Office of Multicultural Interests

Gateway to Multicultural Information

The following listing provides links to specific Australian Government and community organisations relating to multiculturalism and associated topics in Australia.

If you are looking for support services in areas such as health, housing, crisis and emergency and other services, please search the Directory of Services for New Arrivals in Western Australia

Federal Government

• Australian Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission – www.hreoc.gov.au
• agedcareAUSTRALIA – www.agedcareaustralia.gov.au
• Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade – www.dfat.gov.au
• Department of Immigration and Citizenship – www.immi.gov.au
• GrantsLINK directory, Australian Government – www.grantslink.gov.au
• Settlement Council of Australia (SCOA) – www.scoa.org.au

State Government

• Community Relations Commission of NSW – www.crc.nsw.gov.au
• Department of Culture and the Arts – www.dca.wa.gov.au
• Equal Opportunity Commission – www.equalopportunity.wa.gov.au
• Lotterywest – www.lotterywest.wa.gov.au
• Multicultural Affairs Queensland – www.multicultural.qld.gov.au
• Multicultural Tasmania – www.dpac.tas.gov.au
• Office of Multicultural Affairs NT – www.multicultural.nt.gov.au/
• Office of Multicultural and Community Affairs ACT – www.dhcs.act.gov.au/multicultural
• Skilled Migration Portal – www.migration.wa.gov.au
• South Australian Multicultural and Ethnic Affairs Commission – www.multicultural.sa.gov.au
• Substantive Equality Unit – www.eoc.wa.gov.au/Substantiveequality.aspx
• Victorian Multicultural Commission – www.multicultural.vic.gov.au
• Western Australian Guide to Government website – www.wa.gov.au
• Women's Health Victoria – http://whv.org.au/publications-resources/clearinghouse-connectors/chc-refugee-women-and-health/
• Working with Children Checks – www.checkwwc.wa.gov.au/default.htm

Other resources

Communities and services
Go to www.omi.wa.gov.au/omi_msd.cfm

• Association for Services to Torture and Trauma Survivors – www.asetts.org.au
• Celebrate WA – www.celebratewa.com.au
• Federation of Ethnic Communities Councils of Australia – www.fecca.org.au
• Institute for Cultural Diversity – www.culturaldiversity.net.au
• Refugee Council of Australia (RCOA) – www.refugeecouncil.org.au
• The Scanlon Foundation –http://www.scanlonfoundation.org.au/
• Vita Italiane – www.italianlives.arts.uwa.edu.au/ Italian lives in Western Australia

Educational resources
Go to www.omi.wa.gov.au/omi_schools.cfm

• The Voices of Australia Education Module is an educational tool to help combat racism and promote a culture of respect and equality among high school students around Australia has been launched by the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC).
  Voices of Australia can be downloaded from – www.humanrights.gov.au/education/voices_of_australia/index.html
• The Impact of Racism upon the Health and Wellbeing of Young Australians 2009 and Building Bridges: Creating a Culture of Diversity from the Foundation for Young Australians – www.fya.org.au
• Racism No Way – www.racismnoway.com.au
• Making Multicultural Australia – www.multiculturalaustralia.edu.au
• Reporting Diversity – www.reportingdiversity.org.au
• Multicultural Disability Advocacy Association Clearinghouse– www.mdaa.org.au/clearing
• Communities and Families Clearinghouse Australia– www.aifs.gov.au/cafca
• Australian Multicultural Foundation– www.amf.net.au
• StepOne provides guidance and practical resources to councils and community groups interested in implementing community harmony initiatives in their local areas – http://www.stepone.org.au/
• The UN cyberschoolbus – The International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination – www.un.org/cyberschoolbus/iderd/

Statistics
Go to www.omi.wa.gov.au/omi_diversity_statistics.cfm

• Australian Bureau of Statistics – www.abs.gov.au
• Settlement Data from Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs – www.immi.gov.au/settlement/
• Community Information Summaries from Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs –
  www.immi.gov.au/media/publications/statistics/comm-summ/

International Resources

Canada

• Department of Citizen and Immigration – www.cic.gc.ca
• British Columbia – Embrace BC – www.embracebc.ca
• Alberta – Alberta Canada – www.albertacanada.com
• Saskatchewan – Department of Advanced Education, Employment and Immigration – Immigration Services Commission – www.immigration.gov.sk.ca
• Saskatchewan – Multicultural Council of Saskatchewan – www.mcos.ca
• Manitoba – Multiculturalism Secretariat – http://www.gov.mb.ca/immigration/
• Ontario – Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration – www.citizenship.gov.on.ca/english/aboutus/index.shtml
• Quebec – Immigration Quebec (Ministry of Immigration) – www.immigration-quebec.gouv.qc.ca/en/index.html
• Newfoundland & Labrador – Office of Immigration and Multiculturalism –
  www.hrle.gov.nl.ca/hrle/department/branches/labourmarket/immigration.html