Ideas & Inspiration

  • Australia’s favourite celebration of cultural diversity in the workplace will return in 2024 with the dates now confirmed!   A Taste of Harmony will take place from: Monday 18 March until Friday 19 March 2024.   This year we have expanded our dates to accomodate the participation of individuals who will observe Ramadan (likely to take More >
  • We invite you to participate in A Taste of Harmony, a celebration of cultural diversity through food and stories. Whether you’re an ‘early bird’ workplace or a first-time participant, this is your chance to connect with your team over a shared experience.   By registering your event by February 16, 2024, you’ll not only become More >
  • Inclusion and belonging are incredibly important to digital services company Arq Group. A Taste of Harmony is a great yearly opportunity to not only celebrate cultural diversity, but also to remind everyone that cultural differences are considered to be a company asset.

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  • Our ambassador chef Carly Day, owner of Jamaican restaurant The Ja Joint, recently took a DNA test to learn more about her cultural background. We caught up with Carly to find out what she discovered from the test!

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  • I was always curious about my cultural heritage beyond what I knew about my family being from Singapore, with Chinese ancestry. Growing up in a predominantly white Australian community, with a few Greek and Italian families, I was always fascinated about how far and wide they knew their family tree.

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  • Our Chef Ambassador Chung Jae Lee took a DNA test to discover more about his Korean heritage. We spoke with him to find out what he learnt and what surprised him most from his results.

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  • How much do you know about your cultural heritage? Our ambassador chef Dominique Rizzo recently undertook a DNA test to discover more about her cultural heritage.

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  • Our chef ambassador Liliana Battle recently took a DNA test to learn more about her family history. We spoke with Liliana to find out what she discovered about her cultural heritage and which results surprised her the most!

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  • When Lisa Macdonald, Operations Supervisor at Autocare Townsville comes to work each day, she has one expectation from her team working as vehicle processors and drivers in the trucking business. And that is to come through the door with a smile, and say hello (even if they might be still waking up for the day).

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  • Tessa is Australian, as are her parents, grandparents and great grandparents. Her father’s ancestors came from Scandinavia.

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  • Catherine’s parents moved to Australia from China in the early 1990s. They met in English class where they fell in love. Despite growing up in two different cities and speaking two different dialects, Shanghainese and Cantonese, the unification of China during the Cultural Revolution enabled them to converse in a common tongue – Mandarin.

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