Australia’s Multicultural Power Infrastructure.
Converting participation into decision-making influence across politics and governance.
Who We Are
Allies in Colour (AIC) is Australia’s independent multicultural peak body — built not as an advocacy group, but as national civic infrastructure.
We work at the intersection of:
- Political participation
- Governance capability
- Institutional representation
- System stability
Our mandate is simple:
Ensure multicultural participation converts into measurable decision-making influence across Australia’s public and governance institutions.
We don’t just run programs, we run an integrated national system.
The Participation–Power Gap
The Participation–Power Gap (PPG) describes the structural disconnect between who participates in society and who holds formal decision-making authority.
Participation includes civic engagement, economic contribution, professional leadership, and community involvement.
Power refers to roles with binding authority — such as parliamentary office, board directorships, senior executive roles, regulatory appointments, and advisory councils.
The gap measures the delta between population presence and decision-authority representation.
It is not a diversity metric. It is a conversion metric.
How does a modern democracy ensure representation translates into institutional influence?
Allies in Colour exists to solve that conversion challenge.
Allies in Colour operates the only integrated pipeline that moves multicultural talent from identification to institutional influence.
Our Institutional Partners
We work with government departments, statutory bodies, corporations, and boards seeking to:
• Strengthen governance pipelines
• Mitigate representation risk
• Build decision-ready leadership capability
• Improve institutional resilience
Engagement is selective and outcome-driven.
We exist because institutional resilience requires infrastructure.
Acknowledgment of Country
Allies in Colour acknowledges Traditional Owners of Country throughout Australia and recognises the continuing connection to lands, waters and communities. We pay our respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures; and to Elders past and present.