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September 30, 2026

DreamWorks’ Forgotten Island is a joyous, painful love letter to the Filipino diaspora

Kristine Aquino, University of Technology Sydney

The first major Hollywood animation centred on Filipino culture speaks to the experience of migration that has become so deeply embedded in Philippine society.

A group of young Asian men play basketball in the evening at Prince Alfred Park, Sydney. icsnaps/Shutterstock

April 29, 2018

Pushing casual sport to the margins threatens cities’ social cohesion

Amanda Wise, Macquarie University; Keith Parry, Western Sydney University; Kristine Aquino, University of Technology Sydney; Sarah Neal, University of Sheffield, and Selvaraj Velayutham, Macquarie University

Casual sport can help communities thrive. But for many of Australia’s most marginal communities, it’s becoming harder to find a place to play.

Many people in culturally diverse populations in Western Sydney have lived in Australia for many years, if not several generations. Shutterstock

July 14, 2017

Blaming migrants won’t solve Western Sydney’s growing pains

Shanthi Robertson, Western Sydney University and Kristine Aquino, University of Technology Sydney

Reasoned debates on sustainable migration intake levels are important. But transport and health infrastructure shortfalls in Western Sydney won’t be solved by reactive anti-immigration attitudes.

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