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annual report 2008-09
Enhancing Victoria’s cultural, religious and linguistic diversity.
Annual Report 2008-09The 2008-09 Annual Report covers the core
work of the Commission and its achievements
within the context of its objectives and
functions, as outlined in the Multicultural
Victoria Act 2004.
This report can also be viewed online at: www.multicultural.vic.gov.au
Copies of this Annual Report can be obtained
from the Victorian Multicultural Commission:
Telephone (03) 9651 0651 FAcsimile (03) 9651 0612emAil [email protected]
annual report 2008-09
Enhancing Victoria’s cultural, religious and linguistic diversity.
Annual Report 2008-09 1
22 improving access and equity for all
letter to the premier .................................................................................3
chairperson’s report ..................................................................................4
about the commissionenhancing Victoria’s cultural, religious and linguistic diversity ............................................................................6
our role .................................................................................................................6
about the Multicultural Victoria Act 2004 ............................6
objectives and functions ......................................................................6
our commissioners ....................................................................................7
our staff ...............................................................................................................7
expenditure ......................................................................................................7
all of us policya new multicultural policy for Victoria .....................................9
community grants programsupporting and empowering Victoria’s community groups ................................................................................. 10
funding categories ................................................................................. 10
funding rounds .......................................................................................... 12
information sessions ............................................................................ 12
assessment process ............................................................................... 12
new programs and partnerships ................................................. 12
consultations, committees and community engagementresponding to the needs of our community ................... 14
consultations............................................................................................... 14
advisory/consultative committees ........................................... 14
community engagement .................................................................. 16
promoting harmony initiativefostering understanding and appreciation of diversity ................................................................... 18
print and online communications ............................................ 20
awards and receptions ....................................................................... 20
language services and refugee supportimproving the access and equity for all Victorian’s ...................................................................................... 22
language services .................................................................................... 22
appointments to boards and committees ........................ 22
refugee brokerage/refugee action programs .................. 24
cultural precincts enhancement fundpreserving our heritage for future generations............. 25
joint projects & initiativesparntering for better outcomes ................................................. 26
appendicescommission meeting attendance register ......................... 29
grants ................................................................................................................. 30
multicultural advisory board .......................................................... 62
awards for excellence .......................................................................... 64
victorian refugee recognition record ..................................... 64
contents
9 new multicultural policy for Victoria
2 Victorian Multicultural Commission
“We draw strength from our diversity, and this is one of the reasons why I believe our State is one of the most culturally diverse and one of the most harmonious in Australia.”
George Lekakis Launch of the ‘Greek-Language Writers of Melbourne book, 10 December 2008
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letter to the premier
The Hon John Brumby MPPremier of VictoriaMinister for Multicultural Affairs1 Treasury PlaceEAST MELBOURNE VIC 3002
Dear Premier,
In accordance with Section 18 of the Multicultural Victoria Act (2004) I have great pleasure in reporting on the Commission’s operations for the period 1 July 2008 to 30 June 2009.
Yours sincerely,
George LekakisCHAIRPERSON
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4 Victorian Multicultural Commission
chairperson’s report
The devastation of the Black Saturday bushfires reminded us of nature’s capacity for destruction. And yet, the disaster also sparked an outpouring of good will that demonstrated the people of Victoria’s capacity for hope and renewal. In the wake of the disaster, the people of this State dug deep, and gave generously to help others rebuild their lives. All Victorians, regardless of their cultural or religious background, re-discovered the importance of community as a wellspring of support in the ashes of Black Saturday.
Victorians have often drawn strength from adversity. Following a number of unfortunate assaults on international students, the Premier announced a Walk for Harmony to give Victorians an opportunity to show their support for cultural diversity and collectively condemn the social poisons of racism and prejudice.
More than 40,000 people flocked to Federation Square in March for the inaugural Viva Victoria festival, which was held as part of Victoria’s Cutural Diversity Week, the State’s largest annual event for the promotion of cultural, linguistic and religious diversity and community harmony. It’s always heartening to see these events as examples of multiculturalism in practice.
The Week also saw the launch of All of Us, Victoria’s new multicultural policy. Developed with extensive community consultation and built on a strong foundation of partnerships, advocacy and supportive programs, the Policy re-affirms the State Government’s commitment to multiculturalism and sets out how we can make the most of the opportunities to improve our society as a whole.
We look forward to working with the Commonwealth to further develop a national policy framework for addressing multicultural issues Australia-wide, to help Australians embrace diversity as a source of cultural enrichment for us all.
Since the previous year’s merger of the Victorian Office of Multicultural Affairs into the Commission, the VMC’s fundamental role as an independent link between the community and the government has been augmented with the task of developing
and providing policy advice in the area of multicultural affairs. Feedback garnered through regular consultations with communities and key stakeholders now directly feeds into the policy options that are developed. The Commission’s positioning as an Administrative Office aligned to the Department of Premier and Cabinet demonstrates the whole-of-Government approach to multicultural affairs in the State of Victoria.
One of the key strengths of my Commission is its continuing engagement with community organisations, helping them to address their specific needs and issues; because a community’s problems are a society’s concerns.
That is why we continued to support and empower communities through promoting unity, delivering on community aspirations and understanding, and celebrating diversity, while providing independent, timely and responsive advice to the Government.
The State Government formally endorsed the Commission’s strategic aims by announcing some important funding initiatives for 2009-10. The State Budget allocated an additional $4.6 million to help strengthen Victoria’s multicultural diversity and help support refugees in Victorian communities.
Our Multicultural Advantage initiative received a funding boost with the commitment of $2m over two years to promote and support harmony and social cohesion in Victoria. This initiative will develop a range of programs and campaigns to help Victorians better understand, embrace and celebrate cultural diversity; leading to improved social cohesion.
The budget cycle also acknowledged the importance of redressing settlement issues for refugees. The Refugee Action Program (formerly the Refugee Brokerage Program) received $2 million over two years, which will assist more than 50 newly emerging refugee and humanitarian communities across Melbourne and regional Victoria, linking services at the local level to support refugees, their families and their communities.
The Victorian Multicultural Commission’s popular
This has been a challenging and rewarding year, both for the
Victorian Multicultural Commission (VMC) and for multiculturalism
in the State of Victoria. Broadly, these past 12 months between
2008 and 2009 mark a year of consolidation, of co-operation and
a year that compelled us to appreciate our shared cultural space.
where we stand
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chairperson’s report
grants program continued to provide financial support to Victoria’s culturally and linguistically diverse community organisations, providing grants to more than 1,600 such organisations to help them carry out a range of activities which encourage individuals to participate in community life and in the wider Victorian society.
The Government earmarked an additional $2 million for the Cultural Precincts Enhancement fund, bringing total investment in the precincts to $10 million. This infrastructural investment is helping to revitalise the well-established Little Bourke Street Chinese precinct, the Lygon Street Italian precinct and the Lonsdale Street Greek precinct, to help these communities retain and share their cultural heritage.
These funding initiatives will further enable the VMC to deliver on the needs and aspirations of various community support groups, so that they can contribute to the social fabric of Victoria and Australia as a whole.
I would like to extend a special thanks to the Premier, John Brumby for his outstanding leadership, Minister Assisting the Premier on Multicultural Affairs, James Merlino, the Parliamentary Secretary, Liz Beattie, the Commissioners, and VMC staff for their active engagement in the promotion of cultural, linguistic and religious diversity in the state of Victoria. Their combined efforts have produced tangible contributions towards our goal of improving social cohesion for all Victorians. I would also like to extend my gratitude for the leadership of our Governor, Professor David de Kretser and Mrs Jan de Kretser for their support of multicultural communities and intiatives.
Continued support and recognition for our
TOP Victoria’s faith leaders at the annual Dandenong Interfaith Network Gathering. cenTre Launch of the Perceptions of Dementia in Ethnic Communities resource, December 2008. abOve Cultural Diversity Week gala dinner, March 2009.
culturally-diverse society will engender a spirit of co-operation and understanding that will encourage us to aim higher, to dig deeper, and work harder to realise a society where we find strength in our differences.
George LekakisCHAIRPERSON
about the commission
6 Victorian Multicultural Commission
cultural diversityenhancing Victoria’s
The Victorian Multicultural Commission (VMC) is committed to fostering harmony
and encouraging the full participation of Victoria’s culturally, linguistically and
religiously diverse communities in all aspects of life in Victoria.
OUr rOLeThe VMC is committed to working for a prosperous and united future in which diversity is respected and cultural heritage preserved, and where all individuals can access opportunities to participate in and contribute to the social, cultural, economic and political life of the State. The Commission’s objectives and functions are specified in the Multicultural Victoria Act 2004.
abOUT The MULTicULTUraL vicTOria acT 2004The Multicultural Victoria Act 2004 (MVA) enshrines in legislation a preamble and a set of principles that recognise the State’s cultural, religious and linguistic diversity as one of its greatest assets. The MVA has made it a legislative requirement for all Victorian Government departments to annually report to the Minister for Multicultural Affairs on their activities and achievements in relation to multicultural affairs. This includes their use of interpreting and translating services, their communications in languages other than English, the appointment of people from different cultural and linguistic backgrounds to government boards and committees, and any other major improvements or initiatives that promote multiculturalism and meet the identified needs of Victoria’s CALD communities.
The MVA was amended in 2008 to formalise the changes arising from the merger of the Victorian Office of Multicultural Affairs into the VMC in 2007. The amendments enhanced the whole-of-Government approach to multicultural affairs and provided a greater focus on the community and improved the accountability of Government Departments in the area of multicultural affairs. These changes streamlined and enhanced the administration of the portfolio and provided better outcomes for Victoria’s diverse community.
Following the ammendements to the MVA, and effective from 1 January 2009, the VMC became aligned to the Department of Premier and Cabinet.
ObJecTiveS anD FUncTiOnS
The VMC’s objectives and functions, as specified in the MVA are:
Objectives • to promote full participation by Victoria’s culturally
and linguistically diverse communities in the social, cultural, economic and political life of Victoria;
• to promote access by Victoria’s culturally and linguistically diverse communities to services made available by governments and other bodies;
• to encourage all of Victoria’s culturally and linguistically diverse communities to retain and express their social identity and cultural inheritance;
• to promote co-operation between bodies concerned with multicultural affairs;
• to promote unity among Victoria’s culturally and linguistically diverse communities; and
• to promote a better understanding within Victoria of Victoria’s culturally and linguistically diverse communities.
Functions • to ensure that the objectives of the Commission
are met to the maximum extent that is practicable;
• to investigate, report and make recommendations to the Minister on any aspect of multicultural affairs referred to it by the Minister;
• to advise the Minister on factors inhibiting the development of harmonious community relations and on barriers to the participation of Victoria’s culturally and linguistically diverse communities in the social, cultural, economic and political life of Victoria;
• to consult with relevant bodies and people to determine the needs of Victoria’s culturally and linguistically diverse communities, including needs in relation to matters covered by any report prepared by the Minister under section 21 (of the MVA); and
• to maintain and further develop harmonious community relations between all relevant groups in the context of Victoria’s culturally and linguistically diverse society.
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abOve The Antipodes Festival, March 2009. “The right to express our culture, our religious
beliefs and our heritage without fear or favour is an ethos the VMC and the Victorian Government is firmly committed to.”
George Lekakis Muslim Women’s Council of Victoria Iftar Dinner, 13 October 2008
about the commission
8 Victorian Multicultural Commission
During the reporting period the terms of three Commissioners came to an end: Ms Vicki Mitsos, Ms Viv Nguyen, and Ms Usha Sharma.To ensure the interests of Victoria’s culturally and linguistically diverse community are represented, the Commission meets regularly to discuss issues of importance to Victoria’s diverse communities. The Commission then promotes the views of the community on a range of boards and committees and at national forums. The Commission held seven full day meetings between July 2008 and June 2009 (See Appendix 1).
During the reporting period, Commissioners continued to participate in community functions, consultations, events, conferences and seminars. In 2008-09, the Commissioners collectively attended more than 650 community engagements.
OUr STaFFDuring the year the Commissioners were supported by a team of dedicated staff who worked closely with the Chairperson, Deputy Chairperson and Commissioners to ensure the VMC performed its legislative functions and achieved its core objectives. As at 30 June 2009 this team comprised 29 people.
exPenDiTUre
Salaries and associated salary costs $2,731,172
Operating Expenses $1,526,611
Community Grants Program $8,216,891
Total $12,474,674
Includes grants under the Community Grants Program, Language Services Strategy, Refugee Support Package, Cultural Precincts Enhancement Fund and Promoting Harmony initiative.
OUr cOMMiSSiOnerSThe VMC comprises of 12 dedicated Commissioners who advocate the objectives of the Commission and act as an important conduit between communities and the Commission.
Our Commissioners have a solid understanding of the issues affecting multicultural communities and are actively involved, regularly attending events and playing a vital role in building networks and liaising with different faith and community groups.
The Commissioners meet 6-8 times a year to provide input into the work being undertaken by the VMC and to discuss a wide range of issues raised with them by communities.
commissioners Mr. George Lekakis (Chairperson)Mr. Hakan Akyol (Deputy Chairperson)Ms. Elleni Bereded-SamuelMr. Joseph CaputoDr. Stanley ChiangMs. Elizabeth DrozdMs. Samar MougharbelMs. Hang Thi-Bich Nguyen Dr. Linda Sydor PetkovicMs. Marcia PinskierS. Jagdeep Singh Shergill Mr. Yasser Soliman
FrOnT rOw FrOM LeFT Ms. Marcia Pinskier, Mr. Hakan Akyol, Mr. George Lekakis, Ms. Hang Thi-Bich Nguyen. back rOw FrOM LeFT Dr. Linda Sydor Petkovic, Ms. Samar Mougharbel, Ms. Elizabeth Drozd, Mr. Yasser Soliman, Dr. Stanley Chiang, Mr. Joseph Caputo, Ms. Elleni Bereded-Samuel.(Absent: S. Jagdeep Singh Shergill).
all of us policy
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All of Us proudly declares the Victorian Government’s commitment to multiculturalism. It is built on a solid legislative framework – including the Multicultural Victoria Act 2004 – which supports human rights and cultural and religious diversity.
The policy was developed through an extensive and highly visible consultation process, led by the Premier of Victoria, which included:• the release of a discussion paper prepared by
Victoria University;• a high-level roundtable, hosted by the Governor
of Victoria; • public consultations held across the State,
attended by more than 800 community leaders and stakeholders;
• written submissions; and• ongoing high-level liaison with
Government departments.
The consultation process ensured that the views of all Victorians are reflected in the policy, and identified a range of priority strategies for the Government to support multiculturalism for the benefit of all Victorians.
The policy consists of four themes, which provide the framework for the Government’s priority strategies. The themes are as follows:• advancing equality by supporting the human
rights of all Victorians;• supporting our cultural, linguistic and
religious diversity; • fostering unity and promoting community
harmony; and • boosting our economic advantage.
All of Us demonstrates the ways in which we can achieve a socially progressive society that reaps the real social, cultural and economic benefits that are inherent within our multicultural Victoria.
policy for Victoriaa new multicultural
In March 2009, the Premier launched, All of Us: Victoria’s Multicultural Policy. The policy’s
name demonstrates our belief that effective multicultural policy benefits all members of
our society and highlights that multiculturalism describes who we are as a people.
“All of Us reinforces the strong legislative and human rights platform we have to support multicultural affairs.”
George Lekakis Refugee Week Celebration, 18 June 2009TOP riGhT Multicultural Policy Round Table, August 2008 from left, Hon. James Merlino, Hon. John Brumby and Prof. David de Kretser. bOTTOM riGhT Dancing at the Polish Festival, November 2008.
community grants program
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In addition to the funding allocated to multicultural communities during this period, the grants program once again partnered with the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development to provide targeted funding support towards educational and training programs and with the Office of Women’s Policy for Women Creating Harmony projects. By supporting communities through these grants, the Commission is working hard to meet the needs of ethnic communities, promote community cohesion and strengthen communities’ capacities to sustain their organisations, programs and events.
FUnDinG caTeGOrieS The funding categories of the Community Grants Program represent the seven areas of greatest need, as identified by communities during consultations with the Commission.
Organisational Support GrantsTo provide financial assistance for the general costs associated with running community organisations (appendix 2a).
Senior citizens GrantsTo support multicultural senior citizens clubs to hold regular social and community strengthening activities (appendix 2b).
buildings and Facilities improvement GrantsTo assist ethnic community organisations to undertake minor upgrades to buildings that they own (appendix 2c).
educational Program GrantsThe Commission was pleased to receive the ongoing support of the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development to deliver this program, which supports after hours ethnic schools with the development of classroom teaching materials in languages with few available resources.
Multicultural Festivals and events Grants Support major festivals, conferences and special ethnic community events that encourage the participation of the broader community. Grants are also provided to support activities addressing major issues through a conference or special event (appendix 2e).
Strengthening Multicultural communities Grants Support community organisations to undertake projects that address the unmet needs of Victoria’s CALD communities. Priority was given to projects that:• develop the capacity of new and emerging
communities and multicultural networks;• provide assistance to migrant and refugee women
and/or young people;• support local heritage projects that acknowledge
and document the contribution of migrants and refugees; and
• enable organisations to develop partnerships with other community and government agencies that address community needs (appendix 2f).
Multifaith/interfaith Grants Program Supports Multifaith initiatives and Interfaith networks which focus on promoting understanding of and respect for faiths in Victoria.
community groupssupporting and empowering Victoria’s
The Victorian Multicultural Commission supported more than 1,600 Victorian communities
and groups from culturally, religiously and linguistically diverse backgrounds during the 2008-09
financial year through funding from its successful and popular community grants program.
ThrOUGh The cOMMUniTy GranTS PrOGraM, The cOMMiSSiOn:
• supportedmorethan1,600communitygroups
and organisations by directly funding community
initiatives;
• deliveredanaccessible,high-quality,client-focused
service to Victoria’s multicultural communities; and
• assistedgroupstoretainandcelebratetheir
cultural heritage by supporting local festivals
and events; and
• introducedanewfundingcategorytosupport
interfaith networks and projects and initiatives
that promote understanding between faiths.
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“Through these grants we aim to empower cultural groups to deliver their own programs and events and address the specific needs of their own community.”
George Lekakis Emerging Leaders Forum, July 2008
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community grants program
FUnDinG rOUnDSThe Community Grants Program included three funding rounds:• Round One Multicultural Festivals and Events,
for activities being held between July 2008 and January 2009;
• Round Two Multicultural Festivals and Events, for activities being held between January 2009 and July 2009; and
• Major funding round including the Organisational Support, the Building and Facilities, the Strengthening Multicultural Communities, Educational, and Multifaith/Interfaith categories.
inFOrMaTiOn SeSSiOnSTo ensure that all communities have been provided with the opportunity to access the Community Grants Program, information sessions were conducted throughout metropolitan and regional Victoria. The guidelines and application forms were also made available to all organisations registered with the Commission and online, via the Commission’s website.
aSSeSSMenT PrOceSSIn the reporting period, the Victorian Multicultural Commission received approximately 3,000 applications for funding. The Funding Sub-committee (Commissioners Mougharbel, Drozd, Bereded-Samuel, Nguyen and Petkovic) met to assess the applications and made recommendations based on the quality of the expected outcomes and relevance to program guidelines. These assessments were conducted in accordance with the Commission’s procedures and standards specifying transparency and equity. The final recommendations were then presented to the Minister Assisting the Premier on Multicultural Affairs, James Merlino, for approval.
new PrOGraMS anD ParTnerShiPSDuring the 2008-09 reporting period, the Commission was pleased to support many new community projects and continued to strengthen existing events throughout Victoria. These projects were
as diverse and rich in scope as the communities themselves and included a wide range of activities, including the following:
community Strengthening projects• A Multicultural Arts Victoria program established
a youth band, the Angels Voices Band, involving more than 20 young people from the Shepparton Congolese community.
• Somlink’s African Youth Leadership Project providing youth leadership training to African young people residing in inner-metro Melbourne public housing estates.
• Friends of Farm Vigano’s Nostalgia Vigano project to produce a series of interpretive installations at Farm Vigano which commemorate the memories and experiences of the local Italian migrants.
• Fruitful Films Banks of the Tigris documentary film and community education project celebrating the Jewish contribution to Iraqi music and the cultural ties that link Iraqis of all backgrounds.
• Refugee & Immigration Legal Centre’s 20th Anniversary Heritage Publication documenting the history of RILC over the past 20 years.
• Springvale Neighbourhood House all women’s swimming group program at Dandenong Oasis Leisure Centre in collaboration with the YMCA.
• Sunraysia Mallee Ethnic Communities’ Council program providing opportunities for CALD women to overcome isolation, build resilience and gain strength and encouragement through interaction and networking with other women.
• The New Hope Foundation (Werribee Refugee Resource Centre) ran a three-day camp for 30 newly arrived young people from refugee backgrounds.
• Hararian Community Association’s cultural program brought together Hararians of different ages, and Australian community to train, rehearse and perform cultural dance and music.
• A Victorian Deaf Society and Holden Street Neighbourhood House program provided access to ESL classes for deaf migrants.
“The very fabric of Victoria is made up of aunique and distinctive blend of a number ofdifferent cultures, languages and faiths.”
George Lekakis Meeting with Consular Core, 18 June 2009
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Festivals and events • Polish Festival, a celebration of Polish culture.• Italian Festival, devoted to highlighting the
cultural, artistic and economic collaboration between Italy and Victoria.
• Fiji Indian Senior Citizens Association Tenth Anniversary Celebrations with entertainment including classical Indian dancing and Bollywood dancing.
• Buddha’s Day and Multicultural Festival celebrates Buddha’s birthday and Victoria’s multicultural community Festival Indonesia 2008 – the largest Indonesian-Australian investment, trade and tourism forum in Melbourne.
• Chilean Latin American September Festival – A three day multicultural event involving more than 50 Chilean and Latin American community organisations in Victoria.
• Turkish Tulip Weekend celebrates the Origin of the Tulip, showcasing Turkish culture (food, music, arts, history) and demonstrating the affinity the Turkish community has with other communities and cultures.
• Celebrate Diwali, the Festival of Lights at Federation Square, food and music festival followed by fireworks display at Yarra River.
• South Sudanese Nuer Youth Conference – A conference on Sudanese youth problems in the south eastern suburbs, addressing crime prevention, education, health, violent behaviour and drug and alcohol abuse.
• Pako Festa, Victoria’s premier multicultural street festival showcasing Geelong’s diversity, through food, folk dancing, the famous Pako Parade, workshops, art exhibitions, multicultural craft displays and entertainment.
TOP Turkish Tulip Festival, September 2008. abOve Iftar Dinner at Government House.
The Buddha Day and Multicultural Festival hosted by the Buddha’s Light International Association of Victoria (BLIA VIC) and Fo Guang Shan Melbourne, has become one of the most highly anticipated cultural festivals on the Victorian events calendar. HeldatFederationSquareduring
May, the Festival has consistently attracted large crowds, with more than84,000peopleattendingduringthetwo-dayfestivalin2009.
The program is specifically
designed to introduce Buddhist traditions through a range of artistic and cultural groups, as well as an assortment of vegetarian culinary delights.
While the program incorporates aspects of the Buddhist faith through the World Peace Blessing Ceremony, the Festival continues to place a strong emphasis on cooperation, community understanding and harmony amongst all faiths and cultures within our society.
CASE STUDY Buddha’s Day and Multicultural Festival
consultation, committees and community engagement
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In 2008-09 the Commission continued to facilitate grassroots discussion and information flow with multicultural communities, keeping the Government abreast of community concerns. Community input garnered through the Commission’s regular consultative forums and advocated for the needs of Victoria’s communities through involvement in advisory boards and committees.
cOnSULTaTiOnS The Commission held its annual state-wide community consultations in 11 locations across Victoria in September 2008. The consultations are an opportunity to gauge community perceptions of the Victorian Government’s performance in multicultural affairs and identify areas for future action to improve outcomes for CALD communities.
The consultations were attended by over 800 community leaders and service providers, including representatives from peak bodies, ethnic organisations, mainstream services, CALD communities and state, local and federal government.
Activities that the Victorian Government has undertaken in multicultural affairs and good practice examples of service delivery were captured in the 2007-08 whole of Victorian Government achievements report. This report was tabled in Parliament on 23 June 2009 and is available to the public on the Commission’s website: www.multicultural.vic.gov.au.
aDviSOry /cOnSULTaTive cOMMiTTeeSThe Commission continued to be active on a range of advisory or consultative bodies that proactively addressed issues pertinent to the multicultural affairs portfolio including:• The Police and Community Multicultural
Advisory Committee (PACMAC), which the Commission co-chairs;
• Ministerial Advisory Council on LOTE, ESL and Multicultural Education (MACLEM);
• Standing Committee on Local Government and Cultural Diversity, which the Commission chairs;
• Centre for Dialogue Advisory Board;• Multifaith Advisory Group, which the
Commission chairs;• Multicultural Arts Policy Advisory Committee;• Parliament of World’s Religions Board; and• VMC Advisory Council, which the
Commission chairs.
Ministerial council on immigration and Multicultural affairs (MciMa) & Standing committee on immigration and Multicultural affairs (SciMa)
The Commission continued its involvement in SCIMA and MCIMA. These national cross-jurisdictional forums provide an important opportunity to discuss and address issues relating to immigration and multicultural affairs and bring a local and state perspective to deliberations on issues of national importance.
At the meetings in 2008-09 Victoria continued to advocate for improvements in the provision of settlement services and chaired the MCIMA Working Party on Settlement Issues.
cultural Diversity Plans networkIn 2008-09, the Commission established the Cultural Diversity Plans Network, with representatives from all Victorian Government departments responsible for developing each department’s Cultural Diversity Plan.
All Departments are required to develop Cultural Diversity Plans under A Fairer Victoria (2006) to
THE COMMISSION CONTINUED TO
ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY BY:
• deliveringonitscommitmenttoholdatleast
60communityconsultationsthroughout
Victoria to address the needs and concerns of
multicultural communities;
• meetingwithrepresentativesfromcommunity
organisations individually to address their
specific needs and concerns; and
• maintainingits‘OpenDoor’policytocommunity
representatives.
our communityresponding to the needs of
The Multicultural Victoria Act 2004 sets out the Commission’s consultative functions
and as such the Commission consults with relevant bodies and people to determine the needs
of Victoria’s culturally and linguistically diverse communities.
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“We listen to the needs of our diverse community and convey that information to the Government with advice on real and practical solutions.”
George Lekakis Meeting with Consular Core, 18 June 2009
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consultation, committees and community engagement
address the provision for culturally sensitive service delivery to Victoria’s CALD communities. Through the Network, which meets on a regular basis, the VMC facilitates and supports exchange of ideas and learnings between departments to assist in the preparation and implementation of the plans.
The Network also provides an opportunity for information-sharing across departments on broader government activities and key developments in multicultural affairs. The preparation of Cultural Diversity Plans for all Victorian Government departments is a new requirement under the Multicultural Victoria Act.
cOMMUniTy enGaGeMenTThe Commission also coordinates ongoing consultative structures, including the VMC Advisory Council, Multifaith Advisory Group and the Multifaith Multicultural Youth Network.
vMc advisory councilThe VMC Advisory Council was established in March 2007 to provide advice to the VMC on issues affecting Victoria’s CALD communities. The Council is made up of representatives from a wide cross-section of service providers and peak cultural and faith-based representative organisations, including newly emerging communities and regional and youth organisations.
In its second year, the Council provided valuable advice relating to the Commission’s priorities, including input to the multicultural affairs whole- of-Government report.
During 2008, the Council was consulted and provided advice on major policy work undertaken by the VMC, including the development of Victoria’s new multicultural policy and settlement issues.Organisations represented on the Advisory Council are listed in Appendix 3.
Multifaith advisory GroupThe Multifaith Advisory Group (MAG) was established in January 2008 as an outcome of the Premier’s Multifaith Leaders Forum in October 2007 and as part of the Victorian Government’s commitment to ongoing dialogue with Victoria’s faith leaders.
The MAG meets quarterly and is made up of approximately 20 senior faith representatives who provide advice to the Government via the Victorian Multicultural Commission on issues of interest and concern to faith communities and opportunities and strategies to promote community harmony in Victoria.
The MAG has enabled strong and sustained consultation between the Government and our diverse faith communities on a range of issues. In 2008-09 the MAG:• Presented a joint statement from Victoria’s faith
leaders at the National Memorial Service for the Victorian Bushfire Victims on Sunday 22 February;
• Promoted and supported the Walk for Harmony through Melbourne CBD on 12 July;
• Provided a joint statement on the environment to the Minister for Environment and Climate Change and;
• Developed an Interfaith Calendar.
Multifaith Multicultural youth networkThe Multifaith Multicultural Youth Network (MMYN) continued its activities for a second term with 15 new young people recruited to join the MMYN. The MMYN now comprises 25 young people representing a diverse range of faiths, cultures, ages, geographical locations and life experience. Alongside their advisory role, MMYN members were involved in a number of initiatives including:• Planning and running a Regional Schools Tour
to discuss faith, culture and human rights in Shepparton in March 2009; and
• Hosting a panel discussion at the Everyday People, Everyday Rights Conference in March 2009.
“The Victorian Government continues to be committed to supporting newly-arrived migrants and refugees to settle into our community.”
George Lekakis Refugee Week Celebration, SpringvaleCommunity Aid and Advice Bureau, 18 June 2009
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Standing committee on Local Government and cultural Diversity
The Standing Committee on Local Government and Cultural Diversity was reconstituted in 2009. It now has representatives from 21 Victorian councils and seven organisations from the local government sector.
The Standing Committee continues to provide an excellent forum for the exchange of ideas and strategies in the local government sector to facilitate greater responsiveness to culturally, linguistically and religiously diverse communities in Victoria.
The VMC also supported the Centre for Multicultural Youth (CMY) to run the Multifaith Multicultural Youth MentoringforLeadershipProgramagainin2009.
The Program came out of a recommendation fromtheJuly2006MultifaithMulticulturalYouthForum where a need was identified for greater avenues for young people to participate in leadership and mentoring opportunities in the government, community, faith and corporate sectors. The2009YouthMentoringforLeadershipprogram
is a continuation of a pilot program conducted at RMITUniversityandVictoriaUniversityin2008.In2009theprogramtargetsyoungpeoplefrom
an extended age range of 18-28 years and incorporates a greater opportunity for dialogue on particular areas of interest, as well as support for the development of youth-led initiatives.
CASE STUDY
Youth participation and leadership programs
TOP Working party on workplace diversity. cenTre George Lekakis with local MP John Pandazopoulos and participants at the Dandenong Community Consultation. abOve Minister Assisting the Premier on Multicultural Affairs, James Merlino, and George Lekakis with members of the Multifaith Multicultural Youth Network.
promoting harmony initiative
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Through the Promoting Harmony initiative the Commission seeks to promote, enhance and secure harmony and social cohesion in the Victorian community and counter the risk of racial and religious vilification, social isolation and exclusion. It also strengthens and reaffirms Victoria’s reputation as a welcoming and harmonious society for all of us.
In the 2006-07 and 2007-08 Victorian State Budgets, the Victorian Government allocated a total of $4.1 million from 2006 to 2010 to strengthen and promote Victoria’s multifaith and multicultural diversity. In the 2009-10 budget the Government committed a further $2 million over two years to build on the success of this initial investment.
cultural Diversity weekDuring the reporting period the Commission coordinated the sixth Cultural Diversity Week 15-21 March – a series of activities aimed at raising awareness of Victoria’s cultural, linguistic and religious diversity.
The Commission again oversaw a broad community relations and media campaign to reach cultural and faith community groups, primary and
secondary school students, their families and school communities, and the wider Victorian community.
More than 200 events and activities took place across Victoria including: the inaugural Viva Victoria – a multicultural festival at Federation Square that attracted more than 40,000 people, the Premier’s Gala Dinner, the Black Harmony Gathering, the Cultural Diversity Quest Awards and the Cultural Diversity Cup.
Through the Community Grants Program, the Commission supported many more activities delivered by community groups, service providers, schools and councils.
all of Us – community harmony campaign In March 2009, the Victorian Multicultural Commission ran the highly successful All of Us community harmony campaign for the second consecutive year.
Using images from the All of Us, photographic exhibition initiated by photographer Michel Lawrence, the advertisements illustrated Victoria’s rich diversity though a sequence of still images, words and music using the ‘All of Us’ messaging to emphasise the inclusive nature of Victoria and engender a sense of pride in being Victorian.
The All of Us community harmony education campaign included advertisements on television (metro and regional) and outdoor advertising in the greater metropolitan area.
community accordThe Community Accord continued to be signed by community groups and organisations including Parks Victoria, Western Health and the Geelong Netball Association. During the past year more than 200 individuals, community groups and organisations committed to the principles of the Accord which are outlined in the Multicultural Victoria Act 2004.
The Commission is committed to promoting the benefits of our rich cultural,
linguistic and religious diversity to all Victorians. The Victorian Government has
a strong commitment to ensuring Victoria remains an inclusive multifaith and
multicultural society that is respectful of diversity.
understandingfostering
and appreciation of diversity
The cOMMiSSiOn USeD iTS cOMMUnicaTiOn neTwOrkS TO:
• Promotemutualrespectandunderstandingof
diversity through campaigns and targeted activities.
• Informandconnectmulticulturalcommunities,
including in regard to developments in government
relevant to multicultural affairs via publications,
online resources and media announcements.
• CelebrateVictoria’scultural,linguisticand
religious diversity through a series of and local
and major events.
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“Each year our Cultural Diversity Week celebrates the diverse cultures which make Victoria the vibrant, vital and interesting place that it is.”
George Lekakis Cultural Diversity Week speech at Melbourne Zoo, 24 March 2009
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The principles of the Accord include the following:• Respect all ethnic, cultural, religious and
linguistic communities; • Seek opportunities to work together to re-affirm our
similarities as human beings and the fundamental principals which unite us as Victorians;
• Advocate for the elimination of racial and religious intolerance; and
• Reject all forms of racial and religious vilification, violence, harassment and unlawful discrimination.
PrinT anD OnLine cOMMUnicaTiOnS The Commission continued to keep stakeholders engaged and informed through a number of high-quality publications and online communications.
Morethan40,000peopleflockedtoFederationSquareonSaturday21March2009toenjoyavibrantcelebration of multiculturalism at the inaugural Viva Victoria festivals. Highlights included two stages of outstanding music from around the world, a vibrant marketplaceofqualityhandmadeproducts,anexceptional selection of authentic traditional foods, children’s activities and exhibitions, entertainers, chefs, traders and artists. People from more than 60cultural,linguisticandreligiousbackgroundswereinvited to participate in this event and apart from the entertainment, other activities included an interactive art display called a Rangoli, which saw an amazing design created from grains, seeds and other natural ingredients on the day, plus a Bodhi Tree that allowed participants to share their wishes of enlightenment.
CASE STUDY Viva Victoria
Print• All of Us – Victoria’s Multicultural Policy• Multicultural Victoria magazine
(Issues 25, 26, 27 and 28)• Whole of Government Report:
Achievements in Multicultural Affairs 2007-08• Victorian Multicultural Commission Annual Report 2007-08
OnlineThe VMC website (www.multicultural.vic.gov.au) provided regular updates on issues of importance for community groups, as well as advertising community and government events and activities. All VMC publications were also uploaded to the site and made accessible in a form that could be downloaded.
awarDS anD recePTiOnSFunctions and events hosted by the Commission provided opportunities for Victorians from diverse backgrounds, representing a range of ethnicities and religions, to come together and acknowledge their differences in a positive way.
In acknowledging the achievements and outstanding contributions made by migrants and refugees through the Commission’s awards programs, we encourage greater awareness and respect for our cultural diversity.
victoria’s Multicultural awards for excellence The Awards program was established by the Commission in 2002 to recognise and reward the contribution of individuals and organisations in the promotion of Victoria’s multicultural harmony.
The ceremony was held at Government House in December 2008 where 188 recipients were presented with awards across nine categories:
LeFT TO riGhT VMC Publications:All of Us, Multicultural Victoria magazine, VMC Annual Report 2007-08 and the Whole of Government Report 2007-08.
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• Ambassador Award • Award for Meritorious Service in the Community• Business Corporate Award • Local Government Award • Media Award • Police and Community Multicultural Advisory
Committee (PACMAC) Awards• Premier’s Award for Community Harmony • Service Delivery to Multicultural Victoria Awards • Victorian Multicultural Education Award
The Commission received numerous nominations for the Awards which were assessed by the Victorian Multicultural Awards for Excellence Sub-Committee. The Police and Community Multicultural Awards and the Victorian Multicultural Education Awards were received and assessed by the respective departments. For a full list of Award recipients see Appendix 4.
victorian refugee recognition record (vrrr)Each year, the Commission formally recognises the invaluable contribution that refugees make to the community. In June 2009, a total of 21 recipients were added to the VRRR in a ceremony hosted by the Deputy Premier, Rob Hulls MP.
For the third consecutive year, the Victorian Government invited photography students from Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE to create a photo exhibition featuring portraits of the recipients. For a full list of the recipients see Appendix 5.
Premier’s community receptions Each year, the Premier’s community receptions provide an opportunity to formally acknowledge the contribution of particular communities to the State of Victoria. The Commission coordinated the following community receptions that were hosted by the Premier: • South Korea 17 July 2008• Egypt 23 July 2008• Chile 25 September 2008 • Ireland 16 March 2009• Netherlands 27 April 2009• Portugal 10 June 2009
TOP Premier John Brumby with Multicultural Awards for Excellence recipients Melaku Ali and Kiemi Lai. cenTre VRRR recipient Farah Faiq. abOve George Lekakis and Mark Stone, Chief Executive of Parks Victoria, at the signing of the Community Accord, March 2009.
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LanGUaGe ServiceSOne of the major barriers to accessing government services and information is low English language proficiency. Victorian Government policy supports the provision of language services – as the most effective means of overcoming this barrier – to improve access and outcomes for people who do not speak English well or at all.
Through the Language Services Strategy, the Commission continues to promote the effective use of interpreters to facilitate access to government services. Since the inception of the Strategy in 2002, over 70 projects have been funded to improve the use of interpreters by government service providers and to help develop and strengthen the quality and supply of interpreters.
key achieveMenTS incLUDe:• Interpreter Scholarship project – In 2008-09, a
further 40 scholarships were awarded to encourage individuals to study to become interpreters in emerging languages. Now in its seventh year 152 scholarships have been awarded under the Interpreter Scholarship project, in eleven languages.
• Translating and Interpreting External Advisory Group was established in April 2009 to garner industry and sector advice on matters relating to the provision of language services in Victoria.
The Group consists of representatives of language service providers, training providers, the National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters (NAATI), the translating and interpreting professional association and the health, legal and education sectors.
• Regional Interpreter Skills Course – In September 2008, the Commission engaged RMIT University to deliver six-week interpreter skills courses in Mildura and Bendigo to increase the pathways for accredited interpreters in regional Victoria.
• The Multilingual Technology Project examined the use of information communications technology to bolster current interpreting services and how additional interpreting service options can be provided particularly in rural and regional locations.
• The Workforce Development Strategy explored ways to attract and retain interpreters and translators in languages spoken by both long-standing and newly arrived communities. The Strategy examined a range of short to long-term measures to facilitate an adequate supply of appropriately qualified and skilled interpreters to meet the language needs of CALD communities in Victoria. Part of this strategy included the role out of training of VPS staff on how to work effectively with interpreters.
aPPOinTMenTS TO bOarDS anD cOMMiTTeeS Work was undertaken in 2008-09 with the State Services Authority and the Department of Premier and Cabinet to revise the guidelines for the Appointment and Remuneration of Part Time Non-Executive Directors of State Government Boards and Members of Statutory Bodies and Advisory Committees to include a more comprehensive and consistent approach to identifying CALD membership.
As a result, the revised guidelines now include three additional questions that will generate more consistent data on CALD representation on government boards and committees.
for all Victoriansimproving access and equity
During the 2008-09 financial year the Commission undertook a variety of projects
and programs designed to improve access by Victoria’s CALD communities to services
provided by government and other bodies. The Commission has also continued its
work to reduce barriers to the participation of Victoria’s multicultural communities
in all aspects of life in Victoria.
The cOMMiSSiOn wOrkeD TO iMPrOve acceSS anD eQUiTy by:
• Encouragingindividualstostudytobecome
interpreters in emerging languages by providing
40scholarships.
• Deliveringqualityprogramstoimproveaccess
to services and support community-led projects
for refugees.
• EnsuringequalaccessforCALDcommunities
to participate in boards and committees by
refining guidelines.
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“The opportunities to participate in the global economy are vast, and if we continue to develop Victoria’s linguistic and cultural capacity in the economy, we will all reap the rewards.” George Lekakis MLTAV 2009 Conference, 15 May 2009
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reFUGee brOkeraGe/reFUGee acTiOn PrOGraMSIn partnership with key agencies and refugee communities across Victoria, the Commission’s work on the Refugee Brokerage Program (RBP) has met with great success. The state-wide program provides vital support to Victoria’s recently arrived refugee and humanitarian entrants. The RBP works to:• Build capacity within refugee communities;• Support communities to develop ideas and
initiatives to address their specific needs; and• Promote and enhance access to existing
mainstream services.
The RBP operated across 12 partnerships within Melbourne and Victoria. Initiatives from this Program have included:
• Approximately 200 isolated Iraqi women are independently accessing a range of services through their local council following participation in the RBP;
• Provision of critical social support and community infrastructure alongside the employment of refugees in regional areas;
• A range of community enterprise initiatives which provide refugees with the opportunity to utilise existing or new skills in a business setting;
• Driver education and driving lessons for socially and geographically isolated refugee women and other community members; and
• Local leadership training and/ or mentoring support with more established communities delivered to more than 100 refugees.
The West Papuan community in inner Melbourne, through the Refugee Brokerage Program (RBP), has made vital links to service providers and important steps in their self-sufficiency as a community.
The small community arrived in Australia on Temporary Protection Visas without any prior experience of living in a city.
During the year, the community has worked closely with their RBP coordinator to develop a community plan to address areas of need and create links with a wide range of service providers.
One of the issues identified was the need for more education around financial literacy. The RBP Coordinator was able to organise financial literacy training for community members
including in areas such as mobile phonecontracts.Whilstsubsequentlyengaging financial counsellors through the local council to work with the community.
Some community members have also participated in leadership courses thathaveequippedthemwiththeknowledge and skills to establish and operate their own community associations successfully.
CASE STUDY Refugee Brokerage Program
TOP Interpreter Scholarship Ceremony, April 2009. abOve Far to Here, Darfuri youth art exhibition, February 2009.
cultural precincts enhancement fund
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In response to community feedback and recommendations made by the Fund’s Steering Committee on proposals received to the Fund, the Government earmarked an additional $2 million, bringing the Government’s total investment in the precincts to $10 million.
Ideas were put forward by communities, residents and traders to enhance the infrastructure and community space of the three precincts. Extensive community consultations via the consultative forums formed for each of the three precincts was undertaken on the short listed ideas.
The allocation of funding available in this program has been announced by the Premier in all three precincts:• A total of $6.8 million will be allocated for
streetscapes improvements across the three precincts, including a $2.7 million contribution from the City of Melbourne.
• Funding of $3.5 million has been committed for the Lonsdale Street precinct, of which $2 million will go towards the fit-out of the Antipodes Centre for Greek Culture, Heritage and Language;
• Funding of $4.1 million has been committed for the Chinatown precinct and funding of $3.9 million has been committed for the Lygon Street precinct;
• As part of these packages, funding of $1.2 million will be provided for the upgrade of the Chinese Museum, an additional $1.45 million for an Italian Cultural Heritage Centre at Co.As.It, and $120,000 to RMIT for the creation of public art at the Southern end of Lygon Street.
future generationspreserving our heritage for
The Cultural Precincts Enhancement Fund (2007-10) was established as an $8 million
infrastructure investment by the Victorian Government to revitalise the well established
Little Bourke Street Chinese precinct, the Lygon Street Italian precinct and the Lonsdale
Street Greek precinct.
On13May2009,thePremierunveiledthefirstproject completed under the Fund at the Tianjin Gardens in Chinatown. The new lighting pillars, installed at the top end of Little Bourke Street, act as a new gateway to Chinatown and mark the 25th anniversary of Melbourne’s sister city relationship with Tianjin. The traditional Chinese archways at the Swanston Street, Russell Street and Exhibition Street entrances to Chinatown will be refurbished through the Fund. Further improvements will also be made to the Tianjin Gardens, including new Chinese plants, improved signage and new Bronze lion sculptures donated by the Tianjin Government.
CASE STUDY
Chinatown Lighting Pillars
abOve The new Chinatown Gateway lighting pillars installed at the top end of Little Bourke Street.
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This partnership approach has allowed for improved outcomes from the initiatives and the provision of greater assistance and support to Victoria’s multicultural communities.
cenTre FOr MULTicULTUraL yOUTh (cMy) The Commission worked with CMY to deliver a Mentoring Program for more than 40 young people (16-25 years) which linked individuals with industry leaders. The program involved weekly two-hour discussion sessions and in-depth sessions with a range of leaders as well as facilitating dialogue between young people of diverse faith backgrounds.
ciTy OF GreaTer DanDenOnG (cGD) In conjunction with other Victorian government departments, the Commission has worked with the CGD on a project to enhance coordination of resources so as to better respond to the needs young people from a refugee background.
DeParTMenT OF PreMier anD cabineT (DPc)Prior to becoming an Administrative Office aligned to DPC, the Commission worked with other government departments, lead by DPC, to coordinate the faith component of ceremony for the National Day of Mourning for the Bushfires which was held in February 2009.
DiverSiTaT & ciTy OF GreaTer GeeLOnG The Commission has worked with Diversitat and the local council on the development of a new multicultural centre in Norlane. The centre will create a multifunctional community space and will be an administrative base for Diversitat and more than 30 other ethnic community groups.
FiSherieS vicTOria In May 2009, the Commission partnered with Fisheries Victoria to establish an Advisory Committee to consult on strategies to engage
CALD audiences in fisheries projects and to enhance an understanding by cultural groups of fisheries activities.
LiFe SavinG vicTOria The Commission met with Life Saving Victoria to discuss the specific needs of various communities and provided advice on specific strategies to convey water safety messages.
MeTrOPOLiTan Fire briGaDe (MFb)In 2008-09 the Commission was pleased to work with the MFB on a number of projects during Cultural Diversity Week.
new hOPe FOUnDaTiOn Along with City West Water, the Commission worked with the New Hope Foundation to deliver a soccer tournament called the Cultural Diversity Cup in March 2009.
nOrThern heaLTh The Commission partnered with a number of providers including Northern Health, Barwon Community Health, and Sunshine Court to commence pilots for using video interpreting in health and justice settings. The project will look at the benefits to staff and clients along with an evaluation of any cost benefits.
nOrThern MeTrOPOLiTan inSTiTUTe OF TaFe (nMiT)The Commission once again partnered with NMIT’s photography department to create an exhibition of the 2009 VRRR recipients.
OFFice OF wOMen’S POLicy (OwP) – DeParTMenT OF PLanninG anD cOMMUniTy DeveLOPMenTThe Commission worked with the Office of Women’s Policy on the CALD Women’s leadership Project.
better outcomespartnering for
During the 2008-09 financial year, the Commission worked on a large number of projects and
initiatives across a range of different portfolio areas. Partnerships were developed with other
organisations including: government departments, local governments, the corporate sector,
non-government organisations and community organisations.
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“This coming together of cultures, each listening and learning from the other, is one of the things that makes Victoria the vital, yet harmonious place that it is.”
George Lekakis Sudanese Community National Conference, 25 July 2008
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The project equips women with the skills, knowledge and resources to seek formal leadership positions in their local communities and the wider Victorian community.
ParLiaMenT OF The wOrLD’S reLiGiOnS (Pwr)The Commission continued to work closely with the PWR organisers and Sport and Recreation Victoria (Major Projects) to ensure the delivery of an engaging and diverse program for this important December 2009 event.
rOyaL wOMen’S hOSPiTaL (rwh) The Commission has provided funding to the RWH to develop a program for utilising bilingual workers for non-medical communication within the hospital. This project proposes to pilot new ways to communicate with patients leading to better outcomes for patients and their families.
vicTOria POLiceThe Commission maintained a close partnership with Victoria Police through PACMAC which met monthly to discuss policing issues and CALD communities. In addition, the Commission worked with Victoria Police on a number of projects including an information day for ESL students at Melbourne Zoo, the Multicultural Awards for Excellence and planning for the Walk for Harmony.
TOP Metropolitan Fire Brigade, March 2009. cenTre Cultural Diversity Week soccer match. abOve Leading Senior Constable Craig Spicer visits with residents of the Western Suburbs.
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appendicesappendix 1 commission meeting AttendAnce RegisteR
appendix 2 gRAnts • multicultural Festivals and events
• multicultural senior citizens organisational support
• organisational support
• education Programs
• Buildings and Facilities improvement
• strengthening multicultural communities
• interfaith and multifaith Programs
appendix 3 multicultuRAl AdvisoRy BoARd
appendix 4 AwARds FoR excellence
appendix 5 victoRiAn ReFugee Recognition RecoRd
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appendix 1
ten of the existing vmc commissioners’ terms expired
between 3 september and 17 september 2008.
All commissioner positions, excluding that of the
chairperson and deputy chairperson were advertised
in the local, regional, national and ethnic press during
June and July 2008.
under section 11 of the multicultural victoria Act 2004,
a member of the commission holds office for a term
not exceeding four years and is eligible for reappointment
to a second and third term.
there were eight reappointments (including the
deputy chairperson) and three new appointments
to the commission.
commission meeting attendance register
no. oF commissioner meetings attended
mr george lekakis 7
mr Hakan Akvol 7
ms elleni Bereded-samuel 6
mr Joseph caputo 5
dr stanley chiang 6
ms elizabeth drozd 5
mrs vicki mitsos 2
ms samar mougharbel 7
ms Hang nguyen 4
ms vivienne nguyen 0
dr linda sydor Petkovic 6
ms marcia Pinskier 4
ms usha sharma 2
s. Jagdeep singh shergill 2
mr yasser soliman 7
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appendix 2
multicultural FestiVals and eVents
organisation grant (gst excluded)
A2K media $1,000
Accademia letteraria italo-Australiana scrittori (AliAs) $1,200
Afghan Australia community social sports club inc $400
Afghan Australian Association of victoria inc $1,200
Afghan Australian Philanthropic Association $2,000
African leadership, learning and Advocacy group $800
AfroArts inc $800
Agelidis Foundation $500
Al ehsan centre $500
Al sadeq education and charity Association inc $500
Albanian moslem society (shepparton) inc $500
Albany Rise Primary school $650
Albert Park Primary school $700
Albion north Primary school $800
Alevi community council of Australia inc $1,500
Alexandrians Friendship (AAHA) social club inc $300
Am echad Federation of Jews from Former soviet union inc $900
Angolan community Association $1,000
Antiochian community support Association (AcsA) $500
Antipodes international inc $60,000
Anwar Association inc $1,000
Anzano di Puglia social club ltd $500
Arabic welfare inc $2,000
Ararat golden gateway Festival committee $1,200
Archangel michael senior social club of oakleigh $300
Arcilesbica Australia $400
Armenian mesrob mashdotz school $700
Armenian Relief society nayiri chapter $500
Artesur of victoria inc $1,000
Asian Business Association of whitehorse inc $5,000
Associacion de latinos Residentes de victoria $400
Associated netherlands societies in victoria inc $3,000
Association of Filipino Australians in gippsland $800
Association of Former inmates of nazi concentration camps and ghettos from the Former soviet union $500
Association of greek elderly citizen clubs of melbourne & victoria $6,500
Association of international childrens Festivals $2,000
Association of italian senior citizens clubs of victoria $1,500
Association of sri lankan muslims in Australia (AslAmA) $500
Association of the Alliance Francaise of victoria $1,000
Association of the liberian community of Australia (AlcA victoria) $2,000
Association of ukrainians in victoria $2,500
Association of ukrainians in victoria – noble Park Branch $1,000
organisation grant (gst excluded)
Association of ukrainians in victoria - st Albans $400
Associazione culturale l'Aurora $300
Associazione nazionale marinai d'italia $300
Atherton gardens chinese neighbourhood $900
Atherton gardens Resident's Association $500
Auburn south Primary school $700
Aust-china writer's Association $200
Australasia Business development enterprise Association inc $300
Australasia coptic society inc $800
Australasia news Pty ltd - uthayam $500
Australia Burma society inc $1,000
Australia china Friendship society victoria Branch inc $400
Australia denizli Association $1,500
Australia india solidarity group $400
Australia sri lanka catholic Association inc $400
Australian Ankawa club $300
Australian Association of Kastorians inc $400
Australian Assyrian Arts & literature Foundation $800
Australian Bosniak Association inc $800
Australian Bosnian seniors $600
Australian council of Bosnian-Herzegovinian organisations inc $2,000
Australian croatian community services $500
Australian croatian women Association "Katarina Zrinski" $800
Australian Federation of ethnic schools Associations (AFesA) $1,000
Australian Federation of ukrainian organisations $1,500
Australian greek ex-servicemen elderly seniors club of northcote $400
Australian greek ex-servicemen's Association $1,300
Australian Humanitarian Aid for macedonia inc $2,000
Australian indian innovations inc $13,000
Australian indonesian Association of victoria inc $400
Australian international Food and culture Association inc $400
Australian irish welfare Bureau inc $1,000
Australian Karen organisation inc $800
Australian Kurdish community inc 1100
Australian lebanese christian ladies group – darrebin $300
Australian lebanese youth Association of victoria $1,000
Australian macedonian Folk dancing Association "goce delcev" inc $600
Australian macedonian senior citizens group Reservoir $300
Australian macedonian tetovo Association 'shar-Planina' inc $300
Australian nadur Association inc $400
Australian oromo community Association in victoria inc (AocAv) $6,000
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multicultural FestiVals and eVents
organisation grant (gst excluded)
Boroondara chinese senior citizens Association inc $800
Bosnian choir 'Behar' inc $400
Braybrook secondary college $1,000
Brimbank city council $4,000
Brimbank Hungarian senior citizens club $300
Brimbank senior citizens Friendly group $300
Broadmeadows special development school $1,000
Broadmeadows turkish senior citizens club $900
Brunswick east Primary school $800
Brunswick north west Primary school $400
Brunswick special development school $1,000
Brunswick sri lankan community group $300
Buddha's light international Association of victoria inc $4,000
Buddha's light international Association of victoria inc – young Adult division $500
Buddhist council of victoria inc $1,500
Buddhist society of victoria (Bsv) $1,200
Buddhist vihara victoria inc $1,000
Bulleen Heights school $1,100
Burgher Association (Australia) inc 2000
cameroon Association of Australia inc $700
cantorion cymreig victoria (victorian welsh male voice choir) inc $1,200
carraragarmungee Primary school $800
casey chinese seniors group $300
castlemaine state Festival $2,000
catholic education office – diocese of Ballarat $700
celebrate india inc $20,000
central victorian lion team inc $500
centre for Philippine concerns – Australia inc $600
centre of greek ex-servicemens elderly citizens club of darebin and district $300
chabad House of malvern/toorak inc $700
chabad institutions of Australia inc $1,600
chaldean women Association in victoria $500
chile magazine media and cultural group $4,500
china Philatelic society of Australia inc $300
chinese Association of victoria inc $1,000
chinese Beijing opera club of melbourne $1,200
chinese community Health Advisory of Australia inc (ccHAA) $400
chinese culture school inc $500
chinese Health Foundation of Australia (cHF) $1,000
chinese mandarin community Friendship Association (cmcFA) $500
chinese Professionals club of Australia $1,600
chinese Restauranteurs Association of victoria inc (cRAv) $5,000
organisation grant (gst excluded)
Australian Polish community services $1,000
Australian slovenian social and sporting Association melbourne inc $600
Australian somali society $700
Australian technical college sunshine $1,600
Australian theatre of Poetry inc $400
Australian turkish cultural Platform (AtcP) inc $8,500
Australian turkish women's cultural group $400
Australian ukrainian senior citizens Fellowship "golden Age" $300
Australian western thrace turkish Association of victoria inc $500
Australia-shanghai general chamber of commerce inc $800
AustuRK education & cultural Association inc $400
AvA Boroondara senior citizens group $800
Avondale Heights and east Keilor Residents Association $2,000
Avondale Heights greek Pensioners and elderly citizens club $300
Ayios therapon welfare Association inc $500
Azad gharibian dance inc $1,000
Baha'i council For victoria $500
Bait Al-Hossien $800
Ballarat Regional multicultural council (BRmc) $4,800
Ballarat sudanese Association inc $350
Banda musicale italiana "vincenzo Bellini" $800
Bangla sahitya sansad (Bengali literary society) inc $1,100
Bangladesh cultural group inc $1,200
Bangladesh samity inc $1,300
Banyule city council $700
Baptist union of victoria – multicultural group $2,800
Barnabas counselling, education & community support services $500
Basava samithi of Australisia inc $300
Bayanihan Australia community network inc $1,000
Bayswater-Boronia templer school $500
'Bea cantare' choir inc $400
Beechworth celtic Festival inc $1,000
Beit Jala Palestinian Association $600
Belgium Avenue neighbourhood House inc $800
Bendigo Australia indonesia Klub inc $1,200
Bendigo Filipino Australian Association inc $600
Bengali Association of victoria inc $4,800
Bengali language and culture school inc $600
Biemnhom Australia Association $500
Bitola macedonian senior citizens group whittlesea $300
B'nai B'rith shalom unit Arts committee $400
Bor community Association of Australia $1,000
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appendix 2
multicultural FestiVals and eVents
organisation grant (gst excluded)
chinese senior citizens club of Frankston & Peninsula $300
chinese senior citizen's club of manningham $900
chinese singing and dance troupe of melbourne $500
chinese women's Association of victoria inc $700
chinese xinjiang senior citizens Association $500
christ the lord slovak lutheran congregation $300
circolo Pensionati italiani di Bentleigh $700
circolo Pensionati italiani di Footscray $300
circolo Pensionati italiani di mildura and sunraysia $2,200
circolo Pensionati multiculturale di greenvale $300
city of Ballarat $2,000
city of darebin $900
city of greater dandenong $500
city of Kingston $20,000
city of maribyrnong $2,000
city of Port Phillip $1,000
city of stonnington $2,000
city of whitehorse $800
city of whittlesea $800
clarinda greek senior citizens club $250
club Astoria german Australian society $1,000
club de Abuelos de Habla Hispana de clayton $400
club tivoli deutscher verein melbourne inc $800
colac sudanese community inc $1,500
collingwood college $1,500
collingwood greek senior citizen club $900
committee for common celebrations of greek & Australian national days $1,000
communities council on ethnic issues (eastern Region) inc $500
community in Harmony $1,300
community Radio Federation (community Radio 3cR) $500
confederazione Fanti d'italia – Ansi – cavalieri della Patria $500
congolese community of victoria $2,500
coptic orthodox Patriarchate Archangel mikhail & st Anthony church inc $400
coral Park Primary school $700
corona italian seniors club of casey $300
corpus christi Primary school $700
council of slovenian organisations of victoria inc $1,500
council of sudanese groups inc $1,000
council of turkish Associations of victoria $10,000
croatian Folklore group "lado" $700
croatian senior citizens club of Footscray $300
croatian senior citizens club sunshine $300
cultural centre of Florinians 'Aristotelis' $1,500
organisation grant (gst excluded)
cultural Historical Association of Rodriguans and mauritians in victoria (cHARm) $500
cxP music $800
cypriot community of eastern suburbs-elderly citizens $600
cyprus community of melbourne & victoria $4,000
cyprus greek orthodox community of "Apostolos Andreas" sunshine $1,000
dandenong and endeavour Hills club de los Abuelos: italo-spanish $300
dandenong youth services – city of greater dandenong $2,500
darebin city Brass inc youth group $400
darebin greek women's senior citizens group $500
darfur Australia network $600
delahey town club $500
dental Health services victoria $700
diversitat $51,200
don Bosco Brunswick youth Foundation inc $800
doncaster Primary school $700
donvale Primary school $800
drouin Ficifolia Festival committee inc $1,000
dutch Australian social club 'the Rocket' $700
dutch orange day inc $5,000
dutch women's club of geelong inc $400
east African women's Foundation inc $2,100
east doncaster secondary college $700
eastern and central African communities of victoria inc $1,200
eastern district Polish Association-Polish school of Rowville $1,800
eastern districts Polish Association (melbourne) $1,600
eastern Karen community Association $800
eastern schools Refugee Action network (esRAn) $2,000
eastern senior chinese Association $300
eastwood Primary school $1,000
eKol school of Arts $5,000
elderly club of the Pallaconian Brotherhood of melbourne and victoria $1,000
ensemble 'nostalgia' - women group $600
epirotic Philanthropic society of Australia "dodoni" $400
eritrean elderly Association in melbourne $600
eritrean orthodox Association in Australia inc $1,400
ethick community mozambique of victoria inc $1,100
ethiopian community Association in victoria inc $4,500
ethnic communities council of the south east inc (eccose) $2,000
ethnic council of shepparton & district inc $1,600
ethnic Public Broadcasting Association of victoria (3ZZZ Fm) $20,000
Famiglia Pugliese d'Australia $300
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multicultural FestiVals and eVents
organisation grant (gst excluded)
Faye dumont singers inc $600
Federation of chinese Associations senior citizens social club $900
Federation of ethnic communities' councils of Australia (FeccA) $30,000
Federation of indian Associations of victoria inc $500
Federation of indian women's Association of Australia (FiwAA) inc $1,800
Federation of macedonian cultural & Artistic Associations of victoria (FomKud) $800
Federation of macedonian senior citizens groups of the northern Region of victoria inc $600
Federation of macedonian senior citizens groups of the western Region inc $500
Federation of taivgetos of laconia $300
Federation Panepirotic union of melbourne & victoria $1,500
Festival indonesia inc $4,000
Fiji indian senior citizens Association inc $1,100
Fiji islamic & cultural society of victoria inc $600
Fiji melbourne community club inc $600
Fiji senior citizens Association (Fsc) $600
Filipino Australian Association of Ballarat $1,100
Filipino Australian senior citizens Advisory council in Australia $500
Filipino Australian senior citizens of victoria (FAscov) $300
Filipino community council of victoria inc $13,000
Filipino community of sunraysia inc $600
Filipino elderly get together Association $300
Filipino-Australian Friends Association (northern victoria) inc $500
Filipino-Australian society melbourne's northwest (FAsmenow) $600
Finnish society of melbourne inc $1,800
Fitzroy Atherton gardens table tennis Association $300
Fitzroy chinese Residents Association inc $500
Fitzroy Primary school $1,000
Footprint enterprises inc $1,000
Footscray Asian Business Association $5,000
Frankston city council $3,300
Futuristic group for southern sudanese in Australia (FgssA) inc. $500
gaatjaak nuer community Association of Australia inc $500
galini greek elderly Association of Port melbourne $300
geelong dutch clubs $800
geelong Highland gathering Association inc $3,000
geelong iranian society $400
geelong irish society inc $500
geelong lithuanian Folk dance group "gegute" $600
geelong scottish dance inc $850
geelong welsh ladies choir $800
organisation grant (gst excluded)
german/Austrian Association $500
gilmore college for girls Footscray $1,000
gippsland ethnic communities council (gecc) $4,500
gippsland indian Association inc $1,300
gippsland indonesian Australian Association $600
gippsland multicultural services inc $2,500
gippsland sudanese Association $500
gladesville Primary school $700
glen eira italian Pensioners & senior citizens club $300
glenorchy Primary school $1,000
glenrowan Primary school $500
golden dragon museum $6,000
goulburn valley Afghan Association $800
goulburn valley African communities Association inc $1,200
goulburn valley chinese Fellowship Association inc $800
goulburn valley sudanese Association $300
great Ryrie Primary school $700
greek & cypriot social welfare centre $1,200
greek Australian cultural league of melbourne inc $400
greek Australian Recreational & instructive league of vic inc $1,000
greek community of northcote, city of darebin & districts $1,000
greek community of springvale and districts $300
greek cypriot Parent & youth club western suburbs of melbourne $700
greek democritus worker's league $500
greek elderly citizens club caulfield $600
greek elderly citizens club northcote $250
greek elderly citizens club of maribyrnong & districts $300
greek elderly citizens club of moonee valley $300
greek Federal organisation of ex-servicemen's Reserve of greece in Australia $500
greek national Resistance Fighters league of melbourne & victoria $500
greek orthodox Archdiocese of Aust Holy monastery Axion estin $1,000
greek orthodox Archdiocese of Australia $7,500
greek orthodox Archdiocese of Australia consolidated trust Parish of st Johns north carlton $600
greek orthodox Archdiocese of Australia Parish of saint Haralambos doncaster and templestowe $500
greek orthodox community of clayton ltd $1,000
greek orthodox community of dandenong & districts $1,000
greek orthodox community of Frankston and Peninsula inc $1,100
greek orthodox community of gippsland elderly citizens' group $600
greek orthodox community of Hobsons Bay inc $300
greek orthodox Parish of "st Andrew's" Forest Hill greek school $300
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multicultural FestiVals and eVents
organisation grant (gst excluded)
greek orthodox Parish of "st dimitrios" Ascot vale greek school $600
greek orthodox Parish of "the Holy cross" Box Hill and districts $700
greek orthodox Parish of "the three Hierarchs" clayton, greek school $300
greek orthodox Parish of coburg and Pascoe vale "Presentation of our lord" $4,000
greek orthodox Parish of st Albans & districts $300
greek orthodox Parish of st Athanasios springvale $300
greek orthodox Parish of st dimitrios moonee Ponds $300
greek orthodox senior citizens group of whittlesea $500
greek senior citizens Association of st gregorios $300
greek senior citizens club of carnegie and murrumbeena $300
greek senior citizens district of Richmond $1,000
greek senior citizens of Frankston and Peninsula $2,500
greek studies Program – la trobe university $2,000
greek women's club of maribyrnong $800
greek women's club of northern suburbs "Anemones" $300
Halkidikeon Association Aristotle the stageritian $700
Hamerkaz shelanu inc $2,100
Hamilton Primary school $1,300
Hampton Park Primary school $1,200
Harmony chinese opera group of melbourne $1,000
Harrisfield Primary school $1,000
Hazara Australian community Association of victoria $1,300
Hazara community mildura $500
Healthy tourism senior citizens club 'vigor' $300
Healthy tourism senior citizens club 'vigor' – inner metro south Russian community language school $900
Heidelberg united Alexander Football club ltd $3,000
Heidelberg united Alexander senior citizen club inc $300
Hellenic Association of mornington Peninsula Aged citizens club $900
Hellenic community of the city of moorabbin (Kingston) & districts ltd $800
Hellenic women's Federation of victoria $800
Hellenic writers Association of Australia $400
Hellenic youth Federation of victoria inc $500
Highton Primary school $700
Hindi niketan inc $600
Hindu Foundation $1,000
Hindu society of victoria (inc) $5,000
Hispanic latin American Festival & cultural Association $10,000
Hispano-American co-operative for Family support (coHAF) inc $3,000
Hmong Australia society inc $800
Holy saviour Primary school $700
Hong Bang vietnamese ethnic school $300
organisation grant (gst excluded)
Hope connection $400
Horn of Africa communities network $1,000
Houma-Fahefa Alumni (tongan) Association of victoria inc $800
House of Persia community & cultural centre $1,000
Human Rights Arts and Film Festival $600
Hume city council (Roxburgh Park Homestead community, Arts and cultural centre) $700
Hungarian senior citizens club of greater dandenong $400
il Piccolo teatro di melbourne inc $700
indian Arts Academy $300
indian senior citizens Association of victoria $1,000
indian subcontinent cultural and community welfare Association inc $300
indonesian club melbourne inc $500
international Buddhist college of victoria inc (iBcv) $600
international women's group $900
iranian society of victoria inc $2,500
iraqi People Association inc $700
isik college $400
islamic Association of Australia $800
islamic society of melbourne eastern Region $500
islamic women's welfare council of victoria $1,800
italian catholic Federation morwell $900
italian Pensioners club of wangaratta $1,100
italian senior citizens club of Frankston $300
italian social club Altona $600
Japanese for Peace (JFP) $1,000
Jat Jagat $300
Jesuit social services $6,700
Jewish community council of victoria $3,400
Jing song senior chinese men's inc $300
John Pandazopoulos Hall committee of management $500
Justice & Freedom for ceylon tamils inc Human Rights & Refugee Action group $400
Kaiga tuvalu victoria inc $1,000
Kalakruthi Parent Association $400
Kensington chinese Friendship Association $300
Keon Park greek senior citizens club $250
Kew Home of chinese $600
Keysborough turkish islamic & cultural centre inc $800
Kingston chinese senior citizens club $400
Kingston indian senior citizens Association $300
Klabb ghannejja maltin inc $1,000
Knox chinese elderly citizens club $300
Kurdish Association of victoria $1,800
Kurdish women society of victoria $800
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multicultural FestiVals and eVents
organisation grant (gst excluded)
la Fiera myrtleford committee $1,000
la mirada inc $2,500
lakeside secondary college $1,000
lao Australian society inc $800
latin American Friendship Fonda la clinica of victoria inc $2,500
latin American multicultural Association $500
latrobe community Health service inc $400
le Belle Arti $500
le Page Primary school $700
league of maniates and Friends of melbourne and victoria "i mani" inc $300
lemnian community of victoria senior citizens group $300
liberian community Association for unity, social and economic development licAu-sed (victoria) inc $600
lien tri temple $300
literary creative Association "lukomorie" $300
live@collingwood music Festival $800
loddon campaspe multicultural services $2,200
longechuk community development services in Australia $700
longhorns Basketball club inc $500
lopit community Association of Australia $600
louise multicultural community centre inc $1,100
lygon street Festa inc $20,000
macedonian Australian cultural youth Association 'tanec' inc $1,300
macedonian Australian senior citizens group "ilinden" $600
macedonian community council of melbourne and victoria $500
macedonian community welfare Association $600
macedonian elderly group of Keilor downs $300
macedonian orthodox community of melbourne and victoria ladies Association $300
macedonian Pensioner club of Altona inc $1,000
macedonian Pensioner group 'uspeniena Presveta Bogorodica' sydenham $300
macedonian Pensioners Association of Footscray $300
macedonian senior citizen group of Hillside inc $500
macedonian senior citizen women's group "Pelister" of st Albans $300
macedonian senior citizens club of west sunshine $300
macedonian senior citizens club Pelister of st Albans inc $300
macedonian senior citizens group of Altona north $300
macedonian senior citizens group of Ardeer $700
macedonian senior citizens group of Hobsons Bay $600
macedonian senior citizens group of monash $300
macedonian senior citizens group Zlatna sonce of Footscray $300
macedonian senior citizens women's dancing group "veseli makedonki" $300
organisation grant (gst excluded)
macedonian senior group "tumbe café" $250
macedonian women's Pensioner group of Keilor downs $300
macedonian women's Pensioners Association of Footscray $300
macedonian women's senior citizens club of west sunshine $300
macedonian womens senior citizens group of Altona north and district $600
ma'di community Association in victoria Australia (mAcA) inc $2,000
malayalee catholic society of victoria inc $500
malta star of the sea House inc $600
maltese Association Hobsons Bay $900
maltese Historical Association $500
maltese Pensioners Association inc $400
maltese senior citizens social club st Albans $600
manchester Primary school $900
maribyrnong library service (maribyrnong city council) $1,700
marlborough Primary school $900
maroondah southern sudanese christian welfare Association $500
matthew Flinders girls secondary school $700
meadow Heights learning shop inc $400
meadow Heights turkish women's Association $600
melbourne Ai-yue choir inc $400
melbourne chin community $800
melbourne French theatre $1,700
melbourne Hebrew congregation inc $400
melbourne irish Festival committee inc (st Patrick's Festival melbourne) $1,000
melbourne linh son Buddhist congregation inc $1,000
melbourne south eastern Region chinese Friendship centre of victoria inc $1,500
melbourne university overseas students service $700
melton secondary college $1,000
migrant information centre (eastern melbourne) $2,600
mill Park Primary school $800
minaret college inc $500
monash chinese events organising committee $10,000
monash chinese Friendship Association $600
monash maltese seniors social group inc $300
montemurro social club 'san Rocco' $400
moonee valley city council $1,500
moreland turkish educational and social Affairs centre inc $5,000
mornington dutch Australian senior club $600
morwell senior italian citizens club $700
mount Beauty music muster inc $1,200
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multicultural FestiVals and eVents
organisation grant (gst excluded)
mount eliza north Primary school $800
mount eliza secondary college $1,500
multicultura Australia inc $50,000
multicultural Arts victoria $61,500
multicultural sudanese centre $800
muslim women's council of victoria $1,600
nadezhda Russian senior citizens club $4,000
nafsika stamoulis Hellenic museum ltd $12,500
nang Hong non-Profit Association $1,200
nasir community Association $600
nasir community development Agency $500
national celtic Festival inc $1,800
national centre of excellence for islamic studies $5,000
national council of Jewish women Australia (vic) golden Age club $500
national council of Jewish women of Australia $800
natya Kala mandir $500
nepalese Association of victoria inc $1,000
new Hope migrant and Refugee centre $1,900
new Hope migrant and Refugee centre (mornington Branch) $600
new star Art school $700
new united villages of Florina $3,000
new Zealand maori club $1,000
newport maltese Association $300
niruththa indian Fine Arts Association inc $800
noble Park english language school $1,500
norlane west Primary school $1,200
north east multicultural Association (nemA) $1,500
north eastern melbourne chinese Association inc (nemcA) $2,000
north geelong secondary college $1,200
north melbourne chinese Association 1600
north Richmond community Health centre $25,000
north Richmond elderly chinese Friendship Association melbourne $700
north victorian Buddhist Association inc $1,200
northern Federation of ethnic senior citizens clubs $700
northern melbourne sri lankan Association $400
northern melbourne vietnamese elderly Association $300
northern Region indian seniors' Association of victoria $300
nubian mihaira $1,200
nuer christian united churches $1,000
nuer community in victoria inc $800
nuer youth Association of Australia $500
okyanusya theatre & culltural Activities group $2,000
olympian society inc $400
organisation grant (gst excluded)
operation Recreation inc t/as Bayside Festival $500
operation stitcHes $500
oromo women's Association in Australia inc south Pacific Region $500
ouyen incorporated $500
Pacifika People's community group (PPcg) inc $2,000
Palesviaki enosis of melbourne and victoria $600
Pallaconian Brotherhood of melbourne and victoria leonidas inc $1,000
Pammessinian Brotherhood of melbourne & victoria ltd $600
Pan Australian Federation of thessalian Associations inc $1,100
Panagia Kamariani greek senior citizens club $600
Panagia soumela Pontian Association of whittlesea $400
Pancretan Association of melbourne Australia ltd $1,100
Panjab warriors sports and cultural club inc $1,000
Pankoaki Brotherhood of victoria "o ippocrates" Association inc $1,000
Panpieriki Brotherhood of melbourne and victoria 'olympus' inc $600
Panpyliaki Brotherhood of navarinon of melbourne and victoria $300
Papadakis Park inc $300
Penders grove Primary school $1,800
Peninsula & Rye greek women's group $300
Pensioner macedonian womens group of Brimbank $400
Phat Quang temple inc $1,500
Philanthropikos syllogos-dimos meligala messinias o Profitis elias inc $1,000
Philippine Fiesta of victoria inc $1,000
Platform youth theatre inc $500
Polish Association in melbourne inc $500
Polish club 'Forty Plus' $400
Polish community council of victoria inc $3,000
Polish dance ensemble 'lowicz' $500
Polish senior citizens club morwell $300
Polish senior citizens club of caulfield $500
Pontian Association of melbourne "euxenos Pontos" $500
Port melbourne greek community inc $700
Port melbourne greek community senior citizens club $300
Portarlington and district greek elderly citizens club $300
Prahran chinese elderly citizens Association $300
Preston girls secondary college $700
Pride of the cook islands $700
Quang minh temple $1,000
Rabat malta senior citizens Association $300
Rajasthani Kutumb of victoria inc $1,200
Reconciliation manningham $400
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multicultural FestiVals and eVents
organisation grant (gst excluded)
Refugee & immigration legal centre inc $8,000
Regional Arts victoria $1,000
Rejoice chinese christian communication centre inc $500
Reservoir east Primary school $700
Rethimnian Association of melbourne $1,500
Return to Anatolia inc 2000
Richmond Asian Business Association inc $5,000
Ringwood Highland games inc $1,500
Robinson Reserve neighbourhood House $300
Rodu $1,000
Rosamond special school $300
Rotary club of mooroopna inc $2,000
Royal district nursing service – Homeless Persons Programs $500
Russian cultural and tv Association inc "sputnik" $900
Russian ethnic Representative council of victoria $3,500
Russian senior citizens club yarraville $1,000
Russian seniors club (Joy) $300
Rye & Peninsula greek senior citizens club $600
saint Addai community society inc $400
saint gaetan society inc $700
saint maratken community society inc $500
salvadorean community council of victoria inc $800
san donato Association inc $1,000
sangam community Association inc $1,000
santa marija Assunta Association $1,000
sapthaswara school of carnatic music $1,200
scottish clans and Associations council $800
selimiye youth support & Recreation inc $300
senior citizens group of the greek orthodox Parish of saints methodios and Kyrillos, Preston $300
serbian orthodox church community "st nicholas" geelong $800
serbian Pensioner group 'st sava' greensborough inc $600
serbian social club $300
serbian social services and support inc $800
serbian welfare Association of victoria inc (swAv) $1,000
shalom Association inc $400
shire of campaspe $800
shranish Association of melbourne $400
shri sanatan dharam society of victoria inc $300
shurolok music Appreciation and Performance group inc $2,000
sicilia nostra senior citizens club $800
sierra leone Australia community of victoria (slAcov) $1,200
sindhi Association of Australia inc $1,000
singh sabha sports club $400
organisation grant (gst excluded)
slovenian Australian social & sports club Jadran $600
slovenian welfare & information office $300
society for Asian languages & Arts inc $400
solouchin literary and theatrical society $600
somali Australian council of victoria inc $1,000
somali community inc $1,600
somali support and development Association inc $800
somali women's development Association $400
somalian cultural school $400
somaliland youth network society (slyns) $600
south eastern Region migrant Resource centre $800
south sudan equatorial community Association $1,200
southern ethnic Advisory & Advocacy council inc (seAAc) $500
southern sudanese community of Australia $1,000
spanish American Foundation for the Arts (sAFA) inc $1,500
spanish Association of geelong $800
spanish latin American welfare centre inc (celAs) $2,500
spectrum migrant Resource centre inc $1,000
spinete social club $900
springvale Asian Business Association $2,500
springvale indochinese mutual Assistance Association inc $400
springvale mandarin support network $400
springvale neighbourhood House $3,000
springvale Primary school 2000
springvale senior citizens multicultural club $500
sri lanka german technical training institute old Boys Association of Australia $800
sri lankan elders' welfare Association "sewA" $500
srotar Ashor $600
st Albans Business group Association inc $5,000
st Albans good Friday Association inc $900
st Andrews luqa social club $500
st Anthony greek orthodox church $300
st Anthony's Primary school $600
st Athanasius coptic centre $800
st george Association inc $300
st georges Antiochian orthodox church Association $1,100
st Helena maltese-Australian social club $300
st John of Kronstadt Russian welfare society inc $600
st John's church vietnamese school $700
st Joseph's committee $300
st marks Adult day centre and Respite services $500
st mark's coptic church $300
st monica's Primary school $1,700
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organisation grant (gst excluded)
st nicholas Antiochian orthodox church ladies society $400
st nicholas Antiochian orthodox church s eniors group $300
st nicholas orthodox church $600
st nicholas Philanthropic society of Proty $500
st Paul's Feast committee $600
st sebastian Association inc $400
st vincent's Hospital (melbourne) limited $1,000
st virgin mary coptic orthodox church $400
stawell west Primary school $900
stella maris maltese Association inc $300
strathmore Heights greek senior citizens club $300
student leadership Ambassador Program (sAlP) – team Alg 22 $400
sudanese community Association of victoria inc $1,000
sudanese lost Boys Association of Australia $1,500
sudanese women on the move network inc (swom) $1,300
sunraysia contemporary Alevi cultural centre inc $400
sunraysia mallee ethnic communities' council inc $3,000
sunshine college $1,200
sunshine Heights Primary school $1,200
sunshine Polish charity Association inc $600
sunshine Primary school $300
surfside Primary school $300
sveti georgi selo velusina Humanitarian Association of victoria $400
swiss club of victoria $1,500
taiwanese school of melbourne $400
tamil Australian Friendship society inc $600
tamil educational, cultural and charitable Association (teccA) $1,000
tarerer gunditj Project Association inc $1,000
tarxien social club inc $900
tatura italian social club inc $700
temple society Australia $700
temple society german language school Bentleigh-moorabbin $800
templestowe Heights Primary school $800
thai culture and Food Festival inc $5,000
the Albanian Australian islamic society $700
the Association of Hazaras in victoria inc $1,400
the Australian chaldean Federation of victoria/Australia $800
the Australian greek orthodox community of moreland inc $300
the committee for sri lanka inc $500
the Federation of chinese Associations (vic) inc $40,000
the goan overseas Association of victoria inc $800
organisation grant (gst excluded)
the Highway gallery inc $400
the Hornbill chin Association of Australia $800
the indian tamil Association of victoria $500
the indonesian society of victoria – PeRwiRA $1,400
the italian Australian coordinating committee of gippsland $700
the Jewish cultural centre & national library Kadimah $400
the Jewish Film Foundation of Australia inc $5,000
the Khmer Buddhist centre inc $2,000
the Korean society of victoria Australia $1,500
the melbourne comhaltas inc (comhaltas ceoltoiri eireann melbourne Branch) $300
the new Hope Foundation (werribee Refugee Resource centre) $800
the new Hope Foundation inc (Flemington) $1,100
the new Hope Foundation inc (Refugee Resource centre Footscray) $4,000
the nigerian society of victoria inc $800
the old macaroni Factory $3,000
the oromo islamic light school $1,000
the Pan maniot youth union of Australia inc $600
the Panmacedonian Association of melbourne and victoria $8,000
the Pushkin lyceum $1,200
the Robert Burns club of melbourne inc $700
the Royal Agricultural society of victoria ltd (RAsv) $2,000
the samoan Advisory council of victoria inc $1,500
the samoan community link of victoria $700
the song Room inc $1,600
the spanish Film Festival in Australia (national) $2,000
the ukrainian youth Association of Australia (melbourne) inc $400
the united vietnamese Buddhist congregation of south eastern melbourne $1,400
the Zambian Association of victoria inc $500
tHe-He vietnamese language centre $500
thessaloniki Association "the white tower" inc $25,000
thiasos themida $400
thomastown secondary college $1,400
thornbury Primary school $800
tibetan Buddhist society $1,600
tibetan community of Australia (victoria) inc $600
timorese Association in victoria $1,600
traralgon east community group (tecg) $500
turkish sub-Branch of the victorian Rsl of Australia $1,200
turkish womens Recreation group inc $650
ukrainian Arts and culture $1,300
ukrainian education council of Australia $500
ukrainian senior citizens club in melbourne $1,000
multicultural FestiVals and eVents
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organisation grant (gst excluded)
ukrainian social club $500
united Jewish education Board $300
united nations Association of Australia (victorian division) inc $6,000
united somali organisation in Australia inc $800
united somali women organisation in victoria $500
unitingcare-cutting edge (ucce) $400
university High school $700
uruguayan social club of melbourne inc $1,000
vedanta society of Australia $1,000
victoria Hua xin chinese women's Association inc $700
victoria multicultural education services inc $1,000
victoria Police soccer club inc $1,000
victorian Arabic Artists Association inc $3,100
victorian Association of world war ii veterans from Former soviet union $800
victorian Assyrian community $500
victorian community support network $800
victorian eritrean community Association $3,000
victorian Fijian sports club $400
victorian greek Australian elderly citizens group $800
victorian immigrant and Refugee women's coalition inc (viRwc) $1,000
victorian nagarathar sangam Australia $1,000
victorian scottish union inc $1,000
victorian sikh Association inc $2,500
victorian tamil cultural Association $1,000
vietnamese community in Australia – vic chapter (vcA) $25,000
vietnamese ethnic school of Broadmeadows $300
vietnamese Parents Association of victoria $600
vietnamese senior citizens club of Hume $300
vitoria women's Fellowship group $1,200
viva italia Festival wangaratta inc $800
wangaratta High school $700
warrnambool city council $2,000
waverley chinese senior citizens club $900
werribee secondary college $1,200
western Health $500
western Region Bengali school inc $600
western Region Health centre $400
western suburbs indigenous gathering Place $800
western victoria sri-lankan Buddhist Association inc $600
whitehorse club $1,000
whittlesea chinese Association inc (wcA) $1,600
whittlesea community connections $800
whittlesea vuong trung vietnamese womens group $700
organisation grant (gst excluded)
wilmot Road Primary school $900
wingate Avenue community centre $600
women's Friendship group $400
womens group of the greek orthodox Parish of moonee Ponds $400
wyndham Humanitarian network $1,000
xaghra Association of Australia inc $300
xinjiang chinese Association of Australia inc $900
yarra multi-culture sports centre (organisation) inc. $300
yarra settlement Forum $1,000
yarra valley italian cultural group inc $600
yirol mothers & daughters network in victoria inc $900
ymcA victoria – north melbourne community centre $800
young Filipino Australian Ambassadors inc $300
young generation Filipino citizens club of the south east $400
youth group of the greek orthodox Parish of the Presentation of st. dimitrios moonee Ponds $300
yugoslav-Australian workers centre 'Brotherhood unity' inc $600
Zahrira social club $900
Zimbabwean community in Australia (victoria) $1,700
Zionist council of victoria $3,000
Zomi Association Australia inc $1,000
total $1,346,000
multicultural FestiVals and eVents
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multicultural senior citizens organisational support
organisation grant (gst excluded)
African communities elderly Association of victoria $1,300
Agrupacion de Pensionistas y tercera edad de victoria $2,300
Altona north senior citizens centre $2,400
AncRi sezione di melbourne $1,500
AncRi werribee $2,200
Antiochian community support Association (AcsA) $2,000
Arabic elderly Pensioners group $1,800
Arabic senior citizens group $1,000
Armenian Relief society nayiri chapter $1,200
Armenoro senior citizens Association $2,000
Asklipios greek women's group $1,400
Assoc marinai d'italia gruppo "m.o. Pugliesi" $1,500
Association of Former inmates of nazi concentration camps and ghettos from the Former soviet union $1,000
Association of greek elderly citizen clubs of melbourne & victoria $3,300
Associazione Amica Pensionati italiani di Hawthorn $1,200
Associazione Arma Aeronautica $1,300
Associazione elbani nel mondo $2,000
Associazione emilia Romagna del victoria $1,300
Associazione Figli d'italia inc $900
Associazione laziali Pensionati di geelong $1,500
Associazione nazionale Artiglieri d'italia sezione di melbourne $1,000
Associazione nazionale carristi d'italia, sezione di melbourne $800
Associazione nazionale combattenti della guerra di liberazione $1,400
Associazione nazionale marinai d'italia $800
Associazione Pensionate laziali di monash $1,250
Associazione Piemontesi victoria $1,300
Associazone Pensionati laziali Australia $2,200
Atherton gardens chinese neighbourhood $1,000
Australia ceylon Fellowship $1,200
Australia denizli Association $800
Australian & Bosnian-Herzegovinan community club Brcko melbourne $1,800
Australian Ankawa club $1,400
Australian Armenian welfare society $1,100
Australian Bosnian seniors $1,000
Australian coptic senior citizens club of manningham $1,200
Australian croatian club Bocce – gospic $1,200
Australian croatian senior citizens Association geelong $1,200
Australian croatian senior citizens club "vila velebita" Broadmeadows $1,100
Australian croatian senior citizens club of clifton Hill $1,200
Australian croatian senior citizens club of gladstone Park $1,100
Australian cyprian sports & social Association seniors $2,000
organisation grant (gst excluded)
Australian greek and cypriot senior citizens club of melbourne $1,800
Australian greek elderly citizens club of mentone and districts $1,400
Australian greek elderly citizens club of oakleigh $2,450
Australian greek ex-servicemen's Association $2,000
Australian greek isolated group $1,600
Australian lebanese christian ladies group – darrebin $500
Australian lebanese christian ladies group – moreland $900
Australian lebanese christian ladies group - moreland $900
Australian macedonian disability Pensioner group "vardar" melbourne $1,100
Australian macedonian senior citizens group Reservoir $1,400
Australian oromo community Association in victoria seniors group $1,800
Australian serbian Pensioners club of st george church, st Albans & districts $2,100
Australian thornbury Pensioners club $1,400
Australian yugoslav multicultural Pensioner group $900
Australian yugoslav Pensioners group $1,600
AvA Boroondara senior citizens group $1,200
AvA elderly group in maribyrnong $800
Avondale east Keilor senior citizens club $1,100
Avondale Heights greek Pensioners and elderly citizens club $2,000
AvwA yarra city senior citizens group $800
Ballarat Polish seniors club $1,000
Barry Road italian senior citizens club $1,400
Bellarine international women's senior citizens club $650
Benevolent Brotherhood of Kolindros $1,200
Benvenute donne glenroy $1,200
Bigla senior citizens Association $1,500
Bitola macedonian senior citizens group whittlesea $2,250
BlackRiver macedonian Australian Association Avondale Heights, moonee valley & district $900
Boroondara camberwell greek senior citizens club $1,300
Boroondara chinese senior citizens Association inc $1,400
Bosnian and Herzegovinian elderly citizens club $1,400
Box Hill chinese elderly citizens club $4,000
Brighton greek senior citizens Association $1,500
Brimbank Hungarian senior citizens club $1,700
Brimbank senior citizens Friendly group $700
Broadmeadows greek elderly citizens club $1,600
Broadmeadows greek womens club $950
Broadmeadows turkish senior citizens club $2,200
Broadmeadows vietnamese senior citizens club $1,200
Brunswick greek elderly and Pensioners Association $2,450
calabresi Pensioners Association of Australia $1,400
camberwell senior citizens club $1,400
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organisation grant (gst excluded)
cantanzaro senior citizen's club of monash $1,400
casey Hungarian senior citizens club $2,200
centro Argentino of victoria (cAv) seniors $1,000
ceylonese welfare organisation $2,200
ceylonese welfare organisation $2,200
chilean Federation of older People $800
chinese community Health Advisory of Australia inc (ccHAA) $2,000
chinese senior citizens club of Frankston & Peninsula $1,000
chinese senior citizen's club of manningham $2,400
chinese singing and dance troupe of melbourne $1,000
chinese xinjiang senior citizens Association $2,200
chios Brotherhood Korais of melbourne and victoria ltd $1,000
circolo Fiumano melbourne $1,150
circolo Pensionati "don Bosco" $1,900
circolo Pensionati Abruzzesi Abruzzesi senior citizens social club $2,800
circolo Pensionati campani italiano di clayton $2,200
circolo Pensionati casa d'Abruzzo club $1,500
circolo Pensionati del Reggio calabria club $1,150
circolo Pensionati della comunita' vizzinese $2,000
circolo Pensionati Federazione clubs laziali melbourne victoria $1,400
circolo Pensionati italiani di Airport west $2,000
circolo Pensionati italiani di Ascot vale $2,000
circolo Pensionati italiani di Bentleigh $2,000
circolo Pensionati italiani di Bundoora $2,200
circolo Pensionati italiani di campaspe $800
circolo Pensionati italiani di casa nostra $1,200
circolo Pensionati italiani di coburg $3,600
circolo Pensionati italiani di deer Park $1,200
circolo Pensionati italiani di east Brunswick $750
circolo Pensionati italiani di essendon $2,200
circolo Pensionati italiani di Footscray $1,800
circolo Pensionati italiani di geelong $1,200
circolo Pensionati italiani di gladstone Park $1,600
circolo Pensionati italiani di greenvale $1,600
circolo Pensionati italiani di Hadfield $1,300
circolo Pensionati italiani di Kensington $1,200
circolo Pensionati italiani di Kew/Hawthorn/camberwell $1,200
circolo Pensionati italiani di Knox $1,500
circolo Pensionati italiani di lilydale $1,200
circolo Pensionati italiani di mildura and sunraysia $1,800
circolo Pensionati italiani di mordialloc $600
circolo Pensionati italiani di moreland $1,200
circolo Pensionati italiani di newport-williamstown $1,400
organisation grant (gst excluded)
circolo Pensionati italiani di north & west melbourne $900
circolo Pensionati italiani di north Fitzroy $1,400
circolo Pensionati italiani di north west essendon $1,100
circolo Pensionati italiani di nunawading/Box Hill $1,800
circolo Pensionati italiani di Pascoe vale $1,400
circolo Pensionati italiani di Port melbourne $1,000
circolo Pensionati italiani di Richmond $1,200
circolo Pensionati italiani di san luca, lalor, thomastown $2,300
circolo Pensionati italiani di st Albans $1,600
circolo Pensionati italiani di st mary magdlen chadstone $1,200
circolo Pensionati italiani di tatura $950
circolo Pensionati italiani di tullamarine $1,500
circolo Pensionati italiani di waverley $1,200
circolo Pensionati italiani di west Brunswick $1,500
circolo Pensionati italiani doutta galla-essendon $1,200
circolo Pensionati italiani east Keilor & Avondale Heights $2,200
circolo Pensionati italiani merlynston $2,400
circolo Pensionati italiani napoli Family club $1,600
circolo Pensionati multiculturale di greenvale $2,000
circolo Pensionati Pugliesi $2,200
circolo Ricreativo Pensionati italiani di st ignazio $1,100
clarinda greek senior citizens club $800
club Astoria german Australian society $1,000
club de Abuelos de Habla Hispana de clayton $1,300
cobradah senior citizens centre $500
collingwood Fitzroy indo-chinese elderly group $1,600
collingwood greek elderly womens Association $1,200
collingwood greek senior citizen club $850
combined Pensioners & superannuants Association of victoria – noble Park Branch $1,200
community club 'smile – ulibka' $1,200
community of cypriots of the northern suburbs of melbourne elderly group $2,000
community of niki $1,650
confederazione Fanti d'italia – Ansi – cavalieri della Patria $2,200
corona italian seniors club of casey $1,200
cosenza senior citizens of Kingston $1,500
cranbourne Hampton Park greek senior citizens club $1,550
cranbourne italian senior citizens club $1,800
cretan elderly club of melbourne and victoria $1,500
croatian senior citizens Association "cardinal stepinac" geelong $1,800
croatian senior citizens club of Altona $1,100
croatian senior citizens club of Footscray $1,250
croatian senior citizens club st Albans $1,800
multicultural senior citizens organisational support
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organisation grant (gst excluded)
croatian senior citizens club sunshine $1,200
croatian senior citizens group Keysborough $3,300
croydon dutch social club $1,500
croydon italian senior citizens club $1,200
cultural centre of Florinians 'Aristotelis' $1,600
cultural vietnamese women's Association $1,100
cypriot community of eastern suburbs-elderly citizens $1,600
cyprus greek orthodox community of "Apostolos Andreas" sunshine $2,600
cyprus senior citizens turkish club $1,200
dandenong and endeavour Hills club de los Abuelos: italo-spanish $1,600
darebin greek women's senior citizens group $1,600
deer Park senior citizens club $1,000
deutscher verein Kg nerrische insulaner $1,900
diamond valley greek senior citizens club $1,500
doncaster italian senior citizens group $2,700
dutch Australian society social club $900
dutch independent senior citizens of oz $900
east African elders Association inc $800
eastern senior chinese Association $800
elderly club of the Pallaconian Brotherhood of melbourne and victoria $2,200
elderly Filipino Association of Australia $1,200
elderly group of the greek orthodox community of Hobson Bay $1,600
eltham dutch over Fifties club $1,200
epping combined Pensioners Association $1,200
eremia greek elderly Association of Port Phillip $1,400
eritrean elderly Association in melbourne $1,300
ethiopian community Association in victoria – seniors group $2,000
ethnic chinese Happy Age Association of victoria $3,000
Fawkner senior citizens centre $500
Federation of chinese Associations senior citizens social club $1,950
Federation of taivgetos of laconia $2,600
Federazione Pensionati italiani del victoria $1,500
FidcA Federazione italiana combattenti Alleati melbourne $1,300
Fiji senior citizens Association (Fsc) $1,150
Filipino Australian senior citizens Advisory council in Australia $2,200
Filipino elderly get together Association $1,200
Filipino-Australian society melbourne's northwest (FAsmenow) $1,200
Fitzroy Atherton gardens table tennis Association $500
Fitzroy vietnamese elderly group $1,100
Flemington chinese Bridge club $500
Frankston Bosnian elderly club $1,200
organisation grant (gst excluded)
galini greek elderly Association of Port melbourne $1,500
geelong dutch 50 Plus club $1,800
geelong dutch clubs $850
geelong golden Age Polish seniors club $1,200
geelong Hungarian st laszlo senior citizens social club $1,400
german Friendship society Bendigo $1,000
german/Austrian Association $900
gippsland croatian Association $800
giuliani senior citizens Association of geelong $1,800
glen iris/Burwood greek seniors citizens club $1,600
glenroy greek elderly group $1,200
glenroy italian senior citizen's centre $2,200
glenroy maltese senior citizens group $1,600
goche delchev senior citizens Association $2,200
golden sun disabled & senior citizens Association $1,600
greek community of springvale and districts $2,200
greek community over 50's elderly citizens club $1,200
greek cyprian senior citizens of glen eira $1,800
greek cypriot Parent & youth club western suburbs of melbourne $1,900
greek cypriot senior citizens club of whitehorse and district $2,000
greek democritus league elderly citizens club $1,200
greek elderly citizens club caulfield $1,600
greek elderly citizens club Highett $1,300
greek elderly citizens club northcote $2,400
greek elderly citizens club of geelong $1,400
greek elderly citizens club of manningham $2,200
greek elderly citizens club of maroondah $1,400
greek elderly citizens club of moonee valley $2,000
greek elderly citizens club of moreland $2,000
greek elderly citizens club of newport $900
greek elderly citizens club of nunawading $1,600
greek elderly citizens club of werribee $1,400
greek elderly citizens of clayton and district $2,200
greek elderly club north Fitzroy & north carlton $1,800
greek elderly club of the Bellarine Peninsula $2,200
greek elderly women's club of Frankston and Peninsula $1,100
greek Federal organisation of ex-servicemen's Reserve of greece in Australia $1,400
greek macedonian elderly club of werribee & werribee south $1,200
greek national Resistance Fighters league of melbourne & victoria $1,150
greek orthodox community of Box Hill and districts, elderly citizens club $2,200
greek orthodox community of clayton ltd $2,000
multicultural senior citizens organisational support
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organisation grant (gst excluded)
greek orthodox community of gippsland, elderly citizens' group $1,600
greek orthodox community of lalor, thomastown, epping and districts, women's group $2,000
greek orthodox Parish of "Panagia soumela" east Keilor, senior citizens group $1,400
greek orthodox Parish of "st Andrew's" Forest Hill, senior citizens group $1,600
greek orthodox Parish of "st Athanasios" springvale, senior citizens group $2,000
greek orthodox Parish of "st constantine and Helen" south yarra, senior citizens group $1,400
greek orthodox Parish of "st dimitrios" Ascot vale, senior citizens group $1,600
greek orthodox Parish of "st eleftherios" Brunswick, senior citizen' group $1,500
greek orthodox Parish of "st Haralambos" templestowe, senior citizens' group $2,000
greek orthodox Parish of "st vasilios", Brunswick, senior citizens' group $1,300
greek orthodox Parish of "the Holy trinity" Footscray $800
greek orthodox Parish of "the Presentation of our lady to the temple" north Balwyn, senior citizens group
$1,300
greek orthodox Parish of "the Presentation of our lord" – coburg senior citizens group $1,400
greek orthodox Parish of "the three Hierarchs" clayton, senior citizens' group $1,400
greek orthodox senior citizens group of whittlesea $1,400
greek orthodox senior citizens shepparton & district $1,000
greek Pensioners club of north Fitzroy $1,200
greek senior citizen Association of moorabbin $2,000
greek senior citizen club of Airport west and district $2,000
greek senior citizens Association of south melbourne and Albert Park $1,400
greek senior citizens Association of st gregorios $1,200
greek senior citizens Association of the Bass coast $1,250
greek senior citizen's club – Hobsons Bay $1,400
greek senior citizens club Altona and Region $1,400
greek senior citizens club Hawthorn $1,600
greek senior citizens club of carnegie and murrumbeena $2,600
greek senior citizens club of dandenong $2,650
greek senior citizens club of Flemington & Kensington $1,300
greek senior citizens club of gladstone Park & tullamarine $1,600
greek senior citizens club of Prahran 'st demetrios' $1,600
greek senior citizens district of Richmond $1,600
greek senior citizens of Frankston and Peninsula $2,000
greek senior citizens of north Balwyn & districts $1,500
greek senior citizens of southern eastern Regions and districts $1,400
greek senior elderly citizens club the dormition of our lady $1,700
greek senior women's club Hobsons Bay $1,000
organisation grant (gst excluded)
greek seniors & Pensioners Association clayton & district $2,100
greek seniors 60 walker close $1,200
greek women's Association of the western suburbs $1,400
greek women's club of maribyrnong $1,500
greek women's elderly Friendly club Preston $1,200
green gully senior citizens social club $2,000
grupo Primavera Prahran latin American Association $1,800
gruppo Pensionati italiani di Keilor $1,600
Hadfield golden years social club $1,500
Halkidikeon Association Aristotle the stageritian $1,500
Health centre italian group $800
Hellenic community of the city of moorabbin (Kingston) & districts ltd $2,200
Hellenic stegi Friendly elderly citizen's club of darebin $2,000
Hellenic women's Federation of victoria $1,000
Hera greek ladies club $1,200
Hope connection $600
Hungarian senior citizens club of greater dandenong $2,200
Hungarian senior citizens of Prahran & district $1,800
imvrians society of melbourne $1,300
independent Hellenic senior citizens Association of clayton $1,500
independent italian senior citizens club of sunshine $1,000
independent senior citizens club – nunawading $1,500
indian senior citizens Association of victoria $1,600
indochinese elderly Assocation in the eastern suburbs $2,600
instituto nazionale per la guardia d'onore alle Reali tombe del Pantheon $2,200
international women's group $1,600
iranian senior citizen society of victoria $1,300
irymple Bocce club $1,500
islamic elderly group $2,000
islamic society of melbourne eastern Region $2,200
italian and ethnic senior citizens club of Flinders $2,700
italian catholic Federation morwell $1,300
italian community of Keilor Association $1,800
italian elderly citizens group Holy spirit east thornbury $1,400
italian Pensioners Association of mill Park $1,600
italian Pensioners club of north Altona $1,600
italian Pensioners club of wangaratta $1,600
italian senior citizens club of Frankston $1,400
italian senior citizens club of lalor & thomastown $1,600
italian senior citizens club of moorabbin $1,900
italian senior citizen's club of Preston $4,000
italian senior citizens Recreation group of caulfield $1,700
italian social club Altona $1,600
multicultural senior citizens organisational support
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multicultural senior citizens organisational support
organisation grant (gst excluded)
italian speaking senior citizens Association of epping $1,400
italian welfare Association of whittlesea senior citizens $1,500
italian women's Health group Fawkner/campbellfield $1,600
italian women's senior citizens Association of whittlesea $1,600
Kariatides oakleigh greek womens group $1,600
Kastellorizian senior's club $1,600
Kensington chinese Friendship Association $500
Kensington elderly indochinese and middle Aged vietnamese group $1,600
Kensington indo-chinese elderly group $900
Keon Park greek senior citizens club $2,000
Kew Home of chinese $1,000
Kingston chinese senior citizens club $800
Kingston indian senior citizens Association $1,200
Kingston turkish senior citizens $1,300
Knox chinese elderly citizens club $2,600
Knox Hungarian senior citizens club $2,200
Kondia limnos greek senior citizens club $1,300
Korean elderly citizens Association of victoria $1,000
Korumburra italian social club $1,200
Kouchkovski social club $1,400
Kurdish Association of victoria $1,500
Kyabram italian ladies Association $1,400
lakhanda media centre $1,000
lalor thomastown combined Pensioners Association $1,200
lao elderly Association $2,000
latvian Relief society "daugavas vanagi" of geelong $1,600
le Belle Arti $1,650
lebanese elderly group $1,200
lefcadian Brotherhood "leFcAdA" $1,800
lemnian community of victoria elderly citizens club $1,500
lemnian community of victoria senior citizens group $2,200
lien tri temple $600
macedonian Australian senior citizens group "ilinden" $1,300
macedonian Beranci social seniors $500
macedonian orthodox church Footscray $950
macedonian orthodox community of melbourne & victoria elderly citizens group epping $3,000
macedonian orthodox community of melbourne and victoria ladies Association $1,800
macedonian Pensioner group 'uspeniena Presveta Bogorodica' sydenham $1,200
macedonian Pensioners Association of Footscray $1,300
macedonian senior citizen group 'markovi Kuli' inc $1,000
macedonian senior citizen group of Hillside inc $1,200
macedonian senior citizen women's group "Pelister" of st Albans $1,200
organisation grant (gst excluded)
macedonian senior citizens club geelong $1,650
macedonian senior citizens club of west sunshine $1,500
macedonian senior citizens club Pelister of st Albans inc $1,200
macedonian senior citizens group – lalor, thomastown, epping & mill Park $1,800
macedonian senior citizens group of Altona meadows, laverton and Point cook $1,200
macedonian senior citizens group of Ardeer $1,300
macedonian senior citizens group of Avondale Heights, east Keilor, moonee valley and districts $1,100
macedonian senior citizens' group of doncaster & templestowe $2,200
macedonian senior citizens group of Hobsons Bay $2,000
macedonian senior citizens group of Kingspark $1,300
macedonian senior citizens group of monash $2,200
macedonian senior citizens group of the city greater dandenong st dimitrija $1,400
macedonian senior citizens group of the city of darebin Pelister $1,400
macedonian senior citizens group Zlatna sonce of Footscray $900
macedonian senior citizens women's dancing group "veseli makedonki" $700
macedonian senior group "tumbe café" $1,200
macedonian women's group "elpida Karamandi" $1,200
macedonian women's group of Hillside – melton $900
macedonian women's Pensioner group of Keilor downs $1,300
macedonian women's Pensioners Association of Footscray $1,200
macedonian women's senior citizen group lalor $1,300
macedonian women's senior citizens club of west sunshine $1,100
macedonian womens senior citizens group of Altona north and district $1,600
macedonian women's senior citizens group of Avondale Heights, moonee valley & districts $950
macedonian womens senior citizens group of Hobsons Bay $1,200
macedonian women's senior group tumbe café $800
macedonian women's social club of whittlesea $1,400
maltese Association Hobsons Bay $2,600
maltese Association northern suburbs $1,600
maltese Bocce social & Recreation club $1,000
maltese community of shepparton and district $1,100
maltese Pensioners Association inc $800
maltese senior citizens club Airport west inc $1,500
malvern greek senior citizens Association $1,800
malvern italian senior citizens club $1,400
maroondah italian senior citizens club $1,300
mauritian silver edge club $1,500
meadow Heights turkish senior Pension Association $1,600
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multicultural senior citizens organisational support
organisation grant (gst excluded)
medjimurski club mildura $700
melbourne murugan cultural centre $1,900
merrilands italian senior citizens club $2,200
mildura greek elderly citizens club $1,400
mill Park greek elderly citizens club $1,600
mill Park senior citizens club $1,200
monash Korean senior citizens club $1,200
monte lauro social club (Buccheri) ltd $1,300
montemurro social club 'san Rocco' $1,200
moreland italian women's group $1,200
moreland maltese elderly citizens' Association $1,600
moreland maltese Pensioners group $1,500
mornington dutch Australian senior club $1,900
morwell senior italian citizens club $1,400
multi ethnic senior citizens group Preston $900
multicultural senior citizens group of whittlesea $1,300
multicultural womens group $600
nadezhda Russian senior citizens club $2,200
national council of Jewish women Australia (vic) golden Age club $1,200
neret senior citizens club $2,000
new life Association $1,300
new united villages of Florina $1,300
niddrie senior italian citizens club $2,200
nieuw Holland dutch social club $1,300
nisyrian Philanthropic society $800
noble Park north multicultural elderly citizens club $1,300
north eastern greek elderly citizens $1,900
north Richmond elderly chinese Friendship Association melbourne $2,800
north west Reservoir italian Pensioner group $2,200
northcote Australian greek society care for the Aged $1,100
northcote italian Pensioners club $900
northcote macedonian senior citizens club 'Kajmakcalan' $1,200
northern Federation of ethnic senior citizens clubs $2,200
northern mauritian seniors club $1,100
northern melbourne vietnamese elderly Association $2,000
northern metropolitan multicultural seniors club network $3,300
northern Region indian seniors' Association of victoria $500
nunawading Hungarian senior citizens club inc $2,100
oakleigh coptic senior social club $1,200
old citizens of Ascot vale & districts $1,200
opera nazionale Per i caduti senza croce $1,600
Pamissos messinis $500
Panagia Kamariani greek senior citizens club $2,000
organisation grant (gst excluded)
Panagia soumela Pontian Association of whittlesea $1,200
Parea inc $800
Peninsula & Rye greek women's group $1,600
Pensioner macedonian womens group of Brimbank $1,000
Pensioners Association of Bulleen and templestowe $1,000
Philipino elderly Association south east Region victoria (PeAseR) $1,650
Polish Association of Ballarat $1,500
Polish club 'Forty Plus' $900
Polish cultural & social club 'Palma' $1,100
Polish senior citizens club - geelong $3,000
Polish senior citizens club 'Astry' - st Kilda $2,000
Polish senior citizens club Footscray $2,200
Polish senior citizens club in Albion $1,350
Polish senior citizens club in Rowville $2,200
Polish senior citizens club melbourne $1,100
Polish senior citizens club millenium $900
Polish senior citizens club morwell $1,400
Polish senior citizens club of Altona $1,400
Polish senior citizens club of caulfield $1,650
Polish senior citizens club of collingwood $1,300
Polish senior citizens club of doncaster $1,300
Polish senior citizens club of Frankston $900
Polish senior citizens club of moorabbin $1,200
Polish senior citizens club of Reservoir $1,100
Polish senior citizens club of st Albans $1,500
Polish senior citizens club waverley vic $1,250
Polish senior citizens mutual support club of Keilor downs $1,200
Port melbourne greek community senior citizens club $1,150
Portarlington and district greek elderly citizens club $1,400
Portarlington maltese Pensioners Association $1,600
Prahran chinese elderly citizens Association $3,300
Prahran chinese womens Association of Australia $2,200
Prahran Polish elderly citizens $1,300
Preston greek senior citizens club $2,200
Preston-Reservoir indo-chinese elderly group $1,700
Ptolemei Association of greek senior citizens From egypt & middle east $2,200
Raduga Russian senior citizens club of Frankston & Peninsula $1,000
Regioni d'italia Bocce Association $1,400
Reservoir greek elderly citizens club $2,200
Reservoir italian Pensioners club $2,200
Resistenza circolo sette Fratelli cervi, victoria $1,000
Reskeon maltese Assoc & Reskeon seniors group $2,200
Richmond chinese elderly welfare Association $2,200
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multicultural senior citizens organisational support
organisation grant (gst excluded)
Richmond indo-chinese elderly group $2,600
Risorgimento club st margaret mary $1,400
Rodriguan social club of victoria $2,600
Rosanna macleod circolo Pensionati $1,600
Rsl italian sub-Branch $1,200
Russian Australian senior citizens club in Prahran $1,100
Russian ethnic Representative council of victoria $1,000
Russian senior citizens club yarraville $1,200
Russian seniors club (Joy) $850
Rye & Peninsula greek senior citizens club $1,800
saint gaetan society inc $2,000
saint nicolaas club of greater shepparton $1,300
salaginto – Filipino senior citizens caring group $800
santa marija Assunta Association $950
savoy ladies Recreation group $1,300
senior citizens group of Heatherton $1,600
senior citizens group of the greek orthodox Parish of st Paraskeve st Albans $1,200
senior citizen's group of the greek orthodox Parish of the Holy monastery of the virgin "Axion estin" northcote
$1,200
senior citizens melbourne croatia $2,000
senior citizens of the greek community of Forest Hill $1,600
senior multicultural skills exchange group for women $1,200
senior Polish Friendship club $1,200
senior slavic women's group springvale $900
serbian Pensioner club "King Peter" $1,100
serbian Pensioners church Association Free st sava melbourne $700
serbian Pensioners club "Branko Radicevic" geelong $900
serbian senior citizens & Pensioners club 'tzar lazar' $900
shepparton italian women's group $1,000
sicilia nostra senior citizens club $800
sikh senior citizens Association of whittlesea $750
slovenian Australian social & sports club Jadran $1,200
social care Program, temple society Australia $1,000
society Kalamata 23 march Brotherhood $1,100
somali elderly women's group (part of east African women's Foundation) $1,200
south American senior citizens club of Frankston and Peninsula $1,200
south eastern yugoslav Pensioner group springvale and dandenong $1,400
south melbourne greek womens club 'olympia' $1,200
south yarra greek senior citizens "Kontandinos and eleni" $1,750
spanish Association of geelong $1,500
spanish speaking elderly group of north melbourne $900
spanish speaking Pensioners and senior citizens club of werribee $950
organisation grant (gst excluded)
spanish speaking senior citizens of Broadmeadows and districts $1,300
spanish speaking senior women’s group north east Region $1,000
spinete social club $1,400
spotswood multicultural older group $1,250
springvale ethnic chinese elderly caring Friendship Association $2,200
springvale italian senior citizens club $1,600
springvale senior citizens multicultural club $1,150
sri lankan elders' welfare Association "sewA" $1,200
st Albans senior citizens club $1,200
st eleftherios greek elderly and invalid Pensioners group $1,650
st Francis Filipino senior citizens club of whittlesea $1,200
st georges Antiochian orthodox church Association $2,200
st Joseph's committee $1,600
st Kilda greek senior citizens group $1,200
st Kilda mauritian social club $1,100
st olivers italian senior citizens club $1,150
st Paul's south eastern suburbs Association $1,300
st theresa Aged and Retired service (stARs) $800
stonnington chinese Association $3,500
stonnington greek senior citizens Association 'the Friendship club' $1,700
stonnington italian senior citizens club $1,400
strathmore Heights greek senior citizens club $1,400
suez Basketball senior social club Association of victoria $2,200
sunraysia Alevi senior citizens $1,000
sunshine-st Albans indo-chinese elderly group $3,400
tamil senior citizens Fellowship $2,200
tamil seniors social club $1,000
tatura italian women's group $900
tatura italo Australian & Friends $1,350
the Argos district Australian greek senior citizens club of Kastoria $1,400
the greek nazarene senior citizens club $1,200
the italian Pension club of Kingston $1,500
the school for Korean senior citizens $600
the spanish speaking Friendship club of springvale $1,400
the western suburbs greek elderly citizens club $1,400
thomastown east greek senior citizens club $1,600
thomastown east italian senior citizens club $1,600
thornbury greek senior citizens club $1,800
tiszavirag Hungarian senior citizens club $800
turkish cypriot elderly women's Association $1,400
ukrainian Pensioner's club geelong $1,100
ukrainian senior citizens centre Ardeer $1,200
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multicultural senior citizens organisational support
organisation grant (gst excluded)
ukrainian senior citizens club in melbourne $2,600
ukrainian social club $1,050
union of christians from constantinople inc $2,000
unione nazionale sottufficiali italiani in congedo $1,200
united Filipino elderly group $1,200
united slavic Pensioner group Footscray $1,200
uruguayan social club of melbourne, senior citizen sub-committee $1,100
victorian Association of Argos orestiko & district inc $2,000
victorian Association of world war ii veterans from Former soviet union $2,900
victorian Assyrian community $2,000
victorian greek Australian elderly citizens group $1,300
vietnamese Australian senior Association of victoria (vAsA-vic) $2,200
vietnamese chinese elderly Association in the west $4,000
vietnamese elderly community collingwood $1,100
vietnamese senior citizens club of Hume $1,100
vizzini social club $2,200
waverley chinese senior citizens club $4,000
welcome womens group $1,350
werribee dutch seniors club $1,100
werribee Friendship club $2,200
werribee macedonian senior citizens club $1,100
west sunshine greek elderly club $1,850
western Region maltese women's group $1,600
whitehorse club $800
whitehorse older Persons Action group $2,200
whittlesea maltese senior citizens club $2,000
whittlesea northern cyprus turkish women's group $1,300
whittlesea senior citizens club $800
whittlesea turkish elderly and Pensioners Association $2,000
whittlesea turkish women's Association $2,000
williamstown italian social club $1,450
wonthaggi italian senior citizens club $1,500
total $917,750
organisation grant (gst excluded)
Accademia letteraria italo-Australiana scrittori (AliAs) $800
Acholi community Association in Australia $2,000
Afar community Association of victoria inc $1,500
Afghan Australia community social sports club inc $1,500
Afghan Australian Association of victoria inc $1,500
Afghan Australian Philanthropic Association $800
Afghan mosque Project committee inc $800
Afghanistan study centre (Asc) inc $1,000
African Australian sport Association $1,500
Akobo community development Agency $1,000
Al ehsan centre $2,000
Al sadeq education and charity Association inc $1,200
Alawi islamic Association of victoria inc $3,000
Albanian moslem society (shepparton) inc $1,200
Alexandrians Friendship (AAHA) social club inc $1,000
All women concern $800
Alle munchkins inc $500
Alliance Francaise de geelong $800
Al-sajad Association inc $1,000
Am echad Federation of Jews from Former soviet union inc $800
Andalucian dancing group of geelong $400
Anglo-indian Australasian Association of victoria inc $1,000
Antiochian community support Association (AcsA) $1,500
Anwar Association inc $1,000
Anzano di Puglia social club ltd $800
Arabic Australian Family Association $500
Arabic society of victoria inc $2,000
Arabic welfare inc $1,500
Arcilesbica Australia $500
Argentinian social circle south east melbourne inc $1,500
Armenian general Benevolent union (AgBu) – victoria inc $1,500
ARvn Rangers Association of victoria inc $500
Aspendale gardens senior citizens of Kingston inc $600
Associacion de latinos Residentes de victoria $750
Association nationale combattente Reduci italiani – myrtleford $400
Association of Filipino Australians in gippsland $1,000
Association of Former inmates of nazi concentration camps and ghettos from the Former soviet union $1,000
Association of sri lankan muslims in Australia (AslAmA) $1,500
Association of ukrainians in victoria $1,500
Association of ukrainians in victoria – geelong Branch $700
Associazione Figli d'italia inc $700
Associazione nazionale Bersaglieri d'italia (sezione di melbourne) vic inc $600
organisational support
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organisation grant (gst excluded)
Associazione nazionale Famiglie delli emigranti (AnFe) $700
Associazione Padovani nel mondo inc $1,000
Assyrian chaldean syriac council of Australia $800
Atherton gardens chinese neighbourhood $1,000
Auspicious Arts Project inc $2,000
Aust-china writer's Association $400
Australasia Business development enterprise Association inc $500
Australasia coptic society inc $1,000
Australia (nur) the light Foundation inc $2,000
Australia Burma society inc $1,500
Australia china Friendship society victoria Branch inc $800
Australia Hainan Association inc $1,000
Australia sri lanka catholic Association inc $1,000
Australia sri lanka welfare guild inc $1,200
Australian African children's Aid and support Association inc. (AAcAsA) $800
Australian Association of Kastorians inc $1,000
Australian Assyrian Arts & literature Foundation $800
Australian Bosnian women's group $1,000
Australian Burundian community in victoria inc $1,500
Australian chollo community inc $1,500
Australian croatian Association "Hercegovina" geelong inc $2,500
Australian croatian community services $1,500
Australian croatian Psychiatric outreach service inc $1,000
Australian croatian social club mornington Peninsula Rye inc $800
Australian croatian women Association "Katarina Zrinski" $800
Australian Federation of ethnic schools Associations (AFesA) $5,000
Australian Federation of international students inc (AFis) $1,000
Australian Federation of ukrainian organisations $1,000
Australian Filipino community of northern victoria & southern Riverina inc $2,000
Australian gay multicultural council (Agmc) $1,000
Australian Humanitarian Aid for macedonia inc $1,000
Australian intercultural society inc $750
Australian Karen organisation inc $1,500
Australian Kurdish community inc $1,200
Australian lebanese christian ladies group – darrebin $400
Australian lebanese Football Association inc $800
Australian lebanese youth Association of victoria $1,200
Australian lithuanian community in melbourne Association inc $1,500
Australian macedonian tetovo Association 'shar-Planina' inc $500
Australian oromo community Association in victoria inc (AocAv) $2,000
organisational support
organisation grant (gst excluded)
Australian Polish Historical society $700
Australian Punjabi Association melbourne inc $600
Australian slovenian cultural & sports Association 'ivan cankar' geelong inc $1,000
Australian slovenian social and sporting Association melbourne inc $1,000
Australian somali society $1,200
Australian somali youth Association $1,200
Australian tamil literary & Arts society inc (AtlAs) $500
Australian thornbury Pensioners club $1,300
Australian turkish Association inc $2,000
Australian turkish cultural Platform (AtcP) inc $1,000
Australian turkish institute inc $1,200
Australian turkish men's cultural group $2,000
Australian turkish women's cultural group $1,500
Australian welsh male choir (cor meibion cymreig Australia) inc $1,000
Australian western thrace turkish Association of victoria inc $2,000
Australian/African support group $500
Australian-Asian Association of victoria inc $800
Australia-shanghai general chamber of commerce inc $800
Avondale Heights and east Keilor Residents Association $500
Aweil community Association in victoria $1,000
Ayios therapon welfare Association inc $1,100
Babylon tower club $1,500
Baha'i council For victoria $1,000
Bait Al-Hossien $400
Bakarzala charitable Association inc $800
Ballarat African Association $1,000
Ballarat indian Association $1,000
Ballarat italian Association inc $600
Ballarat Regional multicultural council (BRmc) $1,000
Banda musicale italiana "vincenzo Bellini" $1,000
Bangla sahitya sansad (Bengali literary society) inc $900
Bangladesh cultural group inc $3,000
Bangladesh samity inc $1,500
'Bea cantare' choir inc $500
Bengali Association of victoria inc $2,000
Beth-nahrin (Assyrian) cultural club $1,600
Bint Al Huda iraqi women's organisation $1,000
B'nai B'rith Anti-defamation commission inc $1,000
Bonegilla Former Residents Association (vic) inc. $500
Bor community Association of Australia $1,500
Bosnian choir 'Behar' inc $500
Bosnian choir sevdalinka $800
British Australian community (inc) $2,000
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organisation grant (gst excluded)
Buddhist council of victoria inc $4,000
Buddhist council of victoria: Buddhist education in victorian schools Program $700
Buddhist vihara victoria inc $1,000
Burgher Association (Australia) inc $1,500
Burmese welfare operation $800
cambodian chinese Friendship Association of victoria $1,200
cambodian community welfare centre inc $750
cameroon Association of Australia inc $1,500
canto coro inc $900
central America Pastoral House inc $1,000
central community centre inc $2,000
central Highlands Asian-Australian Association of victoria $500
centre for African Australian women's issues $5,000
chabad House of malvern/toorak inc $800
chabad institutions of Australia inc $800
chile magazine media and cultural group $2,000
chilean Federation of older People $800
china Philatelic society of Australia inc $400
chinese Association of geelong inc $2,000
chinese Association of victoria inc $1,000
chinese Beijing opera club of melbourne $600
chinese Health Foundation of Australia (cHF) $1,500
chinese mandarin community Friendship Association (cmcFA) $800
chinese nurse Association Australia inc $500
chinese Poets & Authors society of victoria $500
chinese singing and dance troupe of melbourne $500
chios Brotherhood Korais of melbourne and victoria ltd $700
chollo community christian Fellowship inc $1,500
circolo Filatelico italiano $400
city of Ringwood Highland Pipe Band $1,000
club Frecce tricolori victoria $1,000
cobram italFest $600
colac sudanese community inc $1,000
committee for common celebrations of greek & Australian national days $2,000
communities council on ethnic issues (eastern Region) inc $2,000
community in Harmony $1,000
community of cypriots of the northern suburbs of melbourne women's group $1,200
coptic orthodox Patriarchate Archangel mikhail & st Anthony church inc $1,200
cornish Association of victoria inc $1,000
coro Furlan melbourne inc $500
council of slovenian organisations of victoria inc $1,500
organisational support
organisation grant (gst excluded)
council of turkish Associations of victoria $1,500
cranbourne italian senior citizens club $1,800
cretan elderly club of melbourne and victoria $1,500
croatian catholic welfare Association inc $1,500
croatian cultural Association cardinal Alojzije stepinac inc $700
croatian media Association inc (cmA) $700
cultural Historical Association of Rodriguans and mauritians in victoria (cHARm) $1,500
cyprus community of melbourne & victoria $2,000
darfur Australia network $1,500
delegazione Anget Australia inc $1,500
dinka ngok Abyei community Association in victoria Australia $1,000
dutch social club diamond valley inc $800
dutch women's club of geelong inc $600
dutch-Australian club Albury wodonga inc $600
east Africa castlemaine community (inc) eAcc $3,094
east melbourne Hebrew congregation inc $1,000
eastern districts Polish Association (melbourne) $1,000
eastern Karen community Association $3,400
eritrean Australian youth Association $750
eritrean community in Australia inc $1,500
eritrean islamic society of Australia $750
eritrean Jeberti Association in victoria $1,500
eritrean women's Association of victoria $1,200
ethick community mozambique of victoria inc $2,000
ethiopian community Association in victoria inc $3,000
ethiopian women group $1,750
ethnic communities council of the south east inc (eccose) $2,000
ethnic council of shepparton & district inc $5,000
ethnic Public Broadcasting Association of victoria $2,000
Famiglia Pugliese d'Australia $1,000
Faros senior citizens inc $600
Federation of indian Associations of victoria inc $2,500
Federation of indian students of Australia (FisA) $2,500
Federation of indian women's Association of Australia (FiwAA) inc $1,500
Federation of indo-china ethnic chinese of Australia inc $1,200
Federation of macedonian cultural & Artistic Associations of victoria (FomKud) $1,000
Federation of macedonian senior citizens groups of the northern Region of victoria inc $1,800
Federation of messinian organisations of melbourne And victoria $1,200
Federation of taivgetos of laconia $550
Federation Panepirotic union of melbourne & victoria $1,500
Federazione Pensionati italiani del victoria $1,500
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organisational support
organisation grant (gst excluded)
Fiji geelong Friendship club inc $500
Fiji indian senior citizens Association inc $1,000
Fiji sangam Association of victoria $1,000
Fiji social and cultural organisations of victoria Australia (FscovA) $1,000
Filipino Australian Association of Ballarat $800
Filipino Australian Friendship Association of geelong $500
Filipino Australian social club of loddon-campaspe $1,200
Filipino community council of victoria inc $1,500
Filipino community of sunraysia inc $500
Filipino senior citizens club of the south east inc $600
Filipino-Australian Friends Association (northern victoria) inc $1,000
Finnish Friendly visiting service inc $700
Finnish society of melbourne inc $1,200
Fitzroy Atherton multicultural inhabitants Alliance inc. (FAmiA) $800
Fitzroy chinese Residents Association inc $1,200
Fitzroy chinese women's group $900
Footscray Asian Business Association $1,200
Friends of Farm vigano inc $1,000
geelong dutch clubs $800
geelong scottish dance inc $800
geelong sudanese Association inc $1,000
gippsland African society $1,000
gippsland indian Association inc $800
gippsland indonesian Australian Association $900
goulburn valley Afghan Association $1,800
goulburn valley African communities Association inc $1,500
goulburn valley ethnic Professionals' Association $600
goulburn valley Pacific islander Association inc $1,000
goulburn valley Polish Association inc $800
greek & cypriot social welfare centre $1,500
greek Australian Recreational & instructive league of vic inc $600
greek democritus worker's league $5,000
greek elderly citizens club of newport $1,200
greek elderly women's club of Frankston and Peninsula $1,000
greek orthodox community of Box Hill & districts ladies Auxiliary $500
greek orthodox community of Broadmeadows and districts inc $1,000
greek orthodox community of clayton ltd $1,000
greek orthodox community of dandenong & districts $800
greek orthodox community of Hobsons Bay inc $1,000
greek orthodox Parish of "st george" thornbury, women's group $400
greek orthodox Parish of "st george" thornbury, youth group $400
organisation grant (gst excluded)
greek orthodox Parish of "st vasilios" Brunswick, youth group $500
greek orthodox Parish of saints methodios and Kyrillos, Preston $500
greek orthodox Parish of st dimitrios moonee Ponds $500
greek orthodox youth Association of oakleigh – sts Anargiri $1,000
greek Philanthropic community of shepparton & district $600
greek senior citizens club of carnegie and murrumbeena $800
greek senior citizens of Frankston and Peninsula $800
greek women's club of northern suburbs "Anemones" $800
grupo Folklorico violeta Parra $500
Hamazkaine Armenian educational and cultural society (gomidas chapter) $700
Hamerkaz shelanu inc $700
Hammurabi cultural society $1,500
Hands For Hope inc $700
Hararian community Association Australia inc $1,200
Harmony Foundation victoria inc $700
Hazara Australian community Association of victoria $1,000
Hazara community mildura $1,500
Hellenic writers Association of Australia $800
Hellenic youth Federation of victoria inc $600
Hindu Foundation $1,000
Hindu satsang mandal of victoria $1,000
Hispano-American co-operative for Family support (coHAF) inc $1,500
Holy trinity chinese congregation coburg $500
Hope and care for All (HcFA) international inc $500
Hope connection $2,000
Hotham mission (Asylum seekers Program) $5,000
House of Persia community & cultural centre $1,000
Howra women's Association $800
Hungarian scout group 54-63 co-operative ltd $500
ikawiria (indonesian community Association of victoria) inc $1,000
il Piccolo teatro di melbourne inc $800
indo-china ethnic chinese Association of victoria inc $1,000
indonesian muslim community of victoria inc $750
iranian society of victoria inc $1,500
islamic Association of Australia $1,500
italian catholic Federation $800
italian elderly citizens club noble Park inc $900
italian services Advisory council inc $800
italian social club swan Hill $1,000
Japan club of victoria $1,200
Japanese for Peace (JFP) $800
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organisational support
organisation grant (gst excluded)
Jat Jagat $700
Jewish Breast cancer support group $850
Jewish christian muslim Association of Australia $3,000
Jewish museum of Australia inc $3,000
John Pandazopoulos Hall committee of management $1,000
Kaiga tuvalu victoria inc $1,000
Kalakruthi Parent Association $750
Kardelen youth Association inc $1,500
Karen Baptist community $1,500
Karnavals club the swallows geelong inc $800
Khmer community of victoria $900
Klabb ghannejja maltin inc $2,000
Kurdish Association of victoria $1,500
Kurdish women society of victoria $800
Kurdish women's league of Australia inc $1,000
Kuusa services inc $8,000
Kyabram italian social Bocce club inc $1,600
ladies Auxiliary group of the greek orthodox Parish of st Johns carlton $400
l'Alliance Francaise de Ballarat et district inc $700
lao Australian welfare Association $1,000
lao community of victoria inc $2,000
latin American multicultural Association $800
lau nuer community Association $1,000
l'chaim chabad inc $1,000
league of maniates and Friends of melbourne and victoria "i mani" inc $800
lebanese Folklore dabke group $600
liberian community Association for unity, social and economic development licAu-sed (victoria) inc $500
liech nuer community Association inc $1,100
liech nuer community women Association in Australia $1,000
loddon campaspe multicultural services $5,000
maccabi victoria $1,000
macedonian Australian cultural youth Association 'tanec' inc $1,000
macedonian community council of melbourne and victoria $1,500
macedonian community council of shepparton and district inc $1,000
macedonian Human Rights committee for melbourne and victoria inc $2,000
macedonian Pensioner club of Altona inc $1,000
maharashtra mandal victoria inc $500
makor library and Resource centre $1,000
maltese Bocce social & Recreation club $500
maltese community centre lv $2,000
maltese community council of victoria inc $1,500
organisation grant (gst excluded)
maltese community of shepparton and district $800
maltese Historical Association $500
mandela soccer club $500
mang-non vietnamese language school Association $500
maori culture community of geelong $1,000
maronite sports division $400
maronite youth of melbourne $800
maroondah southern sudanese christian welfare Association $500
mauritian silver edge club $800
meadow Heights learning shop inc $800
meadow Heights turkish women's Association $1,200
meeting melbourne maronites 25-45 $600
melbourne chin community $1,000
melbourne French theatre $600
melbourne south eastern Region chinese Friendship centre of victoria inc $1,000
melbourne.Pl $750
monash chinese Friendship Association $2,000
monash maltese seniors social group inc $700
multicultural Arts victoria $3,000
multicultural senior citizens group inc of Kingston and surrounding Regions $1,500
museum of chinese Australian History inc $800
national council of Jewish women Australia (vic) golden Age club $1,200
national union of greek Australian students $2,500
nepalese Association of victoria inc $1,500
nesB links $2,000
networking women of victoria inc $1,000
new generation inc $800
new Zealand maori club $1,500
niruththa indian Fine Arts Association inc $500
north east melbourne sudanese community Forum $1,000
north east multicultural Association (nemA) $5,000
north eastern Bocce Association inc $700
north eastern melbourne chinese Association inc (nemcA) $2,500
north melbourne chinese Association $1,000
north victorian Buddhist Association inc $1,000
nubian mihaira $1,000
nuer community in victoria inc $1,500
nuer women's group $1,500
olympian society inc $800
onside victoria inc $1,500
Palestinian community Association of victoria $1,500
Pallaconian Brotherhood of melbourne and victoria leonidas inc $1,500
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organisational support
organisation grant (gst excluded)
Russian women's Health group $600
saint Addai community society inc $1,000
saint maratken community society inc $500
salesian youth club $1,000
salvadorean community council of victoria inc $1,500
samoan community education centre $1,500
satyam shivam school of music $800
scottish clans and Associations council $1,500
selimiye Foundation ltd $1,200
selimiye youth support & Recreation inc $1,000
senior citizens melbourne croatia $1,000
serbian Australian Pensioners group $800
serbian orthodox choir 'Kornelije stankovic' $500
serbian orthodox church & school community st stefan $600
serbian orthodox church of "st stefan" – Keysborough, youth club $750
serbian orthodox dancing group sumadja $500
serbian Pensioners club "Branko Radicevic" geelong $700
serbian sisters group 'Zene mironosice' $400
serbian welfare Association of victoria inc (swAv) $4,000
shepparton italian catholic Federation $800
shepparton italian social club inc $1,200
shurolok music Appreciation and Performance group inc $500
sierra leone Australia community of victoria (slAcov) $1,500
sikh welfare council of victoria inc $1,500
sinhala cultural & community services Foundation inc $1,200
slavic women of gippsland $800
slavic women's group 'nase Zene' inc $700
slovenian Australian cultural & sport Association Planica springvale inc $1,000
slovenian Australian social & sports club Jadran $1,300
social support group Preston $1,200
social support network group 'Friends' springvale $800
society Kalamata 23 march Brotherhood $1,000
somali Australian council of victoria inc $1,500
somali community information services network inc $1,500
somali inter-Riverine community development Association inc $1,500
somali support and development Association inc $1,500
south American senior citizens club of Frankston and Peninsula $1,500
south east Arabic elderly citizens club seAec $900
south eastern chinese Association inc $700
south eastern Region melbourne oromo community Association inc (seRmocAvA inc) $1,500
south melbourne chinese women's group $500
organisation grant (gst excluded)
Pammessinian Brotherhood of melbourne & victoria ltd $2,000
Pan Argoliki Philanthropic Brotherhood to Palamidi inc $500
Pan Australian Federation of thessalian Associations inc $1,000
Pan Korinthian Association of melbourne and victoria $500
Panevrytanian Association of melbourne Australia 'the velouchi' inc $1,000
Pankoaki Brotherhood of victoria "o ippocrates" Association inc $1,000
Panpyliaki Brotherhood of navarinon of melbourne and victoria $1,500
Pantrifilian Association of melbourne and victoria inc $800
Panvictorian-Panelladic Associations of Friends of Peace $1,000
Papadakis Park inc $500
Papua new guinea Australia Association inc $1,500
Pascoe vale italian community Bocce club $700
Phat Quang temple inc $600
Philanthropic society nomoy Kavalas Agios silas inc $800
Philanthropikos syllogos velika messinias leykothea melbourne Australia inc $500
Philippine Rondalla victoria (PRv) $500
Polish Association of Kingsville and ladies Auxilliary inc $800
Polish choir "syrena" $500
Polish community council of victoria inc $2,000
Polish siberyaks Association in victoria $500
Polish women's Association of geelong $500
Polynation combine centre inc $800
Pontian community of melbourne and victoria $1,000
Refugee and immigrant women's support group springvale $800
Rejoice chinese christian communication centre inc $500
Relief Association of south sudan (victoria) inc (RAss) $800
Reskeon maltese Association inc $1,200
Rethimnian Association of melbourne $1,000
Richmond south yarra chinese Parents Association inc $800
Roma social club inc $700
Russian cultural and tv Association inc "sputnik" $800
Russian ethnic Representative council of victoria $2,000
Russian House victims of chernobyl national Relief Fund inc $800
Russian senior citizens club yarraville $1,000
Russian seniors club (Joy) $850
Russian welfare society – Russian children's choir $400
Russian welfare society – Russian women's group $800
Russian welfare society – Russian men's group $800
Russian welfare society – Russian orthodox church choir $500
Russian women's Association 'ogonyok' inc $1,200
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organisational support
organisation grant (gst excluded)
south sudan equatorial community Association $1,500
south sudanese women's network $1,500
southern ethnic Advisory & Advocacy council inc (seAAc) $1,500
southern sudanese community of Australia $1,500
spanish American Foundation for the Arts (sAFA) inc $2,000
spanish latin American welfare centre inc (celAs) $2,500
spanish speaking senior women’s group north east Region $1,000
springvale Asian Business Association $1,000
springvale ethnic chinese elderly caring Friendship Association $2,000
springvale mandarin support network $1,200
sri lankan study centre for the Advancement of technology and social welfare (scAts) $1,000
st Albans good Friday Association inc $1,000
st Andrews luqa social club $1,500
st Anthony's youth Association inc $500
st Athanasius coptic centre $700
st eleftherios greek elderly and invalid Pensioners group $1,000
st Helena maltese-Australian social club $1,000
st John of Kronstadt Russian welfare society inc $1,500
st Judes estates ministry carlton $1,000
st mary's italian elderly citizen's club inc $600
st nicholas Philanthropic society of Proty $1,000
st nikola Pensioner social club inc $1,000
st virgin mary coptic orthodox church $1,000
stella maris maltese Association inc $1,000
stonnington Ballroom dancing Association inc $1,000
sudanese community Association of Australia inc (scAA) $2,000
sudanese community in warrnambool inc $2,500
sudanese disability Action group in victoria inc $1,500
sudanese lost Boys Association of Australia $1,500
sudanese women on the move network inc (swom) $1,000
sudan's Bor youth Association of Australia $1,000
sunraysia contemporary Alevi cultural centre inc $700
sveti georgi selo velusina Humanitarian Association of victoria $1,200
tamil Australian Friendship society inc $900
tamil society of melbourne $1,000
tangasseri-Australian Association of melbourne inc $1,400
tarxien social club inc $400
tatura italian social club inc $1,500
thai community of geelong (tcg) inc $500
the Alawi islamic social centre $1,000
the Albanian Australian islamic society $500
organisation grant (gst excluded)
the Association of the Refugee children from Aegean macedonia $400
the Australian chaldean Federation of victoria/Australia $1,500
the Australian greek orthodox community of moreland inc $1,000
the Basque society inc $1,300
the democratic Republic of congo community Association of victoria (dRccAv) inc $1,500
the Federation of chinese Associations (vic) inc $2,000
the greek choir of the cultural and educational club of Florinians $700
the greek orthodox community of mildura & district $1,000
the gujarati Association of victoria inc $1,500
the Hellenic orthodox community of geelong inc $1,000
the Hunan Association of victoria inc $800
the indonesian society of victoria - PeRwiRA $1,000
the interfaith centre of melbourne $3,340
the italian Australian coordinating committee of gippsland $1,000
the Jewish cultural centre & national library Kadimah $1,000
the Jewish Film Foundation of Australia inc $2,500
the Jewish taskforce Against Family violence $1,000
the Korean society of victoria Australia $2,000
the melbourne comhaltas inc (comhaltas ceoltoiri eireann melbourne Branch) $500
the new Hope Foundation inc (Refugee Resource centre Footscray) $1,500
the Panmacedonian Association of melbourne and victoria $600
the Philanthropic society of Kaloneri siatista $800
the Polish museum and Archives in Australia inc $700
the samoan community link of victoria $800
the victorian chin community Association inc $3,000
the victorian maronite community inc $1,000
thessaloniki Association "the white tower" inc $1,000
thiasos themida $800
tibetan Buddhist society $1,000
tigrian community Association in victoria $1,500
timorese Association in victoria $1,500
tripoli social club inc $800
turkish islamic society victoria $1,000
turkish women's group $600
turkish womens Recreation group inc $800
united Jewish education Board $1,000
united maba community Association of Australia inc $800
united somali organisation in Australia inc $2,000
united somali women organisation in victoria $2,000
united sri lankan muslim Association of Australia inc $1,500
unity in Progress $700
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organisational support
organisation grant (gst excluded)
womens group of the greek orthodox Parish of coburg $400
womens group of the greek orthodox Parish of moonee Ponds $400
womens group of the greek orthodox Parish of south yarra $500
womens group of the greek orthodox Parish of templestowe $400
xinjiang chinese Association of Australia inc $550
youth group of the greek orthodox Parish of clayton $400
youth group of the greek orthodox Parish of coburg $400
youth group of the greek orthodox Parish of springvale $500
youth group of the greek orthodox Parish of the Presentation of st. dimitrios moonee Ponds $400
Zahrira social club $750
Zevk'u seda classical turkish choir $1,500
Zhang Zhou origin Association of victoria $750
Zimbabwean community in Australia (victoria) $1,500
Zionist council of victoria $1,000
Zomi Association Australia inc $1,750
total $688,684
organisation grant (gst excluded)
vedanta society of Australia $600
ventana Hispana (spanish window) inc $1,000
vic African women's Association inc $1,000
victorian Arabic Artists Association inc $1,000
victorian Association of Argos orestiko & district inc $1,000
victorian Assyrian youth group $800
victorian Brotherhood of mani united inc $600
victorian chaldean woman's group $1,500
victorian co-operative on children's services for ethnic groups (vicseg) $2,000
victorian eritrean community Association $1,500
victorian immigrant and Refugee women's coalition inc (viRwc) $5,000
victorian iraqi social club inc $1,000
victorian lithuanian Pensioners Association inc $900
victorian multi ethnic slavic welfare Association $1,000
victorian Romano Pralipe Association $1,200
victorian scottish union inc $800
victorian turkish cultural Association inc $750
vietnamese community in Australia – vic chapter (vcA) $2,000
vietnamese cultural group $700
vietnamese mothers group inc $1,100
vietnamese Parenting support group $700
vietnamese tenants Association inc $1,000
vietnamese women's Association in Broadmeadows inc $1,500
vietnamese women's Association of north west Region inc $1,200
vietnamese young mother's support group $700
vitoria women's Fellowship group $1,000
welsh society of geelong inc $600
west Papuan community $2,000
western vovinam training centre $1,000
westvale olympic soccer club $1,000
whittlesea chinese Association inc (wcA) $700
whittlesea combined Pensioners Association of victoria inc $500
whittlesea green island turkish women's group inc $600
whittlesea multicultural communities council $5,000
whittlesea u3A inc $500
whittlesea vuong trung vietnamese womens group $800
williamstown italian social club $1,000
wodonga Australian croatian club inc $750
women's Friendship group $1,200
womens group of the greek orthodox community of Hobsons Bay $400
womens group of the greek orthodox Parish of clayton $400
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education programs
organisation grant (gst excluded)
Afghan Australian Philanthropic Association $1,500
Al sadeq education and charity Association inc $2,000
Am echad Federation of Jews from Former soviet union inc $2,000
Arabic culture school $1,600
Armenian mesrob mashdotz school $1,000
Associazione culturale l'Aurora $3,000
Australian Federation of ethnic schools Associations (AFesA) $5,000
Australian Kurdish community inc $2,500
Australian oromo community Association in victoria inc (AocAv) $1,800
AustuRK education & cultural Association inc $700
Bayswater-Boronia templer school $1,000
Bayswater-Boronia templer school $1,000
Bengali language and culture school inc $1,500
Bharathi Academy $750
Bharathi Academy $750
Bosnian teacher's Association inc $2,000
cambodian chinese Friendship Association of victoria $1,500
chabad institutions of Australia inc $2,000
chinese Association of victoria inc $2,000
croatian ethnic school ≠– Bartol Kasic inc $1,500
eritrean islamic society of Australia $8,000
greek orthodox community gippsland, greek school $1,000
greek orthodox community of dandenong & districts $1,500
greek orthodox community school of mentone "taxiarches" $10,000
greek orthodox Parish of "st dimitrios" Ascot vale, greek school $1,600
greek orthodox Parish of "the Holy cross" Box Hill and districts $3,500
greek orthodox Parish of "the three Hierarchs" clayton, greek school $1,000
greek school of the greek orthodox Parish of Bentleigh $2,000
Hamerkaz shelanu inc $4,000
Hararian community Association Australia inc $1,500
Hazara Australian community Association of victoria $2,000
Healthy tourism senior citizens club 'vigor' – inner metro south Russian community language school $2,500
imam Ali islamic centre inc $2,000
islamic Association of Australia $1,500
Keysborough vietnamese language centre inc $1,500
Korean language school of melbourne $2,500
lac viet vietnamese language school $1,500
liech nuer community Association inc $2,000
mang-non vietnamese language school Association $2,000
north victorian Buddhist Association inc $2,000
Polish community council of victoria inc $2,500
organisation grant (gst excluded)
Portuguese cultural centre of melbourne inc $2,000
Relief Association of south sudan (victoria) inc (RAss) $2,500
serbian ethnic school vuk stefanovic Karadzic $2,000
society for Asian languages & Arts inc $1,200
somalian cultural school $1,500
spanish language, Heritage and community school 'Jose gervasio Artigas' inc $2,000
st John's church vietnamese school $2,500
t.Kosciuszko Polish language saturday school $1,500
temple society german language school Bentleigh-moorabbin $2,000
the Association of Hazaras in victoria inc $1,200
the Australian shia muslim Assembly inc $1,000
the german saturday school inc $1,700
the Pushkin lyceum $1,000
the thai language school of melbourne inc $1,500
the united vietnamese Buddhist congregation of south eastern melbourne $2,000
tHe-He vietnamese language centre $2,000
truong vinh Ky vietnamese language school inc $1,000
van Khoa vietnamese language school $800
vedanta society of Australia $1,000
vietnamese ethnic school of Broadmeadows $1,500
werribee chinese school inc $4,000
western Region Bengali school inc $3,500
xin Jin shan chinese language and culture school inc $900
total $131,500
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Buildings and Facilities improVement
organisation grant (gst excluded)
spanish Association of geelong $6,000
st Anthony greek orthodox church $5,000
st georges Antiochian orthodox church Association $10,000
st mark's coptic church $7,000
sudanese community Association of Australia inc (scAA) $15,000
sunraysia contemporary Alevi cultural centre inc $7,000
the victorian maronite community inc $8,000
whitehorse club $5,000
wodonga Australian croatian club inc $9,000
total $402,995
organisation grant (gst excluded)
Alawi islamic Association of victoria inc $10,000
Alevi community council of Australia inc $10,000
Association of ukrainians in victoria - geelong Branch $5,000
Australian Association of Kastorians inc $8,000
Australian slovenian cultural & sports Association 'ivan cankar' geelong inc $6,000
cambodian chinese Friendship Association of victoria $8,000
circolo Pensionati italiani di san marco in lamis $12,000
city of stonnington $3,000
club Astoria german Australian society $1,675
croatian media Association inc (cmA) $10,000
dar Alawda wendel community centre inc $12,000
Filipino community council of victoria inc $4,600
greek orthodox community of gippsland, elderly citizens' group $5,000
greek orthodox community of melbourne & victoria (Parish of "st george" thornbury) $10,000
greek orthodox community of wangaratta and district inc $5,000
greek orthodox Parish of "st Athanasios" greek school $8,000
greek orthodox Parish of st Andrew's Forest Hill $5,000
greek orthodox Parish of st dimitrios moonee Ponds $6,000
greek orthodox Parish of st Raphael, Bentleigh $10,000
greek orthodox senior citizens group of whittlesea $14,000
greek senior citizens of Frankston and Peninsula $5,000
grupo cultural e Folclorico sol de Portugal inc $12,000
Hazara Australian community Association of victoria $10,000
Hindu satsang mandal of victoria $12,000
Jewish Holocaust centre inc $8,000
Jewish museum of Australia inc $10,000
Kalymnian Philanthropic Brotherhood melbourne inc $8,000
Keysborough turkish islamic & cultural centre inc $8,000
maltese community centre lv $12,000
melkite catholic eparchy of Australia victorian vicariate - st Joseph's Parish Fairfield $5,000
moorabbin Hebrew congregation inc $8,000
Pan Argoliki Philanthropic Brotherhood to Palamidi inc $15,000
Pancretan Association of melbourne Australia ltd $5,000
Peninsula & Rye greek women's group $2,720
Phat Quang temple inc $10,000
Rye & Peninsula greek senior citizens club $1,000
samadhi Buddhist meditation Association inc $10,000
selimiye youth support & Recreation inc $6,000
serbian orthodox church of "st stefan" - Keysborough, youth club $7,000
serraion society of victoria inc $10,000
sinhala language and cultural school $5,000
slovenian Australian social & sports club Jadran $8,000
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strengthening multicultural communities
organisation grant (gst excluded)
Afghan Australian development organisation (AAdo) $2,000
All women concern $3,000
Assyrian chaldean syriac council of Australia $2,000
Aurora school $2,000
Australia (nur) the light Foundation inc $20,000
Australian croatian community services $6,000
Australian Federation of international students inc (AFis) $4,500
Australian Karen organisation inc $2,500
Australian multicultural Foundation $10,000
Australian somali society $4,000
Australian turkish Association inc $3,000
Australian vietnamese women's Association $3,000
Aweil community Association in victoria $3,000
Ballarat Regional multicultural council (BRmc) $10,000
Bengali Association of victoria inc $5,000
Bint Al Huda iraqi women's organisation $2,000
Blind citizens Australia $6,000
Bor community Association of Australia $2,500
Burgher Association (Australia) inc $2,000
Burmese welfare operation $3,000
caulfield Junior college – Hebrew immersion Program committee $3,000
centre for African Australian women's issues $10,000
chaldean women Association in victoria $3,000
circolo Pensionati italiani di san marco in lamis $2,000
colac sudanese community inc $6,000
communities council on ethnic issues (eastern Region) inc $3,000
council of turkish Associations of victoria $10,000
croatian media Association inc (cmA) $5,000
cultural Heritage unit, university of melbourne $10,000
darfur Australia network $3,500
deaf children Australia $5,000
dinka ngok Abyei community Association in victoria Australia $2,000
doveton Pool in the Park ymcA $2,500
east African women's Foundation inc $15,000
east melbourne Hebrew congregation inc $5,000
eastern and central African communities of victoria inc $8,000
eastern Karen community Association $2,000
ethiopian community Association in victoria inc $5,000
ethnic communities council of the south east inc (eccose) $8,000
ethnic council of shepparton & district inc $10,000
ethnic youth council – spectrum migrant Resource centre $5,000
organisation grant (gst excluded)
Federation of indian women's Association of Australia (FiwAA) inc $2,000
Fiji social and cultural organisations of victoria Australia (FscovA) $2,000
Filipino community council of victoria inc $3,000
Friends of Farm vigano inc $20,000
Fruitful Films Pty ltd $3,000
geelong sudanese Association inc $2,000
gippsland indian Association inc $1,500
gippsland multicultural services inc $10,000
Jesuit social services $10,000
Kurdish women society of victoria $3,000
loddon campaspe multicultural services $10,000
lutheran church of Australia victoria district st James moorabbin $3,000
melbourne.Pl $2,000
mildura Rural city council $10,000
multicultural Arts victoria $22,500
national council of Jewish women of Australia $5,000
national ethnic & multicultural Broadcasters' council (nemBc) $5,000
new Australia media $20,000
new Hope migrant and Refugee centre $5,000
new Hope migrant and Refugee centre (mornington Branch) $1,000
north east melbourne sudanese community Forum $2,500
north east multicultural Association (nemA) $30,000
nuer community in victoria inc $2,000
Palestinian community Association of victoria $4,000
Poi Piripi Performing Arts inc $10,000
Refugee & immigration legal centre inc $17,000
Refugee council of Australia inc $20,000
Robinson Reserve neighbourhood House $2,000
Royal Historical society of victoria inc $2,000
scarab studio $5,000
selimiye youth support & Recreation inc $3,500
serbian welfare Association of victoria inc (swAv) $10,000
somlink inc $10,000
south sudan equatorial community Association $2,000
south sudanese women's network $2,500
southern ethnic Advisory & Advocacy council inc (seAAc) $5,000
spanish American Foundation for the Arts (sAFA) inc $2,000
spanish latin American welfare centre inc (celAs) $5,000
springvale learning and Activities centre inc. $3,000
springvale neighbourhood House $11,000
st dominics Parish melton $4,000
sudanese community Association of Australia inc (scAA) $3,000
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organisation grant (gst excluded)
sudanese lost Boys Association of Australia $3,000
sudanese women on the move network inc (swom) $3,000
sunraysia mallee ethnic communities' council inc $2,800
the Association of Hazaras in victoria inc $3,000
the centre – connecting community in north and west melbourne inc $5,000
the Federation of chinese Associations (vic) inc $5,000
the Jewish taskforce Against Family violence $8,000
the new Hope Foundation (werribee Refugee Resource centre) $1,500
the new Hope Foundation inc (Refugee Resource centre Footscray) $5,000
the victorian maronite community inc $2,500
try youth & community services inc $4,000
twich community Association in victoria $3,000
victoria Police (moonee valley) $40,000
victorian Arabic social services (vAss) $3,000
victorian deaf society $3,000
victorian immigrant and Refugee women's coalition inc (viRwc) $8,000
victorian multi ethnic slavic welfare Association $1,500
western edge youth Arts inc $3,000
whittlesea chinese Association inc (wcA) $2,000
whittlesea community connections $5,000
wings of care (Kanfei chesed) inc $1,500
total $626,800
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interFaith and multiFaith programs
organisation grant (gst excluded)
Anglican northwestern Region interfaith network $2,000
Arabic welfare inc $5,000
Australian intercultural society inc $12,500
B'nai B'rith Anti-defamation commission inc $10,000
Braybrook & maidstone neighbourhood House $2,000
casey multi-Faith network inc $10,000
city of Kingston $5,400
city of monash $14,000
city of Port Phillip $20,000
city of whitehorse $2,000
clifton creative Arts centre $5,000
council of turkish Associations of victoria $10,000
craigieburn secondary college $1,000
darebin interfaith council $4,000
Faith communities Forum, victorian $5,000
Frankston city council $2,000
gippsland indian Association inc $10,000
globalisation For the common good $15,000
goulburn valley sudanese Association $2,000
greek orthodox Parish of st dimitrios moonee Ponds $2,000
Hindu satsang mandal of victoria $8,000
imam Ali islamic centre inc $8,000
indonesian club melbourne inc $2,500
interfaith education committee $6,800
islamic women's welfare council of victoria $1,500
Jewish christian muslim Association of Australia $29,000
Jewish museum of Australia inc $10,000
lakhanda media centre $4,000
loddon campaspe multicultural services $16,000
melbourne Hebrew congregation inc $3,000
minaret college inc $7,000
new Zealand maori club $5,000
Rye Beach community Action group inc $10,000
school of social sciences - la trobe university $35,000
shalom Association inc $5,000
st mark's uniting church $6,000
st Paul Apostle catholic church – ecumenical and interfaith committee $2,000
the committee for sri lanka inc $5,000
the great stupa of universal compassion $3,000
the wellspring centre $20,000
uniting church in Australia $10,000
unity in diversity inc $6,000
victorian council of churches $10,000
whittlesea interfaith network (win) $20,000
total $371,700
Funding categorY grant (gst excluded)
multicultural Festivals and events $1,336,200
multicultural senior citizens organisational support $917,750
organisational support $688,680
education Programs $131,500
Buildings and facilities improvement $402,990
strengthening multicultural communities $626,800
interfaith and multifaith Programs $371,700
total grants $4,475,629
gRAnts summARy
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as at 30 june 2009
victorian multicultural commission
Action on disability within ethnic communities
Adult multicultural education services
Australian multicultural Foundation
Ballarat Regional multicultural council
Bendigo ethnic communities council
Buddhist council of victoria
centre for culture, ethnicity and Health
centre for multicultural youth issues
eritrean women’s Association of victoria
ethnic communities’ council of sunraysia
ethnic communities’ council of victoria
gippsland multicultural services
Hindu society of victoria
islamic council of victoria
Jewish community council of victoria
migrant Resource centres directors network
multicultural Arts victoria
multifaith multicultural youth network
municipal Association of victoria
Russian ethnic Representative council
sikh interfaith council of victoria
sri lankan community
tamil cultural Association of victoria
victorian council of churches
vietnamese cultural Heritage centre
western english language school
Victorian multicultural commission adVisorY council
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awards For excellence
For meritorious serVice to the communitY – indiViduals
mr Peter Adamis mr vincenzo galtieri mrs galina lobanov mr demos savva
mrs Joan Adamson mrs maria gardani calandro mr egon lutjens mrs umran simsir
cr sam Alessi mr iakovos garivaldis mr david manne mr Kuldip singh Bassi
mrs leonilla Alexeev mr carmine gattuso mrs Afshan mantoo the late mr Joginder singh Rai
mr tissa Amarasekera ms claire gazis mrs sithy marikar mrs Jessica smugrevski
mr george Andreou ms Angela giardino mrs Agnes marton mr Rucio sosnowski
mrs esther Antos mrs Figen Hasimoglu mr Frank merlino mr luigi sozzi
ms tania Bacash mon Frank Hickey mrs valentina mezentseff ms christoula stefanatos
ms Julianna Balazs mr Russell Jack Am ms Jolanta mielczarek mr Bhim sud
mr vincenzo Barca mr chris Kalaitzis mr lucio miranda mr Kouy taing
mr Frank Bevacqua mrs maria Kallinteridis dr mohamed Firdausy mohideen mr martin taliana
mr Aleksander Bialocerkowski ms dilpreet Kaur Jaswal mr denis muto mr mean te
mrs teresa Borzillo mr Abdul Khan mr eamon naughton ms Brigitte tornatora
mr Anton Brne mr menachem Khoen ms marika orosz mrs Antonietta tricarico
mr Peter Bujnowski mrs Bernadette Khoury ms Kathryn osmond mr ilias tsinanis
mr Josef caf moefaauo lotomau Komiti mr Achilleas Papadopoulos mr nick tsousis
mr michele capaldo mr stylianos Konstantinidis cr Kris Pavlidis mr teddy tuason
mr sai Kit chan mr spyros Korosidis mr Antonis Polycarpou mrs eleftheria tzouvelis
mrs Alison chapman mr michael Kypreos (metaxas) dr Ambalavaner Ponnampalam ms lucy urbancic
mr Philip K.s. chui mr domenico lagana ms elly Potamidis mrs Rosa volpe
ms slava crooks mr yin choi lam mr satishwar Prakash mr Arthur sung ta wu
mr Romolo di giulio mrs donata lattanzio ms Birute morta Prasmutas mr John Zafiropoulos
mrs Renza dirksz mr wellington lee ms maria Presti mr george Zangalis
mr Franco dondio mr Paul lesur mr Haralambos Prodromidis mr lian Ren (Jerry) Zhu
mr costas elisseou mrs ghyliane lesur mrs Anna Romeo mr marko Zitterschlager
ms Anna Feoktistova ms Zhao Ran li mrs Franciska sajn ms marilyn Zukalski
mr Percy Fernandez ms xiu yu lin mr carlo salustro
mr nickiforos Floratos mr vincent Kou chiang liu mr Jim sarris
For meritorious serVice to the communitY – indiViduals organisations
Association latinos Residents of victoria inc indian senior citizens Association
Australian Asian Association of victoria inc Polish senior citizens club in Footscray
chinese cancer society of victoria inc sicilia nostra senior citizens club inc
Filipino Australia Friendship Association of geelong inc south-eastern yugoslav Pensioner's group dandenong
Filipino silayan dance Academy
Annual Report 2008-09 63
appendix 4
awards For excellence
For serVice deliVerY to multicultural Victoria – indiViduals
mr Abdul nasir Aatifi mrs Alicja gotlib ms claire naffah mr Harbir singh Kang
ms Fatha Ade mr Bill Hatzisimeonidis ms natalija nesvadba mr Roman syrek
mr melaku Ali mr meca Khoa Ho mr stephen o'malley mr loc trinh
ms Barbara chapman ms Renate Kamener mr chin nhu ong ms liz tripodi
mr tony charbel ms Rashika Kulasinghe mr Aristos Panagakis mrs sebastiana valvo
ms mila Abenoja cichello ms carol makhoul mr menios Paterakis mr sotirios vassos
ms sulaika dhanapala mrs nelly mavraganis dr senake Perera mrs liang wanghua
mr david diaz mr vlassis mavraganis ms Pina Piedimonte
mr vajira ekanayake ms Kavisha mazzella mr trevor Prabhakaran
ms carmen gatt mrs geeti mukhlas mr Fritz schwab
media award – the age
ms dewi cooke
ms Farah Farouque
educations awards
ms chau cong
eastern schools Refugee Action network (esRAn)
noble Park Primary school
amBassador awards
cr christopher gahan
ms Kiemi lai
Australian Karen organisation
premier’s award For communitY harmonY
Federation square
local goVernment award
city of whittlesea
pacmac awards
inspector nigel Howard
senior constable crystal cartwright
constable nadia Hammoud
Police community exemplary Award – migrant information centre, east melbourne
For serVice deliVerY to multicultural Victoria – organisations
Ames community guide Program otway community college
Australian indian innovations inc spectrum mRc – Aged & disability services/employed carers innovative Program
Brotherhood of st laurence suzuki night market – Queen victoria market
centre for Philippine concerns Australia inc tabulam & templer Homes for the Aged inc
city of greater dandenong – youth services – sports inclusion Program turkish tulip Festival – Australian turkish cultural Platform
city of yarra – Belonging in Australia Project uniting care cutting edge
edmund Rice centre vietnamese veterans Association of victoria – Hong Bang vietnamese ethnic school
Jewish cultural centre & national library Kadimah wellsprings for women inc.
louise multicultural community centre
awards For excellence
64 victorian multicultural commission
appendix 5
Victorian reFugee regonition record (Vrrr)
Vrrr recipients 2009
mr terefe Aborete ms Fartun Farah mrs malvina malinek
mr Javad Alizada mrs saba Feniger mrs Anita milicevic
mrs immaculate Bihamba mr sash Herceg mr chan goch cham nyok
mrs lydia charlamow mrs Qingyun Huang mr Andrew ohide
mr Hung xuan chau mrs nida Hussein mr Parsuram sharma-luital
mrs Rose elias mrs Fowzia issa mr leigh Phong thanh trinh
ms Farah Faiq mr thon makuei thon ms Farhnaz Zamani
The VMC would like to congratulate the 21 recipients on their achievements.
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