: pdf | Size: 301 KB | Length: 2 pages | Date Added: 20 March 2006 | | VIEW |
 
  Culture, Trade and Globalisation
UNESCO
 
Questions and answers on culture, trade and globalisation from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) website.
Format: pdf | Size: 156 KB | Length: 1 page | Date Added: 22 November 2004 | | VIEW |
 
  Debunking More Myths about Asylum Seekers
Edmund Rice Centre
 
The second edition of a publication by the Edmund Rice Centre for Justice and Community Education and the Australian Catholic University on asylum seekers.
Format: doc | Size: 360 KB | Length: 2 pages | Date Added: 23 November 2004 | | VIEW |
 
  Debunking the Myths about Asylum Seekers
Edmund Rice Centre
 
A joint publication of Edmund Rice Centre for Justice and Community Education and the School of Education, Australian Catholic University.
Format: doc | Size: 644 KB | Length: 2 pages | Date Added: 23 November 2004 | | VIEW |
 
  Diversity wins Chinese contracts
Multicultural Affairs Queensland, Department of Premier and Cabinet
 
A government publication showing how cultural diversity can boost business, in this case with knowledge about China leading to a Primary Industries' Department unit winning a major training contract there.
Format: pdf | Size: 250 KB | Length: 2 pages | Date Added: 20 March 2006 | | VIEW |
 
  Ethnic Communities’ Council of Victoria
Ethnic Communities’ Council of Victoria
 
Background information on the ECC of Victoria, including the Mission Statement, aims, role and function, and Statement of Purposes of the organisation.
Format: pdf | Size: | Length: | Date Added: 01 April 2002 | | VIEW |
 
  Evolution of a Policy
Lynch, Phillip
 
The Minister for Immigration, Phillip Lynch, in 1971 reviews the changes in the immigration intake since the government allowed for some non-European migrants in 1966, and outlines what he sees as important issues for maintaining social cohesion in view of the changes this has brought.
Format: pdf | Size: | Length: | Date Added: 01 April 2002 | | VIEW |
 
  Face the Facts: Questions and Answers about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People
Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC)
 
Read questions and answers about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Format: pdf | Size: 254 KB | Length: 11 pages | Date Added: 19 November 2004 | | VIEW |
 
  Face the Facts: Questions and Answers About Refugees and Asylum Seekers
Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC)
 
Nine questions and answers about refugees and asylum seekers, and links to further material.
Format: pdf | Size: 348 KB | Length: 10 KB | Date Added: 23 November 2004 | | VIEW |
 
  Fact Sheet: Over Fifty Years of Post War Immigration
Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs
 
A Fact Sheet containing facts and statistics on Australia's immigration after World War Two.
Format: pdf | Size: 32 Kb | Length: 2 pages | Date Added: 21 April 2004 | | VIEW |
 
  Female Genital Mutilation: Your Questions Answered
Ethnic Affairs Commission of New South Wales
 
The contents of a leaflet issued by the Commission in 1995 describing the practice of female genital mutilation, its side effects, and what Australian governments are doing about it.
Format: pdf | Size: | Length: | Date Added: 01 April 2002 | | VIEW |
 
  How the Racial Discrimination Act Serves all Australians
Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC)
 
A fact sheet issued out by the Commission which outlines the complaint handling process under the Racial Discrimination Act, with examples of cases that have been dealt with by conciliation or by public hearings.
Format: pdf | Size: | Length: | Date Added: 01 April 2002 | | VIEW |
 
  How to make a complaint
Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC)
 
A fact sheet issued by the Commission which outlines the procedure of laying a complaint under the Racial Discrimination Act and the ways in which the Commission can deal with it.
Format: pdf | Size: | Length: | Date Added: 01 April 2002 | | VIEW |
 
  Immigrant Women’s Speakout Association NSW
Immigrant Women’s Speakout Association NSW
 
The contents of a leaflet put out by this NSW information and lobby organisation, outlining its background, objectives and activities.
Format: pdf | Size: 154K | Length: 2 pages | Date Added: 26 March 2002 | | VIEW |
 
  Islam in Brisbane
Brisbane City Council
 
A 2004 Brisbane City Council publication aimed at helping Muslims feel welcome in the city and providing information on Islam for the wider community.
Format: pdf | Size: 986 KB | Length: 16 pages | Date Added: 15 March 2006 | | VIEW |
 
  Multicultural Arts
Arts Queensland
 
A government booklet which outlines the grants provided by Arts Queensland through its Multicultural Communities Arts Program, and a list of the groups and projects which received funding in 2003-04.
Format: pdf | Size: 190 KB | Length: 9 pages | Date Added: 01 May 2006 | | VIEW |
 
  Muslims in Australia
Canterbury City Council
 
A brief history of the Muslim Community in Australia, published at the Islamic Council of NSW website.
Format: pdf | Size: 212 KB | Length: 2 pages | Date Added: 22 November 2004 | | VIEW |
 
  Queensland's exports
Department of State Development, Trade and Innovation
 
A government information sheet on the state's exports in 2004/05, including to significant Asian markets, showing the importance of these to the Queensland economy.
Format: pdf | Size: 66 KB | Length: 4 pages | Date Added: 20 March 2006 | | VIEW |
 
  Queensland's multicultural advantage
Multicultural Affairs Queensland, Department of Premier and Cabinet
 
A state government fact sheet on the benefits of a diverse population in doing business and carrying on trade with the rest of the world.
Format: pdf | Size: 160 KB | Length: 2 pages | Date Added: 14 March 2006 | | VIEW |
 
  Racial Hatred Act Information Sheet
Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC)
 
An information sheet on the 1995 Racial Hatred Act which explains what is unlawful under the Act, and what action can be taken under it.
Format: pdf | Size: | Length: | Date Added: 01 April 2002 | | VIEW |
 
  Racial Hatred Bill Fact Sheet
Attorney-General's Department
 
A fact sheet put out ahead of the Racial Hatred Act coming into force in 1995, covering issues such as how the legislation will work, why changes are required and freedom of speech.
Format: pdf | Size: | Length: | Date Added: 30 March 2002 | | VIEW |
 
  Racism. No Way! Fact Sheets: Reconciliation
New South Wales Department of Education and Training
 
This fact sheet from the Racism. No Way! website explores the process of Reconciliation which formally began as a result of the Report of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody in 1991.
Format: pdf | Size: 184 kb | Length: 2 pages | Date Added: 19 November 2004 | | VIEW |
 
  Racism. No Way! | Fact Sheet: An introduction to Islam in Australia
NSW Department of Education and Training
 
This fact sheet on the Racism. No Way! website, aims to provide some basic information on the Islamic faith.
Format: pdf | Size: 196 KB | Length: 2 pages | Date Added: 22 November 2004 | | VIEW |
 
  Reconciliation and its Key Issues
Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation
 
A pamphlet put out by the Council listing and explaining eight key issues which are an essential part of the reconciliation process.
Format: pdf | Size: | Length: | Date Added: 29 March 2002 | | VIEW |
 
  SBS Radio Schedule
Special Broadcasting Service (SBS)
 
SBS radio grows with multicultural Australia and in 2003 broadcasts in 68 languages which is more than any other broadcaster in the world. See an example of the radio programs for Australian, homeland and international news together with current affairs, interviews, community information, sport and music.
Format: pdf | Size: 48 kb | Length: 2 pages | Date Added: 01 March 2004 | | VIEW |
 
  Social cohesion - an Australian challenge
Monash Institute for the Study of Global Movements
 
Australian society faces many stresses associated with rapid change, globalisation, and continuing high levels of immigration. How should it respond and ensure social cohesion and wider harmony? A joint project between the Foundation, the Monash Institute for the Study of Global Movements, funded by the Scanlon Foundation, aims to understand the way in social cohesion around the world can be bolstered, and apply those insights to Australia.
Format: pdf | Size: 2.2 MB | Length: 2 pages | Date Added: 17 July 2006 | | VIEW |
 
  The Multicultural Development Association
Multicultural Development Association
 
The history, aims and work of this Queensland organisation, which assists migrants and refugees in a range of practical aspects of settlement.
Format: pdf | Size: 101 KB | Length: 4 pages | Date Added: 01 March 2006 | | VIEW |
 
  The work of the ECCQ
Ethnic Communities Council of Queensland Ltd
 
Various elements of the sort of work the ECCQ does to assist and support refugees and migrants.
Format: pdf | Size: 406 KB | Length: 6 pages | Date Added: 01 March 2006 | | VIEW |
 
  Torres Strait Islanders
Department of Education and Training Australia
 
Information on the Torres Strait Islander community, from the Commonwealth Department of Education and Training's "Racism no way" initiative.
Format: pdf | Size: 95 KB | Length: 2 pages | Date Added: 08 March 2006 | | VIEW |
 
  Twenty-five years of service to migrants
Good Neighbour Council of South Australia
 
An excerpt from the program for an evening of dance and music to mark the 25th anniversary of the Good Neighbour Movement of South Australia in 1974, outlining its work and calling for volunteers.
Format: pdf | Size: 149K | Length: 1 page | Date Added: 26 March 2002 | | VIEW |
 
  What is the Racial Discrimination Act?
Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC)
 
A fact sheet issued by the Commission which explains what racial discrimination is and how the Racial Discrimination Act works
Format: pdf | Size: | Length: | Date Added: 01 April 2002 | | VIEW |
 
  Willoughby City Council
Willoughby City Council
 
Willoughby City Library’s brochure detailing sources for undertaking family histories from Teaching Heritage
Format: doc | Size: | Length: | Date Added: 16 July 2002 | | VIEW |
 
  Willoughby City Council
Willoughby City Council
 
Willoughby City Library’s brochure detailing sources for undertaking family histories from Teaching Heritage
Format: doc | Size: | Length: | Date Added: 16 July 2002 | | VIEW |

 
 
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