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"It's a step in the right direction" New multicultural office established

"It's a step in the right direction" New multicultural office established

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New Federal Multicultural Minister Anne Aly says that social cohesion is not entirely up to multicultural communities. It comes as the government announced plans to open an Office for Multicultural Affairs to sit within the Home Affairs Department. But it falls short of a landmark report's recommendation to create a standalone department for Multicultural Affairs, Immigration and Citizenship, which also raised concerns about how migrant communities feel they are being monitored, rather than supported, by the Home Affairs department.