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Issue 36 Australian Mosaic AUSTRALIANMOSAICFederation of Ethnic Communities' Councils of Australia The Magazine of the Federation of Ethnic Communities’ Councils of Australia Autumn 2014 Our Diverse Mob First and new cultures - entwined stories Issue 36 Australian Mosaic The magazine of the Federation of Ethnic Communities’ Councils of Australia (FECCA) Print Post Publication No. PP229219/00162 ISSN 1447-8765 MANAGING EDITORS: Laura Raicu, Tanya von Ahlefeldt and Gulnara Abbasova. DESIGN: Kylie Smith Design PRINTING: Elect Printing DISCLAIMER: Any views and opinions expressed within Australian Mosaic are solely those of the individual author, authors, or other information source and do not necessarily represent the opinion of, or any endorsement by, FECCA. WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are warned that this magazine may contain names and images of people who are now deceased. ADDRESS: PO Box 344 CURTIN ACT 2605 Telephone: 02 6282 5755 Fax: 02 6282 5734 Email: [email protected] www.fecca.org.au © 2014 FECCA No part of this publication may be reproduced without the written permission of FECCA. FECCA received funding from the Department of Social Services to produce Australian Mosaic magazine. This edition has been developed with assistance from Reconciliation Australia. Cover photo by Peter Malcolm. Traditional Craft Workshops offered by community elders as part of Pelican Expeditions’ Hope Vale Project, Cape York 2007. contents A MESSAGE FROM THE FECCA CHAIR WHY WE stanD STRONG WITH THE RDA 04 Joseph Caputo OAM JP 26 Les Malezer OUR CONSTITUTION AND OUR Law: A MESSAGE FROM THE PRIME MINISTER STRENGTHENING MulticultuRAL AUSTRALIA The Hon Tony Abbott MP 08 28 Dr Tim Soutphommasane IT’S TIME TO RECOGNISE VIEW ON THE NEWS AUSTRALIA’S FIRST CHAPTER Dr James Jupp 10 31 Tanya Hosch CReatinG AN INCLUSIVE NARRative FOR A NEW AUSTRALIAN’S MANIFESTO multicultuRALISM AND FIRST PEOPLES Akram Azimi 13 Pino Migliorino 33 ABORIGINAL PEOPLE AND MulticultuRAL AUSTRALIA - THE POTENTIAL OF BROOME DISCOVERING BLACK AUSTRALIA 17 HIGHLIGHTS AUSTRALIA’S BIGGER POTENTIAL 36 Suminda Gunaratne Peter Yu PERSPECTIVES ON multicultuRALISM MulticultuRALISM – NoTHING NEW AND MONOcultuRALISM IN AUSTRALIA: FOR THE FIRST AUSTRALIANS EXPERIENCES OF IMMIGRANT AND 20 Leah Armstrong 38 INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIANS Dr Siri Gamage ABORIGINAL IDENTITY IN ANTHONY MARTIN FERNANDO (1864-1949): multicultuRAL AUSTRALIA AN ABORIGINAL ACTIVIST IN LONDON AND EUROPE 23 Melinda Cilento and Dr Tom Calma AO 42 Prof Fiona Paisley 3 A Message from the FECCA Chair Mr Joseph Caputo OAM JP Welcome to the autumn edition of Australian Mosaic an extended period prior to European settlement magazine, entitled Our Diverse Mob. First And New subsequently provides us with a good example to Cultures - Entwined Stories. follow, and a solid foundation upon which to nurture Australia’s transforming multicultural identity. This edition offers readers diverse perspectives on Australian multiculturalism has strong and proud the entwined stories of Indigenous and immigrant foundations, as reflected by the example of our First Australians, and highlights the moral responsibility Peoples, and we must acknowledge and celebrate of newly arrived Australians to acknowledge the this as a fundamental aspect of our national identity history and culture of Aboriginal and Torres Strait going forward. Islander peoples. This issue brings together expert opinions and personal stories from leading advocacy There are, however, a number of other important groups, academics and individual advocates on reasons that underscore the need, as FECCA sees constitutional recognition for Aboriginal and Torres it, for more light to be shed on the entwined stories Strait Islander peoples, the cultural diversity of of Australia’s first and new communities. Australia’s First peoples and their fight against Framing these in the current political and social oppression, discrimination and racism. context, advocates in both the multicultural and From FECCA’s perspective, our efforts to advocate Indigenous sectors, albeit through different lenses, for greater recognition of the needs and requirements continue to highlight that all Australians should be of people from culturally and linguistically diverse able to access government programs and services (CALD) backgrounds must reflect our appreciation equally, regardless of their cultural, linguistic or of the fact that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander religious background. FECCA’s long-held view in people in Australia have undoubtedly been most this regard is that having access to basic services affected by policies and practices that have is fundamental in facilitating effective settlement for directly opposed or undermined the principles of new Australians, and paves the way for greater social multiculturalism. First Australians have long endured inclusion and community engagement. We see this both overt and implicit experiences of racial as similarly the case for Indigenous communities, vilification and discrimination, and have suffered the who alongside CALD communities, face multiple associated negative impact of such experiences. disadvantages, particularly with regard to limited On this basis, FECCA’s view is fundamentally that systems knowledge and understanding, as well future positive work in the multicultural space as issues in accessing information and available cannot be successfully undertaken without due support mechanisms. Compounded by experiences acknowledgement of the past injustices that have of systemic discrimination and limited cultural impacted on Australia’s First Peoples, as these awareness, the obstacles preventing social inclusivity same issues will otherwise only continue to impact and stronger community engagement for both First on first and new Australians. and New Australians become clearly apparent. Underwriting FECCA’s perspective in this regard is This is not to suggest, however, that the intention an acknowledgement of the cultural diversity that and mode of delivery of services for ethnic and is, and always has been, inherent to Australia’s Indigenous communities are directly comparable, Indigenous communities. Transcending the broad but more to highlight that issues of access and label of ‘Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander equity, in a broad sense, are relevant to both first Peoples’, First Australian communities are as and new communities. As such, recommendations diverse in their cultural practices and beliefs as to government on ways through which to improve are the array of ethnic communities recognised service delivery and access must be appreciative as constituting our contemporary ‘immigrant of, and responsive to, the range of issues that impact nation’. That the harmonious co-existence of all Australians, and particularly those communities these Indigenous communities took place over at most disadvantage. 4 Further to access and equity issues, however, a At the time of writing, recently-announced changes more explicit topic of mutual concern that is currently to the Act have included the proposed repealing of great relevance to both Indigenous and ethnic of racial vilification provisions in their current form, communities is the ongoing debate regarding the the defining of an offence as any action that would Australian Government’s proposed amendments to “intimidate another person” (predominantly through the Racial Discrimination Act. physical harm and intimidation), and creating a new clause making it illegal to “vilify another person” FECCA has strongly supported the position put on the basis of “race, colour or national or ethnic forward by both Indigenous and ethnic communities, origin”. Most alarming, however, is the addition of of the need to protect the Act in its current a new provision (Subsection 4), which essentially formulation, and specifically, preserve Section 18C, outlines a series of exceptions for almost every that deems unlawful any act that is reasonably potential case in which the Act may be applicable, likely “to offend, insult, humiliate or intimidate” subsequently negating its potential to achieve someone on the grounds of their race or ethnicity. its intended objective—that is, the provision of The reasons for opposing the amendments have necessary protections in response to experiences been well substantiated and made overwhelmingly of racial vilification. clear—the Act is a landmark piece of legislation that underpins the essence of our multicultural society and is integral to preserving Australia’s identity as a diverse, inclusive and democratic nation. Both ethnic and Indigenous communities have expressed their vehement opposition to amendments which are viewed as comparable to the implicit warranting of potential public vilification and discrimination against people on the basis of their race. 5 and CALD communities share common concerns that form part of a broader advocacy agenda. Peter Yu, Chair of the Northern Australian Indigenous Land and Sea Management Alliance, provides a personal reflection on his Aboriginal and Hakka Chinese heritage and his hometown, Broome, as a multicultural town that challenged the racist vision of White Australia. Broome, in Mr Yu’s views, is a melting pot for Aboriginal and Asian cultures that are entwined in a unique multicultural community based on respect, inclusion and cohesiveness. Leah Armstrong, CEO of Reconciliation Australia, provides an insightful perspective on reconciliation and multiculturalism based on her own family experience of Torres Strait Islander, Japanese,
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