Chinese Community Hosts Another Information Session on the Indigenous Voice Referendum (华人社区再次举办关于原住民之声公投的信息说明会)

Chinese Community Hosts Another Information Session on the Indigenous Voice Referendum As the Indigenous Voice referendum enters its final week, on Saturday 7th October 2023, the Chinese community in Melbourne gathered for another informative session at Box Hill Town Hall. The purpose of this event was to provide information to Read more…

Will Chinese Australians Stand Up for Justice and Fairness, Again? – By Chek Ling (澳洲华人会再次为正义和公平而站出来吗?)

Will Chinese Australians Stand Up for Justice and Fairness, Again? 澳洲华人会再次为正义和公平而站出来吗? Chek Ling (林忠质) In 1888 Lowe Kong Meng, Cheong Cheok Hong and Louis Ah Moy took the moral high ground in The Chinese Question booklet. They were ignored, of course.  It was the time. A century later, in 1998, the Queensland Read more…

Upcoming Chinese Community Q&A Forum: The Voice Referendum Information Session

As the referendum day (14 October) approaches, we invite you to join us to learn more and ask questions about the Voice Referendum – 澳华社区”原住民之声”问答论坛(中英文双语). 请点击此链接注册(RSVP): https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/chinese-community-qa-forum-the-voice-referendum-information-session-tickets-728654193307 特邀嘉宾 座谈会嘉宾 现场翻译 秦潞山教授 – 澳大利亚勋章获得者, 蒙纳士大学荣誉院士, 知名中英同声传译翻译官 This forum is jointly organised by the RMIT University Chinese-Australian Studies Forum and the Chinese Read more…

YES for the Voice: A Chinese-Australian’s Perspective – by Chek Ling (支持原住民之声:一位华裔澳大利亚人的观点)

YES for the Voice: A Chinese-Australian’s Perspective Chek Ling (林忠质) 1984 was a seminal year for me. Not George Orwell’s, but our own Geoffrey Blainey’s 1984. In that year my childhood imaginations of God’s own country got blown up by Blainey’s year-long anti-Asian campaign. He was then the pre-eminent historian Read more…

A Yes Vote Just as Important to Chinese-Australians as for Our Indigenous Brothers and Sisters – by Kingsley Liu (投Yes对华裔澳大利亚人和我们的原住民兄弟姐妹们同样重要)

A Yes Vote Just as Important to Chinese-Australians as for Our Indigenous Brothers and Sisters Kingsley Liu (刘仲权律师) With a population of 1.4 million, Chinese-Australians are the largest ethnic minority community in Australia and our say has weight. From the perspective of that community, an important objective must be playing Read more…

Chinese Community Hosts Forum to Promote Understanding and Support for the Indigenous Voice (华人社区举办论坛,促进对原住民之声的理解和支持)

23 September 2023 MEDIA RELEASE Chinese Community Hosts Forum to Promote Understanding and Support for the Indigenous Voice Shortly after the announcement of the referendum date as 14th October, on the Saturday afternoon of 9th September 2023, about seventy community members gathered at Box Hill Town Hall to participate in Read more…

A Letter of Appeal to the Chinese Community on the Indigenous Voice Referendum (关于澳大利亚原住民之声修宪公投致华人社区的呼吁书)

Vote Yes! To promote a fairer and more harmonious multicultural society aligns with the long-term interest and well-being of the Chinese community. The Chinese community, which demonstrates a strong sense of justice and compassion, will undoubtedly gain greater respect in Australian society.