The Ethnic Communities’ Council of Victoria Inc. (ECCV) is the voice of multicultural Victoria and the peak policy advocacy body for eight regional ethnic community councils and up to 220 members including ethnic and multicultural organisations across Victoria since 1974. For over 40 years, we have been the link between multicultural communities, government and the...

In September 2016, the Ethnic Communities’ Council of Victoria (ECCV) consulted with a small cohort of ‘less visible’ faith leaders innovating within their separate faiths to provide pastoral care to people of diverse sexuality and gender in Victoria. While tensions between faith, ethnicity and sexuality have broad consequences for social cohesion, the emotional intelligence in...

Pauline Hanson is claiming the silent majority supports her controversial call for a ban on Muslim immigration. The latest Essential poll suggests she might be right. 49% of respondents agree Muslims should not be allowed to settle in Australia, while 40 per cent believe they should. Race Discrimination Commissioner, Tim Soutphommasane, says the figure is...

The objective of reaching such a large number of respondents was to further understand sub-groups of the population that are not represented in sufficient number in general surveys. Australia@2015 (abbreviated as Au@2015 in this report) was available in English and 19 languages, with 1,521 (14%) questionnaires completed in a language other than English; there were...

Screen Australia has released the most significant study of diversity on Australian screens since television began in 1956.