The City of Greater Bendigo is growing both in population and ethnic, religious and cultural diversity. Over the next 15 years the annual growth rate of the regional city is estimated to…
Celebrating 10 Years of Welcoming
April 20, 2011 marks Welcoming Australia’s media launch and official date of birth. The journey began in response to a prevailing political and media narrative that was training Australians to fear their…
Building, Back, Better toward a disability-inclusive, accessible and sustainable post COVID-19 World
Today is International Day of People with Disabilities – today we recognise and celebrate people living with disability here in Australia and across the world. Australia is home to 4.4 million people living with…
Exhibition shares diverse stories and common threads
Stronger Together is a photography exhibition, curated and shared by the participants of Welcoming Futures 2019/20, telling stories of diversity and multiculturalism in Adelaide. Inspired by the story of Arefa, unable to…
Adversity doesn’t build character – it reveals it
As many of us are aware, recent weeks have been difficult for many Melbourne and Victorian residents. It’s been particularly tough for members of Melbourne’s public housing communities who were affected by an…
Stronger together: 50th Local Council joins Welcoming Cities
Network now represents more than 30 per cent of Australia’s population South Australia’s City of Playford has joined the national Welcoming Cities network, making it the 50th local Council to sign on. As…
Sport for All: New Standard Seeks Input from Codes and Clubs
The complete shutdown of the sport & recreation sector due to COVID-19 presents an opportunity for codes and clubs to reimagine a sporting community that is inclusive of all Australians regardless of…
We’re in this together
As a global community, we are navigating an unprecedented, and rapidly shifting, public health and safety crisis. Like many of you, we have been actively monitoring the situation with the COVID-19 pandemic.…
Our Home, Our Future
For those of us who are a part of new, emerging or established diaspora communities, on our daily routes to school or work, the same questions are no strangers to our ruminating…
Meeting Intolerance with Generosity
Celebrate National Unity Week 2019 I’ve long been a fan of Nick Cave and a recent article in The Guardian only served to further my admiration. The article outlines the musician’s response…