Australia is a nation enriched by diversity of many different cultures. Promoting intercultural dialogue, social harmony and cohesion in these diverse multicultural communities in Australia is imperative. In order to achieve an ideal harmony, there needs to be more concrete relationships between the multicultural communities of Australia. Social Cohesion, Social Harmony can only be attained by reaching out to all members of Society. This can be achieved through social interaction, community awareness programs, educational projects at all levels, accurate information and community organisations working with Government organisations, academics and the media.   The Australian Intercultural Society was established with the intention of playing a part in this noble cause. Our aims are:

- to promote the harmony of Australia's diverse cultural values on national and/or international level.

- to promote and foster harmonious relations between different cultures and members of different communities that form the fabric of the Australian society.

- to encourage members of the community to achieve efficiency and promote high ethical standards in education, business, industry, professions, public duties and private endeavours.

- to initiate, organize and/or sponsor educational projects. 

- to raise public awareness on social justice issues and to organize and plan various events and functions such as international conferences, educational projects, arts festivals, places of worship visits, joint intercultural projects, Study Tours, Women's networks and various other public events.

- to enhance social cohesion and harmony through social interaction and partnered projects.
 

The Australian Intercultural Society (AIS), since its inception in 2000, has been working tirelessly to engender community harmony and inclusion by means of overcoming the discrimination and ignorance that exists between communities, becoming a catalyst for a social change. To date, it has engineered countless events and projects aimed at fusing the Australian community harmoniously around the concept of “understanding through interaction”. This model adopted by the Australian Intercultural Society has been very successful in introducing to Australian society a new version in the arena of interfaith and intercultural relations. 

Over the course of the last six years the AIS has cemented great relationships with organisations and individuals who have led their communities in widening their vision and partaking in intercultural and interfaith activity exposing them to the values and practices of people from diverse backgrounds.

The AIS has focused on what makes people unite, concentrating on the core values of humanity, and through their networks and campaigning have elevated themselves to the forefront of the Australian sociol inclusion platform.

To date, AIS has implemented numerous social activities such as the International Abraham Conference series, the establishment of university chairs and lectureships, educational field trips to places of worship, observations of religious occasions, cultural exhibitions, overseas study  tours, government sponsored projects, professional training programs and interfaith journals, just name a few.

The organisation has brought Australia a new framework of social interaction based on a yearly planer devised by the board after careful consideration of projects put before them through numerous channels.
 

- The rights of all human beings is equally important, and the rights of an individual cannot be sacrificed for the sake of any society, race or culture.

- Power is with the truth, a refutation of the common belief that truth relies on power.

- Justice, fairness and laws of the land are essential elements of human rights.

- Freedom of belief & opinion, right to live, personal property, reproduction, and well being of individuals (both mental and physical health) cannot be violated.

- The privacy of human beings and protection of individual's life must be maintained.

- No one can be convicted of a crime without evidence, or accused and punished for someone else's crime even if the suspect happens to be his or her closest relative.

- Diverse cultures must cooperate for a peaceful co-existence.

- All types of violence, atrocities and terror should be condemned by all cultures and communities.

Our Structure:

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Australian Intercultural Society Organizational Structure