Rowland slams cuts to multicultural communities program
Michelle Rowland at the Golden Temple
Shadow Minister for Citizenship and Multiculturalism, Michelle Rowland has slammed the Liberal Party for asking for donations from multicultural...
Velji blasts community leaders for silence on funding cuts
Community leader Harish Velji asks Liberal Members to urge government to reinstate funding to the Multicultural Program.
Reacting to the funding cuts to the Multicultural...
Diaspora women discuss war, marginalisation
Women from diaspora communities met at the Unions NSW building in Parramatta on 1 March to celebrate International Women’s Day and discuss the role...
Cuts to SBS will hurt ethnic groups: Labor leaders
Michelle Rowland and Jason Clare
In the recent Senate Estimates hearings, the SBS Managing Director Michael Ebeid reportedly could not guarantee that the Abbott Government...
Faruqi welcomes Govt move on Western Sydney light rail plan
Greens NSW spokesperson for transport and Western Sydney, Dr Mehreen Faruqi MLC, welcomed reports that the minister for transport Gladys Berejeklian will move to...
Extra 1,000 Car Spaces For Sydney Rail Commuters
Since introducing the State’s first integrated train, bus and ferry timetable across Sydney last October we have been looking at ways to increase parking...
NorthConnex Motorway to Link M1 to M2
We’re getting on with the job of delivering the transport infrastructure this city desperately needs and have announced we will build the missing link...
Labor will oppose Liberal attack on race laws: Robertson
NSW Opposition leader John Robertson has said that Labor will oppose any watering down of racial discrimination legislation and develop a bold policy agenda...
3,000 Jobs Headed For Western Sydney
Starting next year, more than 3,000 public servants will be relocated and consolidated to new offices in Parramatta, Liverpool, and Penrith in a move...
Bigotry Should Never be Sanctioned
I recently launched a Museum of Sydney exhibition, Celestial City: Sydney’s Chinese Story, which traced the highs and lows of Chinese immigration.
It’s a story common...