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Five big ideas. Five actions.

1

Rights and responsibilities

The Roadmap should say who is responsible for protecting people's rights. We want to look at whether employers and other organisations should have a duty to stop racism before it happens.

2

Reaching people

Some people are not reached by services and programs. We want to support the local places where people meet: councils, community organisations, libraries, schools and workplaces. We want organisations to change how they reach people who are missed.

3

Taking part

People should be able to use their skills. Skills and qualifications from other countries should be recognised. People should have ways to become leaders in their community. We also want to look at things like housing and insecure work that stop people taking part.

4

Being accountable

Every promise in the Roadmap should have a person in charge, a partner with lived experience, the people, time and money to do it, and a way to show if it is working. People should be told what changed because they spoke.

5

The stories we tell

The way Australia talks about belonging matters. People's stories should be told with their ongoing permission, safely, and with the right to change their mind. We want to act on the online systems and media that spread division.

Questions about the Roadmap

We want to hear from you

There are four main questions. There is also one extra question. You do not have to answer every question. You can use any language. Your answers will count as an official response to the consultation.

We will only use your email address to send you the 'what we heard, what changed' report.
You can use any language. If you are answering in English, leave this box blank.

Just Gold keeps survey answers for SydWest, SSI and SCOA. We may use your words in the 'what we heard, what changed' report. We will not show your name or organisation with your words. You do not have to tell us your name, organisation or email address. You can ask questions by emailing hello@justgold.net. Read the privacy and collection notice (in English)

Other ways to give feedback. You can email your written feedback to hello@justgold.net. You can use any language. We will add it to the same feedback list. If you need another way to respond, email us. We will help arrange it.
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Have your say on the Social Cohesion Roadmap

About this document

This document is written in Easy Read.

It uses short sentences and simple words.

It is about a plan called the Roadmap.

You can ask someone you trust to help you read it.

You can get this document in other languages at thinksocialcohesion.com.au.

What is social cohesion?

Social cohesion means people in Australia feel welcome and connected.

It means people can take part and contribute.

It means people feel they belong.

Everyone in Australia shares responsibility for it. It is not a job for migrant communities alone.

What happened

On 28 July 2026, 160 leaders met in Parramatta.

The meeting was called the Think Social Cohesion National Summit.

Three organisations ran it: SydWest, SSI and SCOA.

People talked about what helps social cohesion and what harms it.

People did not agree on everything. But five big ideas came up again and again.

The Roadmap has one action for each idea.

Some ideas came from the Summit. Other ideas were added later by the three organisations.

Nothing in the Roadmap is final. We want to know what you think.

The five ideas and actions

  1. Rights and responsibilities. The Roadmap should say who is responsible for protecting people's rights. We want to look at whether employers and other organisations should have a duty to stop racism before it happens.
  2. Reaching people. Some people are not reached by services and programs. We want to support the local places where people meet: councils, community organisations, libraries, schools and workplaces. We want organisations to change how they reach people who are missed.
  3. Taking part. People should be able to use their skills. Skills and qualifications from other countries should be recognised. People should have ways to become leaders in their community. We also want to look at things like housing and insecure work that stop people taking part.
  4. Being accountable. Every promise in the Roadmap should have a person in charge, a partner with lived experience, the people, time and money to do it, and a way to show if it is working. People should be told what changed because they spoke.
  5. The stories we tell. The way Australia talks about belonging matters. People's stories should be told with their ongoing permission, safely, and with the right to change their mind. We want to act on the online systems and media that spread division.

First Nations peoples

The organisations propose that the Roadmap should start by recognising Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Peoples of Australia, and by telling the truth about history.

This will be worked out with First Nations leaders and organisations. It is not part of this survey.

First Nations organisations who want to be part of this can contact Kyriakos Gold at hello@justgold.net.

We want to hear from you

You can answer some or all of these questions.

  1. Do the five actions deal with the right problems? What is missing? What is too strong?
  2. Which actions matter most to the people your organisation works with?
  3. What should change before the Roadmap is finished?
  4. Who else should we listen to?
  5. (You do not have to answer.) Would your organisation like to help with one of the five ideas? Which one?

How to tell us

Online: go to thinksocialcohesion.com.au and fill in the survey.

Email: send your answers to hello@justgold.net.

You can answer in any language.

If you need another way to answer, email hello@justgold.net and we will help.

The last day to answer is 6 November 2026.

What happens next

We will read every answer.

We will write down each point and say what we did about it, and why.

If you give us your email address, we will send you a report called 'What we heard, what changed'.

The final Roadmap will go to the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion and to the government.

Six months after the Roadmap is published, we will report on what has been done.

Your privacy

Just Gold keeps the answers for the three organisations.

We may use your words in the report, but not your name.

You do not have to give your name, your organisation or your email.

You can read the full privacy notice at thinksocialcohesion.com.au/privacy.html.

Questions: hello@justgold.net.

There are four main questions. There is also one extra question. You do not have to answer every question. You can use any language. Your answers will count as an official response to the consultation.

Tell us what you think

You can email your written feedback to hello@justgold.net. You can use any language. We will add it to the same feedback list. If you need another way to respond, email us. We will help arrange it.

Read the whole Roadmap

The Emerging Social Cohesion Roadmap

The English original, the authoritative text.

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