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Appendices: African Australians - Compendium (2010)

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