Culture is defined as “the customary beliefs, social forms and material traits of a racial, religious or social group; the characteristic features of everyday existence (such as diversions or a way of ...

If social cohesion feels more fragile today, it is not because Australians fundamentally disagree about living together in a diverse society — it is because we have fewer opportunities to practise it.

A year ago, the government instigated an independent review of the national multicultural framework. As more than half of Australia’s population is either born overseas or has one parent who was, this ...

Australian multiculturalism has rightly focused on ensuring communities receive equal rights, representation and protection from discrimination — but these do not, in themselves, create the trust and ...

It is 50 years – two generations – since then Immigration Minister Al Grassby launched the idea of a multicultural Australia at a Melbourne conference in 1973. Ghassan Hage, Professor in Anthropology ...

In his nearly forgotten book Notes Towards the Definition of Culture, T.S. Eliot observed that “One people in isolation is not aware of having a ‘culture’ at all.” Until I was 12, I lived in western ...

Hungary's foreign minister is rejecting accusations his government is racist, but said it does not accept that a multicultural society is better than a homogeneous one. “We don’t accept that ...

Sometimes when you finish writing an article, you may struggle a bit to find a catchy headline. You look for something that could immediately break through the clutter, maybe something with a sense of ...

Survey results will help shape future programming around housing, permanent residency, finances and career support ...

If Sarah Sackman and others on the left really fear the presence of the far-right and their abuse of our national symbols, then that makes reclaiming them not merely preferable, but an urgent ...