 I believe Australians are a welcoming, inclusive and compassionate people and I believe that diversity should be celebrated. I'm the director of Welcome to Australia, an organisation that helps everyday Australians to be welcoming to asylum seekers, refugees and other new arrivals to Australia. I'm also the lead pastor of the Activate community here in Adelaide and we have a range of programs that help new arrivals and others who are at risk in our community. I think volunteering is so important because it sends a message that the people you're working with are important and valuable in their own right, not because you're being paid but simply because they're human. As a person of faith myself, I find it so amazing that these people who have been through so much trauma and loss, refugees that have arrived here in Australia are still people of faith themselves and that they believe in a God that looks after them and cares for them. That always blows me away. I love working in the community because my children go up knowing that serving others is important and that we're all different but we're all worthy of dignity and respect. It's essential that Australians embrace the reality of a diverse nation of many cultures. As we celebrate diversity, we can build unity. Fearing it will only create conflict.