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Dialogue

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Promoting Inter-religious and Intercultural Dialogue in Victoria

2003-2004

A one-year pilot research/educational project funded by the Reichstein Foundation, the Uniting Church of Australia (Victoria Synod) and La Trobe University.

The programme, conducted during 2003-2004, was designed to foster a deeper dialogue in Muslim-Christian relations in Victoria in the context of the disturbing developments of the last few years (i.e. September 11, Bali bombings, the “war on terror”, Iraq War). 

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Advocacy

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Submission to Parliamentary Inquiry into Multiculturalism in Australia

29 March 2011

In February 2011, the Joint Standing Committee on Migration accepted terms of reference from the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, the Hon Chris Bowen MP, to inquire into the economic, social and cultural impacts of migration and to make recommendations to maximise the positive benefits of migration.

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Project

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Our World in Crisis? Interpretations and Responses

24 September 2003 to 27 July 2010

A series of 10-week and 6-week courses offered each year with the aim of developing  better community understanding of the dynamics of a rapidly globalising world and Australia's place in it. 

Each year the course attracted between 35 and 70 participants, most of them working in education, government, the professions, media,  and religious and community organisations, as well as a number of students.

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Keynote Address

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Languages Open the Door to a Bigger World

29 November 2007

Address delivered to the  National Seminar on Languages Education: Languages Open the Door to a Bigger World Convened by DEST and the Asia Education Foundation.

A video of Joseph Camilleri's address can be viewed here

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