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2010 - African Australians: human rights and social inclusion issues project

A compendium detailing the outcomes of the community and stakeholder consultations and interviews and public submissions

12 Appendices

12.1 Appendix A: Steering Committee and Community Reference Group members

(a) Steering Committee members

Name	Organisation
Abeselom Nega	Immediate Past Chair Federation of African Communities Council (FACC)
Samia Baho	Executive Director Centre for African Australian Women's Issues
Cath Scarth	General Manager, Community and Policy Adult Multicultural Education Service (AMES)
Kym McConnell	Director, Volunteering Policy and Planning Section, Community Investment Branch Australian Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA)
Dr Steve Francis	National Manager, Movement Relations and Advocacy Australian Red Cross
Georgia Zogalis	National Program Manager Multicultural Mental Health Australia on behalf of Diversity Health Institute
Priya SaratChandran	Senior Policy Officer, Sex and Age Discrimination Unit Australian Human Rights Commission Representative from September 2009
Somali Cerise	Senior Policy Officer, Sex and Age Discrimination Unit Australian Human Rights Commission Representative until September 2009
Eugenia Tsoulis OAM	Chief Executive Officer Migrant Resource Centre of South Australia Executive Committee Member Settlement Council of Australia
Amy Lamoin	Assistant Director, Race and Cultural Diversity Unit Australian Human Rights Commission
Conrad Gershevitch	Director, Race and Cultural Diversity Unit Australian Human Rights Commission
Claire Nield	National Projects Manager, Race and Cultural Diversity Unit Australian Human Rights Commission

(b) Community Reference Group members

(i) Australian Capital Territory

• Dr Kidane Belay
• Mr (David) Mukii Gachugu
• Mr Eskender Abebe
• Mr Gus Mpofu
• Dr Melissa Parsons
• Dr Joyce Adu
• Mr Charles M Njora
• Dr Berhanu Woldekidan
• Dr Ashenafi Tessema
• Mr Kabu Okai-davies
• Ms Alice Omaji
• Mr Ahmed Nur
• Ms Azeza Taher
• Mr Taklow

(ii) New South Wales

• Mr John Osifo
• Mr Makka Krubally
• Ms Grace Land
• Ms Juliana Nkrumah
• Mr Ajang Biar
• Mr Yirgu Beyene-Chassa
• Mr Clement Meru
• Ms Imme Tom
• Mr Girma Andarge
• Ms Abeba Belay
• Mr Mesfin Tessema
• Mr Geoffrey Mangwi Mugi
• Mr Adje Da Silveira
• Mr Varmah Dulleh
• Mr Ahmed Mohammed
• Ms Mereline Murimwa-Rarami

(iii) Queensland

• Mr Johnson Oyelodi
• Ms Gloria Sowah
• Mr Tewdros Fekadu
• Mr Bobby Whitfield
• Mr Daniel Zingifuaboro
• Mr Tamba Thomas
• Mr Berhani Mehari
• Ms Esther Kabamba
• Ms Odette Tewfik
• Ms Ifrah Mohamed
• Ms Leila Abukar
• Ms Abebe Meles

(iv) South Australia and Northern Territory

• Mr Ibrahim Jabateh
• Mr Mohammed Teia
• Mr Wilson Ndung'u
• Mr Leonidas Nitereka
• Mr Abdi Osman Abdalle
• Ms Odette Mbuzukongira
• Ms Frederica Gaskell
• Mr McRoberts Agaa
• Dr Joseph Masika
• Mr Juma Abuyi
• Mr Sidique Bah
• Mr Reagan Bledee
• Ms Brigitta Buntor
• Mr Emmanuel Chubaka
• Mr Mutanda Dan
• Mr Issac Alung Daniel
• Ms Zeleka Habtegioris
• Ms Lidia Inarukundo
• Mr Mabok Beng Mabok
• Ms Khadija Mansour
• Ms Assina Ntawumenya
• Ms Lena Tear
• Ms Sarah Tiong
• Ms Carla Tongun

(v) Tasmania

• Mr Mangok Mangok
• Ms Aminata Saccoh
• Ms Besta Peters
• Mr John Kamara
• Mr Melvin Metzeger
• Ms Amira Reindorf
• Ms Merhawit Tumzghi
• Mr Christopher Kamara
• Ms Louise Waquoi
• Mr Gemechu Chiro Datu
• Ms Faina Iligoga
• Mr Donatien Ntikahavuye
• Mr Alain Mpoyi
• Mr Fawaz Ateem
• Ms Fatmata Fofanah
• Ms Hirut Seboka
• Mr Kiros Hiruy
• Ms Deborah van Velzen

(vi) Victoria

• Ms Shukri Abdi
• Ms Theresa Sengaaga Ssali
• Mr Kassahun Seboqa Negewo
• Ms Fatma Moussa
• Mr Binyam Woldmichael
• Ms Melika Yassin Sheik-Eldin
• Mr Luel Fesseha
• Mr Solomon Alemu
• Mr William Abur
• Ms Mmaskepe Sejoe
• Mr Solomon Kebede
• Ms Negiat Taher
• Ms Zeinab Mohamud
• Ms Mmapelo Malatji
• Mr Berhan Ahmed
• Ms Idil Jama
• Ms Maryam Osman
• Mr Ahmed Yusuf
• Mr Abdulkadir Muse
• Ms Meseret Abebe
• Mr Clement Anguei Deng
• Mr Yousif Mohamed
• Ms Nyaddl Nyoun
• Mr Ahmed Ahmed
• Ms Ajak Nyariel

(vii) Western Australia

• Mr Abdulla Adam
• Mr Eli Manyol
• Ms Ruqiya Ali
• Ms Maria Osman
• Mr Gemechu Dembali
• Dr Casta Tungaraza
• Ms Olivia Mensah-Kamara
• Ms Ruth Sims

12.2 Appendix B: Community Focus Groups

(a) Australian Capital Territory

Date	Location	Profile/Representation	Number
29/5/09	Theo Notaras Multicultural Centre	Community Reference Group	8
30/5/09	ANU	South Sudanese young men	5
30/5/09	Private residence	South Sudanese (Dinka & Nuer)	9 = 5 men 4 women
30/5/09	Theo Notaras Multicultural Centre	Sudanese mixed	45
31/5/09	Private Residence	Eritrean Muslim Women	5
13/6/09	Labour Club of ACT	Community Leaders: Ethiopian, Eritrean, Kenyan, Zimbabwean	8

 

(b) New South Wales

Date	Location	Profile/Representation	Number
27/3/09	Australian Vocational Training Centre Board Room - Bankstown	Ethiopian; Eritrean	6 - men
28/3/09	Afghani Hall - Blacktown	African Muslim women: Sudanese (North); Eritrean; Somali	38 - women
28/3/09	Afghani Hall - Blacktown	Sudanese; Eritrean	8 - men
29/3/09	Australian Catholic University - Strathfield	Youth Ghanaian; Nigerian; Sierra Leonean; Liberian.
24/4/09	Baulkham Hills Holroyd Parramatta MRC	African workers	57
26/4/09	Baulkham Hills Holroyd Parramatta MRC	Kenyan; Ghanaian; Sudanese (North & South); Zimbabwean; Liberian, Sierra Leonean, Burundi, DR Congolese, Tanzanian; Rwandan; Nigerian	67
19/6/09	NSW Multicultural Affairs and Settlement Branch (DIAC) Sydney	DIAC Staff, including Grant Manager, Community Liaison Officers, and one staff member from Canberra	10
19/6/09	Auburn Diversity Services, NSW	Representatives from: African Workers Network.	42
20/6/09		African Women's Advocacy Training Program participants : Sudanese, Congolese, Burundi,	16
21/6/09	Granville Town Hall	Sudanese; Liberian; Burundi; Somali; Congolese; Eritrean; Ethiopian; Rwandan	47
25/6/09	Bulldogs Club Bellmore	Ethiopian (Oromo, Amhara Tigrayan)	4 women 6 men
14/6/09	Northern Settlement Services Penola House Newcastle	Liberian, Burundi, Sierra Leonean	13 men
21/7/09	STARTTS office - Auburn	NSW Service for the Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture and Trauma Survivors Staff	10
1/8/09	Lismore Neighbourhood Centre Lismore	Representatives from: African Community Association Sudanese Community Association Congolese Community Sierra Leone Community	18 (11 men / 7 women)
3/8/09	City of Lismore - Council Chambers Lismore	Stakeholders and service providers: Lismore City Council Sanctuary Northern Rivers Northern Rivers Migrant Service Lismore Refugee Network Legal Aid Anglican Church Diocese	10
3/8/09	Lismore Police Station	Conducted in consultation with NSW Police Cultural Diversity Unit.	18 Police Officers
5/8/09	Regents Park Community Centre	Consultation conducted with the Community Relations Commission and the Anti Discrimination Board Representatives from CRC, African Communities Council NSW, NSW Legal Assistance Forum	7
8/8/09	Private Residence	Consultation conducted in partnership with African Australian Association of NSW: Senegalese; Ghanian; Somali; Ethiopian; Tanzanian; Nigerian; Sudanese	22
9/8/09		Consultation conducted in partnership with Federation of African Communities Council Inc. Sudanese; Eritrean; Nigerian; Burundi; Congolese.	12

 

(c) Northern Territory

Date	Location	Profile/Representation	Number
12/6/09	Casuarina Library - Darwin	Service providers Relationship Australia Centrelink Legal Aid MCNT Office of Multicultural Affairs Anglicare	15
12/6/09	Casuarina Library - Darwin	African youth four women, eight men	12
13/6/09	Casuarina Library - Darwin	African communities: Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Somalia and Sudan	32
13/6/09	Hotel - Darwin airport Inn	Muslim women Four Somali Two Eritrea	6

 

(d) Queensland

Date	Location	Profile/Representation	Number
2/5/09	Multicultural Development Association	CRG Meeting	8
16/5/09	Coopers Plains Library	Muslim women Eritrean, Ethiopian, Somali, Sudanese	18
16/5/09	Multicultural Development Agency - South Brisbane	African Workers and Service Providers/Advocates working for African communities	12
16/5/09	Annerley & District Community Centre Inc - Annerley	Congolese Association in Queensland	7
17/5/09	Logan Festival Woodridge	African communities - mixed gender	30
17/5/09	MuÓoz Restaurant 21/197 Beaudesert Road, Moorooka QLD 4105	African Communities - mixed gender	42
17/5/09		Eritrean Community Association in Qld - members	6
17/5/09	Annerley Community Centre Centre	African Youth	22
	Cafe	African men	16

 

(e) South Australia

Date	Location	Profile/Representation	Number
24/3/09	MRCSA - King St, Adelaide	Women's focus group Sudanese, Burundi, Liberian, Congolese	19
24/3/09	MRCSA Adelaide	Youth focus group Sudanese, Liberian Burundi, Congolese, Somali, Uganda, Ethiopian	25 M = 16 F = 9
24/3/09	MRCSA Adelaide	Community Leaders / Reps Representatives from: Sudanese Community Association of Australia Acholi Community Association Somali Community Development organisation of SA Sierra Leone Community in SA Nurundian community Eritrean Community ACCSA/Liberian Community of SA Tanzanian Community Chairperson ACCSA Congolese Community Burundi community Sudanese community (GP) General Secretary of the Sudanese community African Communities Council Congolese community Sudanese community	23
25/3/09	MRC SA Adelaide	African workers, leaders, and their management committees Burundi, Sierra Leone, Congo, Sudanese, Liberian, Togolese, Ethiopian, Eritrean, Somali	18
25/3/09	Private home	African Muslim women Eritrean, Ethiopian, Somali	23
25/3/09	District Council of Tatiara Border Town	Organised by MRCSA and Murraylands MRC Eritrean, Somali, Nigerian	10
27/7/09	STTARS Offices	Organised by STTARS (Survivors of Torture and Trauma Assistance and Rehabilitation Service) African Women's Discussion Group Ethiopia, Somalia, Togo, Sudan	6
8/8/09	MRC SA	Women's Orgs focus group Representatives from the following: United Liberian Women's Association · Sudanese Women's National Network of Australia and New Zealand United Congolese Women	12
8/8/09	MRC SA	Men's Orgs focus group Representation from: Congolese community Liberian Youth Sudanese Association of Australia (SA Branch) Sudanese Tertiary Student Association South Sudanese Equatorian Youth Association (SSEYASA)	15
8/8/09	Bordertown	Organised by MRC SA and Murryalands MRC Eritrean, Somali	12

 

(f) Tasmania

Date	Location	Profile/Representation	Number
4/7/09	MRC (Southern Tasmania) 49 Molle Street Hobart	Service providers: Hobart City Council Community support for refugees Migrant Resource Centre Uni of Tas (UTas) Department of Health and Human Service Relationships Australia Centacare Hobart City Council Good Neighbourhood Council of Tas	10
4/7/09	MRC (Southern Tasmania) 49 Molle Street Hobart	Community members: Sudanese Ethiopian (Muslim and Christian) DRC Sierra Leone (note: two academics attended for one hour of the session Peg Levine - clinical psychologist University of Launceston Rural Health & Rob Peterson	18
4/7/09	Private Residence	Muslim women : Somali Eritrean Sudanese	7
5/7/09	MRC North Haig St centre 21 Haig st Mowbray Launceston	Community and community workers Sudanese Liberian Sierra Leone Madagascar	12
5/7/09	Private residence	Muslim women Eritrean Northern Sudanese	8

 

(g) Victoria

Date	Location	Profile/Representation	Number
6/5/09	Kensington Recreation Centre	Horn of Africa Senior Women's group - Somali - 10 Eritrean -18 Ethiopian - 16 Mixed Muslim and Christian	44
8/5/09	Centre for African Women's Issues (CAAWI) Footscray	Young Muslim men All born overseas but arrived in Australia as young children (b/w 18 months and 11 years old) 18 Somali 2 Eritrean	20
10/5/09	Eritrean Restaurant Springvale	Young African women: 18-27 years old Sudanese - Dinka and Nuer	24
20/5/09	Gilmore Secondary College Footscray	Young African women: b/w 14-17 yrs old Sudanese Somali Eritrean	12
22/5/09	Holland Court Flemington/Kensington Estates Flemington	Senior men's group: 50+ Somali - 4 Ethiopian - 6 Eritrean - 5	15
23/5/09	Dandenong	Senior men's group: 45+ Somali - 5 Sudanese -11	16
5/6/09	African Think Tank Footscray	African Think Tank Board and Members	4
14/6/09	CAAWI	Youth - University Students Mixed gender Somali Eritrean	8
18/6/09	Ballarat Regional Multicultural Council	Togolese and Sudanese Mixed gender Togolese - 24 Sudanese - 28	52
25/6/09	Multicultural Arts Victoria Fitzroy	African artists Participants: Sudanese (Dinka) Tanzania Burundi (Tutsi) Sudanese (Dinka)	4
27/6/09	Private Residential Home Richmond	Ethno specific - Ethiopian Mixed gender - 7 men/5 women Christian	12
27/6/09	Holland Court Flemington	Eritrean Red Sea/Eritrean Community in Australia	5
28/6/09	Private Residential Home Western Region	Ethno specific Group Mixed Gender 5 men/5 women Ethiopian Oromo	10
28/6.09	Holland Court Fleming	Homework support group Mixed gender - 4 girls/2 boys b/w 14 -17 Somali - 2 Eritrean - 1 Ethiopian - 3	6
28/6.09	CAAWI Footscray	Women Eritrean (Christian and Muslim)	14
28/6/09	Aramb restaurant	Professionals (accountant, lawyers, community worker, administrator, manager) (men only) Ethiopian Somali Oromo Eritrean	12
29/6/09	CAAWI Offices	Centre for African Australian Women's Issues - Board and Advisory Group Representatives	6
1/7/09	Municipal Association of Victoria	Local Government Diversity Planners: City of Yarra City of Monash LaTrobe City Council Melbourne University Moonee Valley Council City of Greater Geelong Maribyrnong City Council City of Whitehorse City of Casey DIAC Mount Alexander Shire Council Moreland City Council	26
3/7/09	DIAC Offices	Department of Immigration and Citizenship Settlement Planning Committee Settlement Workers Community Liaison Officer for African Communities	5
5/7/09	Private residence	United Somali Women's Association	5
7/7/09	Ethnic Communities Council of Victoria Carlton	VMC / VEOHRC / AHRC Good Practice Forum - African Australian Communities Reps from: East African relief Association Oromo community GV African Communities Association Gippsland Ethnic Communities Council Newlands Community Coburg Liberian Community Association LaTrobe Refugee Resource Centre Oromo Australia Community Association Sierra Leone Community Association MRC North West Good Shepherd Youth and Family Services EMC - Brotherhood of St Lawrence Department of Justice - Justice for Refugees Program Chollo Community	29
8/7/09	Victorian Foundation House	Victorian Foundation House staff (including African Australian staff) - session one providing direct services to individuals and families - they also have community relationships	21
13/7/09	Victorian Foundation House	Victorian Foundation House - Schools Focus staff involved with (a) schools - program of supporting schools and other educational agencies with students of refugee backgrounds and (b) a project to assist mainstream family services agencies to be better able to provide services to people of refugee backgrounds	7
14/7/09	Carlton Flats	Muslim women Eritrean	16
17/7/09	Private Residence Sunshine	Ethno Specific - Oromo Mixed Gender
21/7/09	New Hope Foundation Prahran	Representatives: African Community Settlement workers, community development workers Eastern and Central African communities	7
23/7/09	Spectrum Migrant Resource Centre	Staff including: Settlement Workers Family services workers Immigration and settlement consultants Complex case workers	19
	Castlemaine African Community Project Mount Alexander Shire Council	Castlemaine African Community Project
25/7/09	Nigerian Society of Victoria Inc.	Yusuf Abubakar President	5
27/7/09	Whittlesea Council Conference Room	African community members Mixed genders living in the municipality Tanzania Kenya Sudan Congo Liberia Somalia Included: Representatives from Whittlesea and Darebin Councils and Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne	35
27/7/09	Centre for Multicultural Youth Carlton	African youth Mixed gender b/w 17-25 yrs old	9
28/7/09	Springvale Community Aid and Advice Bureau (SCAAB) Springvale	African Community Settlement Workers Sudan Kenya Burundi	8
31/7/09	Fitzroy Town Hall Reading Room City of Yarra	Indigenous and African Community members Service providers and peak bodies: Melbourne Aboriginal Youth, Sport and Recreation (MAYSAR) Alliance of African Australian Youth EACACOV Local government - City of Yarra Neighbourhood Justice Centre Good Shepherd Youth & Family Services Sudanese Support Project New Hope MRC Metropolitan Fire Brigade Department of Justice - Justice for Refuges Project Australian Human Rights Commission	24
13/8	AFL House Docklands	AFL Multicultural Project Multicultural Project Coordinator Multicultural Development Officers Included interview with Majak Daw -Young footballer Sudanese background	5
27/8/09	Wellington Community Centre, Mulgrave	Women South Sudanese (Nuer)	7
27/8/09	Springvale	Lost Boys of Sudan
27/8/09	ADEC Offices Preston	Action on Disabilities in Ethnic Communities Staff	5
	CAAWI Offices	Somali/Ethiopian Taxi Drivers	10
	Private residence Lalor	African Creative Women Eritrean; Sierra Leonean; Nigerian	9
	Roxburgh Park	African community	22
	Flemington	African Family Day Care Providers	13
	Association of the Liberian Community of Australia (Victoria)	Association of the Liberian Community of Australia (Victoria)
		Eritrean Islamic Society
	CAAWI (Halima)	Somali Women in Business
	DoJ	Justice for Refugees Workshop - Community Educators
	Northern suburbs private residence	Hawo Tako Somali Women's Association
17/8	Holland Court Flemington	African/Somali Communities/Leaders (organised in partnership with the African Think Tank, the Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission and the Somali Community of Vic)
17/8/09	Thornbury	Somali Community Leaders
?/9/09	Warrnambool	Members of Sudanese Community in Warrnambool	22
?/9/09	Mildura	Members of Mallee Sudanese Community Inc	27
?/9/09	Shepparton	Sudanese, Congolese, Ethiopian	32
?/9/09	Geelong	Sudanese, Liberian,	14

 

(h) Western Australia

Date	Location	Profile/Representation	Number
26/6/09	Metropolitan Migrant Resource Centre (MMRC	CRG Meeting
27/6/09	Edmund Rice Centre Mirrabooka	Youth Leadership Group Sudanese, Kenyan, Ethiopian	8 4 boys 4 girls
27/6/09	Metropolitan Migrant Resource Centre (MMRC)	Community Ethnicities: Sudanese Rwanda Nigerian Congolese	28 people five women 23 men
28/6/09	African Communities of WA
29/6/09	OMI Offices Dumas House - Perth	Organised in partnership with Office of Multicultural Interests: Representatives from: Department of Health EOC WA Police DET Commerce Department for Communities Dept Housing and Works Dept Child Protection	18
14/7/09	ACWA office	African leaders
15/07	Private residence	Muslim women
15/07	Private residence	Mixed African communities
16/07		African Professional Network

 

12.3 Appendix C: Stakeholders consulted

(a) National

 

(i) African Community Stakeholders

Name	Organisation
James Gatluak Puk	Sudanese Australia National Youth Council

 

(ii) Generalist Stakeholders

Name	Organisation
Peter van Vliet	Federation of Ethnic Communities Councils of Australia
Andrew Cummings	Settlement Council of Australia
	Refugee Council of Australia
Joumanah El Matrah	Australian Multicultural Advisory Council
	Refugee Resettlement Advisory Council of Australia
Vivi Germanos‐Koutsounadis	Network of Immigrant and Refugee Women of Australia
Justice Nahum Mushin	Family Court of Australia
Rolf Fenner	Australian Local Government Association
	Forum of Australian Services for Survivors of Torture and Trauma

 

(b) ACT

 

(i) African Community Stakeholders

Name	Organisation
Dr Joyce Adu	African Australia Association of the ACT
Mr Ebenezer Banful	Ghana-Australia Association
	Sudanese-Australian Community Association
Kabu Okai-Davies	Manager, Multicultural Centre and festival producer

 

(ii) Generalist Stakeholders

Name	Organisation
Nic Manikis	Director, Office of Multicultural, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Affairs
Angeles Gomez	Branch Manager, Community Engagement & Multicultural Affairs ACT & Regions Office - Department of Immigration and Citizenship
Dewani Bakkum	Director, Migrant and Refugee Resettlement Services
Dr David Lucas	The Australian Demographic and Social Research Institute (ADSRI).
Sam Wong AM	Canberra Multicultural Community Forum Inc.
	Multicultural Women's Advocacy Inc ACT
	Canberra Refugee Support Inc

 

(c) New South Wales

 

(i) African Community Stakeholders

Name	Organisation
Dr Mansura Dopico	Lecturer, School of Social Work Australian Catholic University
Beatrice Sesay	Chairperson of the African Workers Network
Rosemary Kariuki	Ethnic Community Liaison Officer Holroyd Local Area Command NSW Police
John Moi	Sudanese Community Leader, Wagga Wagga
Adam Musa	President of the Darfur Community Association of Australia - Sydney
Fatma Mohamed	Project Officer, Multicultural Services - DoCS
Juliana Nkrumah	African Women's Advocacy Centre
Zewditu Tadesse	Ethiopian Women's Organisation
Assefa Tarekegne	Ethiopian Community Worker
Tadessa Ayele	Ethiopian Community Leader
Eric Tweneboa	Ghana Association President
Bernadette Agyepong	Community projects Officer (BMRC)
Fatu Dulleh	Liberian United Women's Organisation
Varmah Dulleh	The Association of Liberian Community of NSW
Florence Olugbemiro	Nigerian Health Worker
Ola Sunmola	Nigerian Association of NSW
Grace Iheanacho	Nigerian Women's Organisation
Bintu Kamara	Sierra Leone Community Worker
Mayom Tulba Malual	Sudanese Community Worker
Victoria Achit Mayom	Sudanese Women's Welfare Association

 

(ii) Generalist Stakeholders

Name	Organisation
Adam Whyte	Commander, Policy and Programs Command NSW Police
Caron Billings	A/g Director - NSW Multicultural Affairs and Settlement Branch (DIAC)
Mary Dimech	Manager, Multicultural Unit, DoCS
Ricci Bartels	Fairfield Migrant Resource Centre
	Ethnic Communities Council of NSW
Prof Andrew Jakubowicz	Head of Academic Group - Social and Political Change University of Technology Sydney
Jasmina Bajraktarevic-Hayward	Community Services Coordinator STARTTS
Melissa Monteiro	Manager The Hills Holroyd Parramatta MRC
Vivi Germanos-Koutsounadis	Network of Immigrant and Refugee Women of Australia Inc, (NIRWA)
Annie McWilliam	Lismore City Council
Paul Cruickshank	Lismore Neighbourhood Centre for Northern Rivers Refugee Interagency
Professor Helen Ware	University of New England, Armidale
Elena Berrocal Capdevila	Executive Officer Auburn Diversity Services Inc
Violet Roumeliotis	Canterbury Bankstown Migrant Resource Centre
Paul Cruickshank	NRMS Northern Rivers Refugee Interagency
Mr Stepan Kerkyasharian	Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer NSW Community Relations Commission
Richard Acheson	NSW Community Relations Commission
John Cornwall	President & Executive Director Horn of Africa Relief & Development Agency (HARDA)
Susai Benjamin	Australian Multicultural Advisory Council, AMAC
Violetta Walsh	Northern Settlement Services

 

(d) Northern Territory

 

(i) African Community Stakeholders

Name	Organisation
Mr Fezile Mpehle	Africa Australia Friendship Association NT Inc
Mr Kristopher Morris	Sudanese Australian Association of the Northern Territory
Edouard Ndjamba Ndjoku	Alliance of Congolese in the NT
Mr Lucien Mofalesi	Congolese Society of the NT
Ms Fatuma Ahmed Ali	Somali Community in the NT INC

 

(ii) Generalist Stakeholders

Name	Organisation
	Multicultural Council of the Northern Territory (MCNT)
	The Liberian Youth Organisation in the Northern Territory
	Multicultural Youth Council of the Northern Territory
Lava Kohaupt	Melaleuca Refugee Centre and Torture and Trauma Survivors Service of the NT
	The Northern Territory Working Women's Centre
	Refugee and Migrant Settlement Services

 

(e) Queensland

(i) African Community Stakeholders

Name	Organisation
Eunia Simbagoye	Burundi Community
Sebit Lako	Sudanese Community
Johnson Oyelodi	Australia-Africa Association of Queensland
John Okello-Okanya	African Seniors and Elders Club - Australia Inc
Daniel Zingifuaboro	Queensland African Communities Council of Queensland (QACC)
Ali Ibrahim	African Advocacy Worker MDA
Professor Andre M Kabamba	Australian Conference Rally on Kongo
Bobby Whitfeld	Queensland African Communities Council

 

(ii) Generalist Stakeholders

Name	Organisation
	Ethnic Communities Council of Queensland (ECCQ)
Gail Ker	Access Services Inc
Karen Lee	Multicultural Development Association Inc
Maria Krajwski	Queensland program of Assistance for Survivors of Torture and Trauma (QpASST)
Kelly Yip	Multicultural Queensland

 

(f) South Australia

 

(i) African Community Stakeholders

Name	Organisation
Sidique Bah	South Australian Multicultural and Ethnic Affairs Commission Youth Advisory Committee
Paul Atem	Sudanese Tertiary Students Association
Catherine Cole	United Liberian Women's Association
Victoria Achut	Sudanese Women's National Network (SWNN)
Odette Mbzukongira	United Congolese Women's Association
Mabok Mabok	Sudanese Association of Australia SA
Rukukuye Mastkay	Congolese community
George Fomba	Liberian Youth Leader/Elder
Possible Diessa	Congolese Youth
Simon Mpenda	Congolese community
Juma Abuyi	Acholi Community Association Australia
Abdi Osman	Somali Community Development organisation of SA
Assina Ntawumenya	Vice president of the association of Nurundian community
Khadija Mansour	Eritrean Community
Reagon Bledee	ACCSA/Liberian Community of SA
Joseph Marse	Tanzanian Community Chairperson ACCSA
Emmanuel Chubaka	Congolese Community SA Chairperson
Alexis Nsabimana	Burundi community
Gabriel Manguat
Akoi Guong	General Secretary of the Sudanese community and work of the African communities council
Martin Maya	Sudanese community
Bosco Opi	Sudanese
Abdi Osman	Somali
Shuriye Abdullah
Omar Ali	Somali
Gak Korn	Sudanese
Kayeandj Manase	Burundi
Ayen Kuol	African Women's Information Centre
Tibo Rogers	Sierra Leone Community
Sieh Mchawala	Director
Zuberi McHawala	Tanzanian Community
Amran Ainab Mohmed	Somali Women's Group
Shamuuva	Somali Women's Group
Esther Kamara	Liberian Community
Alain Takwende	Congolese Community
Jasmin	Judah, African Communities Council of South Australia
Ayer Kusl	STTARS/Sudanese Community
Nyiel Jok	Sudanese Community of SA
Sahara M Esse	Somali Community
Sarah Yax Malet	STTARS/Sudanese Community
Aime Ruigira	Congolese Community
Rose Ajwa (Madi)	Sudanese community
Rukukuye Mastaky	Congolese Community
Gido Mapunda	Tanzanian community
James Inawin	Sierra Leonean Community
Alfred Matthew	Sudanese Community

 

(ii) Generalist Stakeholders

Name	Organisation
Bernadette McGrath	Director, STTARS
Eugenia Tsoulis OAM	Chief Executive Officer Migrant Resource Centre of SA/SAMCSS
Rene Weal	SA FGM Co-ordinator
Maylin Superio	MYSA

 

(g) Tasmania

 

(i) African Community Stakeholders

Name	Organisation
Ansumana Usman Koroma
Dr Jonathan Thabano	African Communities Council
John Kamara	Sierra Leone
Dr Crispen Marunda	Zimbabwe
Mahmoud Kamara	Congo
Alphose-Toussant Tshitenga Mulumba
Awak Mario-Ring	Sudan
Isaiah Lahai	Tasmanian Sierra Leonean-Liberian Union
Zakarias Robe	Ethiopia
Danait Belay	Ethiopia
Junisa Bangura	Sierra Leone
Iréne Nyiransabimana	Rwanda
John Otto	Sudan
Kiros Zegeye
	Tasmanian African Youth Association
	African Migrant Community Reference Group

 

(ii) Generalist Stakeholders

Name	Organisation
Yabbo Thompson	Relationships Australia Tasmania
Cedric Manen	General Manager, Migrant Resource Centre (Southern Tasmania) Inc.
Danielle Campbell	Policy Officer Volunteering Tasmania Inc
Rohan Wirasinha	Multicultural Council of Tasmania
Margaret Eldridge	HBC CSR
Meredith Izon	MRC/UTAS
Deborah Van Velzen	Policy Officer - Multicultural Health & Well-being, Tasmanian Dept. of Health & Human Services.(DHMS)
Virginia Bashford	Centacare
Maria Pinferi	Hobart City Council
Sajini Sumar	Good Neighbour Council of Tas
	Multicultural Council of Tasmania
Herman Morris	Relationships Australia

 

(h) Victoria

 

(i) African Community Stakeholders

Name	Organisation
Dr. Berhan Ahmed	Chairperson, African Think Tank Inc.
Father Pedros	Orthodox Coptic Communities (Ethiopian/Eritrean)
Abdir Aziz	3CR's Somali Language Show
Prof Felix Mavondo	Zimbabwean community
Dr Apollo Nsubuga-Kyobe	Lecturer in Business Management Faculty of Law & Management School of Management, La Trobe University
Bekelech Habteselassie	Ethiopian Community
Lanre Bolarinwa	Nigerian community
Maimun Mohamed	Innovation Recruitment
Sheikh Isse Musse	African Islamic leader and Imam (Board of Imams)
Abraham Mamo
Dr Melika Yassin Sheikh-Eldin
Khalid Osman	Editor, The Ambassador Newspaper
Dr Christopher Numa Lemoh
A/llahi Hagi Ali	Somali Community
Saeed Saeed
Mohamed Farah	East African Elders Association Inc
Fartun Farah	Carlton Elderly Somali Women's Group
Sakena Kambal	Nubian Mihaira Inc
Adem Osman Malekin	African Community Elderly Association of Victoria
Berhan Jaber	Jesuit Social Services
Chantal Kabamba	President, Congolese Community of Victoria
John Sandy	President of the Association of the Liberian Community of Australia
Nadia Mohamed
Alphas Lisimba	Vice-President of the Darfur Australia Network.
Ahmed Tohow
Mahamood Humida	African Communities Elderly Association
Abdisebur Omar	African Community Development Centre (ACDC)
Wilbert Mapombere	Ballarat African Association
Ary Lyimo	Eastern and Central African Communities of Victoria Inc
Ismail Ahmed	Eritrean Elderly Association in Melbourne Inc
Negiat Taher	Eritrean Women's Association of Victoria
Wossenseged Mekonnen	Ethiopian Community Association in Victoria Inc
Tenenet Taye	Ethiopian Women Group
Hussein Nur Haraco	Somali Australian Council of Victoria Inc
Ali Mohamed Guled	Somali Support and Development
Mohamud Hassan	United Somali Organisation in Australia Inc
Zeinab Mohamud	Chair of United Somali Women
Adamu Tefera
Abraha Mamo Gebremariam
Dakhylina Madkhul	Noble Park English Language School
Reem Omarit	FaRReP Community Worker
Halima Mohamed	Somali community leader
Sheikh Abdiwahab Ibrahim
Abdinur Weli
Yusuf Omar	Australian Somali Youth Association
Jamila Mohamud
Abdiqadir Osman Muhamed
Clovis Alidor	Congolese
Pierre Blaise Kazadi Mwamba
Malyun Ahmed
Salaad Ali Ibrahim	Somali Ethnic Communities Council of Victoria president
Elleni Bereded Samuel	Coordinator, Community Engagement Office of Industry and Community Engagement, Victoria University
Clyde Salumu
Hussein Haraco	Victoria's Somali community
Jeremiah Temple	Sierra Leone community
Egi Chanyalew	Family & Reproductive Rights Education Program & Ethiopian Community
Idil Jama	United Somali Women's Organisations
Shrough Mohamed	Sudanese Community Association of Australia
Margret Choul	South Sudanese Women Group
Wemi Oyekanmi	Nigerian Community in Victoria
Olivie Dixon	Sierra Leone Women's Group
Ndungi wa Mungai
Abdiwahid Hassan	School of Accounting and Finance, Victoria University
Najib Mohamed	Hararian Community Association Australia Inc
Abdirahman M Faroole	Somali community
Abdulkadir Muse

 

(ii) Generalist Stakeholders

Name	Organisation
Nick Hatzoglou	AFL Multicultural Project Coordinator
Hass Dalal	Executive Director, Australian Multicultural Foundation
Litsa Chung	IHSS Team Leader, Ballarat Regional Multicultural Council
Sam Afra	Chairperson, Ethnic Communities Council of Victoria
	Ethnic Council of Shepparton & Districts
Hala Abdelnour	Project Officer - Ethnic Youth Council
Jenny Semple	South Eastern Region Migrant Resource Centre
Con Pagonis	Multicultural Policy Adviser, Municipal Association of Victoria
Anna Hall
Katie Fraser	North Melbourne Community Health Centre
Andrew Waugh Young
Rivkah Nissim	Policy and Projects Officer Victorian Equal Opportunity & Human Rights Commission
Trent McArthy
Agnes Cusack	Australia New Media
Paul Lees	Department of Justice
Magistrate Anne Goldsbrough	Melbourne Magistrates Court
Paris Aristotle	Victorian Foundation for the Survivors of Torture (Foundation House)
Licia Kokicinski	CEO Action on Disabilities in Ethnic Communities
Carmel Guerra	Director, Centre for Multicultural Youth
Ross Barnett	Executive Officer, Ethnic Community Council of Victoria
Tim Watson	Project Coordinator Castlemaine African Community Project Mount Alexander Shire Council
Maria Callipari	Multicultural Resource Officer City of Whittlesea
Licia Kokocinski	Executive Director ADEC
Biljana Komnenovic	SCAAB
Leah Nichles	Director, Settlement and Multicultural Affairs DIAC
Serap Ozdemir	Windermere Child and Family Services
Kate Bean	Executive Director, Ecumenical Migration Centre
Michal Morris	Centre for Culture, Ethnicity and Health
Joumanah Al Matrah	Executive Director, Islamic Women's Welfare Council
Katie Fraser	Footscray C Legal Centre

 

(i) Western Australia

 

(i) African Community Stakeholders

Name	Organisation
Moses Maker Mading Mabeny	President of the Southern Sudan Community in Western Australia
Eli Magok Manyol:	President - African Community in Western Australia
Abukalam Saeed
Dr Casta Tungaraza	Equal Opportunity and Social Justice Manager of Murdoch University Director of the Australian Academy of Race Relations
Dr Pendo Mwaiteleke	Lecturer in Social Work & Social Policy Curtain University
Deng M Kock	Former Chairman of the Bhar El Ghazal and Upper Nile Youth Association (BUYA) of WA
Stephen Kuria	President of the Kenyan Community in Western Australia
Ms Akinangisa Noyoo	Chairperson - The Organisation for Zambians Living in Western Australia (OZALIWA)
Ruqiya Ali	Somali Women's Association WA Inc
Gebreslassie Asekeh	Chairman Unity of Ethiopia in WA, Inc
Mulugeta Reda	Ethiopian Community
Oswald Ntagengerwa	President African Community in WA
Patrick Johnson	President Liberian Community in WA
Bosco p'Ogwaro	Youth representative, African Community in WA Inc
Ms. Nalishebo N. Meebelo	The Organisation for Zambians Living in Western Australia
Herman Chikonga	President, Congolese Community WA
Chaplain Kara Yokoju	South Sudanese Community Association of WA
Gemechu Denbali	Multicultural Services Officer (MSO), Centrelink
Segun Olowoyo	Nigerian Community Networker
Ruth Sims	Chairperson West African Women's Group WA, Liberian Community
John Lucky Little	Chairperson, Sierra Leone Organisation WA
Alfred Odongkara	Ethnic Communities Council of WA
Herman Chikonga	President, Congolese Community WA
Kumsa Bellew	Catholic Migrant Resource Centre (CMRC)
Chaplain Kara Yokoju	South Sudanese Community Association of WA
Segun Olowoyo	Nigerian Community Networker
Ibrahim Kokay	Community Liaison Officer, Metropolitan Migrant Resource Centre (MMRC)
Pierre Luboya	Congolese Community of WA Inc
Bahati Moseti	Kenyan Community In Western Australia (KCWA)
Frances Kosseh	Liberia
Kir Majiok	South Sudanese Community
Peter Mbago Wakholi
Tommy Adebayo	African Professionals of Australia 'Inc'
Samuel Riek

 

(ii) Generalist Stakeholders

Name	Organisation
Michael O'Hara	Director -Metropolitan Migrant Resource Centre
Susanna Iuliano	Senior Policy Officer Office of Multicultural Interests Department of Local Government and Regional Development
Ramdas Sankaran	Ethnic Communities Council of WA Inc and Multicultural Services Centre of WA
Marika Krsevska	Community Settlement Worker, Edmund Rice Centre
Maria Osman	Executive Director OMI
Norma Josephs	Association for Services for Torture and Trauma Survivors (ASeTTS)
Shanti Graham	Consumer Protection: Department of Commerce
John Piya	Skills Refresh Organisation of Australia

 

12.4 Appendix D: List of public submissions received

1. Negewo Kassahun
2. Confidential
3. Badasse Nagassa
4. Riak Agok
5. Anglicare Tasmania
6. Confidential
7. Binyam Bethelhem
8. Western Sydney Tenants' Service Paramatta
9. Name withheld
10. Redmond Mark
11. Lismore Neighbourhood Centre for Northern Rivers Refugee Interagency
12. Armidale Sanctuary Humanitarian Settlement
13. Wyndham Humanitarian Network
14. Crawford Georgina
15. Kuel David
16. Hamilton James Street Doctors
17. Consumer Affairs Victoria
18. Hanger David
19. Federation of Ethnic Community Councils
20. Appadier Ranijäng
21. Young African Speakout event
22. Kongor Students Association of Australia
23. Atem Atem
24. Fozdar Farida
25. Weldemariam Toshome
26. Migrant Resource Centre North West Region
27. Name withheld
28. Lucas David
29. Confidential
30. Clarke Anne
31. Pascoe John
32. Name withheld
33. African Seniors Club Australia & Community and Business Audit Society
34. Victorian Equal Opportunity & Human Rights Commission
35. Granville Multicultural Community Centre
36. Otti Emmanuel
37. Confidential
38. Twefik Odette
39. Australian Catholic University
40. Humed Abdurahim
41. Juma Andrew
42. Confidential
43. Confidential
44. Anonymous
45. Richard Moggaoriwani
46. Marufu Bellington
47. Confidential
48. Name withheld
49. Name withheld
50. Confidential
51. Migrant Education at Tasmanian Polytechnic
52. Mercy Family Services
53. Aguil
54. Footscray Community Legal Centre
55. Office of Multicultural Interests
56. Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations
57. The House of Welcome
58. Anglicare Sydney
59. Association of Services to Torture and Trauma Survivors
60. Office of the Child Safety Commissioner
61. Adu Ammish
62. Mwaiteleke Pendo
63. Eritrean Community in Australia
64. Sudanese Australian Integrated Learning Program
65. Nyuon Nyadol
66. NSW Young Lawyers Human Rights Committee
67. Jesuit Social Services
68. Lees Paul
69. Multicultural Development Association
70. Name withheld
71. Name withheld
72. Izon Meredith
73. Queensland Program of Assistance for Survivors of Torture & Trauma
74. All African Forum
75. Adam Abdulla
76. Survivors of Torture and Trauma Assistance and Rehabilitation Service
77. St Vincent de Paul Society Assisting Refugee Kids & Catholic Education Office
78. Goulburn Valley African Communities Association
79. Legal Aid New South Wales
80. Migrant Resource Centre of South Australia
81. Melbourne Catholic Migrant & Refugee Office
82. Department of Immigration and Citizenship
83. La Trobe Refugee Research Centre
84. Victorian Foundation for Survivors of Torture
85. Community Relations Commission for a multicultural NSW
86. South Eastern Region Migrant Resource Centre
87. Zaiter Monica
88. Public Interests Advocacy Centre & Service for the Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture and Trauma Survivors
89. Name withheld
90. Mohamed
91. Abebe Meseret
92. Chege Kenneth
93. Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
94. Sangbong Divine
95. Eastern and Central Africa Communities of Victoria
96. Horn of Africa Relief and Development Agency
97. Tasmanian Institute of Law Enforcement Studies
98. Federation of African Communities Council
    
    
    
    99 – 106 Confidential

12.5 Appendix E: Abbreviations and acronyms

ABS Australian Bureau of Statistics

ACT Australian Capital Territory

AMAC Australian Multicultural Advisory Council

AMEP Adult Migrant English Program

AMES Adult Migrant Education Services

ATO Australian Taxation Office

AUSCO Australian Cultural Organisation

CALD Culturally and Linguistically Diverse

CCS Complex Case Support

CPHR Community Partnerships for Human Rights (Program)

DEEWR Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations

DFEEST Department of Further Education, Employment, Science and Technology (SA)

DIAC Department of Immigration and Citizenship

DoCS Department of Community Services (NSW)

DPCD Department of Planning and Community Development (Vic)

ELS English Language School

ESP Employment Service Providers

ESL English as a Second Language

FaHCSIA Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and

Indigenous Affairs

FGM Female Genital Mutilation

FECCA Federation of Ethnic Communities Councils of Australia

FRSHE Family Relationships Services for Humanitarian Entrants

GP General Practitioner

HECS Higher Education Contribution Scheme

IEC Intensive English Centre

IHSS Integrated Humanitarian Settlement Strategy

ILO International Labour Organisation

IOM International Organisation for Migration

LCPs Local Community Partnerships

LGA Local Government Area

LLNP Language, Literacy and Numeracy Program

MCIMA Ministerial Council on Immigration and Multicultural Affairs

MEAs Multicultural Education Aides

MLO Multicultural Liaison Officer

MRC Migrant Resource Centre

NAATI National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters

NAP National Action Plan

NAYSS Newly Arrived Youth Support Service

NBESP Nation Building and Economic Stimulus Plan

NESB Non-English Speaking Background

NGO Non-Government Organisation

NSW New South Wales

NT Northern Territory

NYARS National Youth Affairs Research Scheme

PBS Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme

PTSD Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

QLD Queensland

RDA Racial Discrimination Act 1975

SA South Australia

SGP Settlement Grant Program

SHP Special Humanitarian Program

SPP Special Preparatory Program

SPRC Social Policy Research Centre

SWL Structured Workplace Learning

TAFE Technical and Further Education

Tas. Tasmania

TIS Telephone Interpreter Service

UNCRPD United Nations Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities

UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation

UNHCR United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

VET Vocational Education and Training

Vic. Victoria

VU Victoria University

WA Western Australia

12.6 Appendix F: Acknowledgements from MyriaD Consultants

A task of this magnitude and complexity can only be successfully accomplished by the invaluable contributions of people with a wide array of expertise
and skills.

Firstly, we would like to thank the members of the national Community Reference Group and the Steering Committee who provided considerable input into
the design of an appropriate and respectful project methodology, particularly in relation to appropriate community action research strategies.

Our research team comprised of a number of talented multilingual research and consultation experts, including:

• Ahmed Ahmed
• Amina Maleken
• Frederica Gaskell
• Khadija Mansour
• Nyadol Nyuon
• Odette Tewfik

Each of these researchers provided the depth and insight that is so often missing from the way in which community consultations are understood and
documented in research projects such as these.

We would like to recognise the insight, passion and the dedication of the numerous community representatives and community leaders who attended the
community consultations conducted across the nation, and extend our deepest gratitude to the individuals and families who opened their homes and hearts
to the project in an effort to ensure that others benefited from their courage to share their stories of both resilience and struggle.

We were greatly encouraged by the positive responses of both public stakeholder consultation attendees and those who provided written submissions, all
of whom welcomed the opportunity to participate and have input into this important project.

MyriaD Consultants would also like to thank the following peak African Australian organisations for assisting with the consultations and providing
important feedback throughout the research process:

• African Australian Association of Qld
• Africa-Australian Friendship Association (NT)
• African Communities Council (NSW)
• African Communities Council of South Australia
• African Community Association (WA)
• African Think Tank (Vic)
• African Women's Advocacy Training Program (NSW)
• Australian Centre for African Australian Women's Issues (Vic)
• East and Central African Communities of Victoria (Vic)
• Federation of African Communities Council Inc
• Horn of Africa Communities Network Inc

Many individuals within these organisations worked closely with the research team as community partners and ensured that the appropriate rigour,
respect and protocol was followed when engaging with diverse African Australian communities.

Our thanks also go to the many other government and non government organisations, including Migrant Resource Centres and other Settlement Support
Services, who often co-hosted the consultative forums that were held in many locations across every State and Territory. Thank you also to AMES (Vic)
for their active support and participation, including conducting various focus group discussions with the Community Aides. This work could not have
been accomplished without their significant time and effort.

The research team is also particularly appreciative of the support, guidance and professionalism of the Race and Cultural Diversity Unit at the
Australian Human Rights Commission, particularly the Project Manager, Claire Nield. Thank you for your vision and courage in pursing the project and
ensuring its outcomes.

Finally thanks should also go the number of experts and academics commissioned to write background papers, all of which provided invaluable insights
and critical contextual information.

Yours in deep appreciation,

MyriaD Consultants