The Conversation

Ghassan Hage is one of Australia’s most significant intellectuals. He’s still on a quest for a multicultural society that hopes and cares

It is 50 years – two generations – since then Immigration Minister Al Grassby launched the idea of a multicultural Australia at a Melbourne conference in 1973. Ghassan Hage, Professor in Anthropology ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

As we mark shloshim for Bondi Beach, we also ask: Can Australia’s multicultural project survive?

This was the impassioned plea that garnered rapturous applause from several thousand mourners who converged in the pouring rain at Bondi Beach on Sunday evening to mark shloshim — the 30 days of ...
The Conversation

The government’s multicultural statement is bereft of new ideas or policies – why?

The slogan for the federal government’s newly released multicultural statement – United, Strong, Successful – sounds somewhat like a soundbite from Donald Trump’s presidential campaign. It starts with ...
The Jerusalem Post Blogs

Thirty days after Bondi Beach, can Australia’s multicultural project survive? - opinion

This was the impassioned plea that garnered rapturous applause from several thousand mourners who converged in the pouring rain at Bondi Beach on Sunday evening to mark shloshim (the 30 days of ...