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The Australian Cohesion Index brings together an extraordinary depth of data, knowledge and analysis to provide a robust picture of Australia today.

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Source: The Scanlong Institute

Members of diverse cultures and religions gathered in the Melbourne suburb of Melton at a multifaith dinner celebrating the ten-year anniversary of the Melton Interfaith Network (MIN), on Friday 8
September 2023.

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Source: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Ruth Hannah has lived in the Australian coastal town of Mallacoota for more than 30 years. The 72-year-old daughter of Holocaust survivors knows of only one other Jewish person in her town, which has a population of 1,183 people.

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Source: Jewish Telegraphic Agency

In times of loss, change or other challenges, chaplains can listen, provide comfort and discuss spiritual needs.

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Source: The Conversation

Religious and multicultural communities across Sydney gathered at Pitt Street Uniting Church on the UN International Day of Peace (September 21) to pledge support for the Uluru Statement of the Heart and its invitation to establish an Indigenous Voice to Parliament.

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Source: South Sydney Herald

Jeremy Jones was a righteous man who was a faithful servant to his Jewish community here in Australia for more than four decades and a lifelong friend of Israel. He dedicated much of his work to promoting interfaith dialogue and was a renowned expert on antisemitism.

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Source: Australian Jewish News

When Guy Lawson gets to work, time just melts away – and that is precisely the point. Lawson is leading a group of painters and volunteers who are creating a vast painting they hope will be among the biggest and most important contributions to Buddhist art in the modern world.

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Source: The Age

We know that many people may regularly practice a religion, but it is not known how this helps mental health and wellbeing. We are interested in understanding how religion and religious practice helps a person with their mental health and wellbeing.

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Source: Swinburne University