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Non English Speaking Background
2010 Calendar of Cultural, Religious and National events
The CRC (Community Relations Commission) calendar records cultural and religious events
The DIAC ( Department of Immigration and Citizenship)calendar records key national events as well as cultural and religious days
2010 Calendar of Religious Significance
The Community Relations Commission"s guide to some of the Days of Religious Significance that people may request to take leave in 2010
It is not a comprehensive list of all days of religious observance, but a guide to assist managers in accommodating the needs of clients and employees. Supervisors have the flexibility to approve an employees request for leave for religious reasons irrespective of whether the date is listed or not.
The Islamic days may adjust one or two days either side of the dates subject to the lunar cycle, the Jewish days commence at sunset the previous day.
Centre for Cultural Diversity in Ageing
The Centre for Cultural Diversity in Ageing is supported by Benetas and funding from the Australian Government Department of Ageing through the Partners in Culturally Appropriate Care (PICAC) initiative, which aims to ensure the needs of older people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds are identified and addressed
Community Relations Commission NSW
News and information about CALD communities; promotes equal rights and responsibilities for all residents of NSW.
Diversity Health Institute Clearinghouse
Central access point for information on multicultural health in Australia
Making the Connections-DVD-how to work best with interpreters
A series of dramatised scenes that presents an insight into how to best work with interpreters in a variety of work situations
NESB and Disability Clearing Housing
NSW Refugee Health Service
People fo NSW 2006
The People of New South Wales is a major compilation of statistics on birthplace, language, religion and ancestry from the 2006 Census of Population and Housing. This publication has gone to considerable lengths to create a data source which is unique, accurate, detailed and comprehensive. Some of the features of this publication include:
Two Volumes.
Volume 1 provides local LGA Data
*Customised local area tables.
*Age-gender profiles for the most common birthplace, language and ancestry groups
*Detailed ancestry data by birthplace
*English language competency by age