Multicultural overview
Catering to culturally diverse backgrounds
Inclusive Randwick Strategy
Randwick Council is committed to our vison of developing a ‘sense of community’ and aims to support and develop a connected, cohesive, safe, and resilient community where all people feel they belong, can participate, and thrive.
The Inclusive Randwick Strategy PDF, 7287.42 KB is a 10-year plan to help deliver Councils longer term vision contained in the Community Strategic Plan (CSP) and articulates our vision, attitudes, and actions toward the community we love and serve.
Multicultural mental health services
For any members of the community who would like access to support services, please visit some of the resources below for support and information on conflicts occurring in Iran.
Contact details for services/agencies:
- Iranian Community Mental Health Profile, Transcultural Mental Health Centre
- Witness to War, STARTTS: 1800 845 198 / https://startts.org.au/services/witness-to-war-multilingual-hotline/
- Sydney Multicultural Community Services: 9663 3922 / https://www.sydneymcs.org.au/
- South Eastern Sydney Multicultural Health Service
Multicultural Advisory Committee
Our Multicultural Advisory Committee identifies and discusses issues affecting people from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) backgrounds and develops recommendations for Council's consideration.
Multicultural community events
Randwick City Council also coordinates a number of community events and has trained a number of council staff to act as language aides.
Language aids
In order to assist the needs of residents who have English as a second language, a number of Council staff have been trained as language aides to provide assistance to people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
Council also has access to the Translating and Interpreting Service (TIS National) (TIS).
Council maintains close links with Sydney Multicultural Community Services which assists newly arrived immigrants.
Commitment to civic standards, community safety and the condemnation of hate-based anti-semitic intimidation
a) Randwick Council at its meeting in February 2026 reaffirmed its commitment to the guiding principles of Section 8A of the Local Government Act 1993 (NSW) which includes the need to act fairly, ethically and without bias in the interests of the local community.
Randwick Council:
- unequivocally condemns all acts of violence, terrorism, threats, harassment, or intimidation directed at civilians regardless of political, religious, or ideological justification.
- rejects the justification, celebration, or endorsement of such acts in Australian civic spaces.
- recognises antisemitism as a distinct and historically persistent form of hatred directed at Jewish people as Jews.
- affirms that antisemitism can manifest across the political spectrum and may be expressed through conspiracy theories, collective blame, dehumanisation, or denial of Jewish people’s right to safety and equal participation.
- rejects antisemitic conduct or expression, including where Jewish people are targeted, intimidated, or vilified because of their identity, religion, ancestry, or communal affiliation.
- affirms the right to lawful protest and political expression within the Randwick Local Government Area.
- notes, however, that expressions which reasonably foreseeably incite hostility, violence, or intimidation against identifiable communities undermine community harmony and public safety.
- rejects slogans, chants, symbols, or conduct that have the effect of threatening, glorifying violence against, or denying the legitimacy or safety of local communities.
- acknowledges that antisemitic narratives have historically preceded or accompanied violence, exclusion, and persecution of Jewish communities in multiple jurisdictions.
- notes that language portraying Jews collectively as oppressors, colonisers, or uniquely malevolent has historically been associated with societal harm.
- rejects the attribution of collective guilt to Jewish people for the actions of any state, government, or military.
- notes that the use of extreme or absolutist characterisations—where employed to harass or intimidate local communities—undermines social cohesion and public safety.
- affirms that Councillors and Council-endorsed forums are expected to act consistently with the principles of ethical leadership, mutual respect, and community cohesion.
- reaffirms that Council is not a forum for adjudicating international conflicts, however is responsible for setting standards of conduct within its Local Government Area.