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While LGBTIQ+ advocates have welcomed the legislation, faith groups are concerned the new laws are too vague and have been rushed through parliament without community consultation.

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Source: SBS

The first wedding took place at St John’s Greek Orthodox Church at St Andrew’s Place, East Melbourne, on Sunday, 20 November, 1898.

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Source: Neoskosmos

Australians overwhelmingly think that having a multicultural society is a good thing, but only if people who immigrate here adopt "Australian" values and integrate, a report has found.

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Source: ABC

Australian aborigines claim to have lived here for over 50,000 years. Some estimates put it even to 65,000 years.

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Source: Hindu Council

Author: Bayside Baha'i Community

I wish to share some of my thoughts when attending a symposium on Sunday, 31^st January, in Brighton, when eleven culturally diverse groups came together to share their experiences, culture, highlights of learning and activities to understand more fully the complex issue of “Advancing the role of women in society”. The symposium was titled ‘Building Bridges‘, organised and hosted by Bayside Baha’i community.

Youth PoWR (Parliament of the World’s Religions) launches The Sydney Statement, an interfaith charter for ‘building bridges between believers from different religions’.

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Source: Catholic Outlook

Unity in Diversity: We are one human family on a tiny planet in an incomprehensibly vast universe of divine creation.

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Source: Victorian Multicultural Commission

The need to bring faith leaders into the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, especially in the developing world where mosques, temples and churches remain major centres of gathering and information for communities.

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Source: ABC