About the Multicultural Power Framework

The Multicultural Power Framework is an original policy framework developed by Tharini Rouwette in 2026.

It identifies and defines a previously unnamed policy function: the capability infrastructure required to convert multicultural participation into institutional influence. The framework was developed through a multi-year process of building practical systems addressing four capability gaps

Together, these components form the Multicultural Power Framework. Allies in Colour is the organisation through which the framework has been operationalised and tested.

Read the full Multicultural Power Framework paper here:

Intellectual Attribution Notice

The term “Multicultural Power”, the Multicultural Power Framework, its conceptual architecture, four- pillar model, and associated policy definitions were developed and articulated by Tharini Rouwette in 2026.

The framework’s original contribution is the identification and articulation of Multicultural Power as a distinct policy infrastructure layer: the capability infrastructure required to convert multicultural participation into institutional influence.

The framework architecture comprises of four pillars:
● Civic Capability;
● Governance Capability;
● Civic Voice Infrastructure; and
● Institutional Measurement.

Allies in Colour serves as the institutional vehicle through which elements of the framework — including COMPELL, ACE Civic Capability Infrastructure, The Governance Authority and The People’s Mandate — have been operationalised, tested and demonstrated.

Operationalisation of the framework through Allies in Colour does not alter the conceptual authorship of the framework, which remains attributed to Tharini Rouwette.

Suggested citation
Rouwette, T. (2026). Multicultural Power: Establishing Australia's Next Policy Infrastructure. Allies in Colour.