Multiculturalism

English tests are required for many visas but some applicants have serious concerns about the costs and contradictions of the system.

After three decades, Broome's Son Ming Chinese restaurant has closed its doors because of a kitchen fire. Locals are worried the town's unique heritage is being slowly eroded.

When our parliaments, newsrooms, judicial benches and many other institutions all look a certain way, it is clear who is at the centre of Australia's monoculture.

A record number of Chinese Australian politicians now sit in federal parliament. They reflect on challenges they have faced and why diversity in Australia's parliament is important.

The attacks on Jewish people in Melbourne on Friday night should send chills down the spines of all Australians — Jewish and non-Jewish — who value diversity, culture and the right to be safe.

At Milan Fashion Week, models strutted in Prada's new open-toe leather sandals. Thousands of kilometres away in India, the show was met with disbelief.

A free swimming program is tackling a long-standing issue of higher drowning rates among Victoria's overseas-born residents. 

Much of Australia's French-speaking population has found their chosen homes in Killarney Heights, fit with Parisian cafes, French language classes and champagne-stocked bottle shops.

Tasmania is a small island, but there are 177 nations represented among its population. Mark Thomson and Andrew Wilson have set out to interview and photograph at least one person from each of those countries.

New research shows almost half of refugees previously working as managers and professionals are, 10 years later, still experiencing what's known as an "occupational downgrade".

Thousands of Muslims across Perth and Western Australia are coming together to celebrate the start of one of the biggest holidays on the Islamic calendar.

After migrating to Australia, Wing Siu thought her daughter was going through a silent struggle to adjust to a new culture. But the move hid a more complex and sometimes "taboo" reality. 

The Northern Territory is the only jurisdiction in Australia where Filipinos are the number one migrant group. Those in the tight-knit community share why they love life in the Top End.

At these Australian schools, entire days or various subjects are taught in different languages. 

The loss of a much-loved institution hits home in Townsville, amid a growing appreciation of — and nostalgia for — older-style Chinese restaurants.

After 44 years, it's a bittersweet end for the tight-knit family behind the Melbourne institution Afghan Gallery — and the community it has warmly embraced. 

The Northern Territory's multicultural affairs minister has defended referencing Charles Darwin's theory of evolution and quoting Hitler's propaganda chief during a parliamentary debate about racism.

A group of women in the outback is meeting up over a cuppa to learn how to sew and speak English.   

The pagoda was built in Nepal over two years and involved more than a million hours of labour by dozens of Nepalese artisans and families.

With its oyster shell facade and cave-like interior, the Grotta Capri restaurant in Sydney's east was a nod to its Italian owners and the migrants that shaped modern Australia.