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	A Call for Courageous Leadership Jupp, James
	The edited version of a talk given in mid-1996, in which Professor James Jupp regrets the downgrading of multicultural programs, and emphasises the need for federal leadership on matters relating to ethnic affairs.
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	A multi-cultural society for the future Grassby, Al
	In this key 1973 paper, the Immigration Minister Al Grassby argues that ethnic pluralism is the most desirable philosophy for Australia as it moves towards the year 2000, and the most realistic given the experiences of immigration in the past.
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	A Question of Rights Aroney, Manuel
	Amid indications of the possible demise of the Human Rights Commission as part of the 1986 Federal Budget process, the commissioner Manuel Aroney argues the importance of preserving the organisation, saying the money saved would be very little, but the social cost would be great.
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	A Quintessential Collision Jakubowicz, Andrew
	This paper explores processes of cultural collision and reconstitution through an examination of three dimensions of the Vietnamese in Australia - the criminal world of the heroin trade; the rise and fall of Phuong Ngo; and the celebration of Generation 2.
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	Access and Equity Charter: The Charter principles NSW Government
	The Government's access and equity policies aim to ensure that government services meet the needs of Australian's irrespective of all linguistic and cultural backgrounds and help Australians of all backgrounds to have the opportunity to achieve their potential and participate fully in our society.
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	Access and Equity Strategy Program Logic Office of Multicultural Affairs
	A diagram from the 1994 edition of Achieving Access and Equity - a guide for the Australian Public Service, detailing the objectives of the strategy and how they can be attained.
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	Access and Equity: Evaluation Summary Office of Multicultural Affairs
	The 1992 report of an evaluation of the Access and Equity Strategy�s impact on all government departments and agencies, which concluded it had generally been successful, but which also found shortcomings in areas like language and dealings with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
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	Access and Equity: Opening the door Theophanous, Andrew
	The Parliamentary Secretary to Prime Minister Paul Keating in 1995 explains the principles behind the Federal Government�s Access and Equity Strategy, which he says has become the principal means for delivering social justice to non-English speaking background Australians.
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	Access and Equity: The development of Victoria�s ethnic affairs policies Sheppard, Gary
	The conclusions and recommendations of a 1983 review into the implementation of the Victorian Government�s Ethnic Affairs Policy, focusing on the degree of success in its two main aims: access and equity.
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	Access to Excellence: Overview Report Castles, Stephen; Cope, Bill and Kalantzis, Mary
	Excerpts of the Overview Report of the 1994 four-volume study Access to Excellence: A Review of Issues Affecting Artists and Arts from Non-English Speaking Backgrounds examining the concept of artistic excellence and how it can be used both to discriminate against and for artists.
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	Achievements of the Good Neighbour Movement 1949-72 Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs
	A summary by the Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs of the Good Neighbour Movement, its growth, its activities, and changes to its role from its founding in 1949 to 1972.
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	Achieving Access and Equity Office of Multicultural Affairs
	The overview chapter of a 1994 edition of a guide for the Australian Public Service for dealing with all Australians who use government services, which aims to ensure the Access and Equity Strategy continues to be implemented by all departments and agencies.
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	Advisory Notes to the Commercial Television Industry Code of Practice Federation of Australian Commercial Television Stations
	The 1994 advisory notes covering guidelines for the portrayal of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and of cultural diversity under the federation�s self-regulated Code of Practice.
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	AIMA Axed Dunne, Clare
	AIMA Council member Clare Dunne deplores the government decision in the 1986 Budget to shut down the Australian Institute of Multicultural Affairs, especially in view of the uncertainty surrounding its proposed replacement.
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	AIMA Publications List and Projects Undertaken Australian Institute of Multicultural Affairs
	A 1983 listing indicating the kind of work the Australian Institute of Multicultural Affairs undertook, on its own or in cooperation with other organisations involved in migrant services.
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	Aims of the Migration Museum, Adelaide Migration Museum
	The aims of Adelaide�s Migration Museum - the first museum in Australia completely dedicated to telling the story of the migrants to this country - in its multiple roles as collector, exhibitor, and educator in the area of migration and multiculturalism.
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	AMF Home Page Australian Multicultural Foundation
	The AMF Home page opens up the full range of projects and initiatives.
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	AMF publications Australian Multicultural Foundation
	After 1996 the national government reduced support for research on multiculturalism - including closing the Bureau of Immigration, Multicultural and Population Research. The AMF supports innovative research on issues of multiculturalism and making diversity work for Australia.
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	Are YOU a racist? Harrison, Donyale
	A quiz on attitudes, included in a handbook Racism Sux published in 1995 by the University of Sydney�s Students� Representative Council.
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	Army out as Migrants Threaten Riot Sydney Morning Herald
	A clipping from the Sydney Morning Herald of 19 July 1952 tells of trouble brewing at the Bonegilla reception camp as migrants lose patience with delays in finding them work.
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	Arthur Calwell and the Origin of Post-War Immigration Zubrzycki, Jerzy
	An edited version of a talk given in 1994 by Professor Jerzy Zubrzycki on the background and the events surrounding Arthur Calwell�s push for mass immigration after the Second World War.
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	Arts - Cultural Maintenance? Panucci, Frank
	The Deputy Executive Officer of the Cultural Community Development Unit of the Australia Council in 1995 writes about the evolution of the Council’s multicultural arts policy, in particular its shift from the aim of cultural maintenance to seeing diversity as central to Australia’s cultural product and representations.
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	Arts for a Multicultural Australia 1973-1991 Blonski, Annette
	A detailed history of the way the Australia Council for the Arts has dealt with issues of multiculturalism and ethnic arts from its establishment in 1973, to 1991.
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	Arts for a Multicultural Australia, 1998 Australia Council for the Arts
	The objectives of the 1998 Australia Council Policy on Australian Arts and Cultural Diversity.
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	Arts for a Multicultural Australia: Policy Principles 1996-99 Australia Council for the Arts
	The 1996 version of the Australia Council's policy on Arts for a Multicultural Australia, which seeks the promotion of cultural diversity as integral to all Council priorities, and policy and program initiatives, while removing it as a council priority.
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	Asian Entrepreneurs in Australia Ip, David; Kitay, Jim; Lever-Tracy, Constance; Phillips, Irene and Tracy, Noel
	The executive summary of this 1991 report which looks into ethnic small business in the Chinese and Indian communities in Brisbane and Sydney, and finds high levels of successful, independent businesses among these two migrant groups.
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	Aspects of Australian Multiculturalism - achievements, disappointments, prospects Hawthorne, Lesleyanne
	A 1996 article backing calls for the adoption of a conscious strategy to rethink citizenship, including major reforms to public processes, to create a genuinely �multicultural citizenship.�
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	Auditing Multiculturalism: the Australian empire a generation after Galbally Jakubowicz, Andrew
	Text of a presentation reflecting on the first 25 years of multicultural policy in Australia. Presented at the FECCA conference, December 2003
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	Auditing Multiculturalism: the Australian empire a generation after Galbally Jakubowicz, Andrew
	Powerpoint of a presentation reflecting on the first 25 years of multicultural policy in Australia. Presented at the FECCA conference, December 2003
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	AusAID: Globalisation and the Aid Program AusAID
	Read about Australia's commitment to assist developing countries affected by globalisation.
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	Australia as a Multicultural Society Australian Ethnic Affairs Council
	The submission by the Council to the Australian Population and Immigration Council on its 1977 Green Paper on immigration and population, which suggests guidelines for immigration and settlement policies appropriate to a multicultural Australia.
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	Australian Citizenship Council announced Ruddock, Philip
	Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs, Philip Ruddock, announcing the establishment of the Australian Citizenship Council.
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	Australian Citizenship Pledge and Certificate of Citizenship Commonwealth of Australia
	The Pledge new citizens make in declaring their loyalty to Australia, with two options in the wording, and the text from the Australian Citizenship Certificate.
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	Australian Content Standard Australian Broadcasting Authority
	Excerpts from the Australian Content Standard in effect from the beginning of 1996, set out by the ABA, which regulates the amount of Australian content on commercial television.
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	Australian Ethnic Affairs Council - Inaugural Meeting Zubrzycki, Jerzy
	The first chair of the Council, Professor Jerzy Zubrzycki, outlines what he sees as its major challenge - achieving equality of opportunity for all Australians - at the launch of the organisation in March 1977.
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	Australian Film Finance Corporation Australian Film Finance Corporation and Department of Communications and the Arts
	The mission statement, strategy for recruitment and career development of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders, and access and equity policy of this government investment agency in film and television.
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	Australian Labor Party � Immigration Policy, 1966 Australian Labor Party
	While praising the contribution of European immigrants to Australia, the ALP�s 1966 immigration policy, quoted in the ALP Year Book (NSW branch) for 1967 states the party�s continuing opposition to a multi-racial society.
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	Australian Multiculturalism for a New Century: Towards inclusiveness Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs
	In 2003 over 40 languages other than English are taught in Australian schools. Read in this document about the key commonwealth Lote programs. Web reference: http://www.immi.gov.au/multicultural /_inc/publications/nmac/chapt_3d.htm
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	Australian multiculturalism for a new century: Towards inclusiveness National Multicultural Advisory Council
	Read Neville Roach, Chair National Multicultural Advisory Council, report on Inclusiveness
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	Australia�s Decade of Decision Grassby, Al
	A report to Parliament in 1973 by the Minister for Immigration, Al Grassby, in which he reviews the history of immigration to Australia; lists policy changes on immigration, citizenship and migrant services introduced by his government; outlines plans for improvement of these services; and looks to future challenges as Australia seeks to establish its identity.
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	Australia�s diversity: good for business Office of Multicultural Affairs
	Ten case studies of widely varied Australian businesses that have put productive diversity principles into practice and what they�ve gained as a result, published by the Office of Multicultural Affairs in
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	Australia�s Immigration Future Committee to Advise on Australia�s Immigration Policies
	The ad which appeared in newspapers in 1987, calling for public submissions to the Committee to Advise on Australia�s Immigration Policies.
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	Australia�s Immigration Policy Opperman, Hubert
	The Minister for Immigration, Hubert Opperman, in a speech in May 1966, explains his government�s amended immigration policy, which in March that year opened the door for selective non-European migration.
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	Australia�s Immigration Programme for the Period 1968-1973 Immigration Planning Council
	The summary of conclusions and recommendations of a 1968 report on future immigration policy, which reaffirms that large scale immigration should continue and recommends government action to facilitate the achievement of immigration targets.
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	Australia�s Multicultural Democracy Greiner, Nick
	The Inaugural Lecture on Multicultural Australia given in Jakarta in 1995 by the former NSW Premier, in which he discusses the landmarks in the development of multiculturalism and lists the crucial factors for its continuing success.
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	Australia�s Rich Resource Fahey, John
	Edited version of a 1996 address by the Minister for Finance in which he encourages moves towards �unlocking� the potential of Australia�s cultural and linguistic diversity, with all the benefits that brings.
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	Background Information � The Snowy Scheme Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Authority
	In describing the construction history and capabilities of its Snowy Scheme, the Authority points to the contributions made by immigrants from many countries.
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	Baptists in Australia Hughes, Philip J.
	An excerpt from a 1996 report by the Bureau of Immigration, Multicultural and Population Research profiling the Baptist church in Australia, and outlining possible reasons for its apparent success in attracting new adherents.
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	Battles Small and Great Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC)
	This monograph, subtitled �The First Twenty Years of the Racial Discrimination Act�, was put out by the Commission - along with a video of the same name � to mark the landmark anniversary in 1995; it covers the Act�s history, the reasons for the review announced that year, and records the celebration of the anniversary.
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	Biamunaga: Journey to the Mountain Leaver. M
	Journey to the land of the Yuin people from Teaching Heritage
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	Biamunaga: Journey to the Mountain Leaver. M
	Journey to the land of the Yuin people from Teaching Heritage
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	Biamunaga: Journey to the Mountain Leaver. M
	Journey to the land of the Yuin people from Teaching Heritage
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	BIMPR Projects and Publications Bureau of Immigration, Multicultural and Population Research
	The final publications list from the Bureau of Immigration, Multicultural and Population Research (BIMPR) before its closure, covering all projects and publications up until August 1996, including those commissioned but still not completed.
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	Birthplace of the Australian Population, 1991 and 1996 Australian Bureau of Statistics and Bureau of Immigration, Multicultural and Population Research
	Population figures according to birthplace by region and country, derived from census figures from 1991 and 1996.
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	Bordertown Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)
	A summary of the ten episodes of the 1990s ABC television drama series Bordertown which was based on the experiences of the many post-war migrants sent to reception camps as they awaited jobs.
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	Brave New World Chan, Angela
	On the 20th anniversary of the NSW Ethnic Communities� Council in 1995, its chairperson Angela Chan identifies the need for a Multiculturalism Act, the importance of reconciliation with Aboriginal Australians, and the debate over a Republic as among the major issues for the next millennium.
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	Brief History of SBS Special Broadcasting Service (SBS)
	The landmarks in the SBS story, from the beginning of experimental ethnic radio broadcasts in 1975, through the establishment of the permanent radio service, the launching of television in 1980, and its development until mid 1997.
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	Brisbane's multicultural strategy Brisbane City Council
	A Brisbane City Council document outlining its aims in building a more inclusive city through improving access, equity and participation for residents of all backgrounds.
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	Brisbane's refugee strategy Brisbane City Council
	A Brisbane City Council document outlining the city's role in refugee affairs and defining ways it can contribute to refugees being able to participate fully in civic life.
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	Buddhists in Australia Adam, Enid and Hughes, Philip J.
	An excerpt from a 1996 report by the Bureau of Immigration, Multicultural and Population Research on Buddhism in Australia, and on the many forms of the religion brought here by different migrant groups.
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	Building a dynamic multicultural church Mok, Jeannie
	Jeannie Mok writes that there is no choice any longer in Australia but for Christians to accept truly multicultural churches.
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	Building the Snowy Scheme � A multi-cultural experience Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Authority
	1990s publicity material from the Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Authority pays tribute to the important role of immigrant workers in building the scheme.
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	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.
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	Changing social institutions Making Multicultural Australia Project Team
	A brief description of some of the efforts to change the structures and institutions of government at various levels to prevent discrimination.
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	Chinese Invasion of Australia Bulletin magazine
	An editorial from the Bulletin magazine of September 1, 1886 demonstrates the ignorance and prejudices of the day towards Chinese migrants.
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	Chinese people and political change in Australia Fong, King
	King Fong speaks on Chinese people and political change in Australia from Teaching Heritage
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	Citizenship and Republicanism in a Multicultural Nation Jayasuriya, Laksiri
	This 1993 paper says that with constitutional change likely as the country debates republicanism, it is important to incorporate the pluralism of society within the whole spectrum of institutions, including the concept of citizenship.
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	Closing the Gap from Policy to Practice Bowen, Chris
	The Director of the Brisbane Ethnic Music and Arts Centre in 1995 deplores the gap between policy on the arts and reality, and calls for more non-English speaking background representation in the large arts organisations as one way of dealing with this situation as it affects artists from culturally diverse backgrounds.
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	Committee on Community Relations Immigration Advisory Council
	The August 1974 interim report of this Immigration Advisory Council�s Committee, set up to enquire into discrimination against migrants, recommends ways for increasing sensitivity to people of diverse backgrounds across the community.
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	Commonwealth Parliamentary Debate - Arthur Calwell, August 1945 Calwell, Arthur
	The Minister for Immigration and Information tells Parliament in August 1945 that the war has shown the need for a larger population in Australia for defence and for the expansion of the economy.
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	Commonwealth Parliamentary Debate - Arthur Calwell, November 1946 Calwell, Arthur
	The Minister for Immigration and Information argues in Parliament in November 1946 that an expansion in the immigration intake is necessary for security reasons, though migrants from the UK should continue to be favoured.
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	Commonwealth Parliamentary Debate - Beazley, Kim Beazley, Kim
	The Leader of the Opposition expresses his support in Parliament for the October 1996 racial tolerance motion, though he says the ALP would have liked it to go further than the wording finally agreed to.
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	Commonwealth Parliamentary Debate - Gareth Evans Evans, Gareth
	The Deputy Leader of the Opposition gives his support in Parliament to the October 1996 racial tolerance motion, though he regrets the lack of reference to multiculturalism and other elements which he says the ALP had wanted included.
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	Commonwealth Parliamentary Debate - Graeme Campbell Campbell, Graeme
	The only member of the House of Representatives to vote against the October 1996 racial tolerance motion criticises what he says is the lack of discussion on immigration issues, saying the bipartisan approach to them has stifled debate.
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	Commonwealth Parliamentary Debate - Hanson�s maiden speech Hanson, Pauline
	Excerpts from the controversial maiden speech by independent MP Pauline Hanson in Parliament in September 1996.
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	Commonwealth Parliamentary Debate - John Howard Howard, John
	The Prime Minister�s address to Parliament in moving the October 1996 racial tolerance resolution in the aftermath of the debate triggered by Pauline Hanson�s maiden speech the
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	Commonwealth Parliamentary Debate - Native Title Bill 1993 Keating, Paul
	Excerpts from comments by Prime Minister Keating at the Second Reading of the Native Title Bill in 1993, outlining its significance in improving the relationship between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australians.
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	Commonwealth Parliamentary Debate - The case for national racial unity Deakin, Alfred
	The words of Alfred Deakin, then Attorney-General in the Commonwealth Government, in Parliament in September of 1901, in support of a White Australia policy.
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	Commonwealth Parliamentary Debate - �The objection I have...� Watson, John Christian
	The words of J. C. Watson, who was to become the first Labor Prime Minister in 1904, in support of the Immigration Restriction Bill in 1901, quoted in Gough Whitlam�s The Whitlam Government 1972-1975.
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	Commonwealth Parliamentary Debate: Government�s Position on Multiculturalism Hawke, Bob
	Prime Minister Bob Hawke defends his 1986 Budget and the cuts in it to multicultural programs and services and insists his government continues to be committed to multiculturalism.
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	Commonwealth Parliamentary Debate: The Immigration Minister on Professor Blainey West, Stewart
	Immigration Minister Stewart West tells Parliament in May 1984 he rejects Professor Blainey�s views, which he says would see immigration policy on its way back to a White Australia, and calls on the Opposition to take a clear stand in the debate.
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	Community Relations Plan Multicultural Affairs Queensland, Department of Premier and Cabinet
	The Queensland Government's strategy, adopted in 1999, to promote positive community relations among all groups in the state.
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	Community Relations Resource Kit Multicultural Affairs Queensland, Department of Premier and Cabinet
	A state government guide, including broad principles and practical advice and examples, for those developing community relations plans.
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	Community Relations Strategy Making Multicultural Australia Project Team
	A description of the Community Relations Strategy, initiated by the government as a commitment of the 1989 National Agenda for a Multicultural Australia.
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	Community strategies to combat racism Making Multicultural Australia Project Team
	A brief history of some of the major strategies that have been undertaken from within the community to combat racism, from the Freedom Ride of 1965, to 1997.
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	Constitutional issues associated with integration: the question of citizenship Rubenstein, Kim
	This 1994 article looks into a number of issues surrounding the regulations on citizenship in Australia, and examines how the concept of citizenship links with notions of nationhood, inclusion and integration.
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	Criss-cross Dressing the Orient Abood, Paula
	The author of the performance the politics of belly dancing: a choreopoem writes in 1996 about the issues of culture, identities and the appropriation of cultural forms she addresses in the work.
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	Cultural Diversity and Civic Participation Gopalkrishnan, Narayan
	The report of a project which explored barriers faced by people of culturally diverse backgrounds in dealing with government, as well as successes, and identified key areas to be addressed for improvement.
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	Declaration of Principles for a Multicultural South Australia Government of South Australia
	The principles of South Australia�s ethnic affairs policy adopted in 1995, and a statement of its commitment to ensuring all government activities are inclusive of and value cultural diversity.
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	Declaration on Race and Racial Prejudice United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
	The declaration adopted and proclaimed by the Conference of UNESCO at its twentieth session in 1978, in an effort to combat racism, which it notes is evident in many forms around the world.
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	Defending multiculturalism Mok, Jeannie
	Community activist Jeannie Mok tells about the recurring challenges to multiculturalism over the years and of her involvement in defending the principles it represents.
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	Delivering Services for Diversity: Good Practice in EAPS Community Relations Commission For a multicultural NSW
	Read some examples of good practice in EAPS
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	Demography 1975-95 Bureau of Immigration, Multicultural and Population Research
	Population statistics for 1975 to 1995, including net migration figures, from a BIMPR pamphlet Immigration in Brief 1995.
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	Domestic violence in immigrant communities Easteal, Patricia
	The author of the 1996 book Domestic violence and the overseas-born, criminologist Patricia Easteal, tells of her findings from interviewing survivors and analysing data, and summarises her recommendations for dealing with the problem.
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	Don�t settle for less Review of Migrant and Multicultural Programs and Services
	A summary of the 1986 Report of the Review of Migrant and Multicultural Programs and Services chaired by Dr. James Jupp, which through its recommendations on services and on the establishment of a new body to monitor progress in the participation of immigrants in Australian life, puts a strong focus on access and equity issues.
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	Dorothy MacRae-McMahon McRae-McMahon, Dorothy
	Part of a chapter in the 1995 book Australians Against Racism � Testimonies from the Anti-Apartheid Movement in Australia in which the Reverend Dorothy McRae-McMahon tells of two years of harassment and vilification by an extreme right-wing group.
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	Dynamics of Multiculturalism in Australia Birrell, Robert
	This 1995 paper argues that early immigration programs in Australia laid the foundation for an ethnic movement which has since shaped government cultural and immigration policies.
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	Eastern Orthodox in Australia Godley, Stephen and Hughes, Philip J.
	This excerpt from a 1996 report by the Bureau of Immigration, Multicultural and Population Research tells the history of Eastern Orthodoxy in Australia and of the various migrant groups which have set up branches of the church here.
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	Ecumenical Migration Centre, Melbourne - the first 20 years Langfield, Michele
	The history of the Centre from the 1960s to the late 1980s, outlining its evolution from a small Christian-based group to an organisation providing a wide range of services to migrant communities of all backgrounds in Melbourne.
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	Eddie Mabo Human Rights Lecture Pearson, Noel
	In this 1995 talk, Aboriginal activist Noel Pearson reviews the history of the struggle for native title, and pays tribute to Eddie Mabo for the crucial role he played, saying the Mabo ruling has laid the foundation for the future of all Australians.
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	Effects of Immigration on Australia: the Research Consensus as at May 1996 Williams, Lynne S.
	This 1996 article discusses the key effects of immigration on Australia including aspects such as: economic, labour market, social, infrastructure, population growth and environment.
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	Equal Disappointment Opportunity Schwab, Pete
	1988 article from Newswit, the New South Wales Institute of Technology student newspaper, about the alleged suppression of this report into the failings of federal Department of Community Services programs for immigrants and their children.
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	Equal Disappointment Opportunity?: Executive Summary Cummings, Karen; Gibbings, Beth; Jakubowicz, Andrew and Meekosha, Helen
	Executive summary of this 1987 report, which examines issues of access for migrants to services of the federal Department of Community Services and finds some of the problems with these programs lie with the department itself.
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	Equal Disappointment Opportunity?: Summary of Recommendations Cummings, Karen; Gibbings, Beth; Jakubowicz, Andrew and Meekosha, Helen
	Recommendations of this 1987 report, proposing improvements to programs of the federal Department of Community Services for immigrants and their children, and to the way they are run.
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	ESL - A Major Equity Program Alcorso, Caroline and Brennan, J.
	On the eve of the 1986/87 federal Budget, this article examines the crucial role of the English as a Second Language program in New South Wales schools, and the difficulties the State government would face in funding it if the Commonwealth went ahead with cuts.
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	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.
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	Ethnic conflict and the Australian media Jakubowicz, Andrew and Seneviratne, Kalinga
	Excerpts of this 1996 paper, which examines how the various media cover stories involving ethnic or racial conflict and finds numerous shortcomings due to a range of factors, from media ownership, to lack of representation of minorities, to poor complaint handling procedures.
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	Ethnic Editorials - a selection of opinion Infocus
	A compilation by the NSW Ethnic Communities� Council�s magazine Infocus of opinion in the ethnic media in late 1996 in response to the Hanson debate, with most expressing serious concern over the resurgence of racism and calling for more leadership from the Prime Minister.
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	Ethnic radio will benefit both migrants and Australians Mackellar, Michael
	A press release in February 1977 issued by the Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs, Michael Mackellar, tells of the goals and benefits of ethnic radio.
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	Ethnic rights - Recommendations for a Multi-Cultural Australia Ethnic Action Movement, Fitzroy Ecumenical Centre
	First drafts of the Policy and Principles and of a platform on ethnic rights by the Ethnic Action Movement, a group of activists from various ethnic communities formed in 1973 and based at the Fitzroy Ecumenical Centre in Melbourne.
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	Evaluation of Post Arrival Programs and Services � Summary Australian Institute of Multicultural Affairs
	An evaluation in 1982 by the Australian Institute of Multicultural Affairs of the implementation of the Galbally Report three years after it came out finds much to praise, but also points out failings and recommends ways of overcoming them.
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	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.
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	Fact Sheet: Migrant Community Services Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs
	Fairfield MRC Webpage - In 2003 a network of 30 MRCs (migrant resource centres and 4 MSAs (migrant service agencies) in all states and territories provides information and support for overseas-born residents of Australia, particularly for recent arrivals. An example of a the services and activities of a MRC in 2003.
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	Fear and Loathing in Ipswich: Exploring Mainstream and Anabranch in the Race Debate Jakubowicz, Andrew
	This 1996 article examines the racism debate surrounding Pauline Hanson as part of a shift in �mainstream� values in Australian society, underway since the 1996 election of the Howard government, and the media role in interpreting and influencing the debate.
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	FECCA Log of Claims, 1996 Federal Election Kit Federation of Ethnic Communities� Councils of Australia
	Launched by FECCA ahead of the 1996 Federal Election, the log of claims lists issues on which it sought commitments from the major political parties on a wide range of policies affecting migrants.
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	FECCA response to the discussion paper �Towards a National Agenda for a Multicultural Australia� Federation of Ethnic Communities� Councils
	The Federation�s 1988 submission on the discussion paper preceding the National Agenda focuses on three elements: the setting of goals, a legislative charter, and a national policy on languages.
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	Federal Budget 1986/87 Implications for Ethnic Affair