NESB Community Advisory Group Forum minutes - 17 November 2009

Meeting details

Venue:	Armagh House, Toorak
Date:	17 November 2009
Start:	6.00pm	Finish:	9.00pm
Chair:	George Lekakis Chairperson, Victorian Multicultural Commission Shannon Kenna, A/g Assistant Commissioner, Australian Taxation Office	Facilitator:	George Lekakis Chairperson, Victorian Multicultural Commission Loc Trinh, Director, Access and Diversity Unit, Australian Taxation Office
Contact and Secretariat:	Michela Rupena	Contact phone:	(03) 9275 9962

Attendees

Ramesh Kumar	Adult Migrant Education Services
Margaret Kharoufeh	Antiochian Community Support Organisation
Amal El-Khoury	Arabic Welfare
Reza Siddique	Bangladesh Association
Jalal Ahmed	Bangladesh Community
Parsu Sharma-Luitel	Bhutanese Community
Youhorn Chea	Cambodian Association of Victoria
Margaret Dimitrou	Centrelink-Multicultural Services
Jack K Intziadis	Centrelink-Multicultural Services
Maisoon Suleiman	Chaldean Community Association
My-Linh Pham	Department of Innovation, Industry & Regional Development
Clyde Salumu	DRCongo Communities Association Vic
Abdullah Osman	East African Relief Association of Australia
Prisca Cradick	Eastern and Central African Communities of Vistoria
Ary Lyimo	Eastern and Central African Communities of Victoria
Shaun Robson	Ethnic Communities' Council of Victoria
Stephen Lim	Federation of Chinese Association
Samir Gebrayel	Future - Lebanese and Arab World News Paper
Nabil Aklan	Hararian Community Association of Australia
Riccardo Schirru	Il Globo
Deb Holmes	Migrant Resource Centre
Magda Ziadeh	Multicultural Affairs Program
Aida Tadrus	Northern Egyptian Association
Cina Choi	Num-Hoi, Pon-Yu, Soon-Duc
Michael Smith	SBS In-language
Doris Leung	SBS Radio Melbourne
Milan Pualic	Serbian Social Services and Support Inc
Radmila Ivkovic	Serbian Social Services and Support Inc
Hussein Haraco	Somali Australian Council of Victoria
Ann-Maree Reeve	Southern Health
Carlo Toniato	Spanish Latin American Welfare Centre Inc (CELAS)
Abdul Ahmed	Sudanese Community Association of Victoria Inc
Manal Mukhtar	Syriac Orthodox Women Association
George Salloum	Syrian Arab Community Council
Aziz Kastoun	The Syrian Orthodox Community
Raymonda Kastoun	The Syrian Orthodox Community
Christine De Nardo	The Syrian Orthodox Community
Manahel Hurmez	Victorian Arabic Social Services
Zeinab Sakih	Victorian Lebanese Community Council Inc
Carol Makhoul	Victorian Lebanese Community Council Inc & Family Initiative Coordinator
Bon Nguyen	Vietnamese Community in Australia - Vic chapter
Dalal Sleiman	Whittlesea Community Connections Inc
Jill Batkin	Springvale Community Aid and Advice
Lana Condie	Australian Bureau of Statistics
Andrew Henderson	Australian Bureau of Statistics
Cemal Akdeniz	Moreland Turkish Community Association
George Lekakis	Victorian Multicultural Commission
Shannon Kenna	ATO
Loc Trinh	ATO
Richard To	ATO
Michela Rupena	ATO
Maria Doogan	ATO
Peter Bargholz	ATO
Maria Cruz-Martinez	ATO
Jessica Blue	ATO
Leanne Campion	ATO
Adibeh Abdo-Attia	ATO
Sladana Mamic-Vidovic	ATO
Laila Lacis	ATO
Cerise Paul-Igai	ATO