Cultural assimilation
NARROWER TERMS
Conference paper
What about we hold another cultural festival? Negotiating cultural difference in local communities
The aim of this paper is to discuss the ways in which cultural difference is articulated in local communities through the practices and actions of local individuals, groups and government.
Conference paper
Multiculturalism and the spatial assimilation of migrant groups: the Melbourne and Sydney experience
The later 1960s and early 1970s was a period of significant change in official attitudes towards immigration and the absorption of migrant groups coming into Australia. This period marked the end of the White Australia policy and, by 1973, new regulations to permit entry based...
Guide
Steps to settlement success: a toolkit for regional and rural communities
This toolkit has been developed to respond to the information needs of rural and regional communities looking to settle migrants locally, be they migrants coming in from big Australian cities or overseas, entrants to Australia on skilled working visas or on humanitarian grounds.
Working paper
Cognitive and non-cognitive abilities of immigrants: new perspectives on migrant quality from a selective immigration country
This study sheds light on migrant quality in Australia using nationally representative survey data.
Report
Victorian government report in multicultural affairs 2017-18
This report highlights the results of the initiatives undertaken by the Victorian government in 2017-18 to provide for the state's diverse communities and improve social cohesion and participation.
Journal article
Australian mythical landscape and the desire of non-English-speaking immigrants
This paper investigates new ways in which recent generations of immigrants to Australia are using urban park spaces. It focuses on cultural and mythical notions of Australian park landscapes and questions to what extent they contribute to the sense of inclusivity, or alienation, that non-English-speaking...
Report
Volunteering and settlement in Australia: a snapshot
This snapshot aims to synthesise a recent survey’s findings into useful data for Volunteering Australia, SCoA and their members and stakeholders, and identify possible themes for further research, policy development and advocacy.
Policy report
Our plan to back our multicultural communities
National Party policy document outlining their plans for supporting multiculturalism in Australia.
Transcript
New Zealand statement to the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation emergency meeting
Statement delivered by NZ Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters to the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation Emergency Meeting on the Christchurch terror attack.
Working paper
The settlement experience of Pacific migrants in New Zealand: insights from LISNZ and the IDI
New Zealand has a long history of migration from the Pacific. This research uses the Longitudinal Immigration Survey New Zealand (LISNZ) and Statistics New Zealand’s Integrated Data Infrastructure to focus on differences in outcomes between migrants from different Pacific countries who gained residence approval under...