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Centre of Multicultural Political Engagement, Literacy, and Leadership (COMPELL) 

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Advancing multicultural Australia in politics

The Centre of Multicultural Political Engagement, Literacy, and Leadership (COMPELL) is a non-partisan Australian organisation dedicated to bridging the gap between community leadership and systemic power, aiming to increase multicultural representation in politics.

  • Civic education and political candidate training for multicultural women (paid membership required)
  • Multicultural Youth Fellowship
  • Research, news and opinions
Find out more on the COMPELL website

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