Multiculturalism as a public policy framework depends on states identifying cultural differences among their citizens as salient for resource allocation, political participation and human rights. The adoption of multiculturalism as a term and a framework signifies the recognition of a politics of difference within a liberal democratic framework of identities and aspirations. Yet the national government in Australia unlike any other country with espoused policies of multiculturalism has chosen to have neither human rights nor multicultural, legislation. This paper argues that multicultural societies require either or both sets of legislation to ensure both symbolic affirmation and practical implementation. Taking inspirations from international, Australian State and Territory based multicultural and diversity legislations, and modelling on the Australian Workplace Gender Equality Act of 2012, this paper explores what should be included in a national multicultural legislation and how it could pragmatically operationalise in Australia to express multiculturalism’s emancipatory agenda.

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澳大利亚的多元文化法

多元文化主义作为公共政策框架，取决于各国将其公民之间的文化差异视为资源分配，政治参与和人权的重要手段。多元文化主义作为一个术语和框架的采用，标志着在认同和理想的自由民主框架内承认差异政治。然而，澳大利亚的国民政府与其他任何拥有奉行多元文化主义政策的国家不同，它选择既没有人权也没有多元文化的立法。本文认为，多元文化社会需要一套或两套立法来确保象征性的肯定和实际的实施。借鉴国际，澳大利亚州和领地基于多元文化和多样性的法规，