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More details on our next event in Sydney, a recap on our last event in Canberra and more!
🚨 Changing the Climate: Diverse Leadership for a Just Transition - 10 October, Sydney
We’re excited to announce a new event in partnership with the Multicultural Leadership Initiative (MLI): ‘Changing the Climate: Diverse Leadership for a Just Transition’. It’s a timely conversation on why cultural, racial, and linguistic diversity is vital to climate action and how we can make space for it.
Whether you’re building a career in climate and sustainability or simply looking to be more climate-conscious in your work, this event is for you. As the urgency of the climate crisis grows, so does the need for those shaping our future to reflect the diversity of the communities most impacted.
Check out our LinkedIn for detailed biographies about each of the panelists and click on the button below to register for our event.
⏪ Event recap: From Advocacy to Action
On 27 August 2025, we hosted our first in-person event in Canberra at the Theo Notaras Multicultural Centre. The evening brought together over 70+ public sector professionals, allies and advocates for a panel discussion delving into tangible recommendations for accelerating racial diversity across local, state and federal government agencies. The discussions took place at a particularly timely point for the Australian Public Service, which is currently implementing actions including a cultural and linguistic diversity (CaLD) target in the Senior Executive Service as part of its first-ever CALD Employment Strategy and Action Plan.
Afeeya Akhand, Head of Research and Policy at CiC has published a recap on our (newly launched!) website on the event with key takeaways from the panel discussion.
We will continue to post recaps of our events going forward, so make sure to check out our website!
📖 In the newsroom
The NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) has launched their first Diversity, Equity and Inclusion plan. The plan will run from 2025-2029.
The Australian Human Rights Commission has published their latest report, ‘Health Inequities in Australia’. The report investigates how racism affects health outcomes and access to healthcare for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and other negatively racialised communities. It also provides evidence-based recommendations to drive systemic reform.
Sukhmani Khorana, Associate Professor at UNSW, has published an opinion article for ABC Religion and Ethics from her perspective as Indian diaspora in Australia: ‘Even when skilled migrants are model economic citizens, we can still never quite belong’.
🗓 Events and opportunities
13 Nov: The 2025 MindTribes Business in Colour Awards are more than a night of celebration. They’re about showing leadership, visibility, and impact in advancing racial and cultural diversity across Australia. Join 250+ leaders for a powerful night of recognition, performance and purpose. Register now (early bird pricing and bulk discounts still available!). Register now.
CaLD background Australian residents are invited to participate in a 20 min online survey conducted by Murdoch University and Curtin University to help researchers understand how CaLD people living in Australia cope with the mental health impacts of experiencing racism, and strategies that healthcare providers can use to improve CaLD people’s engagement with mental health services.
29 Oct: The Australian Human Rights Commission is hosting a free online event: ‘Beyond the Racial Discrimination Act: Re-imagining anti-racism in the workplace’.
👍 CiC recommends
Check out some books and events the CiC team recommends as the weather warms up. What are you enjoying this Spring?
📖 Flashlight by Susan Choi
Shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2025.
Flashlight mines questions of memory, language, identity and family as it tells the astonishing story of one family swept up in the tides of the twentieth century, ranging from post-war Japan to suburban America and the North Korean regime.
📖 🎤 Sydney Writers’ Festival at SLNSW
If you’re based in Sydney, check out the Sydney Writers’ Festival’s program of Spring events at the State Library of NSW. Featuring Australian and international authors and voices, the program aims to provide an inclusive and accessible platform for NSW’s diverse communities, and amplify underrepresented voices.
Our picks are:
Join award-winning novelist and journalist Omar El Akkad as he draws on a career covering the Wars on Terror, climate change, Black Lives Matter protests and Gaza to expose the broken promises of the West.
10 Nov The Australian Wars, 10 Nov
Stephen Gapps, David Marr and Rachel Perkins launch The Australian Wars, the first book to tell the story of the continental sweep of massacres, guerilla warfare and resistance that occurred as Indigenous nations resisted colonial occupation of their lands.
