NESB Community Advisory Group Forum minutes - 8 December 2011

Meeting details

Venue:	Australian Taxation Office Moonee Ponds VIC
Date:	8 December 2011
Start:	6.15pm	Finish:	9.00pm
Chair:	Tracey Nicholson and Ross Alatsas
Facilitator:	Thang Ngo
Contact and Secretariat:	Michela Rupena	Contact phone:	(03) 9275 9962

Attendees

Boris Jakovac,	3ZZZ Croatian Radio
Ismene Kongos	ACCC
Celia Falkland	ACCC
Yar Deng	African Community Advisory Board
Mahmud Hunida	African Communities Elderly Association of Victoria Inc
Ramesh Kumar	AMES
Michelle Bonardi	ASIC
Abdullahi Ali Osman	Australian African Foundation for Retention and Opportunity Inc (AAFRO)
Jalal Ahmed	Australia Bangladesh Association Inc Victoria
Khem Khanal	Bhutanese Community in Australia Inc
Parsuram Sharma-Luital	Bhutanese Community in Australia Inc
Daya Adelan	Caroline Chisholm Society
Sam Campisi	Department of Human Services (DHS- Centrelink)
Nancy Yang	Chinese Community Council of Australia (Victoria Chapter)
Wesa Chau	Chinese Community Council of Australia (Victoria Chapter)
Vincent Chow	Chinese Association of Victoria Inc
Ary Lyimo	Eastern and Central African Communities of Victoria
Julia Gonzalez	El Espanol in Australia
Nepo Gonzalez	El Espanol in Australia
Hai Pham	Footscray Asian Business Association
Vinh Tran	Footscray Asian Business Association
Abeselom Nega	iEmpower
Lucy Wang	Australian Melbourne Chinese Writers Association
Michael Scamparlino	Australian Melbourne Chinese Writers Association
Timothy Curson	Australian Melbourne Chinese Writers Association
Mark Schwarz	Australian Melbourne Chinese Writers Association
Nurper Goker	Moreland Turkish Education & Social Affairs Centre Inc
Maja Vucevic	Neos Kosmos
Cina Choi	Num-Hoi, Pon-Yu, Soon-Duc
Thang Ngo	SBS (Special Broadcasting Service)
Dusadee Coulson	SBS Radio Thai Program
Hussein Haraco	Somali Australian Council of Victoria Inc
Deb Holmes	South Eastern Region Migrant Resource Centre
Maureen Scheel	Spanish Latin American Welfare Centre
Abdul Ahmed	Sudanese Community Association of Victoria Inc
Yong Hoon Kim	The Korean Society of Victoria Australia
Sarah Berberi	Victoria Foundation for Survivors of Torture
Jeremiah Deng	Victoria Foundation for Survivors of Torture
Karim Noura	Victorian Lebanese Community Council Inc
Gail Moe Dwai	Wyndham Community and Education Centre
Say Htoo Eh Moero	Wyndham Community and Education Centre
Ross Alatsas	Victorian Multicultural Commission
Tracy Nicholson	ATO
Gary Holland	ATO
Marcus Wearne	ATO
Loc Trinh	ATO
Jessica Billimoria	ATO
Michela Rupena	ATO
Sladana Mamic-Vidovic	ATO
Madison Lovell	ATO
Lucille Wong	ATO
Katrina Foster	ATO
Manori Gunatilake	ATO
Leanne Campion	ATO
Sean Beven	ATO
Shailla Van Raad	ATO
Feridun Urak	ATO
Thomas Lin	ATO
Wendy Vuong	ATO

Apologies

Bill Shorten