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Liddicoat, Anthony J. – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2009
Australia's language and multicultural policies have constructed the intercultural dimension of Australian identity and practice in a number of different ways relating to different community groups. This paper traces the evolution of multicultural policy from the 1970s until the present through the main national policy documents in order to…
Descriptors: Public Policy, Ideology, Cultural Pluralism, Foreign Countries

Russo, Cos; Baldauf, Richard B., Jr. – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1986
Describes the influences which have affected the changing sociolinguistic setting for tribal Aborigines in the Northern Territory, Australia. The effects of various governmental and educational policies on language development are highlighted, and the need for deliberately planned, implemented, and monitored language policy is suggested.…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries

Baldauf, Richard B., Jr. – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1993
Queensland, Australia, is embarking on a massive limited bilingual second-language learning program for all students in the first eight years of school. Potential implementation problems and implications for the wider society are discussed, including the effect of the emphasis on studying Asian languages. (Contains 40 references.) (Author/LB)
Descriptors: Austro Asiatic Languages, Bilingualism, Cultural Context, Educational Policy

Bodi, Marianne – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1994
Discusses the effects of new national economic priorities in Australia and of that country's desire for closer trade and cultural ties in the area on European minority languages and Asian "priority" languages. The article argues that equity and mobility for those with a less preferred language background are best achieved via English…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Cultural Context, Cultural Pluralism, Economic Factors