Victor DurantiDirector - Policy, Settlement and Briefings

Multicultural NSW

Policy framework of the NSW Government to improve

multicultural equity

THE MULTICULTURAL NSW ACT 2000

All individuals in NSW:- Unified commitment to Australia - Importance of shared values - Free to profess, practise, maintain own linguistic, religious, ancestral heritage- Have opportunity to contribute to, participate in, public life

All institutions in NSW:- Respect, make provision for culture, language and religion- Recognise linguistic and cultural assets - Provide the greatest possible access to government services and programs

AUSTRALIA’S DIVERSITY -TOP 5 COUNTRIES OF BIRTH

Source: 2011, 2016 Census, graphic courtesy of the Australian Bureau of Statistics

Source: 2016 Census, graphic Multicultural NSW

OUR DIVERSITY IN NSW

Demographics on ancestry, birthplace, language and religions of 200 NSW communities featuring interactive maps and graphs with a snapshot of the top 30 communities.

Community profiles help you understand your local area.The profiles can help you to:1. plan services to reach the right people2. attract investment using statistics3. provide evidence for funding submissions4. support advocacy efforts5. make better investment decisions6. dispel misperceptions around community

demographics

OVERSEAS-BORN LGAS

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Canterbury-Bankstown Blacktown Cumberland Parramatta Fairfield

Source: 2016 Census, graphic courtesy of the Australian Bureau of Statistics

TOP COUNTRIES OF BIRTH BY SUBURB

Source: 2016 Census, graphic courtesy of the Australian Bureau of Statistics

• Hindi (24%)• Punjabi (17%)• English (14%)• Gujarati (10%)• Malayalam (8%)• Telugu (7%)

MYTHBUSTER 1All Indians speak Hindi?

Source: 2016 Census

All Italians live in Leichhardt?

• Leichhardt ranks 8th

• Top three suburbs:1. Concord2. Haberfield3. Five Dock

MYTHBUSTER 2

Source: 2016 Census, Country of Birth of Person

Arabic speakers are Muslim?• Muslim (50%)• Christian (41%)

And are born in:• Australia (44%)• Lebanon (25 %)• Iraq (10%)• Egypt (6%)

MYTHBUSTER 3

Source: 2016 Census

• Ensure all NSW Government agencies implement multicultural principles as core business

• Multicultural Planning demonstrates how agencies will implement multicultural principles throughout the agency

• Multicultural NSW reports to Parliament on the government’s progress in implementing multicultural principles through its annual Community Relations Report. This includes agency highlights and examples of best practice.

Multicultural Policies and Services Program (MPSP)

• Four Focus Areas:

Service Delivery

Planning

Leadership and

Engagement

• Nine Outcomes

• Agency reporting – Annual report and Community Relations Report

MPSP Framework and Reporting

NSW LANGUAGE SERVICE GUIDELINES

• Setting guidelines for language services across NSW Government.

CULTURAL COMPETENCY PROGRAM

• Partnership with SBS and International Education Services

• Building capability around cultural diversity in the workplace

• Improve understanding of different cultures• Gain access to a large repository of cultural

information • App and online

• EmailLink is an email broadcast service run by Multicultural NSW.

• Multicultural NSW maintains an extensive database of organisations and individuals from

culturally diverse communities across Australia.

• Our multicultural press monitoring service• 10 languages: Arabic, Vietnamese, Chinese, Korean,

Serbian, Greek, Spanish, Italian, Croatian and Turkish.• 24 newspapers across Australia with flexible

subscriptions.