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AUSTRALIA@2015

AUSTRALIA@2015. Professor Andrew Markus. OVERVIEW. [1] Australia@2015 survey and focus groups [2] Positive findings [3] Experience of discrimination – South Sudanese [4] Muslim Australians [5] Australia born [6] Local areas

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AUSTRALIA@2015

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  1. AUSTRALIA@2015 Professor Andrew Markus

  2. OVERVIEW [1] Australia@2015 survey and focus groups [2] Positive findings [3] Experience of discrimination – South Sudanese [4] Muslim Australians [5] Australia born [6] Local areas The Australia@2015 report is available at the following sites http://www.monash.edu/mapping-population and http://scanlonfoundation.org.au/australians-today/

  3. The Scanlon Foundation Surveys

  4. 2007-15 SURVEYS SAMPLE SIZE

  5. SURVEY ADMINISTRATION • Available 20 languages, online and print • Promoted over 6 months (Sept. 2015-February 2016) • Partner organisations: SBS; Multicultural NSW; ECCV; Scanlon Foundation; • Monash University, Scanlon Foundation, AMF, DSS, state government departments, local government, organisations in Bendigo, CMY (Melb.), SSI (Sydney), MDA (Brisb.), Access (Brisb.), Logan Council, FECCA

  6. FOCUS GROUPS September 2015 – May 2016 11 Localities

  7. POSITIVESA GOOD COUNTRY FOR AUSTRALIA BORN A GOOD COUNTRY FOR IMMIGRANT

  8. AU@2015 - arrived 2001-2015

  9. EXPERIENCE OF DISCRIMINATION + (case study) SOUTH SUDANESE

  10. ‘Have you experienced discrimination because of your skin colour, ethnic origin or religion over the last 12 months?’

  11. SOUTH SUDANESE - BACKGROUND • A pioneer group + distinctive • Peak of arrivals 1996-2005 • Au@2015 respondents – 52% arrived 2001-05; 31% arrived 2006-10 • Satisfied with life in Australia – 76%

  12. FINANCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES + TRUST: SOUTH SUDANESE

  13. COLOUR PREJUDICE IN AUSTRALIA • Sudanese and discrimination • Pre-school • School • Streets • Shops/ shopping centres • Public transport • Police • Neighbours • Applying for jobs • Cultural norms – adjusting to Australian/ western ways • Individual capacity to cope

  14. INSTITUTIONAL TRUST – BY COUNTRY OF BIRTH

  15. Majority <> Minority Discrimination is not simply a matter of majority/ minority relations Need to understand attitudes/ behaviour within groups Some people that just come here and they have nothing to give but love …; other people come here and they just want to start fights ... Conflict. They carry their conflict with them ... they just want to fight everyone along the way.

  16. MUSLIM AUSTRALIANS

  17. ‘Is your personal attitude positive, negative or neutral towards …’ Scanlon Foundation national surveys 2010-2015 Attitudes: national survey Mode effect: online survey +40%

  18. Stereotyping in the media • It seems journalists who talk about [Islam] … don’t have a very good understanding of the religion…. It is irresponsible to publish something when you’ve got it so wrong or when there’s a basic lack of understanding… They speak about people, … [but] they don’t speak to people from the community.

  19. Extent of diversity within the Muslim community – as diverse as the Australian population • Country of birth • Ethnicity • Religion • Generations • Education • Class

  20. Experience of discrimination

  21. Varied experience of Australia • I’ve been living here for nearly 19 years. I did most of my studies in this city and I have never faced any discrimination, any assaults or anything. My main transport was public transport. • I don’t think I’m going to stay here for too long, for too many years … I think we will migrate again to somewhere else actually, to a Muslim country, because I don’t want my kids to be exposed to all this racism and going to airports and being questioned. And schools, like checking on them when they’re going to pray and stuff, I just want to them to live in a free country, which Australia was a few years back.

  22. AUSTRALIAN BORN

  23. SEGMENTATION OF AUSTRALIA – INCREASING? • Increasing diversity – culture, ethnicity, race, religion • Increasing population size of high diversity areas • ‘Growing up different’ – multicultural/ monocultural Coming from my very white workplace, ... like extremely white, ... walking from the station to Bankstown library, ... I saw Asians and I saw a woman in hijab and I saw someone that was an Islander and I just thought ‘frigin hell, why is this not reflected in my workplace, ... Like this is actually Australia, that’s not Australia, that’s white Australia.

  24. Ethnic and Cultural Tolerance Scale • Scale aggregates 9 questions • Maximum score = 45; low score = <10, indicating intolerance/ rejection of cultural diversity

  25. Ethnic and cultural tolerance scale Birthplace

  26. LOCAL AREAS

  27. LGA Index of Social Cohesion (score)

  28. 2012, 2013 Scanlon Foundation social cohesion Index (variance from national, by points) • 2012 • 2013

  29. Focus group discussion

  30. KEY ISSUES

  31. BALANCE SHEET • A good country for immigrants? • Mainstream Australian attitudes – extent of segmentation of Australian society, minority rejection of diversity • Experience of discrimination • New challenges for Australian society • Minority within Muslim community • African migration – colour prejudice

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