NESB Community Advisory Group Forum minutes - 27 November 2008

Meeting details

Venue:	Armagh House 226 Kooyong Road Toorak Victoria
Date:	27 November 2008
Start:	6.30pm	Finish:	9.00pm
Chair:	Alison Lendon and George Lekakis
Contact and Secretariat:	Michela Rupena	Contact phone:	(03) 9275 9962

Attendees

Ms Bobo Law	3CW Chinese Radio
Mr Billi Chueng	3CW Chinese Radio
Mr Michael Tang	3CW Chinese Radio
Mr Boris Jakovac	3ZZZ Croatian Program
Mr Morad Tadros	3ZZZ Egyptian Program
Ms Margaret Kharoufeh	Antiochian Community Support Association
Ms Amal El-Khoury	Arabic Welfare
Dr Kamiran Abdouka	Australian Iraqi Forum Incorporated
Mr Jalal Ahmed	Bangladesh Community
Mr Parsuram Sharma-Luital	Bhutanese Community of Victoria
Mr Sam Campisi	Centrelink - Multicultural Services
Mrs Maria Axarlis-Coulter	Centrelink - Multicultural Services
Mr Mile Musovski	Centrelink - Refugee and Network Support
Mr Vincent Chow	Chinese Association of Victoria Incorporated
Ms My-Linh Pham	Dept of Innovation, Industry and Regional Development
Mr William Daw	Dinka (Jieng) Community Council of Australia Incorporated
Mr Ary Lyimo	Eastern and Central African Communities of Victoria
Ms Prisca Cradick	Eastern and Central African Communities of Victoria
Mrs Amrae Mekonnen	Ethiopian Community Association of Victoria Incorporated
Mr Stephen Lim	Federation of Chinese Association
Ms Anthea Sidiropoulos	Greek Orthodox Community of Melbourne and Victoria
Mr Yared Gebremeskel	Horn of African Communities Network
Mr John Van den Berg	Japan Club of Victoria
Mr Phet Khan Amat	Lao Community of Victoria Incorporated
Ms Lucy Wang	Melbourne Daily Newspaper
Mr Brian Hsieh	Melbourne Taiwanese Chamber of Commerce
Mr Cemal Akdeniz	Moreland Turkish Community Association
Ms Magda Ziadeh	Multicultural Affairs Program
Ms Eugenia Pavlopoulou	Neos Cosmos
Mr Yusuf Abubakar	Nigerian Society of Victoria Incorporated
Ms Cina Choi	Num-Hoi, Pon-Yu, Soon-Duc
Mr Christopher Lancucki	Polish Community Council of Victoria Incorporated
Ms Morena Lopez	Salvadorian Community Council of Victoria Incorporated
Mr Jaime Ramirez	Salvadorian Community Council of Victoria Incorporated
Mr Michael Smith	SBS In-language
Mr Thang Ngo	SBS In-language
Ms Doris Leung	SBS Radio Melbourne
Mr Milan Pualic	Serbian Social Services and Support Incorporated
Mrs Maja Trzvuk	Serbian Social Services and Support Incorporated
Dr Hussein Haraco	Somali Australian Council of Victoria Incorporated
Mr Carlo Toniato	Spanish Latin American Welfare Centre Inc (CELAS)
Mrs Raymonda Kastoun	The Syrian Orthodox Community
Mr Asiz Kastoun	The Syrian Orthodox Community
Mr Sunny Duong	The Federation of Chinese Organisations from Vietnam, Cambodia, Lao Association of Victoria Incorporated
Ms Sharon Wong	The Federation of Chinese Organisations from Vietnam, Cambodia, Lao Association of Victoria Incorporated
Ms Maissa Olabi	Victorian Arabic Social Services (VASS)
Mr Usman Babar	Victorian Arabic Social Services (VASS)
Ms Manahal Hurmez	Victorian Arabic Social Services (VASS)
Mr George Lekakis	Victorian Multicultural Commission
Mr Andrew Waugh Young	Victorian Multicultural Commission
Mr Michael D'Ascenzo	Australian Taxation Office
Ms Alison Lendon	Australian Taxation Office
Mr Loc Trinh	Australian Tax Office, Access and Diversity Unit
Ms Michela Rupena	Australian Tax Office, Access and Diversity Unit
Ms Maria Cruz-Martinez	Australian Tax Office, Access and Diversity Unit
Ms Maria Doogan	Australian Tax Office, Access and Diversity Unit
Ms Jessica Blue	Australian Tax Office, Access and Diversity Unit
Ms Andrea Verberne	Australian Tax Office, Access and Diversity Unit
Mr Peter Bargholz	Australian Tax Office, Access and Diversity Unit
Ms Adibeh Abdo-Attia	Australian Tax Office - Arabic Interpreter
Mr Thomas Lin	Australian Tax Office - Chinese Interpreter

Apologies

Ms Lisa Lin	3CW Chinese Radio
Mr Michael Ho	3CW Chinese Radio
Mrs Tuab Keshtiar	Afghan Communities Council of Victoria
Mr Salam Hussein	African Communities Resource Centre
Mr Ismail Tuncer	Alevi Community Council Australia Incorporated
Mr Clyde Salumu	Angola Congo Communities Association
Mr Samir Mourad	Arabic Society of Victoria Incorporated
Ms Margaret Gibson	Asylum Seeker Welcome Centre
Ms Dragica Carol Hedjes	Australian Croatian Association
Mrs Marina Rozic	Australian Croatian Community Services
Ms Elizabeth Drozd	Australian Polish Community Services
Ms Natalie Markland	Australian Taxation Office
Ms Lusiana Livolti	CO.AS.IT. Italian Assistance Association
Mr Berhan Ahmed	Eritrean Community in Australia Incorporated
Mrs Dalal Smiley	Ethnic and Multicultural Commission
Mr Shaun Robson	Ethnic Communities' Council of Victoria
Ms Teresa Ferrer	Federation of Associations of Spanish Speaking Senior Citizens in Victoria
Ms Jun Xi Su	Federation of Chinese Association
Mr Peter Van Vliet	Federation of Ethnic Community Councils of Australia
Mr Stan Chang	Federation of Indo-China Ethnic Chinese of Australia Incorporated
Mr Bill Papastergiadis	Greek Orthodox Community of Melbourne and Victoria
Mr Sam Saltis	Hellenic Australia Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Mr Dario Nelli	Il Globo
Mr Kong Meng	Khmer Community of Victoria
Mr Boungnou Phaosihavong	Lao Australian Welfare Association
Mr Feuakham Kingsavanh	Lao Community of Victoria Incorporated
Mr Zlate Niceski	Macedonian Community Council of Melbourne and Victoria
Ms Sue Herbst	Migrant Information Centre (Eastern Melbourne)
Ms Jenny Semple	Migrant Resource Centre Incoporated
Mr Bill Collopy	Migrant Resource Centre Incorporated
Mr Anthony Abate	Migrant Resource Centre North-West Region Multicultural Affairs Program
Ms Saara Sabbagh	Network of Australian Muslim Women Incorporated
Mr Christopher Gogos	Neos Cosmos
Mrs Melissa Hajdvkovic	Russian Ethnic Representative Council of Victoria Incorporated
Mr Alberto Lopes	Salvadorean Community Council of Victoria Incorporated
Mr Maurizio Pascucci	SBS Radio Melbourne
Mr Hung Tran	SBS Radio Melbourne
Mr Thomas Sung	SBS Radio Melbourne
Ms Marina Celebic	Serbian Welfare Association of Victoria
Ms Judith Bauerberg	Spanish Latin American Welfare Centre Incorporated (CELAS)
Mr Hamdi Koyu	The Australia Light Foundation
Ms Fatih Yargi	The Australia Light Foundation
Ms Hanan Captan	Victorian Arabic Social Services (VASS)
Ms Melba Marginson	Victorian Immigrant and Refugee Women's Coalition Incorporated (VIRWC)
Ms Zeinab Sakih	Victorian Lebanese Community Council Incorporated
Mr Joe Caputo	Victorian Multicultural Commission
Mr Arthur B W Yong, JP	Whittlesea Chinese Association (WCA)