05 March 2010Issues and debates relating to migrants, ethnicity and migration programs are common place within the Australian political and media landscape.
19 February 2010Launched on 28 January 2010, A Stronger, Fairer Australia sets out the Australian Government’s vision and strategy for social inclusion, now and into the future.
08 February 2010The practice of western democratic politics relies heavily on competing faiths, on card-carrying followers, and yearns cyclically for a messiah to lead its true believers.
01 February 2010This report explores the attitudes of Australian youth in relation to key issues in contemporary race relations, such as cultural diversity, tolerance and privilege.
28 January 2010This report argues that the impact of a charter of rights would be determined by the political game and would hinder, not improve, Australian democracy.
17 March 2010
Localism presents a dilemma. Government has traditionally found it difficult to support genuine local solutions while achieving national impact and scale. This UK report offers a solution
17 March 2010This volume describes the hundreds of methods and tools for innovation being used across the world, as a first step to developing a knowledge base.
15 March 2010This paper asks whether the Corporate Responsibility movement can transform business practices enough to assist society address key human and environmental sustainability challenges.
09 March 2010The fourth Social Barometer examines the extent of disadvantage among older Australians through indicators of people’s capabilities covering eight key dimensions of life, including employment, income, health, housing, safety and social participation.
05 March 2010Recent Commonwealth Treasury intergenerational reports have failed to consider the very different challenges that arise for the Indigenous population as a consequence of demographic ageing.
01 March 2010This discussion paper is part of consultations to develop a national quality framework (NQF) that will maximise the outcomes and life opportunities for those experiencing or at risk of homelessness.
20 January 2010Attacks on Christian churches in Malaysia tell us more about shifting political faultlines than about religious attitudes, writes Amrita Malhi in Inside Story
19 February 2010The recent vandalisation of a string of Christian churches in Malaysia has, again, focussed attention on the challenges of communal politics in modern Malaysia.
27 November 2009In this lecture Ms Kostakidis discusses the themes that emerged from the 40,000 responses that were received during the consultation into the adequacy of the protection of human rights in Australia.
17 March 2010This report highlights the entrepreneurial spirit and a strong commitment to education and volunteerism brought to Australia by the 740,000 refugee and humanitarian migrants settled since Federation.
09 March 2010This final report of the Baird review of the legislation that governs international education in Australia makes a series of recommendations for reform.
02 November 2009This stellar line-up addresses, amongst many other things, the recent re-emergence of the 'boat people' issue; the Cronulla riots; the history of racism in Australia; and its legacy in the form of contemporary indigenous disadvantage.
19 March 2010Using data from the International Violence Against Women Survey, this paper examines predictors of help-seeking by intimate partner violence victims and considers whether such responses are influenced by the severity of abuse experienced.
17 March 2010International comparisons of intergenerational mobility must take into account differences in politico-economic institutions, according to this study.
17 March 2010This paper investigates both the added worker effect (the labour supply responses of women to their partners’ job losses) and the discouraged worker effect (workers withdrawing from the labour market because of failed searches) for married women in Australia, with the emphasis on the former.
02 March 2010Monash University's Castan Centre 'myth-busters' address claims made during the spirited debate following the 2009 National Human Rights Consultation Committee report recommending the adoption of an Australian Human Rights Act.
12 October 2009The Institute for Cultural Diversity is a not-for-profit company and provides a meeting place to discuss, debate, learn and partner with other Australians interested in building an inclusive and diverse society.
24 August 2009Diversity@Work is a consultancy service, with resources and training for organisations engaged in strategic diversity management, workforce planning and cultural transformation.
This guide provides practical and long-term ways for artists and arts organisations to enhance their access, market their events to the disabled community and build new audiences.
Commentary
Silence
Charter of rights as urgent as ever
Identity politics