Enhancing Victoriaös Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Diversity

Victorian Multicultural Commission Multicultural Victorian

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chairperson’s report...... 5 about the commission enhancing our cultural diversity...... 8 our role...... 8 new responsibilities...... 8

about the Multicultural Victoria Act 2004...... 10 objectives and functions...... 10

our commissioners...... 11

our staff...... 11 supporting & empowering community grants program operations...... 12 14 commission meetings...... 12 committees...... 12 expenditure...... 13 working together partnering for better outcomes...... 28 community grants program partnerships government...... 28 supporting & empowering...... 14 local government...... 31 funding categories...... 14 corporate...... 31 funding rounds...... 17 non-government...... 32 information sessions...... 17 community...... 32 assessment process...... 17

new programs and partnerships...... 17 community strengthening projects...... 17 appendices festivals and events...... 17 advisory council...... 33 grants...... 34 engaging the community awards of excellence...... 62 victorian refugee recognition record...... 64 ...... consulting & engaging 20 women creating harmony grants...... 64 Report Details whole-of-government achievements The 2006–07 Annual Report presents the in multicultural affairs...... 20 year’s work within the Victorian Multicultural other community consultations and Commission. It covers the core work of the community engagements...... 20 Commission and its achievements during enhancing our cultural diversity the 2006–07 period within the context of 8 about the commission the objectives and functions outlined in the Multicultural Victoria Act 2004. celebrating our diversity informing & recognising...... 22 Other Information events...... 22

Copies of this Annual Report can be obtained print and online communications...... 24 from the Victorian Multicultural Commission: community recognition...... 24 Telephone (03) 9208 3184 Facsimile (03) 9208 3179 victoria’s awards for excellence Email [email protected] in multicultural affairs...... 24 victorian refugee recognition record...... 27 This report can also be viewed online at: www.multicultural.vic.gov.au community accord...... 27

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chairperson’s report...... 5 about the commission enhancing our cultural diversity...... 8 our role...... 8 new responsibilities...... 8

about the Multicultural Victoria Act 2004...... 10 objectives and functions...... 10

our commissioners...... 11

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GeORGe lekakIs The Hon. John Brumby MP Premier of Victoria Minister for Multicultural Affairs 1 Treasury Place EAST MELBOURNE VIC 3002 We must become the change we want to see in many representative, advisory and advocacy the world. So said revered political and spiritual roles is a testament to the commitment and leader, Mahatma Gandhi, in words that could ability of our executive, staff and team of just as easily be applied to the Victorian tireless volunteers. Multicultural Commission (VMC) over the past twelve months – and indeed, to countless As many would be aware, the run-up to 2006 others across our State actively engaged in the State Election included a decision by the then Dear Premier fostering of cultural diversity and social justice. Bracks Government to merge the Victorian Office of Multicultural Affairs (VOMA) into the In accordance with Section 18 of the Multicultural Victoria Act (2004) I have To call the past year a defining period for Commission. On 1 May 2007, the final stages of great pleasure in reporting on the Commission’s operations for the period multicultural affairs would be to understate this merger were completed, consolidating and 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007. the impacts of some of the developments streamlining the administration of the portfolio, witnessed, the projects undertaken and the and allowing savings of $1 million a year to be Yours sincerely successes achieved. As well as completing redirected into additional financial support for a timely expansion of the Commission’s CALD communities. own purview, structure, and scope of daily operations, we have seen a marked increase It is important to note that the stewardship George Lekakis in the desire of local ethnic organisations to of the Commission has not altered greatly as CHAIRPERSON express their cultural identity. a result of the merger. We remain a statutory authority overseen by Commissioners Victorians are generally becoming more appointed by Cabinet and continue to informed about the plight of refugees to our be supported by an advisory body with shores and more determined to separate fact representation from community advocacy from fabrication when it comes to community groups. I am pleased to say though, that relations, while public and private bodies are in terms of personnel, the expanded VMC showing greater cohesion and co-operation in now boasts a well-balanced team of hard- tackling issues of access, opportunity, rights working staff ideally-suited to anticipate and and responsibilities. In short, Victorians aren’t facilitate policy initiatives that help our CALD just talking about making the world a more communities to meet their full potential. equitable, inclusive and cohesive place; we are a living breathing example of that principle in The proof of this can be seen in the rollcall action with all the benefits it brings. of achievements in FY2006-07, which is as impressive as it is diverse. From the more Naturally, this groundswell of interest in the than 600 additional community organisations future of our migrant communities, the freedoms to become recipients of support through the of our varied faith communities, and the welfare Commission’s community grants programs of refugees and humanitarian entrants is a source through to the funding of 900 festivals and of gratification for the Commission. Although it events and the hundreds of support programs has also presented a variety of new challenges in delivered by community groups in Victoria. dealing with matters expeditiously. The fact that the Commission has been able to consistently In July 2006 I saw 150 keen young minds from deliver the highest quality of service across our diverse cultural and religious backgrounds

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“Honest and genuine community engagement, built on mutual respect and the development of sound collaborative relationships is not only our first line of defence, but also the line from which we can be proactive.” George Lekakis 18th National Police Remembrance Day, 29 September 2006

take part in a highly successful Multifaith Even more poignantly, it is the spirit of The past year has seen a flurry of changes Multicultural Youth Forum. Aside from the solidarity shown by our various faith at the State Government level. We have bid tremendous sense of camaraderie, free exchange communities in the face of potentially divisive farewell to one Premier whose leadership has of ideas and experiences, possibly the most pressures from beyond our borders. Their been instrumental in forging Victoria’s success notable outcome was the repeated expression of guidance and unswerving commitment to the as a culturally diverse society, and welcomed appreciation by the young participants that their principles of understanding and goodwill has another who is equally determined to see opinions were actually being sought out and been nothing short of inspirational and a credit that reputation for respect and inclusiveness listened to by community leaders. to all concerned. continue to flourish. In this, I’d like to extend my deepest gratitude and best wishes to Steve I am particularly proud of the Government’s As always, lack of space prevents me from Bracks and John Brumby. and the Commission’s resolve in standing listing all the individuals and organisations against the Citizenship Test and the argument to have made a substantial contribution to the Likewise, I offer my sincerest appreciation to to hold firm on multicultural policy against health of Victoria’s multicultural mix in the those Ministers who have assisted the Premier those who seek to diminish it. Those that argue past twelve months. However, there are a few in the area of Multicultural Affairs throughout this do so for ill-conceived short term political that I believe warrant special mention. the period: John Pandazopoulos, Daniel opportunism and at a great cost to all Victorians Andrews, and now, James Merlino; as well as and Australians. Victoria Police continues to set new benchmarks the Parliamentary Secretaries: Kaye Darveniza, for community relations among the nation’s Telmo Languiller, and now, Liz Beattie. All have The increased number of collaborative law enforcement bodies with its development ably served in their respective roles and been partnerships with various government and and implementation of inclusive and tremendous ambassadors for the multicultural NGO agencies, including participation on constructive initiatives involving established, portfolio on the local, state and national stage. advisory committees such as Future Melbourne, emerging and multifaith communities. La Faya Festival, immigration Museum, Mar 07, top. Centre of Dialogue, Metropolis, 2009 Parliament We all accept that change is an inevitable fact Carlton Consultation, Sept 06, above. of the World’s Religions, PACMAC, Municipal The Ethnic Communities’ Council of Victoria of life. Ensuring that change is for the better, Association of Victoria as well as liaison and (ECCV) too, has been highly prominent in however, is a responsibility each of us share. partnerships with a vast number of community petitioning and publicising on behalf of CALD In reflecting up on the achievements detailed leaders and organisations. communities in the media and broader public in this report, I am confident that the current sphere on matters of deep concern such as momentum demanding responsive, sustainable, Underpinning these tangible outcomes is an citizenship and access to services. and compassionate solutions to issues of ever-strengthening network of community equity and cultural diversity holds us in good connection that has helped unite otherwise Personal thank you’s must also go to each stead and indicates the future of our rich discrete communities, improve visibility and of the VMC Commissioners whose support multicultural inheritance is in safe hands. accessibility, and offer smaller groups the and counsel has been vital during a period Finally, I wish to also commend all of the staff, opportunity to benefit from economies of scale of great transition, and to all members of past and present, who have worked so diligently in bringing down operational costs. our Advisory Groups and Committees for and passionately in VOMA and the Commission. offering both their time and the benefit of They are the kind of ties formalised by the their experience so candidly and generously. I commend the 2006–07 Victorian Multicultural Melbourne Victory, Cricket Victoria, Victoria Their first-hand knowledge and insights Commission Annual Report to you. University, and Darebin Interfaith Council remain integral to fulfilling the Commission’s signing onto the Government’s Community charter of bringing priority issues to the Accord, alongside other major sporting, attention of governments and independent community and religious organisations. service providers. George Lekakis Chairperson

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our role > culTuRal pRecIncTs enhancemenT FunD The VMC is one of the main links between An investment of $8 million over four years Victoria’s culturally and linguistically diverse to boost the viability and vibrancy of three of (CALD) communities and the Government Melbourne’s long standing cultural precincts: with the aim of supporting and empowering Little Bourke, Lonsdale and Lygon Streets. communities, promoting unity and The fund will cover restoration of key lane understanding and celebrating diversity. The ways, street beautification including art work Commission also provides independent advice landscaping and lighting, and boost resources to the Government to inform the development for the communities to showcase their culture of legislative and policy frameworks as well and heritage. as the delivery of services to our culturally, > lanGuaGe seRvIces sTRaTeGy linguistically and religiously diverse society. A key initiative that aims to improve interpreting and translating services for The Commission operates under the Multicultural Victorians from culturally and linguistically Victoria Act 2004 which conveys the Victorian diverse backgrounds with a current focus Government’s commitment to recognise the on the language services needs of: aging social, cultural and economic contribution communities, refugees and the area of of cultural, religious and linguistic diversity mental health. to Victoria and enhance the accountability of pROmOTInG haRmOny InITIaTIve government departments to all Victorians. > A series of initiatives that aim to strengthen and promote interfaith cooperation, encourage “Success, in community relations and harmony new responsibilities and enhance community harmony and social cohesion with a focus on young people, terms, is not just some lucky aberration. It has been On 1 May 2007, the Victorian Office for women and interfaith networks. Multicultural Affairs (VOMA) – part of the achieved through a combination of good governance > ReFuGee BROkeRaGe pROGRam former Department for Victorian Communities A state-wide program that provides support – was merged into the VMC to create a single and the good will of Victorians from all walks of life, to Victoria’s recently arrived refugees and entity devoted to Multicultural Affairs. From the humanitarian entrants by removing barriers to language, culture and faith.” merge the Commission gained responsibility for opportunities and providing assistance so they a range of projects and initiatives. can better access existing services and provides GeORGe lekakIs 5th International Inter-Religions Abraham Conference, 13 August 2006 better coordination of service delivery to Between 1 May 2007 and the end of the refugee and humanitarian entrants. reporting period the Commission was responsible for the following projects:

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VMC Commissioners (Absent: Mr Joe Caputo & Ms Vivienne Nquyen).

of principles that respects one of the State’s > to promote unity among Victoria’s culturally main role is to identify specific migrant Ms Elleni Bereded-Samuel greatest assets – its cultural, religious and and linguistically diverse communities; and linguistic diversity. In effect, it declares that Mr Joseph Caputo or refugee community needs with Victorians value community harmony and > to promote a better understanding within Dr. Stanley Chiang commits all of us to work together towards Victoria of Victoria’s culturally and Mrs Vicki Mitsos the aim of addressing those needs in a prosperous and united future in which linguistically diverse communities. Ms Samar Mougharbel Ms Vivienne Nguyen ways that strengthen the Victorian diversity is respected, cultural heritage Functions preserved, all individuals are equally entitled Dr. Linda Sydor Petkovic > to ensure that the objectives of the community in general.” to access opportunities and participate in and Ms Marcia Pinskier Commission are met to the maximum contribute to the social, cultural, economic Ms Usha Sharma George Lekakis Victoria University, Institute for Community Engagement and extent that is practicable; and political life of this State within the Mr Yasser Soliman Policy Alternatives (ICEPA) – Eliminating Racism: Valuing Diversity, 21 March 2007 overarching framework of abiding by the > to investigate, report and make State’s laws and respecting the democratic recommendations to the Minister on any processes under which those laws are made. aspect of multicultural affairs referred to our staff it by the Minister; During the year the Commissioners were Additional staff joined the Commission on The MVA has made it a legislative requirement > to advise the Minister on factors inhibiting supported by a small team of dedicated staff 1 May 2007 as a result of the merger of the for all Victorian Government departments to the development of harmonious community who worked closely with the Chairperson, Victorian Office of Multicultural Affairs into annually report to the Minister for Multicultural relations and on barriers to the participation Deputy Chairperson and Commissioners to the Commission. Affairs on their activities and achievements in of Victoria’s culturally and linguistically ensure the VMC achieved its core objectives: relation to multicultural affairs, including their diverse communities in the social, cultural, Heather Abbott Communications/Briefings Officer use of interpreting and translating services, economic and political life of Victoria; George Lekakis Chairperson James Butterfield Policy Officer their communication in languages other than Hakan Akyol Deputy Chairperson & Director Julie Gould Senior Policy Adviser > to consult with relevant bodies and people to English and the appointment of people from Ricki Knoetze Senior Policy Officer determine the needs of Victoria’s culturally diverse backgrounds on government boards Stephen Dimopoulos Senior Policy Adviser Paul Leonard Senior Policy Officer and linguistically diverse communities, and committees. Michael Kumashov Communication/Briefing Officer Fran Mules Senior Policy Officer including needs in relation to matters covered Robyn Merrett Communication & Events Manager Ban-Lian Ng Senior Policy Officer by any report prepared by the Minister under The MVA also specifies the Commission’s Rhonda Peterson Executive Assistant Lucy Richards Policy Officer section 21 (of the MVA); and operational parameters, setting out its Marcus Schutenko Festival & Events Grants Officer Lina Wong Senior Policy Officer objectives and functions around promoting > to maintain and further develop harmonious (from Feb 07) the full participation of Victoria’s CALD community relations between all relevant Grace Sindoni Administrative Assistant The Commission has also employed part-time communities in the social, cultural, economic groups in the context of Victoria’s culturally Michael van Vliet Community Strengthening Manager temporary staff as required. and political life of the State. and linguistically diverse society. Andrew Waugh-Young Policy & Research Officer

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This report highlights the Commission’s our commissioners “It is vital that our migrant achievements in the 2006–07 period within The VMC comprises of twelve dedicated communities - each and every Victorian the context of its objectives and functions. Commissioners who advocate the values of the Commission and act as a conduit between - have access to accurate information objectives and functions the community and the Commission. and to service providers who are able The VMC’s objectives and functions, Our Commissioners have a solid as specified in the Multicultural Victoria understanding of the issues facing ethnic to approach health and life issues in Act (MVA) 2004 are: communities and are actively involved in Objectives the community, regularly attending events a culturally appropriate manner.” and playing a vital role in assisting networks > to promote access by Victoria’s culturally and liaison between different faith and George Lekakis Launch Booklet The Diversity & Disability Story and linguistically diverse communities to community groups. (MRC North-West), 14 June 2007 services made available by governments and other bodies; The Commissioners meet on a monthly basis > to encourage all of Victoria’s culturally and to develop strategies and discuss community linguistically diverse communities to retain issues that require action. about the Multicultural Victoria and express their social identity and Act 2004 cultural inheritance; Commissioners The Multicultural Victoria Act 2004 (MVA) > to promote co-operation between bodies George Lekakis Chairperson “You could say that my Commission’s enshrines in legislation a preamble and a set concerned with multicultural affairs; Hakan Akyol Deputy Chairperson of principles that respects one of the State’s > to promote unity among Victoria’s culturally main role is to identify specific migrant Ms Elleni Bereded-Samuel greatest assets – its cultural, religious and and linguistically diverse communities; and linguistic diversity. In effect, it declares that Mr Joseph Caputo or refugee community needs with Victorians value community harmony and > to promote a better understanding within Dr. Stanley Chiang commits all of us to work together towards Victoria of Victoria’s culturally and Mrs Vicki Mitsos the aim of addressing those needs in a prosperous and united future in which linguistically diverse communities. Ms Samar Mougharbel Ms Vivienne Nguyen ways that strengthen the Victorian diversity is respected, cultural heritage Functions preserved, all individuals are equally entitled Dr. Linda Sydor Petkovic > to ensure that the objectives of the community in general.” to access opportunities and participate in and Ms Marcia Pinskier Commission are met to the maximum contribute to the social, cultural, economic Ms Usha Sharma George Lekakis Victoria University, Institute for Community Engagement and extent that is practicable; and political life of this State within the Mr Yasser Soliman Policy Alternatives (ICEPA) – Eliminating Racism: Valuing Diversity, 21 March 2007 overarching framework of abiding by the > to investigate, report and make State’s laws and respecting the democratic recommendations to the Minister on any processes under which those laws are made. aspect of multicultural affairs referred to our staff it by the Minister; During the year the Commissioners were Additional staff joined the Commission on The MVA has made it a legislative requirement > to advise the Minister on factors inhibiting supported by a small team of dedicated staff 1 May 2007 as a result of the merger of the for all Victorian Government departments to the development of harmonious community who worked closely with the Chairperson, Victorian Office of Multicultural Affairs into annually report to the Minister for Multicultural relations and on barriers to the participation Deputy Chairperson and Commissioners to the Commission. Affairs on their activities and achievements in of Victoria’s culturally and linguistically ensure the VMC achieved its core objectives: relation to multicultural affairs, including their diverse communities in the social, cultural, Heather Abbott Communications/Briefings Officer use of interpreting and translating services, economic and political life of Victoria; George Lekakis Chairperson James Butterfield Policy Officer their communication in languages other than Hakan Akyol Deputy Chairperson & Director Julie Gould Senior Policy Adviser > to consult with relevant bodies and people to English and the appointment of people from Ricki Knoetze Senior Policy Officer determine the needs of Victoria’s culturally diverse backgrounds on government boards Stephen Dimopoulos Senior Policy Adviser Paul Leonard Senior Policy Officer and linguistically diverse communities, and committees. Michael Kumashov Communication/Briefing Officer Fran Mules Senior Policy Officer including needs in relation to matters covered Robyn Merrett Communication & Events Manager Ban-Lian Ng Senior Policy Officer by any report prepared by the Minister under The MVA also specifies the Commission’s Rhonda Peterson Executive Assistant Lucy Richards Policy Officer section 21 (of the MVA); and operational parameters, setting out its Marcus Schutenko Festival & Events Grants Officer Lina Wong Senior Policy Officer objectives and functions around promoting > to maintain and further develop harmonious (from Feb 07) the full participation of Victoria’s CALD community relations between all relevant Grace Sindoni Administrative Assistant The Commission has also employed part-time communities in the social, cultural, economic groups in the context of Victoria’s culturally Michael van Vliet Community Strengthening Manager temporary staff as required. and political life of the State. and linguistically diverse society. Andrew Waugh-Young Policy & Research Officer

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operations – meetings/ committees VMC Advisory Council committees/expenditure Advisory/Consultative Committees In March 2007 an Advisory Council was To ensure the interests of Victoria’s culturally The Commission continued to be active on a established to provide advice to the Victorian and linguistically diverse community range of advisory or consultative bodies that Multicultural Commission on issues affecting are represented, the Commission meets proactively addressed issues pertinent to the Victoria’s culturally and linguistically diverse regularly to discuss issues of importance to multicultural affairs portfolio including: communities. The Advisory Council comprises of representatives from a wide cross section Victoria’s culturally and linguistically diverse > Celebrate our Cultural Diversity Week of service providers and peak cultural and communities. The Commission then promotes Steering Committee, which the faith-based representative organisations. the views of the community on a range of Commission chairs. boards and committees and at national forums. > Centre for Dialogue Advisory Board. The Advisory Council is convened by the > Ministerial Advisory Council on LOTE, Commission and comprises of 30 members who are appointed for a period of 12 months. commission meetings ESL and Multicultural Education; Ministerial Advisory Council for Cultural The Advisory Council: The Commission held 10 full day meetings and Linguistic Diversity. between July 2006 and June 2007. > > Multicultural Arts Advisory Committee; Provides an opportunity to exchange ideas Victorian Community Council on Crime and develop strategies that will facilitate During the reporting period, Commissioners greater responsiveness to the needs of and Violence. continued to participate in community Victoria’s diverse communities. functions, consultations, events, conferences > National Working Party on Trafficking > Is a constructive way of harnessing the and seminars. In 2006-07, the Commissioners and Sexual Servitude. talents and expertise of those in the sector. collectively attended more than 650 > Parliament of World’s Religions – community engagements. Melbourne Bid Committee. > Accommodates a broad range of individuals and organisations, including representation > Project Respect Reference Group. Commission Meeting Attendance Register from newly emerging communities, > Standing Committee on Local regional and youth representatives as Commissioner number of meetings attended Government and Cultural Diversity, well as faith-based and issue-specific which the Commission chairs. peak organisational representatives. Mr George Lekakis 7 > Taxi Industry Safety Taskforce The members of the Advisory Council are Mr Hakan Akyol 7 Steering Committee. listed in Appendix 1. Ms Elleni Bereded-Samuel 8 > The Police and Community Multicultural Mr Joseph Caputo 7 Advisory Committee (PACMAC), which the Commission co-chairs. Dr Stanley Chiang 6 expenditure VMC Advisory Council, top. Board of Management, Centre for African > VMC Advisory Council, which the Australian Women’s Issues (CAAWI), above. Mrs Vicki Mitsos 6 Commission chairs. Salaries and associated salary costs 850,103 Ms Samar Mougharbel 7 Operating expenses 1,010,791 Ms Vivienne Nguyen 6 Ministerial Council on Immigration Community Grants Program 3,625,439 Dr Linda Sydor Petkovic 7 and Multicultural Affairs (MCIMA) Total $ 5,486,333 and Standing Committee on Immigration Ms Marcia Pinskier 6 and Multicultural Affairs (SCIMA) Note: As a consequence of the merger of the Victorian Ms Usha Sharma 7 The Commission continued to participate in or Office of Multicultural Affairs (VOMA) into the VMC on Mr Yasser Soliman 7 contribute to the deliberations of SCIMA and 1 May 2007, the figures in the expenditure table above only MCIMA. These national cross-jurisdictional reflect the VMC component of the budget for 2006-07. The 2006-07 budget for VOMA is included in the 2006-07 forums provide an important opportunity Annual Report of the Department for Planning and to discuss and address issues relating to Community Development. immigration and multicultural affairs. Issues raised by the Commission included the: > Commonwealth’s proposed citizenship test. > National Action Plan. > Future of the Council for Multicultural Australia (CMA). > Use of ethnic descriptors, particularly in the police and justice systems.

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“Victoria’s future relies on building on the skills supporting and and talents of its people from different cultural backgrounds to reach their full potential and contribute to our workplaces and communities.” empowering GeORGe lekakIs Diversity @ Work Awards, 23 November 2006

The Victorian Multicultural Commission supported more than 1,600 Victorian communities and groups from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds during the 2006–07 financial year through funding from its highly successful community grants program.

In addition to the $3.6 million allocated to > ORGanIsaTIOnal suppORT GRanTs multicultural communities during this period, To provide financial assistance for the the grants program also partnered with the general costs associated with running Department of Education to provide targeted community organisations (appendix 2a). funding support towards educational and > s enIOR cITIzens GRanTs training programs and again with the former To support multicultural senior citizens Department for Victorian Communities clubs to hold regular social and community for Women Creating Harmony projects. By supporting communities through these strengthening activities (appendix 2b). grants, the Commission is working hard > Bu IlDInGs anD FacIlITIes ImpROvemenT to meet the needs of ethnic communities, GRanTs To assist ethnic community promote community cohesion and strengthen organisations to undertake minor upgrades communities’ capacities to sustain their to buildings that they own (appendix 2c). organisations, programs and events. > eD ucaTIOnal pROGRam GRanTs The Commission was pleased to receive funding categories the ongoing support of the Department of The funding categories of the community Education to deliver this program, for which grant programs represent the six areas of there were the following categories: greatest need, as identified by communities • the after hours ethnic schools category, in consultation with the Commission. which provides school-based professional development programs for teachers; and • the Materials Development grant category, summaRy which supports the development of community grants program classroom teaching materials in a language Through the Community grants Program, the Commission: where there are few readily available resources suitable for Victorian students. supported more than 1,600 community groups and organisations by contributing more than $3.6m in funding to directly support > m ulTIculTuRal FesTIvals anD evenTs community initiatives; GRanTs support major festivals, conferences Delivered an accessible, high-quality, client-focused service to Victoria’s and special ethnic community events that multicultural communities; and encourage the participation of the broader community in celebrating and valuing cultural assisted groups retain and celebrate their cultural heritage by supporting diversity. Grants are also provided to support 900 local festivals and events. activities addressing a major issue through a ‘Break Out’ Program at the Fitzroy Town Hall reopening, Mar 07 (Photo Angela Bailey). conference or special event (appendix 2e).

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Clockwise from top left: Marlu Brown at the Black harmony Gathering, Mar 07; On board the W11 Tram, Mar 07 (Photo Mick Douglas); Arte Kanela at the Cultural Diversity Week Gala Dinner, Mar 07; Kangaroobie Youth Leadership Camp, Dec 06; Balinder and Gupreet; Filipino dancers at the Wodonga Todos Arte Festival, Mar 07 (centre).

> sTR enGThenInG mulTIculTuRal assessment process cOmmunITIes GRanTs support community In the reporting period, the Victorian organisations to undertake projects that Multicultural Commission received 2,993 address the unmet needs of Victoria’s applications for funding from community CALD communities. Priority was given organisations, schools and councils. The to projects that: Funding Sub-committee of Commissioners • develop the capacity of new and emerging met to assess the applications and made communities and multicultural networks recommendations based on the quality of to self-manage and fully engage in the expected outcomes and relevance of the community life; application to program guidelines. These • provide assistance to migrant and refugee assessments were conducted in accordance with women and/or young people; the Commission’s procedures and standards • support local heritage that acknowledge specifying transparency and equity. The final and document the contribution of recommendations were then presented to the migrants and refugees in Victoria; and Minister Assisting the Premier on Multicultural Affairs and the Premier for approval. • enable organisations to develop partnerships with other community and government agencies that address community needs (appendix 2f). new programs and partnerships During the 2006–07 reporting period, the Commission was pleased to support many funding rounds new and innovative community projects throughout Victoria. These projects were as The Community Grants Program included diverse and rich in scope as the communities three funding rounds: themselves and included a wide range of ROunD One Multicultural Festivals and activities, including the following: Events, for activities being held between July 2006 and January 2007; cOmmunITy sTRenGThenInG pROjecTs > ROunD TwO Multicultural Festivals and The Visible project by Multicultural Arts Events, for activities being held between Victoria, which teams new and emerging January 2007 and July 2007; and African performers with established artists from migrant or refugee backgrounds. majOR FunDInG ROunD including the > Organisational Support program, the Building A photo project titled All of Us showcasing the and Facilities program and the Strengthening diversity which make up our multicultural Multicultural Communities program and society. These photos will form part of a Educational Program. public exhibition, book and website. > Rethimnian Association of Melbourne’s production of a bilingual book “The Cretans information sessions of Australia & NZ” which includes a fully detailed account of the migrant settlement To ensure that all communities have been “A measure of the Multifaith Multicultural Youth of the Cretan community of Victoria and provided with the opportunity to access the Australia from 1848 to 2007. Forum’s success was evident in the upbeat responses from Community Grants Program, information sessions were conducted throughout > Panjtan Society of Victoria’s training and those who participated in it. A teacher related how one metropolitan and regional Victoria. These support program to new migrants in areas of of his students told him how ‘stoked’ she was to realise sessions enabled the Commission to inform employment, settlement and youth issues. communities of funding processes and the > Computer training, book-keeping and that students from other faiths were ‘just like me’.” best way to access the Commission’s funding leadership skills workshops run by the Eastern opportunities. The guidelines and application Karen Community Association and the East GeORGe lekakIs Transformations Conference, 27 November 2006 forms were also made available to all Melbourne Migrant Information Centre. organisations registered with the Commission and online, via the Commission’s website.

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Chinese New Year Celebrations, Feb 07.

> An artist led craft group run by the Russian > Project Respect for Trafficked Women which Orthodox Church of the Holy Trinity provides information, outreach, training, which trains participants in the art of accommodation and support services for embroidery, embossing, decoupage and women in the sex industry. working with brocade. > A partnership program between the Victoria > Ethiopian Community Association in Police and new and emerging communities Victoria‘s weekly after-school tutorial for community development projects. program for disadvantaged Ethiopian high school students. FesTIvals anD evenTs

> A youth camp organised by the Victorian > Diwali Festival of Light celebration at Chin Community Association which Federation Square with a food and music included workshops, sports and festival followed by fireworks display at recreational activities. Yarra River.

rural/regional areas of Victoria, on family > Jewish Christian Muslim Association of safety issues. Australia’s annual live-in conference.

> A website for Latin American non-profit > Buddha 2550, an exhibition of 2550 Buddha community groups developed by the Latin images and icons from temples throughout American Multicultural Association. Victoria to commemorate the anniversary of the enlightenment of the Buddha and

> Friends of Farm Vigano’s project to illustrate the diversity of Buddhist practice. produce a series of multimedia digital

stories recording the story of Farm Viganò > The two week Macedonian Pita Festival in Epping and the experience of migrant of cultural, social, artistic and educational families who were part of its history. events promoting Florinian culture, history and art. > The “Our Voices’ project by City of Monash

which will bring together professional > The Russian Resurrection Film Festival to artists and the South Sudanese community celebrate Russian film culture accompanied living within the City of Monash in the by performances of music, song and dance development and presentation of an and a cultural evening of celebration. exhibition and performance at the Monash > CALD Writers’ program, running as part Gallery of Art. of the Emerging Writers Festival , focusing > The Safe Driving for Sudanese Women on young and emerging CALD writers and in Ballarat program run by Longechuk their work. Community Development Services > Japan Festival showcasing Japanese culture in Australia. and promoting friendship between Japanese “By working proactively and collectively – we can > Sports Without Borders which assists newly Australians and all other diverse ethnic facilitate a more informed, more coordinated and more arrived refugee youth and those with first groups in Victoria. and second generation migrant backgrounds > Over 50 Moon Lantern, Chinese New Year holistic approach and provide vital services that support to link into their local communities through and mid-Autumn festivals across Victoria sport. The VMC funding enabled Sports celebrating Victoria’s Chinese heritage. and enable our newly arrived refugee communities.” Without Boarders to generate funds to provide > scholarships to young people from culturally Numerous conferences and forums GeORGe lekakIs Inaugural African Resettlement in Australia Conference, 12 April 2007 and linguistically diverse backgrounds. supporting CALD senior Victorians. > A memorial bronze structure by the Italian Australian Coordinating Committee of Gippsland to recognise and commemorate the contributions of migrants to the Gippsland area.

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> The Mentoring for Family Safety Project by > Turkish Tulip Weekend which showcases the Nuer Women’s Group which enhances Turkish culture to a wide audience of the awareness, knowledge and skills of Victorians. Nuer-South Sudanese women living in rural/regional areas of Victoria, on family > Jewish Christian Muslim Association of safety issues. Australia’s annual live-in conference.

> Friends of Farm Vigano’s project to illustrate the diversity of Buddhist practice. produce a series of multimedia digital stories recording the story of Farm Viganò > The two week Macedonian Pita Festival in Epping and the experience of migrant of cultural, social, artistic and educational families who were part of its history. events promoting Florinian culture, history and art. > The “Our Voices’ project by City of Monash which will bring together professional > The Russian Resurrection Film Festival to artists and the South Sudanese community celebrate Russian film culture accompanied living within the City of Monash in the by performances of music, song and dance development and presentation of an and a cultural evening of celebration. exhibition and performance at the Monash > CALD Writers’ program, running as part Gallery of Art. of the Emerging Writers Festival , focusing > The Safe Driving for Sudanese Women on young and emerging CALD writers and in Ballarat program run by Longechuk their work. Community Development Services > Japan Festival showcasing Japanese culture in Australia. and promoting friendship between Japanese “By working proactively and collectively – we can > Sports Without Borders which assists newly Australians and all other diverse ethnic facilitate a more informed, more coordinated and more arrived refugee youth and those with first groups in Victoria. and second generation migrant backgrounds > Over 50 Moon Lantern, Chinese New Year holistic approach and provide vital services that support to link into their local communities through and mid-Autumn festivals across Victoria sport. The VMC funding enabled Sports celebrating Victoria’s Chinese heritage. and enable our newly arrived refugee communities.” Without Boarders to generate funds to provide > scholarships to young people from culturally Numerous conferences and forums GeORGe lekakIs Inaugural African Resettlement in Australia Conference, 12 April 2007 and linguistically diverse backgrounds. supporting CALD senior Victorians. > A memorial bronze structure by the Italian Australian Coordinating Committee of Gippsland to recognise and commemorate the contributions of migrants to the Gippsland area.

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whole-of-government the need for further community space and achievements in multicultural affairs transport, particularly in rural and regional areas; and the desire for strategic level The Commission hosted 14 Whole-of- engagement by Government departments Government consultations during September with cultural, linguistic and religious diversity. 2006 on the Victorian Government Achievements in Multicultural Affairs 2004/05 report produced by the then Victorian Office of Multicultural Affairs (VOMA). The 14 consultations other community consultations were held in: Ballarat, Bendigo, Box Hill, and community engagements Broadmeadows, Carlton, Footscray, Geelong, The Commission continued to work in Mildura, Morwell, Prahran, Shepparton, partnership with Government departments Springvale, Wangaratta and Whittlesea. and agencies to facilitate consultation with These consultations were attended by a broad Victoria’s multicultural communities. cross-section of Victoria’s CALD communities and the wider community with in excess of In November 2006 the Commission hosted a 1,000 community leaders in attendance. The community consultation with the Australian key issues raised were in relation to: accessing Tax Office (ATO) with new and emerging interpreter services; the need for increased community leaders. This consultation provided funding for community organisations; new and emerging community leaders with an opportunity to learn about the ATO’s services and for the ATO to better understand the needs and issues for new and emerging communities summaRy engaging the community in accessing ATO services. In March 2007 the Commission hosted a In May 2007 the Commission in partnership the Commission continued to engage the community by: In February 2007 the Commission in community consultation with new and with Victoria Police held a consultation holding in excess of 50 community consultations throughout Victoria partnership with the Victorian Equal emerging communities in relation to driving. for international students in the St Albans to address the needs and concerns of multicultural communities. Opportunity and Human Rights Commission The meeting allowed community leaders, area after a number of concerns were raised maintaining its ‘open door’ policy to community representatives. held four community consultations throughout VicRoads, Victoria Police and the Royal in the region. The consultation provided Victoria in relation to discrimination and racism Automobile Club of Victoria (RACV) to discuss international students with the opportunity to meeting with representatives from more than 200 community in employment. The consultations provided issues and consider alternative approaches to share their experiences and for Victoria Police organisations individually to address their specific needs and concerns. community leaders and service providers informing people of their rights and obligations and other providers to speak directly with within the area to raise issues and concerns. when driving in Victoria. them in regards their concerns.

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The Commission believes that effective policy development and implementation can only be achieved through extensive and genuine community consultation, thus ensuring an informed process and downstream outcomes such as resource allocation and service delivery that addresses the community’s needs. Such a process also facilitates greater understanding and ownership by the community and relevant stakeholders. whole-of-government the need for further community space and achievements in multicultural affairs transport, particularly in rural and regional areas; and the desire for strategic level The Commission hosted 14 Whole-of- engagement by Government departments Government consultations during September with cultural, linguistic and religious diversity. 2006 on the Victorian Government Achievements in Multicultural Affairs 2004/05 report produced by the then Victorian Office of Multicultural Affairs (VOMA). The 14 consultations other community consultations were held in: Ballarat, Bendigo, Box Hill, and community engagements Broadmeadows, Carlton, Footscray, Geelong, The Commission continued to work in Mildura, Morwell, Prahran, Shepparton, partnership with Government departments Springvale, Wangaratta and Whittlesea. and agencies to facilitate consultation with These consultations were attended by a broad Victoria’s multicultural communities. cross-section of Victoria’s CALD communities and the wider community with in excess of In November 2006 the Commission hosted a 1,000 community leaders in attendance. The community consultation with the Australian key issues raised were in relation to: accessing Tax Office (ATO) with new and emerging interpreter services; the need for increased community leaders. This consultation provided funding for community organisations; new and emerging community leaders with an opportunity to learn about the ATO’s services and for the ATO to better understand the needs and issues for new and emerging communities summaRy engaging the community in accessing ATO services. In March 2007 the Commission hosted a In May 2007 the Commission in partnership the Commission continued to engage the community by: In February 2007 the Commission in community consultation with new and with Victoria Police held a consultation holding in excess of 50 community consultations throughout Victoria partnership with the Victorian Equal emerging communities in relation to driving. for international students in the St Albans to address the needs and concerns of multicultural communities. Opportunity and Human Rights Commission The meeting allowed community leaders, area after a number of concerns were raised maintaining its ‘open door’ policy to community representatives. held four community consultations throughout VicRoads, Victoria Police and the Royal in the region. The consultation provided Victoria in relation to discrimination and racism Automobile Club of Victoria (RACV) to discuss international students with the opportunity to meeting with representatives from more than 200 community in employment. The consultations provided issues and consider alternative approaches to share their experiences and for Victoria Police organisations individually to address their specific needs and concerns. community leaders and service providers informing people of their rights and obligations and other providers to speak directly with within the area to raise issues and concerns. when driving in Victoria. them in regards their concerns.

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The Commission is committed to promoting the benefits of our rich cultural, linguistic and religious diversity to all Victorians. Through its publications, websites, mail-outs, community engagements and advocacy roles, the Commission facilitated dialogue across government and multicultural communities, and assisted community groups and organisations with a range of forums and information sessions.

events The Commission was again pleased to lead Functions and events hosted by the the coordination and delivery of the fifth Commission provided opportunities for Celebrate our Cultural Diversity Week in 2007 Victorians from all walks of life, language, which took place between 17–23 March. faith and heritage to gather together and acknowledge their cultural differences as In partnership with the Department of something positive. Education, the Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission, the celebrate our cultural diversity week Immigration Museum and Multicultural Each year the Victorian Government hosts Arts Victoria, a state-wide campaign was a week of activities to promote Victoria’s implemented targeting cultural and faith cultural, linguistic and religious diversity and community groups, primary and community harmony. Celebrate our Cultural secondary school students, their families Diversity Week provides an opportunity for and school communities, and the wider government, community and business leaders Victorian community. to stand together and actively demonstrate their commitment to harmony and tolerance. In 2007 the Week enjoyed widespread support from the corporate, community and government sector. Partnerships with the Melbourne Food and Wine festival and the FINA World Championships Cultural Program The Commission also coordinated the annual Premier’s Community Receptions summary celebrating our diversity ensured the messages of cultural diversity Cultural Diversity Week Premier’s Gala The Commission coordinated the following week reached a wide and diverse audience. Through its communications activities the Commission: Dinner which was attended by more 1,400 community receptions that were hosted by community sector, government and corporate the Premier: Kept multicultural communities informed and up-to-date with A broad community relations and media sector representatives. government developments through publications, online and strategy was rolled out to further the reach Hungarian – 22 August 2006 media announcements; of Celebrate our Cultural Diversity Week and Chinese – 27 September 2006 For 2008, the Victorian Multicultural Celebrated Victoria’s cultural, linguistic and religious diversity through recognition of its messages of respecting all Italian – 6 June 2007 a series of local and major events; and Victorians of diverse cultural, religious and Commission is developing a spectacular Filipino – 13 June 2007 program of events that will appeal to a wide Acknowledged the substantial contribution that people from all over linguistic backgrounds. range of audiences. Communities across the world have made to the social, cultural and economic development The receptions provide an opportunity for of our State through an extensive community recognition program. As part of the 2007 celebrations, the Commission Victoria will once again host events, the Premier to formally acknowledge the funded over 150 events and activities hosted presenting their culture for the community contribution of individual communities to by community organisations across Victoria. as a whole to enjoy. the State of Victoria.

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Clockwise from top left: Yasseen Musa (Photo Andrej Kocis); Samira Athuay (Photo Haley Franklin); Nyabana Riek (Photo Kim Ciancio); Mesko Ayouz (Photo Anna Clemann). print and online communications community recognition During the reporting period the Commission In acknowledging the achievements and produced a number of high quality outstanding contributions made by migrants publications and used online communications and refugees, the Commission hopes to to keep stakeholders informed of events, encourage greater awareness and respect provided updates on projects and promoted for our cultural diversity. community news.

ISSUE INSIDE THIS REPORT INSIDE THIS ISSUE CHAIRPERSON'S TE VMC GRANTS UPDA AWARDS CHAIRPERSON'S REPORT EXCELLENCE pRInT T A T ION SCHEDULE VMC GRANTS UPDAT E victoria’s awards for excellence NSUL COMMUNITY CO OUTH FORUM TICULTURAL Y EXCELLENCE AWARDS MULTIFAITH MUL ESTIVAL TURKISH TULIP FESTIVAL EMERGE F PIONSHIPS IN FOCUS - MELBOURNE’S CHINESE COMMUNITY FINA WORLD SWIMMING CHAM FINA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS WAT ER POLO • Annual Report 2005-06 in multicultural affairs • Multicultural Victoria Victoria’s Awards for Excellence in LTICULTURAL COMMISSION T H E VICTORIAN MU A PUBLICATION OF A PUBLICATION OF THE VICTORIAN MULTICULTURAL COMMISSION Spring 2006 Multicultural Affairs were held during the 2006-07 reporting period for the fifth • Multicultural Victoria Summer 2007 consecutive year. victoria multiculturalmulticultural 9 1 victoria 20 • Multicultural Victoria, The Awards program was established by visit us at Special Edition 2007 Contact us: www.multicultural.vic.gov.au ltural Commission Contact us: Victorian Multicu the Commission in 2002 to recognise and Victorian Multicultural Commission Level 15 Level 15 visit us at 1 Spring Street 1 Spring Street Melbourne 3000 Melbourne 3000 www.multicultural.vic.gov.au

Phone 9208 3184 Phone 9208 3184 9208 3179 F a x F a x 9208 3179 ISSN 13219340 Email [email protected] Email [email protected] reward the contribution of individuals and no.14 winter-spring 2006 Vo l u m e 1 9 or visit our website v.au or visit our website OnlIne www.multicultural.vic.go www.multicultural.vic.gov.au Vo l u m e 2 0 no.15 summer 2007 ISSN 13219340 organisations in the promotion of Victoria’s The VMC website multicultural harmony. (multicultural.vic.gov.au) remained an important communication tool during 2006-07, providing In this reporting period there were nine regular updates on issues of importance to Awards categories: multicultural communities and providing a medium for the promotion of government and > awaRD FOR meRITORIOus seRvIce In The community events and activities. During the cOmmunITy recognising the outstanding reporting period the Commission undertook a achievement of an individual or redevelopment on the website to ensure easy community group. access by communities to information relating > pRemIeR’s awaRD FOR cOmmunITy to multicultural affairs. The website also haRmOny recognising the outstanding provides links to approximately 30 multicultural achievement of an individual or organisation community and peak organisations. that has developed programs, strategies or activities, which furthered cross-cultural In collaboration with Glen Waverley harmony in Victoria. Secondary College, the Commission undertook BusIness cORpORaTe awaRD further development of the dedicated website > recognising for Celebrate our Cultural Diversity Week inclusive practices and or initiatives by a (culturaldiversity.vic.gov.au). The website business or corporation that utilises and provides information about the United promotes Victoria’s multicultural advantage. Nations International Day for the Elimination > s eRvIce DelIveRy TO mulTIculTuRal of Racism, recognised on 21 March, annually vIcTORIa awaRDs recognising excellence as well as a full calendar of events outlining in service delivery in specified portfolio “It is this kind of inclusive approach – being activities and events occurring across Victoria. areas including; aged care, arts, community The website offered a function for schools, services, education, emergency services, treated as equals, with equal opportunity community groups and other organisations employment, health, local government, to register their own Celebrate our Cultural planning, regional development and tourism. and equal access – that lets people feel that Diversity Week activities and events. > a mBassaDOR awaRD recognising they can genuinely participate in society.” achievements in multicultural affairs by an organisation, an individual or a GeORGe lekakIs Transformations Conference, 27 November 2006 young person. > meDIa awaRD recognising excellence in the reporting of multicultural affairs in the print media.

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Clockwise from top left: Robert Thompson Johnston; Garry Bennett & Chief Commissioner Nixon; Venerable Phuoc Tan Thich; Former Premier, Steve Bracks with award winner Stanley Sutas; John Pandazopoulos (far left), The former Premier (second from right) and George Lekakis (far right) with award recipient Mrs Artemis Zamanis; Mr Gurb ax Singh Bains with Steve Bracks (centre).

> pOlIce anD cOmmunITy mulTIculTuRal In October 2006, the Commission presented awaRDs aDvIsORy cOmmITTee (pacmac) 25 Victorian refugees with a VRRR certificate to acknowledging police members who have recognise their contribution to the Victorian demonstrated exemplary commitment community. This year, the Refugee Council of to the development and enhancement of Australia celebrated Refugee Week in June and harmonious relations between police and the Commission hosted the VRRR on the 17 Victoria’s culturally and linguistically June 2007. In this ceremony 22 individuals were diverse communities. added to the record and were invited to be part of an exhibition involving photography students > m ulTIculTuRal eDucaTIOn awaRD from the Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE. recognising initiatives and practices for the promotion of multiculturalism in The project allowed students to showcase their school communities. photography skills and gain practical skills in > lO cal GOveRnmenT awaRD recognising a community setting. The portraits will also major improvements made, or initiatives serve as a lasting reminder of the achievements developed, by a local municipal council that that have been formally recognised at this promotes and strengthens multiculturalism year’s Victorian Refugee Recognition Record. and meets the identified needs of that For a full list of the recipients see (Appendix 4) municipality’s culturally and linguistically diverse communities. community accord During the reporting period the Commission The Community Accord continued presented Awards for Excellence to 189 to be signed by community groups individuals and 29 organisations. All and organisations. During the past nominations were assessed by the Victorian year more than 200 individuals, Awards for Excellence in Multicultural Affairs community groups and organisations Sub-Committee. The Police and Community committed to the principles of the Multicultural Awards and the Victorian Community Accord which include Multicultural Education Awards were the following: received and assessed by Victoria Police and > Respect all ethnic, cultural, the Department of Education respectively. religious and linguistic communities; Awards were presented at a ceremony held at > Government House on 7 December 2006 by The Seek opportunities to work together to Governor of Victoria, Professor de Kretser who, re-affirm our similarities as human beings along with the Minister Assisting the Premier and the fundamental principals which on Multicultural Affairs, The Hon Daniel unite us as Victorians; Andrews MP, Minister for Local Government, > Advocate for the elimination of racial the Hon Richard Wynne MP, Parliamentary and religious intolerance; and Secretary to the Premier on Multicultural > Reject all forms of racial and religious Affairs, the Hon Telmo Languiller MP, and the vilification, violence harassment and Chief Commissioner of Police, Christine Nixon unlawful discrimination. “Although political leadership is vital, we believe presented awards to the successful candidates. An additional 53 Awards were presented at a Organisations or their representatives that that Victoria’s benchmark in multicultural affairs second ceremony in 2007. For a full list of Award have signed the Community Accord during is principally the result of efforts made at a local recipients see (Appendix 3) the 2006–07 financial year included: > Melbourne Victory community level, a grassroots level” > victorian refugee recognition record Cricket Victoria > Darebin Interfaith Council GeORGe lekakIs Launch Booklet The Diversity & Disability Story (MRC North-West), 14 June 2007 The Victorian Refugee Recognition Record > Victoria University (VRRR) is open to individuals who have arrived in Australia as refugees and is an initiative to > Ethnic Communities’ Council of Victoria officially recognise the remarkable contributions > City of Yarra that refugees have made to the political, economic, cultural and social life of the State.

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Local Government Victoria (LGV) – DVC LGV were represented on the Standing partnering for Committee on LGCD as well as assisting in support for an Interface Councils Workshop.

Office for Youth(OFY) – DVC OFY worked in partnership with the better outcomes Commission, VOMA, Equal Opportunity Commission of Victoria, the Australian During the 2006-07 financial year the Commission has undertaken a large number Multicultural Foundation and youth community representatives in the organisation of the of projects and initiatives with a wide range of organisations including: government Multicultural Multifaith Youth Forum (MMYF). departments, local governments, the corporate sector, non-government organisations and community organisations. This has allowed the Commissionto assist Victoria’s Department of Premier and multicultural communities in addressing their needs through a variety of avenues. Cabinet (DPC) The Commission worked in partnership with DPC on a number of projects including partnerships government the Premier’s Multifaith Forum, All of Us Department for Victorian Communities photo project and the Premier’s Reception The Commission has continued to work The Commission collaborated with a for the Hungarian, Chinese, Italian and extensively with a large number of number of offices contained within the Filipino communities. government departments and agencies Department for Victorian Communities to advance the standing of Victoria’s (DVC), now the Department for Planning CALD communities. This has taken many Arts Victoria – DPC and Community Development (DPCD) forms including: facilitating community Arts Victoria participated with the during the reporting period. consultations to give CALD communities Commission, Multicultural Arts Victoria, a voice in policy development, assisting DPC and a number of community and departments and agencies in addressing the Victorian Office of Multicultural Affairs industry representatives as part of the needs of CALD communities in a culturally (VOMA) – DVC prior to the merge on 1 May 2007 Multicultural Arts Advisory Committee as appropriate manner; and assisting in the well as linking CALD communities to Arts VOMA and the Commission continued a close Victoria’s funding programs. development of multicultural policies to working relationship during the reporting Dean Jones, Lord Mayor John So, Phong Nguyen and George Georgiou, ensure the inclusion of CALD communities period on a number of projects including: Harmony in Cricket launch, Nov 06, top; Faith and community leaders, in program and service delivery. CALD Women’s Project, Multifaith Multicultural Department of Justice (DOJ) Parliament of the World’s Religions Announcement, Dec 06, below. Youth Forum, Multicultural Resources Directory As reported in the Major Projects section and the African Think Tank amongst others. DOJ has collaborated with the Commission on developing the Trafficked Women’s summaRy working together Office of Women’s Policy(OWP) – DVC Project Proposal – Project Respect, the Victorian Community Council on Crime and The Premier’s Women’s Summit Respecting the Commission, developed strong partnerships by: Violence and promotion of the Human Rights Diversity: Harmony in Practice, Women legislation with the Justice Project. providing advice to a wide range of organisations to ensure that Creating Harmony Grants (Appendix 5) and the needs of Victoria’s CaLd communities are considered in policy a Trafficked Women’s Project Proposal development; – Project Respect were a number of projects Victorian Equal Opportunity engaging organisations in signing the Community accord and the Commission undertook with OWP. and Human Rights Commission becoming involved in Celebrate our Cultural diversity Week; (VEOHRC) – DOJ providing guidance to establish programs to effectively engage CaLd Public Records Office of Victoria(PROV) communities in day to day operations; and The Commission and the EOCV have worked The Commission assisted in the provision of together on the Multifaith Multicultural collaborating on major projects that highlight the cultural, economic interpreting and cultural awareness training Youth Forum and the Employment in and social benefits that diversity brings to our state. – DVC for staff. Discrimination project.

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partnerships local government Department of Education (DOE) Victoria Police Australian Football League (AFL) The Commission has continued its DOE, now the Department of Education and The Commission worked in close partnership The Commission has continued to work closely collaborative arrangements with the local Early Childhood Development (DEECD), has with Victoria Police on a large range of with the AFL to assist with the development government sector during the 2006-07 financial worked in collaboration with the Commission projects including: the Police and Community of its Multicultural Framework including its year. The local government sector is the first on holding the Celebrate our Cultural Multicultural Advisory Committee (PACMAC), significant contribution to the Welcome to point of contact for many of Victoria’s CALD Diversity Week 2007 Quest Awards and Victoria Police Multifaith Advisory Council, Victoria Kits. residents. Therefore it is imperative that Education Kits, the Welcome to Victoria Kits, the Victoria Police Multicultural Roundtable, councils respond adequately to the diverse the All of Us project and on the Ministerial the New and Emerging Communities grants needs of all Victorians. The Commission has Committee for Economic Advisory Council on LOTE, ESL and program and the Sexual Assault CALD primarily progressed this agenda through the ( ) Multicultural Education (MACLEM). Awareness campaign. Development in Australia CEDA operation of the Standing Committee on Local CEDA worked in partnership with the Government and Cultural Diversity. Commission to ensure that the economic Department of Human Services (DHS) Crimestoppers benefits of CALD communities are recognised The Commission worked with the DHS The Commission continued to work in Melbourne City Council within the CEDA membership. Emergency Management Unit in relation to partnership with Crimestoppers in relation the establishment of the Lebanese Community to its Multilingual Project. The Melbourne City Council worked in Helpline as well as collaboration in respect to partnership with the Commission on the Cricket Victoria the Islamic Council of Victoria’s Post Disaster Sandridge Bridge project and the Cultural The Commission provided advice to Cricket Metropolitan Ambulance Service (MAS) Planning Strategy. Precincts Enhancement Project. Victoria in developing a Multicultural The Commission worked with MAS in the Framework to engage CALD communities and development of a booklet in relation to the Municipal Association of Victoria (MAV) in hosting a Community Accord signing event. Department of Innovation, Industry services that MAS offers for new and emerging and Regional Development (DIIRD) communities for the Welcome to Victoria Kits. The Commission collaborated with the MAV Melbourne Food and Wine Festival The Commission worked in partnership in holding a Councils Interface Workshop with DIIRD, Melbourne City Council and Metropolitan Fire Brigade for the 11 metropolitan fringe councils: The Commission and the Melbourne Food the Victorian Major Events Company on the Mornington Peninsula, Frankston, Casey, and Wine Festival worked in partnership to Cultural Precincts Enhancement Project. The Metropolitan Fire Brigade worked in Cardinia, Yarra Ranges, Nillumbik, Whittlesea, promote community harmony and celebrate collaboration with the Commission on hosting Hume, Melton, Wyndham and Hobsons diversity during Celebrate our Cultural a number of youth leadership programs for Bay. The Commission has also assisted in Diversity Week in March 2007 through the Department of Infrastructure (DOI) newly arrived communities and was an active the development of MAV’s Multicultural Melbourne Food and Wine Festival. The Commission was represented on the sponsor of Celebrate our Cultural Diversity Framework and in providing funding for a Week 2007. DOI Taxi Industry Safety Taskforce Steering MAV Multicultural Policy Adviser. Melbourne Victory Committee. Department of Immigration and The Commission provided assistance in developing policies for the club to engage ( ) Office of the Health Services Citizenship DIAC partnerships corporate CALD communities and in hosting a Commissioner (OHSC) DIAC and the Commission worked The Commission has worked in partnership Community Accord signing event. The Commission collaborated with the OHSC together on a range of projects including with a wide range of corporate entities to the Islamic Council of Victoria’s Post on the joint project to raise awareness about assist them to respond appropriately to the SBS Radio the right to access accredited interpreters and Disaster Planning Strategy, the Multifaith needs of CALD Victorians including the translated information in a health care setting. Multicultural Youth Forum and the African SBS Radio and the Commission have continued provision of culturally sensitive services, Think Tank Conference. to work closely on a number of projects development of Multicultural Frameworks including on the development of media and the development of programs to engage Workcover workshops for CALD community leaders. ( ) The Commission worked with Workcover in Australian Bureau of Statistics ABS CALD communities. the development of a multilingual phone line The Commission partnered with the Victorian Major Events Company service for injured workers. ABS to inform leaders from new and emerging 12th FINA World Championship communities about the importance of the 2006 Melbourne 2007 The Commission worked in partnership with Census and advised the ABS on dissemination the Victorian Major Events Company, DIIRD Victorian Electoral Commission (VEC) of the Census 2006 information. The Commission worked in partnership with and Melbourne City Council in relation to the The Commission hosted a range of the 12th FINA World Championship Melbourne Cultural Precincts Enhancement Project. consultations with the VMC to inform CALD 2007 in relation to synergies between this event communities about the 2006 Victorian election and Celebrate our Cultural Diversity Week. and the processes involved.

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“The courage and generosity of people period of time, advocating on their behalf. The community sector continues to provide coming together in their community a great deal of support to CALD Victorians and the Commission has continued to work to face the problems that beset us, is a collaboratively with them to ensure that this recurring theme in the Australian story.” support continues and develops. George Lekakis Australia Day Celebrations – Colac, 26 January 2007 Ethnic Communities’ Council of Victoria (ECCV) The Commission and the ECCV have continued to work collaboratively during the reporting partnerships non-government period on a number of projects including: the The Commission continues to engage the development of media workshops for CALD non-government sector in the development community leaders and on the future directions of policies and programs to assist and address and programs for multicultural communities the needs of Victoria’s CALD communities. throughout the state. A number of organisations in the non- government sector have traditionally been Multicultural Arts Victoria (MAV) strong supporters of Victoria’s multicultural communities and the Commission has The Commission has worked directly with continued to work in partnership with them MAV on the Multicultural Arts Advisory to address the varied needs of Victoria’s Committee and in collaboration on the multicultural communities. delivery of the Celebrate our Cultural Diversity Week 2007 cultural program. Adult Multicultural Education Services (AMES) Centre for Multicultural Youth ( ) The Commission provided advice to AMES Issues CMYI to assist with the allocation of $20,000 from CMYI worked in collaboration with the AMES to local CALD community homework Commission, VOMA, OWP, OFY, EOCV support programs. and the AMF on the Multifaith Multicultural Youth Forum. Australian Multicultural Foundation (AMF) Refugee Council of Australia (RCOA) The Commission worked in partnership with The Commission and RCOA jointly presented the AMF, VOMA, OWP, EOCV, OFY and the the Refugee Week celebrations in October 2006 Centre for Multicultural Youth Issues on the as well as in June 2007; to fit with the United Multifaith Multicultural Youth Forum. Nations established World Refugee Day on 20 June. RCOA also assisted the Commission in the determination of grants for the Refugee La Trobe University Week grants category 2006. The Commission is represented as a member of the Centre for Dialogue Advisory Board. Project Respect The Commission is working in partnership with the Department of Justice and the partnerships community community organisations Project Respect and The Commission has continued to work the Good Shepherd Social Justice Network to closely with a number of community support an initiative which provides outreach organisations during the reporting period to support and referral services to trafficked assist Victoria’s multicultural communities. women in Victoria. The initiative will run for The community organisations below have three years from 2006-07 and is the only such developed strong relationships with Victoria’s initiatives in Australia. CALD communities, often over an extended

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appendices 1 Advisory Council 2 Grants 3 Awards for Excellence 4 Victorian Refugee Recognition Record 5 Women Creating Harmony Grants

VMC ADVISORY COUNCIL

Mr George Lekakis Chairperson, Victorian Multicultural Commission Mr Hakan Akyol Deputy Chairperson, Victorian Multicultural Commission

Mr Peter van Vliet CEO, Ethnic Communities’ Council of Victoria Ms Carmel Guerra Director, Centre for Multicultural Youth Issues (CMYI) Ms Jill Morgan Executive Officer, Multicultural Arts Victoria Ms Michal Morris Executive Manager, Centre for Culture, Ethnicity & Health (CEH) Ms Licia Kokocinski Executive Officer, Action on Disability within Ethnic Communities Mr John Zika Executive Officer, Victorian Cooperative on Children Services for Ethnic Groups Ms Sue Herbst Convenor, Migrant Resource Centre’s Directors Network Mr Hass Dellal Executive Director, Australian Multicultural Foundation Cr Dick Gross President, Municipal Association of Victoria Mr Anton Block President, Jewish Community Council of Victoria Mr Ramzi Elsayed President, Islamic Council of Victoria

Mr P. Thanikasalam President, Hindu Society of Victoria Mr Gurdarshan Singh Gill President, Sikh Interfaith Council of Victoria Ms Laura Chan President, Buddhist Council of Victoria Ms Yollette De Zilwa Principal, Western English Language School Mr George Fong Chairperson, Ballarat Regional Multicultural Council Ms Lisa Sinha Director, Gippsland Multicultural Services Ms Brigette Tornattro Chairperson, Ethnic Communities Council of Sunraysia Mr John Pacher President, Bendigo ECC Rev Dcn Alex Abramoff Programs Manager, Russian Ethnic Representative Council Ms Jacquelynne Dianne Suzette Harris Sri Lankan community

Mr Ian McHutchinson Chief Executive Officer, AMES Ms Cuc Lam Centrelink Mr Wicki Ramalingam Tamil Association of Victoria Ms Negiat Taher Eritrean Women’s Association of Victoria

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The following grants were approved in 2006–07.

OrganisatiOnal suppOrt grants (2a) OrganisatiOnal suppOrt grants (2a)

ORGANISATION GRANT ($) ORGANISATION GRANT ($) ORGANISATION GRANT ($) ORGANISATION GRANT ($)

Afghan Australia Community Social Sports Club $1,500 Australian Burundian Community in Victoria $1,500 Beit Jala Palestinian Association $2,000 Council of Slovenian Organisations of Victoria $1,500 Afghan Australian Association of Victoria $1,500 Australian Chollo Community $1,500 Bendigo Regional Ethnic Communities Council (BRECC) $5,000 Council of Turkish Associations of Victoria $1,500 Afghan Australian Philanthropic Association $800 Australian Croatian Association “Hercegovina” Geelong $2,500 Beth-Nahrin (Assyrian) Cultural Club $1,600 Croatian Catholic Welfare Association $1,500 Afghanistan Study Centre (ASC) $1,000 Australian Croatian Community Services $1,500 Bitolski Social Group Aleksander Turindjev $600 Croatian Cultural Association Cardinal Alojzije Stepinac $700 African Australian Sport Association $1,500 Australian Croatian Social Club Mornington Peninsula Rye $800 B’nai B’rith Anti-Defamation Commission $1,000 Croatian Senior Citizens Club St Albans $1,000 Al Amen Iraqi Association $1,200 Australian Croatian Women Association “Katarina Zrinski” $800 Bonegilla Former Residents Association (Vic) $500 Croatian Senior Citizens Club Sunshine $1,200 Al Sadeq Education and Charity Association $1,200 Australian Federation of Ethnic Schools Associations (AFESA) $5,000 Bor Association $1,500 Culture Education Science International Liaison Committee of Australia (CESILCA) $500 Alawi Islamic Association of Victoria $3,000 Australian Federation of International Students (AFIS) $1,000 Bosnian Choir ‘Behar’ $500 Cyprus Community of Melbourne & Victoria $2,000 Albanian Moslem Society (Shepparton) $1,200 Australian Federation of Ukrainian Organisations $1,000 British Australian Community $2,000 Darfur Australia Network $1,500 Alevi Community Council of Australia $2,000 Australian Filipino Community of Northern Victoria & Southern Riverina $2,000 Buddhist Council of Victoria $4,000 Deer Park Senior Citizens Club $900 Alexandrians Friendship (AAHA) Social Club $700 Australian Gay Multicultural Council (AGMC) $1,000 Buddhist Council of Victoria: Buddhist Education in Victorian Schools Program $700 Dinka Christian River Nile Association $1,000 All Women Concern $800 Australian Humanitarian Aid for Macedonia $1,000 Buddhist Vihara Victoria $1,000 Dutch Australian Community Council Ltd $1,000 Alliance Francaise de Geelong $800 Australian Irish Welfare Bureau $2,000 Burgher Association (Australia) $1,500 Dutch Australian Social Club ‘The Rocket’ $700 Al-Sajad Association $1,000 Australian Kurdish Community $1,200 Cambodian Chinese Friendship Association of Victoria $1,200 Dutch Social Club Diamond Valley $800 Am Echad Federation of Jews from Former Soviet Union $800 Australian Lebanese Association for the Orphans Auxilia $600 Cameroon Association of Australia $1,500 Dutch Women’s Club of Geelong $600 Andalucian Dancing Group of Geelong $400 Australian Lebanese Christian Ladies Group – Reservoir $400 Canto Coro $900 Dutch-Australian Club Albury Wodonga $600 Antiochian Community Support Association (ACSA) $1,500 Australian Lebanese Football Association $800 Celtic Nations $1,000 Eastern Districts Polish Association (Melbourne) $1,000 Anzano Di Puglia Social Club Ltd $800 Australian Lebanese Welfare $1,500 Centre for African Australian Women’s Issues $5,000 Eastern Karen Community Association $3,400 Arabic Society of Victoria $2,000 Australian Lebanese Youth Association of Victoria $1,200 Centre for Philippine Concerns – Australia $1,800 Eelam Tamil Association Victoria $1,000 Arabic Speaking Women’s Group $1,000 Australian Pipe Band Association Victorian Branch $1,500 Chabad House of Malvern/Toorak $800 Elderly Group of the Greek Orthodox Community of Hobson Bay $1,400 Argentinian Social Circle South East Melbourne $1,500 Australian Polish Historical Society $700 Chabad Institutions of Australia $800 Elderly Italian Group Carlton $500 Asian Business Association Of Whitehorse $800 Australian Punjabi Association Melbourne $600 Chilean Federation of Older People $800 Eritrean Community in Australia $1,500 Aspendale Gardens Senior Citizens of Kingston $600 Australian Romanian Community Welfare Health & Services China Philatelic Society of Australia $400 Association National Combattente Reduci Italiani – Myrtleford $400 Association of Victoria $1,500 Eritrean Jeberti Association In Victoria $1,500 Chinese Association of Geelong $2,000 Association of Filipino Australians in Gippsland $1,000 Australian Slovenian Social and Sporting Eritrean Women’s Association of Victoria $1,200 Association Melbourne $1,000 Chinese Beijing Opera Club of Melbourne $600 Association of Former Inmates of Nazi Concentration Camps Ethiopian Community Association in Victoria $3,000 Australian Somali Society $1,200 Chinese Community Social Services Centre $800 and Ghettos from the Former Soviet Union $1,000 Ethnic Council of Shepparton and District $5,000 Australian Somali Youth Association $1,200 Chinese Nurse Association Australia $500 Association of Ukrainians in Victoria $1,500 Famiglia Pugliese D’Australia $1,000 Association of Ukrainians in Victoria – Geelong Branch $700 Australian Turkish Cultural Platform (ATCP) $1,000 Chinese Poets & Authors Society of Victoria $500 Faros Senior Citizens $600 Association of Ukrainians in Victoria – St Albans $1,300 Australian Turkish Institute $1,200 Chinese Singing and Dance Troup of Melbourne $500 Federation of Indian Associations of Victoria $2,500 Associazione Figli D’Italia $700 Australian Vietnamese Community Action Network $800 Chinese Women’s Association of Victoria $1,500 Federation of Indian Students of Australia $2,500 Associazione Nazionale Bersaglieri D’italia (Sezione di Melbourne) Vic $600 Australian Welsh Male Choir (Cor Meibion Cymreig Australia) $1,000 Chios Brotherhood Korais of Melbourne and Victoria Ltd $700 Federation of Indian Women’s Association of Australia (FIWAA) $1,500 Associazione Nazionale Famiglie Delli Emigranti (ANFE) $700 Australian Western Thrace Turkish Association of Victoria $2,000 Circolo Filatelico Italiano $400 Federation of Macedonian Senior Citizens Groups Associazione Padovani Nel Mondo $1,000 Australian-Asian Association of Victoria $800 Circolo Pensionati Italiani Di North & West Melbourne $800 of the Western Region $1,200 Atherton Gardens Chinese Neighbourhood $1,000 Australia-Shanghai General Chamber of Commerce $800 Club Frecce Tricolori Victoria $1,000 Federation of Messinian Organisations of Melbourne and Victoria $1,200 Auspicious Arts Project $1,200 Avondale Heights & East Keilor Senior Citizens Club $800 Cobram italFest $600 Federation Panepirotic Union of Melbourne and Victoria $1,500 Aust-China Writer’s Association $400 Aweil Community Association in Victoria $1,000 Cobram Italian Social Club $700 Federazione Pensionati Italiani Del Victoria $1,500 Australia (Nur) The Light Foundation $2,000 Bairnsdale International Women’s Group $600 Collingwood Greek Senior Citizen Club $800 Fiji Geelong Friendship Club $500 Australia China Friendship Society Victoria Branch $800 Bait Al-Hossien $400 Committee for Common Celebrations of Greek Fiji Indian Senior Citizens Association $1,000 & Australian National Days $2,000 Australia Hainan Association $1,000 Bakarzala Charitable Association $800 Fiji Sangam Association of Victoria $1,000 Community of Cypriots of the Northern Suburbs Australia Sri Lanka Welfare Guild $1,200 Ballarat Italian Association $600 of Melbourne Women’s Group $1,200 Fiji Social and Cultural Organisations of Victoria Australia (FSCOVA) $1,000 Australian African Children’s Aid and Support Association (AACASA) $800 Ballarat Regional Multicultural Council $5,000 Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate Archangel Mikhail & St Anthony Church $1,200 Filipino Australian Association of Ballarat $800 Australian Assyrian Arts & Literature Foundation $800 Bangla Sahitya Sansad $900 Coptic Orthodox Women’s Association $800 Filipino Australian Friendship Association of Geelong $500 Australian Bosniak Association $1,500 Bangladesh Samity $1,500 Cornish Association of Victoria $800 Filipino Community Council of Victoria $1,500 Australian Bosnian Seniors $1,000 ‘Bea Cantare’ Choir $500 Coro Furlan Melbourne $500 Filipino Community of Sunraysia $500

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The following grants were approved for the 2006–07 Community Grants Program.

ORgANISAtIONAL SUppORt gRANtS (2a) ORgANISAtIONAL SUppORt gRANtS (2a)

ORGANISATION GRANT ($) ORGANISATION GRANT ($) ORGANISATION GRANT ($) ORGANISATION GRANT ($)

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ORGANISATION GRANT ($) ORGANISATION GRANT ($) ORGANISATION GRANT ($) ORGANISATION GRANT ($)

Filipino Senior Citizens Club of the South East $600 Hellenic Youth Federation of Victoria $600 Macedonian Community Council of Melbourne and Victoria $1,500 Pankoaki Brotherhood of Victoria “O Ippocrates” Association $1,000 Fitzroy Chinese Residents Association $1,200 Help Sri Lanka $400 Macedonian Community Council of Shepparton and District $1,000 Panmacedonian Association of Melbourne and Victoria $600 Fitzroy Chinese Women’s Group $900 Hispano-American Co-operative for Family Support (COHAF) $1,500 Macedonian Community Welfare Association $1,000 Panpyliaki Brotherhood of Navarinon of Melbourne and Victoria $1,500 Friends of Farm Vigano $1,000 Hoi Yeu Tre VietNam (Vietnamese Families With Special Needs) $600 Macedonian Human Rights Committee for Melbourne and Victoria $2,000 Pantrifilian Association of Melbourne and Victoria $800 Geelong Dutch Clubs $800 Hope and Care for All (HCFA) International $500 Macedonian Senior Citizens Women’s Dancing Group Panvictorian-Panelladic Associations of Friends of Peace $1,000 “Veseli Makedonki” $400 Geelong Scottish Dance $800 Hope Connection $1,000 Papua New Guinea Australia Association $1,500 Maharashtra Mandal Victoria $500 Geelong Sudanese Association $1,000 Hornbill Chin Association of Australia Parea $800 (Melbourne and Victoria) $2,000 Makor Library and Resource Centre $1,000 Gippsland African Society $1,000 Parklands Albury Wodonga – Bonegilla Migrant Experience $5,000 House of Persia Community & Cultural Centre $1,000 Malta Star of the Sea House $600 Gippsland Indian Association $800 Pascoe Vale Italian Community Bocce Club $700 Hungarian Scout Group 54-63 Co-operative Ltd $500 Maltese Bocce Social & Recreation Club $500 Gippsland Indonesian Association $900 Phat Quang Temple $600 Il Piccolo Teatro Di Melbourne $800 Maltese Community Council of Victoria $1,500 Goulburn Valley Afghan Association $1,800 Philanthropic Society Nomoy Kavalas Agios Silas $800 Indo-China Ethnic Chinese Association of Victoria $1,000 Maltese Community of Shepparton and District $800 Goulburn Valley African Women’s Association $1,000 Philanthropic Society of Kaloneri Siatista $800 Indonesian Club Melbourne $1,500 Maltese Senior Citizens Club Airport West, Ladies Auxilliary $700 Goulburn Valley Congolese Association $1,200 Philanthropikos Syllogos Velika Messinias Leykothea Melbourne Australia $500 Iranian Society of Victoria $1,500 Maronite Sports Division $400 Goulburn Valley Congolese Women’s Group $1,000 Philanthropikos Syllogos-Dimos Meligala Messinias O Profitis Elias $600 Islamic Association of Australia $1,500 Maronite Youth of Melbourne $800 Goulburn Valley Ethnic Professionals’ Association $600 Polish Association of Kingsville and Ladies Auxilliary $800 Islamic Council of Victoria $2,500 Mauritian Silver Edge Club $800 Goulburn Valley Pacific Islander Association $1,000 Polish Community Council of Victoria $2,000 Italian Catholic Federation $800 Meadow Heights Learning Shop $800 Goulburn Valley Polish Association $800 Polish Senior Citizens Club Millenium $500 Italian Elderly Citizens Club Noble Park $900 Meadow Heights Turkish Women’s Association $1,200 Goulburn Valley Sudanese Association $1,800 Polish Women’s Association of Geelong $500 Italian Services Advisory Council $800 Meeting Melbourne Maronites 25-45 $600 Greek & Cypriot Social Welfare Centre $1,500 Italian Social Club Swan Hill $1,000 Melbourne Chin Community $1,000 Pontiaki Estia Senior Citizens $800 Greek Australian Cultural League of Melbourne $1,000 Japanese for Peace (JFP) $800 Melbourne French Theatre $600 Pontiaki Estia Youth $400 Greek Australian Recreational & Instructive League of Vic $600 Jewish Christian Muslim Association of Australia $3,000 Melbourne Scottish Fiddle Club $800 Promin Ukrainian Choir $500 Greek Cypriot Parent & Youth Club Western Suburbs Jewish Community Council of Victoria $2,000 Melbourne South Eastern Region Chinese Friendship Centre of Victoria $1,000 Refugee and Immigrant Women’s Support Group Springvale $800 of Melbourne Seniors Citizens Division $800 Jewish Cultural Centre & National Library Kadimah $1,000 Monash Maltese Seniors Social Group $700 Relief Association of South Sudan (Victoria) $800 Greek Orthodox Community of Dandenong & Districts $800 Kaiga Tuvalu Victoria $1,000 Multicultural Arts Victoria $3,000 Reskeon Maltese Association $1,200 Greek Orthodox Community of Hobsons Bay $1,000 Kardelen Youth Association $1,500 Museum of Chinese Australian History $800 Richmond South Yarra Chinese Parents Association $800 Greek Orthodox Community of Mildura & District $1,000 Karnavals Club The Swallows Geelong $800 National Centre for Hellenic Studies and Research Roma Social Club $700 Greek Orthodox Community of Monash & Districts $1,200 – La Trobe University $1,000 Khmer Community of Victoria $900 Russian Cultural and TV Association “Sputnik” $800 Greek Orthodox Community of Shepparton & District $800 National Council of Jewish Women Australia (Victoria) Kurdish Association of Victoria $1,500 Russian Ethnic Representative Council of Victoria $2,000 Greek Orthodox Community of Whittlesea $800 “Golden Age Club” $1,200 Kurdish Women Society of Victoria $800 Russian House Cultural Advancement Society $1,200 Greek Orthodox Parish of “St George” Thormbury, Womens Group $400 NESB Links $2,000 Kurdish Women’s League of Australia $1,000 Russian House Victims of Chernobyl National Relief Fund $800 Greek Orthodox Parish of “St George” Thornbury, Youth Group $400 New Generation Youth Group $800 Kyabram Italian Social Bocce Club $600 Russian Seniors Club (Joy) $800 Greek Orthodox Parish of “St John the Baptist” Carlton, Youth Group $400 New United Villages of Florina $1,500 Ladies Auxiliary (Filoptohos) Group of the Greek New Zealand Maori Club $1,500 Russian Welfare Society – Russian Children’s Choir $400 Greek Philanthropic Community of Shepparton & District $600 Orthodox Parish of St Catherine, East Malvern $400 North East Multicultural Association (NEMA) $5,000 Russian Welfare Society – Russian Women’s Group $800 Greek Women’s Club of Northern Suburbs “Anemones” $800 Ladies Auxiliary Group of the Central Pontian Association Russian Welfare Society – Russian Men’s Group $800 Hamazkaine Armenian Educational and Cultural Society of Melbourne & Victoria “Pontiaki Estia” $400 North Eastern Bocce Association $700 (Gomidas Chapter) $700 Ladies Auxiliary Group of the Greek Orthodox Parish of St Johns Carlton $400 North Eastern Melbourne Chinese Association (NEMCA) $2,500 Russian Welfare Society – Russian Orthodox Church Choir $500 Hamerkaz Shelanu $700 L’Alliance Francaise De Ballarat Et District $700 North Melbourne Chinese Association $1,000 Russian Women’s Association ‘Ogonyok’ $1,200 Hammurabi Cultural Society $1,500 Lao Australian Welfare Association $1,000 Northcote Italian Pensioners Club $700 Russian Women’s Health Group $600 Hands For Hope $700 Latin American Multicultural Association $800 Northern Federation of Ethnic Senior Citizens Clubs $2,000 Saint Addai Community Society $1,000 Hararian Community Association Australia $1,200 League of Maniates and Friends of Melbourne and Victoria “I Mani” $800 Nuer Community in Victoria $1,500 Saint Maratken Community Society $500 Harmony Foundation Victoria $700 Lebanese Folklore Dabke Group $600 Nuer Women’s Group $1,500 Salvadorean Community Council of Victoria $1,500 Hellenic Australian Sports Foundation $1,000 Liech Nuer Community Association $1,100 Oromo Community Association in Melbourne $2,000 Samoan Community Education Centre $1,500 Hellenic Orthodox Community of Geelong $1,000 Lien Tri Temple $500 Pallaconian Brotherhood of Melbourne and Victoria Leonidas $1,500 Satyam Shivam School of Music $800 Hellenic Women’s Federation of Victoria $1,000 Louise Multicultural Community Centre $1,000 Pan Australian Federation of Thessalian Associations $1,000 Scottish Clans and Associations Council $1,500 Hellenic Writers Association of Australia $800 Macedonian Australian Cultural Youth Association ‘Tanec’ $1,000 Panjtan Society of Victoria $2,000 Serbian Australian Pensioners Group $800

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ORGANISATION GRANT ($) ORGANISATION GRANT ($) ORGANISATION GRANT ($) ORGANISATION GRANT ($)

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ORGANISATION GRANT ($) ORGANISATION GRANT ($) ORGANISATION GRANT ($) ORGANISATION GRANT ($)

Serbian Orthodox Choir ‘Kornelije Stankovic’ $500 St Paul’s Elderly Support Group $400 Tigrian Community Association in Victoria $1,500 WIZO State Council of Victoria $1,000 Serbian Orthodox Church & School Community St Stefan $600 State Zionist Council of Victoria $1,000 Timorese Association in Victoria $1,500 Women’s Friendship Group $1,200 Serbian Orthodox Dancing Group Sumadja $500 Stella Maris Maltese Association $1,000 Tripoli Social Club $800 Womens Group of the Greek Orthodox Community of Hobsons Bay $400 Serbian Pensioners Club “Branko Radicevic” Geelong $700 Sudanese Community Association of Australia $2,000 Turkish Women’s Group $600 Womens Group of the Greek Orthodox Parish of Clayton $400 Serbian Senior Citizens & Pensioners Club ‘Tzar Lazar’ $600 Sudanese Community in Warrnambool $2,500 Turkish Womens Recreation Group $800 Womens Group of the Greek Orthodox Parish of Coburg $400 Serbian Sisters Group ‘Zene Mironosice’ $400 Sudanese Lost Boys Association of Australia $1,500 Ukrainian Arts and Culture $600 Womens Group of the Greek Orthodox Parish of Moonee Ponds $400 Serbian Social Services and Support $1,500 Sudanese Luacjang Group of Australia $1,200 United Jewish Education Board $1,000 Womens Group of the Greek Orthodox Parish of Templestowe $400 Serbian Welfare Association of Victoria $1,000 Sudanese Women On The Move Network $1,000 United Maba Community Association of Australia $800 Youth Group of the Greek Orthodox Parish of Clayton $400 Shalom Association $1,500 Sudan’s Bor Youth Association of Australia $1,000 United Somali Organisation in Australia $2,000 Youth Group of the Greek Orthodox Parish of Coburg $400 Shepparton Italian Catholic Federation $800 Sunraysia Contemporary Alevi Cultural Centre $700 United Somali Women Organisation in Victoria $1,500 Youth Group of the Greek Orthodox Parish of Malvern $400 Shepparton Italian Social Club $1,200 Sunraysia Ethnic Communities’ Council $5,000 Unity in Progress $700 Youth Group of the Greek Orthodox Parish of Templestowe $400 Shirdi Sai Sansthan Melbourne $700 Sunshine Cypriot Orthodox Community of Apostolos Andreas $800 Uruguayan Social Club of Melbourne $1,500 Youth Group of the Greek Orthodox Parish of the Presentation of St. Dimitrios Moonee Ponds $400 Sikh Senior Citizens Association of Whittlesea $700 Sveti Georgi Selo Velusina Humanitarian Association of Victoria $1,200 Vedanta Society of Australia $600 Zevku Sedu Classical Choir $1,500 Sikh Welfare Council of Victoria $1,500 Tamil Australian Friendship Society $900 Victoria Hua Xin Chinese Women’s Association $1,500 TOTAL number of grants 490 Sinhala Cultural & Community Services Foundation $1,200 Tamil Australian Friendship Society $800 Victorian Arabic Artists Association $1,000 TOTAL $551,300 Slavic Women of Gippsland $800 Tamil Society of Melbourne $1,000 Victorian Association of Argos Orestiko & District $1,000 Slavic Women’s Group ‘Nase Zene’ $700 Tarxien Social Club $400 Victorian Assyrian Chaldean Woman’s Group $1,500 Slovenian Australian Social & Sports Club Jardan $800 Tatura Italian Social Club $1,500 Victorian Assyrian Youth Group $800 Slovenian Goodwill & Information Office $900 Te Roopu Ataawhai $2,500 Victorian Brotherhood of Mani United $600 Social and Support Group Friends $800 The Alawi Islamic Social Centre $1,000 Victorian Co-operative on Children’s Services for Ethnic Groups (VICSEG) $2,000 Socially Active Youth Group Organisation (SAY GO) $800 The Association of Hazaras in Victoria $1,000 Victorian Council of Deaf People $1,000 Society Kalamata 23 March Brotherhood $1,000 The Association of the Refugee Children from Aegean Macedonia $400 Victorian Eritrean Community Association $1,500 Somali Community Information Services Network $1,500 The Australian Chaldean Federation of Victoria/Australia $1,500 Victorian Immigrant and Refugee Women’s Coalition (VIRWC) $5,000 Somali Inter-Riverine Community Development Association $1,500 The Australian Greek Orthodox Community of Moreland $800 Victorian Iraqi Social Club $1,000 Somali Support and Development Association $1,500 The Basque Society $1,300 Victorian Lithuanian Pensioners Association $900 South East Arabic Elderly Citizens Club SEAEC $900 The Committee for Sri Lanka $1,000 Victorian Multi Ethnic Slavic Welfare Association $1,000 South Eastern Chinese Association $700 The Democratic Republic of Congo Community Association of Victoria (DRCCAV) $1,500 Victorian Scottish Union $800 South Eastern Region Melbourne Oromo Community Association (SERMOCAVA ) $1,500 The Federation of Chinese Associations (Vic) $2,000 Victorian Tamil Cultural Association $1,200 South Sudan Development Agency (SSUDA) $1,500 The Greek Choir of the Cultural and Educational Club of Florinians $700 Vietnamese Cultural Group $700 South Sudan Equatorian Association $1,500 The Gujarati Association of Victoria $1,500 Vietnamese Cultural Group of Brimbank $800 South Sudanese Women’s Network $1,500 The Hunan Association of Victoria $800 Vietnamese Parenting Support Group $700 Spanish Latin American Welfare Centre (CELAS) $2,500 The Italian Australian Coordinating Committee of Gippsland $1,000 Vietnamese Women’s Association in Broadmeadows $1,500 Springvale Asian Business Association $1,000 The Korean Society of Victoria Australia $2,000 Vietnamese Women’s Association of North West Region $1,200 Springvale Ethnic Chinese Elderly Caring Friendship Association $2,000 The New Hope Foundation Vietnamese Young Mother’s Support Group $700 (Refugee Resource Centre Footscray) $1,500 Springvale Mandarin Support Network $1,200 Vietnamese Youth Network of the West $800 The Olympian Society $800 St Albans Melita Band $400 Welsh Society of Geelong $600 The Polish Museum and Archives in Australia $700 St Anthony’s Youth Association $500 Whittlesea Chinese Association (WCA) $700 The Samoan Community Link of Victoria $800 St Athanasius Coptic Centre $700 Whittlesea Combined Pensioners Association of Victoria $500 The Sri Lankan Study Centre for the Advancement of Technology St George Association $600 and Social Welfare (SCATS) $1,000 Whittlesea Green Island Turkish Women’s Group $600 St John of Kronstadt Russian Welfare Society $1,500 The Tributaries Social Association $600 Whittlesea Multicultural Communities Council $5,000 St Judes Estates Ministry Carlton $1,000 The Victorian Chin Community Association $1,500 Whittlesea Senior Citizens Club $700 St Mary’s Italian Elderly Citizen’s Club $600 The Victorian Maronite Community $1,000 Whittlesea Vuong Trung Vietnamese Womens Group $800 St Nicholas Philanthropic Society of Proty $1,000 Thiasos Themida $800 Williamstown Italian Social Club $1,000 St Nikola Pensioner Social Club $500 Tibetan Buddhist Society $1,000 Wings of Care (Kanfei Chesed) $1,000

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ORGANISATION GRANT ($) ORGANISATION GRANT ($) ORGANISATION GRANT ($) ORGANISATION GRANT ($)

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A.N.C.R.I Sezione di Melbourne $1,500 Australian Lebanese Christian Ladies Group – Moreland $900 Chabad Institutions of Australia $3,300 Circolo Pensionati Italiani Di San Luca, Lalor, Thomastown $2,200 African Communities Elderly Association $1,100 Australian Macedonian Disability Pensioner Group “Vardar” Melbourne $1,100 Chinese Community Health Advisory of Australia $2,000 Circolo Pensionati Italiani Di San Marco in Lamis $1,100 AGAPI Care $2,000 Australian Macedonian Pensioner Group Reservoir $1,300 Chinese Mandarin Community Friendship Association (CMCFA) $1,500 Circolo Pensionati Italiani Di St Albans $1,500 Agrupacion de Pensionistas Y Tercera Edad de Victoria $2,200 Australian Romanian Community Welfare Health & Services Chinese Senior Citizens Club of Frankston & Peninsula $900 Circolo Pensionati Italiani di St Mary Magdlen Chadstone $1,100 Association of Victoria $2,000 Albanian Ladies Committee $900 Chinese Senior Citizen’s Club of Manningham $2,400 Circolo Pensionati Italiani Di Tatura $900 Australian Serbian Pensioners Club of St George Church, Altona North Senior Citizens Centre $2,400 St Albans & Districts $2,000 Chinese Xinjiang Senior Citizens Association $2,000 Circolo Pensionati Italiani Di Tullamarine $1,500 ANCRI Werribee $2,200 Circolo Fiumano Melbourne $1,100 Australian Thornbury Pensioners Club $1,300 Circolo Pensionati Italiani Di Waverley $1,100 Antiochian Community Support Association (ACSA) $2,000 Circolo Pensionati “Don Bosco” $1,800 Australian Turkish Cypriot Cultural and Welfare Association $1,300 Circolo Pensionati Italiani Di Werribee $2,200 Arabic Elderly Pensioners Group $900 Circolo Pensionati Abruzzesi Abruzzesi Senior Citizens Social Club $2,800 Australian Ukrainian Senior Citizens Fellowship “Golden Age” $1,100 Circolo Pensionati Italiani Di West Brunswick $1,500 Arabic Senior Citizens Group $900 Circolo Pensionati Campani Italiano Di Clayton $2,200 Australian Vietnamese Women’s Welfare Association $2,000 Circolo Pensionati Italiani di Wyndham $2,400 Archangel Michael Senior Social Club of Oakleigh $900 Circolo Pensionati Casa D’Abruzzo Club $1,500 Australian Yugoslav Multicultural Pensioner Group $900 Circolo Pensionati Italiani Doutta Galla-Essendon $1,100 Armenian Relief Society Nayiri Chapter $1,100 Circolo Pensionati del Reggio Calabria Club $1,100 Australian Yugoslav Pensioners Group $1,500 Circolo Pensionati Italiani East Keilor & Avondale Heights $2,200 Armenoro Senior Citizens Association $2,000 Circolo Pensionati della Comunita’ Vizzinese $2,000 AVA Boroondara Senior Citizens Group $1,100 Circolo Pensionati Italiani Merlynston $2,400 Asklipios Greek Women’s Group $1,300 Circolo Pensionati Federazione Clubs Laziali Melbourne Victoria $1,300 Avellino Circolo Pensioners of Springvale $1,100 Circolo Pensionati Italiani Napoli Family Club $1,600 Assoc Marinai D’Italia Gruppo “M.O. Pugliesi” $1,500 Circolo Pensionati Italiani Di Airport West $2,000 Avondale Heights & East Keilor Senior Citizens Club $1,100 Circolo Pensionati Multiculturale Di Greenvale $2,000 Association of Greek Elderly Citizen Clubs of Melbourne & Victoria $3,300 Circolo Pensionati Italiani Di Ascot Vale $2,000 Avondale Heights Greek Pensioners and Elderly Citizens Club $2,000 Circolo Pensionati Pugliesi $2,200 Associazione Amica Pensionati Italiani Di Hawthorn $1,100 Circolo Pensionati Italiani Di Ballarat $900 Ballarat Dutch 50 Plus Club $1,100 Circolo Ricreativo Pensionati Italiani Di St Ignazio $1,100 Associazione Arma Aeronautica $1,300 Circolo Pensionati Italiani di Bentleigh $2,000 Ballarat Polish Seniors Club $900 Club De Abuelos De Habid Hispana De Clayton $1,100 Associazione Elbani nel Mondo $2,000 Circolo Pensionati Italiani Di Bundoora $2,200 Collingwood Fitzroy Indo-Chinese Elderly Group $1,500 Batmans Greek Elderly Womens Club $1,100 Associazione Emilia Romagna del Victoria $1,300 Circolo Pensionati Italiani di Casa Nostra $1,100 Collingwood Greek Elderly Womens Association $1,100 Benevolent Association of Nafpaktians Melbourne-Victoria $2,000 Associazione Laziali Pensionati Di Geelong $1,500 Circolo Pensionati Italiani Di Coburg $3,300 Combined Pensioners & Superannuants Association of Victoria Benevolent Brotherhood of Kolindros $1,100 Associazione Nationale Artiglieri D’Italia $1,400 Circolo Pensionati Italiani Di Deer Park $1,100 – Noble Park Branch $1,100 Benvenute Donne Broadmeadows Italian Women’s Group $1,100 Associazione Nazionale Combattenti Della Guerra Di Liberazione $1,300 Circolo Pensionati Italiani Di Essendon $2,200 Community Club ‘Smile – Ulibka’ $1,100 Berwick Greek Senior Citizens Club $1,100 Associazione Pensionate Laziali di Monash $2,200 Circolo Pensionati Italiani Di Footscray $1,800 Community of Cypriots of the Northern Suburbs of Melbourne Bigla Senior Citizens Association $1,300 Elderly Group $1,900 Associazione Pensionati Ciociari e Laziali Australia Nel Mondo $2,000 Circolo Pensionati Italiani Di Frankston $1,300 Bitola Macedonian Senior Citizens Group Whittlesea $2,200 Confederazione Fanti D’Italia – ANSI – Cavalieri Della Patria $2,000 Associazione Piemontesi Victoria $1,300 Circolo Pensionati Italiani Di Geelong (formerly Circolo Pensionati BlackRiver Macedonian Australian Association Italiani Di Belmont) $1,300 Corona Italian Seniors Club of Casey $1,100 Associazone Pensionati Laziali Australia $2,200 Avondale Heights, Moonee Valley & District $900 Circolo Pensionati Italiani Di Gladstone Park $1,500 Cosenza Senior Citizens of Kingston $1,400 Australia Ceylon Fellowship $1,100 Boroondara Chinese Senior Citizens Association $1,300 Circolo Pensionati Italiani Di Greenvale $1,500 Cranbourne Hampton Park Greek Senior Citizens Club $1,500 Australian & Herzegovian Community Club Brcko Melbourne $1,800 Bosnian and Herzegovinian Elderly Citizens Club $1,300 Circolo Pensionati Italiani Di Hadfield $1,300 Cranbourne Italian Senior Citizens Club $1,800 Australian Ankawa Club $1,300 Box Hill Chinese Elderly Citizens Club $4,000 Circolo Pensionati Italiani Di Kensington $1,100 Croatian Senior Citizens Association “Cardinal Stepinac” Geelong $1,800 Australian Arabic Women Community Group $1,100 Brighton Greek Senior Citizens Association $1,500 Circolo Pensionati Italiani Di Kew/Hawthorn/Camberwell $1,100 Croatian Senior Citizens Club of Altona $1,100 Australian Armenian Welfare Society $1,100 Brimbank Hungarian Senior Citizens Club $1,500 Circolo Pensionati Italiani Di Knox $1,500 Croatian Senior Citizens Club of Footscray $1,100 Australian Coptic Senior Citizens Club of Manningham $1,100 Broadmeadows Greek Elderly Citizens Club $1,500 Circolo Pensionati Italiani Di Kyabram $1,100 Croatian Senior Citizens Club St Albans $1,800 Australian Croatian Club Bocce – Gospic $1,100 Broadmeadows Greek Womens Club $900 Circolo Pensionati Italiani Di Lilydale $1,100 Croatian Senior Citizens Group Keysborough $3,300 Australian Croatian Senior Citizens Association Geelong $2,200 Broadmeadows Turkish Senior Citizens Club $2,200 Circolo Pensionati Italiani Di Mildura and Sunraysia $1,800 Croydon Dutch Social Club $1,300 Australian Croatian Senior Citizens Club Broadmeadows Vietnamese Senior Citizens Club $1,100 “Vila Velebita” Broadmeadows $1,300 Circolo Pensionati Italiani di Moonee Ponds $2,600 Croydon Italian Senior Citizens Club $1,100 Brunswick Greek Elderly and Pensioners Association $2,400 Australian Croatian Senior Citizens Club of Clifton Hill $1,100 Circolo Pensionati Italiani Di Moreland $1,100 Cultural Centre of Florinians “Aristotelis” $1,500 Calabresi Pensioners Association of Australia $1,300 Australian Croatian Senior Citizens Club of Gladstone Park $1,100 Circolo Pensionati Italiani Di Newport-Williamstown $1,300 Cultural Vietnamese Women’s Association $1,100 Australian Cyprian Sports & Social Association $2,000 Camberwell Senior Citizens Club $1,300 Circolo Pensionati Italiani Di North Fitzroy $1,300 Cypriot Community of Eastern Suburbs-Elderly Citizens $1,500 Australian Greek and Cypriot Senior Citizens Club of Melbourne $1,800 Cantanzaro Senior Citizen’s Club of Monash $1,300 Circolo Pensionati Italiani Di North West Essendon $1,100 Cyprus Community of Melbourne & Victoria $4,000 Australian Greek Elderly Citizens Club of Mentone and Districts $1,300 Casey Hungarian Senior Citizens Club $2,200 Circolo Pensionati Italiani Di Nunawading/Box Hill $1,800 Cyprus Greek Orthodox Community of “Apostolos Andreas” Sunshine $2,600 Australian Greek Elderly Citizens Club of Oakleigh $2,400 Centre of Greek Ex-Servicemens Elderly Citizens Club Circolo Pensionati Italiani Di Oakleigh e Clayton $2,000 Cyprus Senior Citizens Turkish Club $1,100 of Darebin and District $1,800 Australian Greek Ex-Servicemen’s Association $2,000 Circolo Pensionati Italiani di Pascoe Vale $1,300 Dandenong and Endeavour Hills Club de Los Abuelos: Italo-Spanish $1,500 Centre of Greek Ex-Servicemen’s Elderly Citizens Club Australian Greek Isolated Group $1,500 of Kew and District $1,100 Circolo Pensionati Italiani Di Port Melbourne $1,100 Darebin Greek Women’s Senior Citizens Group $1,500 Australian Hellenic Educational Progressive Association (AHEPA) $2,200 Ceylonese Welfare Organisation $2,200 Circolo Pensionati Italiani Di Richmond $1,100 Diamond Valley Greek Senior Citizens Club $1,500

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Doncaster Italian Senior Citizens Group $2,600 Greek Cyprian Senior Citizens of Glen Eira $1,800 Greek Orthodox Parish of “St Raphael” Bentleigh, Hellenic Association of Mornington Peninsula Aged Citizens Club $2,900 Senior Citizens’ Group $1,100 Dutch Australian Society Social Club $900 Greek Cypriot Parent & Youth Club Western Suburbs of Melbourne $1,800 Hellenic Community of the City of Moorabbin (Kingston) & Districts Ltd $3,300 Greek Orthodox Parish of “St Vasilios”, Brunswick, Dutch Independent Senior Citizens of Oz $900 Greek Cypriot Senior Citizens Club of Whitehorse and District $2,000 Senior Citizens’ Group $1,100 Hellenic Stegi Friendly Elderly Citizen’s Club of Darebin $2,000 East Timorese Support Group for Elderly $900 Greek Democritus League Elderly Citizens Club $1,100 Greek Orthodox Parish of “The Holy Cross” Box Hill Hera Greek Ladies Club $1,100 and Districts, Elderly Citizens Club $2,000 EEAMA – League of Greeks from Egypt and the Middle East $2,600 Greek Elderly Citizens Club Caulfield $1,500 Hume Multicultural Social Support Group $900 Greek Orthodox Parish of “The Presentation of Our Lady to the Temple” Elderly Club of the Pallaconian Brotherhood of Melbourne and Victoria $2,200 Greek Elderly Citizens Club Highett $1,300 Hungarian Senior Citizens Club of Greater Dandenong $2,200 North Balwyn, Senior Citizens Group $1,300 Elderly Filipino Association of Australia $1,100 Greek Elderly Citizens Club Northcote $2,400 Hungarian Senior Citizens of Prahran & District $1,800 Greek Orthodox Parish of “The Presentation of Eltham Dutch Over Fifties Club $1,100 Greek Elderly Citizens Club of Manningham $2,200 Our Lord” – Coburg Senior Citizens Group $1,300 Imvrians Society of Melbourne $1,100 Epping Combined Pensioners Association $1,100 Greek Elderly Citizens Club of Maroondah $1,300 Greek Orthodox Parish of “The Three Hierarchs” Independent Hellenic Senior Citizens Association of Clayton $1,500 Clayton, Senior Citizens’ Group $1,300 Eremia Greek Elderly Association of Port Phillip $1,300 Greek Elderly Citizens Club of Moonee Valley $2,000 Independent Italian Senior Citizens Club of Sunshine $900 Greek Orthodox Parish of “The Transfiguration of Our Lord” Eritrean Elderly Association in Melbourne $1,300 Greek Elderly Citizens Club of Moreland $2,000 Lalor-Thomastown, Senior Citizens Group $1,100 Independent Senior Citizens Club – Nunawading $1,500 Ethnic Chinese Happy Age Association of Victoria $3,100 Greek Elderly Citizens Club of Nunawading $1,500 Greek Orthodox Parish of St John’s North Carlton, Indian Senior Citizens Association of Victoria $1,600 Senior Citizens Group $1,100 Ethnic Discussion Club $1,100 Greek Elderly Citizens Club of Werribee $1,300 Indochinese Elderly Assocation in the Eastern Suburbs $2,600 Greek Pensioners Club of North Fitzroy $1,100 Federation of Chinese Associations Senior Citizens Social Club $2,900 Greek Elderly Citizens Club of Werribee Women’s Group $1,100 Indo-Chinese Elderly Refugees Association – Victoria $3,000 Greek Senior Citizen Association of Moorabbin $2,000 Federation of Macedonian Senior Citizens Groups of the Greek Elderly Citizens of Box Hill $900 Instituto Nazionale per la Guardia D’Onore alle Reali Northern Region of Victoria $1,800 Greek Senior Citizen Club of Airport West and District $2,000 Tombe del Pantheon $2,000 Greek Elderly Citizens of Clayton and District $2,000 Federation of Taivgetos of Laconia $2,600 Greek Senior Citizens Association of South Melbourne and Albert Park $1,300 International Women’s Group $1,500 Greek Elderly Club North Fitzroy & North Carlton $1,800 Felaust Filipino Australian Elderly Citizen Group of Broadmeadows $1,100 Greek Senior Citizens Association of St Gregorios $1,200 Iranian Senior Citizen Society of Victoria $1,100 Greek Elderly Club of Geelong $1,300 FIDCA Federazione Italiana Combattenti Greek Senior Citizens Association of the Bass Coast $1,200 Irymple Bocce Club $1,500 Greek Elderly Club of the Bellarine Peninsula $2,200 Alleati Melbourne $1,100 Greek Senior Citizen’s Club - Hobsons Bay $1,500 Islamic Elderly Group $2,000 Greek Elderly Womens Club of Frankston and Peninsula $1,100 Fiji Senior Citizens Association (FSC) $1,100 Greek Senior Citizens Club Altona and Region $1,300 Islamic Society of Melbourne Eastern Region $2,200 Greek Federal Organisation of Ex-Servicemen’s Reserve of Greece Filipino Australian Senior Citizens Advisory Council in Australia $2,200 in Australia $1,300 Greek Senior Citizens Club Hawthorn $1,500 Italian and Ethnic Senior Citizens Club of Flinders $2,600 Filipino Australian Senior Citizens of Victoria (FASCOV) $1,100 Greek Macedonian Elderly Club of Werribee & Werribee South $1,100 Greek Senior Citizens Club of Carnegie and Murrumbeena $2,600 Italian Catholic Federation Morwell $1,100 Filipino Elderly Get Together Association $1,100 Greek National Resistance Fighters League Greek Senior Citizens Club of Dandenong $2,600 Italian Community of Keilor Association $1,800 of Melbourne & Victoria $1,100 Filipino-Australian Society Melbourne’s Northwest (FASMENOW) $1,100 Greek Senior Citizens Club of Flemington & Kensington $1,300 Italian Elderly Citizen Group of Morwell $1,300 Greek Orthodox Community of Clayton Ltd $2,000 Finnish Society of Melbourne $2,000 Greek Senior Citizens Club of Gladstone Park & Tullamarine $1,500 Italian Elderly Citizens Club of Thornbury $1,500 Greek Orthodox Community of Gippsland, Elderly Citizens’ Group $1,500 Fitzroy Vietnamese Elderly Group $1,100 Greek Senior Citizens Club of Prahran ‘St Demetrios’ $1,500 Italian Elderly Citizens Group Holy Spirit East Thornbury $1,300 Footscray IndoChinese Elderly Group $2,200 Greek Orthodox Community of Lalor, Thomastown, Epping and Districts, Women’s Group $2,000 Greek Senior Citizens District of Richmond $1,500 Italian Pensioners Association of Mill Park $1,500 Frankston Bosnian Elderly Club $1,100 Greek Orthodox Community of Monash & Districts $2,000 Greek Senior Citizens of Frankston and Peninsula $2,000 Italian Pensioners Club of North Altona $1,500 Galini Greek Elderly Association of Port Melbourne $1,500 Greek Orthodox Community of Oakleigh & District $2,000 Greek Senior Citizens of North Balwyn & Districts $1,500 Italian Pensioners Club of Wangaratta $1,600 Geelong Dutch 50 Plus Club $1,800 Greek Orthodox Community of St Albans Aghia Paraskevi $2,000 Greek Senior Citizens of Southern Eastern Regions and Districts $1,300 Italian Pensioners Group of Keilor $1,500 Geelong Hungarian St Laszlo Senior Citizens Social Club $1,300 Greek Orthodox Community of Whittlesea $1,300 Greek Senior Elderly Citizens Club The Dormition of Our Lady $1,500 Italian Senior Citizens Club of Lalor & Thomastown $1,500 German Friendship Society Bendigo $900 Greek Orthodox Parish of “St Andrew’s” Forest Hill, Greek Senior Women’s Club Hobsons Bay $900 Italian Senior Citizens Club of Moorabbin $1,800 German Karneval Society $1,800 Senior Citizens Group $1,500 Greek Seniors & Pensioners Association Clayton & District $2,200 Italian Senior Citizen’s Club of Preston $4,000 German/Austrian Association $900 Greek Orthodox Parish of “St Athanasios” Springvale, Greek Seniors 60 Walker Close $1,100 Italian Senior Citizens Recreation Group of Caulfield $1,600 Senior Citizens Group $2,000 Giuliani Senior Citizens Association of Geelong $1,800 Greek Women’s Association of the Western Suburbs $1,300 Italian Speaking Senior Citizens Association of Epping $1,300 Greek Orthodox Parish of “St Constantine and Helen” South Yarra, Glen Eira Italian Pensioners & Senior Citizens Club $1,300 Senior Citizens Group $1,300 Greek Women’s Club of Maribyrnong $1,400 Italian Welfare Association of Whittlesea Senior Citizens $1,500 Glen Iris/Burwood Greek Seniors Citizens Club $1,600 Greek Orthodox Parish of “St Dimitrios” Ascot Vale, Greek Women’s Elderly Friendly Club Preston $1,100 Italian Women’s Health Group Fawkner/Campbellfield $1,500 Senior Citizens Group $1,500 Glenroy German Speaking Senior Citizens Club $1,100 Greek Women’s Senior Citizens Club of McKinnon ‘Rhea’ $1,500 Italian Women’s Senior Citizens Association of Whittlesea $1,500 Greek Orthodox Parish of “St Eleftherios” Brunswick, Glenroy Greek Elderly Group $1,100 Senior Citizen’ Group $1,500 Green Gully Senior Citizens Social Club $2,000 Kariatides Oakleigh Greek Womens Group $1,500 Glenroy Italian Senior Citizen’s Centre $2,200 Greek Orthodox Parish of “St George” Thornbury, Senior Citizens $1,300 Grupo Primavera Prahran Latin American Association $1,800 Kastellorizian Senior’s Club $1,500 Glenroy Maltese Senior Citizens Group $1,500 Greek Orthodox Parish of “St Haralambos” Templestowe, Hadfield Golden Years Social Club $1,500 Kensington Elderly Indochinese and Middle Aged Vietnamese Group $1,500 Glenroy Polish Elderly Club $1,500 Senior Citizens’ Group $2,000 Halkidikeon Association Aristotle the Stageritian $1,500 Kensington Indo-Chinese Elderly Group $1,800 Goce Delcev Senior Citizens Association $2,200 Greek Orthodox Parish of “St Nektarios” Fawkner, Hararian Community Association Australia $1,800 Keon Park Greek Senior Citizens Club $2,000 Senior Citizens’ Group $1,300 Golden Sun Disabled & Senior Citizens Association $1,500 Healthy Tourism Senior Citizens Club ‘Vigor’ $1,500 Kingsbury Italian Senior Citizen Club $1,500 Greek Orthodox Parish of “St Nicholas” Yarraville, Greek Community over 50’s Elderly Citizens Club $1,100 Senior Citizens’ Group $1,100 Heidelberg United Alexander Senior Citizen Club $1,800 Kingston Indian Senior Citizens Association $1,100

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Kingston Turkish Senior Citizens $1,300 Macedonian Senior Group “Tumbe Café” $1,200 Myrtleford Italian Pensioners Group $1,300 Polish Senior Citizens Club of Reservoir $1,000 Knox Chinese Elderly Citizens Club $2,600 Macedonian Women’s Group “Elpida Karamandi” $1,100 N’Adezhda Russian Senior Citizens Club $2,200 Polish Senior Citizens Club of St Albans $1,500 Knox Hungarian Senior Citizens Club $2,200 Macedonian Women’s Group Heraklea $900 National Council of Jewish Women of Australia $2,200 Polish Senior Citizens Club Waverley Vic $1,100 Koimisis Thotokou Polyplatanos Florinis $1,300 Macedonian Womens Pensioner Group of Keilor Downs $1,200 Neret Senior Citizens Club $2,000 Polish Senior Citizens Mutual Support Club of Keilor Downs $1,100 Kondia Limnos Greek Senior Citizens Club $1,300 Macedonian Women’s Pensioners Association of Footscray $1,100 New Life Association $1,300 Port Melbourne Greek Community $1,100 Korumburra Italian Social Club $1,100 Macedonian Women’s Senior Citizen Group Lalor $1,100 New United Villages of Florina $1,300 Port Melbourne Greek Community Senior Citizens Club $1,100 Kouchkovski Social Club $1,300 Macedonian Women’s Senior Citizens Club of West Sunshine $1,100 New Zealand, Maori, Polynesian Welfare Support Group Portarlington and District Greek Elderly Citizens Clubs $1,300 (Te Whanau Rangimarie) $1,100 Kurdish Social Support Group $900 Macedonian Women’s Senior Citizens Group of Altona Meadows, Portarlington Maltese Pensioners Association $1,500 Laverton and Point Cook $900 Niddrie Senior Italian Citizens Club $2,200 Kyabram Italian Ladies Association $1,300 Prahran Chinese Elderly Citizens Association $3,100 Macedonian Womens Senior Citizens Group of Altona North Nieuw Holland Dutch Social Club $1,100 Lakhanda Media Centre $900 and District $1,500 Prahran Chinese Womens Association of Australia $2,200 Noble Park North Multicultural Elderly Citizens Club $1,300 Lalor Thomastown Combined Pensioners Association $1,100 Macedonian Women’s Senior Citizens Group of Avondale Heights, Prahran Polish Elderly Citizens $1,300 North Eastern Greek Elderly Citizens $1,800 Lao Elderly Association $2,000 Moonee Valley & Districts $900 Preston Greek Senior Citizens Club $2,200 North Richmond Elderly Chinese Friendship Association Melbourne $1,300 Latvian Relief Society “Daugavas Vanagi” of Geelong $1,500 Macedonian Womens Senior Citizens Group Preston-Reservoir Indo-Chinese Elderly Group $1,500 of Hobsons Bay $1,100 North West Elderly Chinese Social Support Group $1,300 Le Belle Arti $1,500 PTOLEMEI Association of Greek Senior Citizens From Egypt Macedonian Women’s Social Club of Whittlesea $1,300 North West Reservoir Italian Pensioner Group $2,200 & Middle East $2,200 Lebanese Elderly Group $1,100 Maltese Association Hobsons Bay $2,600 Northcote Macedonian Senior Citizens Club ‘Kajmakcalan’ $1,100 Raduga Russian Senior Citizens Club of Frankston & Peninsula $900 Lefcadian Brotherhood “LEFCADA” $1,800 Maltese Association Northern Suburbs $1,100 Northern Mauritian Seniors Club $1,100 Regioni D’Italia Bocce Association $1,300 Lemnian Community of Victoria Elderly Citizens Club $1,500 Maltese La Valette Association $2,200 Northern Metropolitan Multicultural Seniors Club Network $3,300 Reservoir Greek Elderly Citizens Club $2,200 Lemnian Community of Victoria Senior Citizens Group $2,200 Maltese Pensioners Association $2,600 Nunawading Hungarian Senior Citizens Club $2,000 Reservoir Italian Pensioners Club $2,200 Macedonian Australian Senior Citizens Group “Ilinden” $1,300 Maltese Senior Citizens Club Airport West $1,500 Oakleigh Coptic Senior Social Club $1,100 Resistenza Circolo Sette Fratelli Cervi, Victoria $900 Macedonian Elderly Group of Keilor Downs $1,100 Malvern Greek Senior Citizens Association $1,800 Old Citizens of Ascot Vale & Districts $1,500 Reskeon Maltese Assoc & Reskeon Seniors Group $2,200 Macedonian Orthodox Church Footscray $900 Malvern Italian Senior Citizens Club $1,300 Opera Nazionale Per I Caduti Senza Croce $1,500 Richmond Chinese Elderly Welfare Association $2,200 Macedonian Orthodox Community of Melbourne & Victoria Elderly Citizens Group $3,100 Maronite Activities Group for the Elderly $1,100 Oromo Community Association in Melbourne $2,000 Richmond Indo-Chinese Elderly Group $2,600 Macedonian Pensioner Group “Uspeniena Presveta Bogorodica” Maroondah Italian Senior Citizens Club $1,100 Panagia Kamariani Greek Senior Citizens Club $2,000 Risorgimento Club St Margaret Mary $1,300 Sydenham $1,000 Mauritian Golden Age Club $2,600 ‘Panagia Soumela’ Pontian Association of Whittlesea $1,100 Rodriguan Social Club of Victoria $2,600 Macedonian Pensioners Association of Footscray $1,300 Meadow Heights Turkish Senior Pension Association $1,500 Pansamian Brotherhood of Melbourne and Victoria Pythagoras $2,200 Rosanna Macleod Circolo Pensionati $1,500 Macedonian Senior Citizen Group of Hillside $1,100 Melbourne Murugan Cultural Centre $1,800 Pensioner Macedonian Womens Group of Brimbank $900 RSL Italian Sub-Branch $1,100 Macedonian Senior Citizen Women’s Group “Pelister” of St Albans $1,100 Melkite Catholic Eparchy Corporation – St Joseph’s Parish Fairfield $900 Philipino Elderly Association South East Region Victoria $1,500 Russian Australian Senior Citizens Club in Prahran $1,100 Macedonian Senior Citizens Club Geelong $1,500 Melkite Catholic Eparchy of Australia Victorian Vicariate $900 Philippine Cultural Society for Elders $1,100 Russian Senior Citizens Club Dandenong $1,500 Macedonian Senior Citizens Club of West Sunshine $1,500 Merrilands Italian Senior Citizens Club $2,200 Polish Association of Ballarat $1,100 Russian Social Support Group $1,100 Macedonian Senior Citizens Club Pelister of St Albans $1,300 Migrant Resource Centre Westgate Region $2,600 Polish Club “Forty Plus” $900 Rye & Peninsula Greek Senior Citizens Club $1,800 Macedonian Senior Citizens Group – Lalor, Thomastown, Mildura Greek Elderly Citizens Club $1,300 Rye & Peninsula Greek Women’s Group $1,500 Epping & Mill Park $1,800 Polish Cultural & Social Club ‘Palma’ $1,100 Mill Park Greek Elderly Citizens Club $1,300 Saint Nicolaas Club of Greater Shepparton $1,100 Macedonian Senior Citizens Group – SV Nikola Mirlikiski $1,300 Polish Senior Citizens Centre Ardeer $2,000 Mill Park Senior Citizens Club $1,100 San Gaetan Society $2,000 Macedonian Senior Citizens Group of Altona Meadows, Polish Senior Citizens Club – Geelong $3,100 Laverton and Point Cook $1,100 Monash Greek Macedonian Elderly Citizens Club $1,500 Polish Senior Citizens Club ‘Astry’ – St Kilda $2,000 Savoy Ladies Recreation $1,300 Macedonian Senior Citizens Group of Altona North $1,100 Monash Korean Senior Citizens Club $1,100 Polish Senior Citizens Club Footscray $2,200 SCATS Sri Lankan Elders Welfare Association $1,100 Macedonian Senior Citizens Group of Ardeer $1,200 Monte Lauro Social Club (Buccheri) Ltd $1,100 Polish Senior Citizens Club in Albion $1,300 Senior Citizens Club Of Thomastown Lalor and Epping $1,300 Macedonian Senior Citizens Group of Avondale Heights, East Keilor, Montemurro Social Club ‘San Rocco’ $1,300 Polish Senior Citizens Club in Rowville $2,200 Senior Citizens Group of Heatherton $1,500 Moonee Valley and Districts $1,100 Moreland Italian Women’s Group $1,100 Polish Senior Citizens Club Melbourne $1,100 Senior Citizens Group of the Greek Orthodox Parish Macedonian Senior Citizens’ Group of Doncaster & Templestowe $2,200 of St Paraskeve St Albans $1,300 Moreland Maltese Elderly Citizens’ Association $1,500 Polish Senior Citizens Club Morwell $1,300 Macedonian Senior Citizens Group of Hobsons Bay $2,000 Senior Citizen’s Group of the Greek Orthodox Parish of the Moreland Maltese Pensioners Group $750 Polish Senior Citizens Club of Altona $1,300 Holy Monastery of the Virgin “Axion Estin” Northcote $1,100 Macedonian Senior Citizens Group of Kingspark $1,100 Moreland Multicultural Social Support Group $1,100 Polish Senior Citizens Club of Caulfield $1,500 Senior Citizens Melbourne Croatia $2,000 Macedonian Senior Citizens Group of Monash $2,200 Mornington Dutch Australian Senior Club $1,800 Polish Senior Citizens Club of Collingwood $1,100 Senior Citizens of the Greek Community of Forest Hill $1,500 Macedonian Senior Citizens Group of the City Greater Dandenong St Dimitrija $1,300 Multi Ethnic Senior Citizens Group Preston $900 Polish Senior Citizens Club of Doncaster $1,100 Senior Multicultural Skills Exchange Group for Women $1,100 Macedonian Senior Citizens Group of the City of Darebin Pelister $1,300 Multicultural Senior Citizens Group of Whittlesea $1,300 Polish Senior Citizens Club of Frankston $900 Senior Polish Friendship Club $1,100 Macedonian Senior Citizens Group Zlatna Sonce of Footscray $900 Multicultural Womens Group Shepparton $1,100 Polish Senior Citizens Club of Moorabbin $1,100 Senior Slavic Women’s Group Springvale $900

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Seniors Club of Christ the Lord Slovak Lutheran Congregation $2,000 Turkish Cypriot Elderly Women’s Association $1,300 Al Amen Iraqi Association $10,000 St Nicholas Antiochian Orthodox Church Seniors Group $5,000 Serbian Pensioner Club “King Peter” $1,100 Ukrainian Pensioners Club Geelong $1,100 Al-Sajad Association $11,000 Tatura Italian Social Club $5,000 Shepparton Italian Women’s Group $900 Ukrainian Senior Citizens Centre Ardeer $1,100 Association of Ukrainians in Victoria – Geelong Branch $5,000 The Alawi Islamic Social Centre $10,000 South American Senior Citizens Club of Frankston and Peninsula $1,100 Ukrainian Senior Citizens Club in Melbourne $2,600 Australia (Nur) The Light Foundation $10,000 The Australian Greek Orthodox Community of Moreland $2,000 South Eastern Yugoslav Pensioner Group Springvale and Dandenong $1,300 Ukrainian Social Club $1,100 Australia Ceylon Fellowship $5,000 The Federation of Chinese Associations (Vic) $5,000 South Melbourne Greek Womens Club ‘Olympia’ $1,100 Union of Christians from Constantinople $2,000 Australian Croatian Social Club The Great Stupa of Universal Compassion $4,000 Mornington Peninsula Rye $3,000 South Yarra Greek Senior Citizens “Kontandinos and Eleni” $1,600 Unione Nazionale Sottufficiali Italiani in Congedo $1,100 The Olympian Society $3,000 Australian Irish Welfare Bureau $2,500 Spanish Association of Geelong $1,500 United Filipino Elderly Group $1,100 Vietnamese Community in Australia – Vic Chapter (VCA) $15,000 Australian Turkish Cultural Association $12,500 Spanish Speaking Elderly Group of North Melbourne $900 United Slavic Pensioner Group Footscray $1,100 Westvale Olympic Soccer Club $2,500 Australian Western Thrace Turkish Association of Victoria $15,000 Spanish Speaking Pensioners and Senior Citizens Club of Werribee $900 Uruguayan Social Club of Melbourne, Senior Citizen Sub-Committee $1,100 Williamstown Italian Social Club $8,000 Ballarat Italian Association $1,000 Spanish Speaking Senior Citizens of Broadmeadows and Districts $1,100 Victorian Association of World War II Veterans from Former Soviet Union $2,900 Yugoslav Australian Youth Folk Ansamble Vojvodina $10,000 Beth Weizmann Community Centre $7,000 Spinete Social Club $1,300 Victorian Assyrian Community $2,000 Yugoslav-Australian Workers Centre ‘Brotherhood Unity’ $2,000 Bosnia Herzegovina Centre of Springvale $10,000 Spotswood Multicultural Older Group $1,100 Victorian Greek/Australian Elderly Citizens Group $1,300 TOTAL number of grants 56 Buddhist Vihara Victoria $8,000 Springvale Indo-Chinese Elderly Citizens’ Association $2,200 Vietnamese Chinese Elderly Association in the West $4,000 TOTAL $370,000 Burgher Association (Australia) $4,000 Springvale Italian Senior Citizens Club $1,500 Vietnamese Elderly Community Collingwood $1,100 Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate Archangel Mikhail & St Anthony Church $6,000 Springvale Senior Citizens Multicultural Club $1,100 Vizzini Social Club $2,200 Waverley Chinese Senior Citizens Club $4,000 Greek Community of Northcote, City of Darebin & Districts $3,500 St Christophers Italian Pensioners Club $900 Welcome Womens Group $1,300 Greek Orthodox Community of Clayton Ltd $10,000 St Eleftherios Greek Elderly and Invalid Pensioners Group $1,500 Werribee Dutch Seniors Club $1,100 Greek Orthodox Community of Dandenong & Districts $5,000 St Francis Filipino Senior Citizens Club of Whittlesea $1,100 Werribee Friendship Club $2,200 Greek Orthodox Community of Hobsons Bay $10,000 St Georges Antiochian Orthodox Church Association $2,200 Werribee Macedonian Senior Citizens Club $1,100 Greek Orthodox Community of Mildura & District $10,000 St Joseph’s Committee $1,500 West Sunshine Multicultural Senior Citizens Centre $3,000 Greek Orthodox Parish of “St Raphael” Bentleigh, St Kilda Greek Senior Citizens Group $1,100 Senior Citizens’ Group $12,000 Western Region Maltese Women’s Group $1,500 St Kilda Mauritian Social Club $1,100 Greek Orthodox Parish of “St Vasilios”, Brunswick $5,000 Western Suburbs Social Soccer Club $1,800 St Olivers Italian Senior Citizens Club $1,100 Greek Orthodox Parish of “The Presentation of Our Lord” Whitehorse Older Persons Action Group $2,200 Coburg, Greek School $10,000 St Paul’s South Eastern Suburbs Association $1,100 Whittlesea Maltese Senior Citizens Club $2,000 Hellenic Association of Mornington Peninsula Aged Citizens Club $3,000 Stonnington Chinese Association $3,500 Whittlesea Northern Cyprus Turkish Women’s Group $1,300 Hellenic Community of the City of Moorabbin (Kingston) Stonnington Greek Senior Citizens Association ‘The Friendship Club’ $1,500 & Districts Ltd $10,000 Whittlesea Turkish Elderly and Pensioners Association $2,000 Stonnington Italian Senior Citizens Club $1,300 Hungarian Scout Group 54-63 Co-operative Ltd $2,000 Whittlesea Turkish Women’s Association $2,000 Strathmore Heights Greek Senior Citizens Club $650 Imam Ali Islamic Centre $10,000 Williamstown Italian Social Club $1,300 Suez Basketball Senior Social Club Association of Victoria $2,200 Kurdish Association of Victoria $7,000 Wonthaggi Italian Senior Citizens Club $1,500 Sunshine-St Albans Indo-Chinese Elderly Group $2,400 Kyabram Italian Social Bocce Club $3,000 TOTAL number of grants 595 Tamil Senior Citizens Fellowship $2,200 Maltese Association Hobsons Bay $5,000 TOTAL $925,500 Tamil Seniors Social Club $900 Melbourne Murugan Cultural Centre $5,000 Tamil Women’s Support Group $900 Muslim Women’s Council of Victoria $6,000 Tatura Italian Social Club $1,500 National Council of Jewish Women of Australia $10,000 Tatura Italian Women’s Group $900 New United Villages of Florina $5,000 Tatura Italo Australian & Friends $1,300 Palesviaki Enosis of Melbourne and Victoria $3,000 The Argos District Australian Greek Senior Citizens Club of Kastoria $1,300 Philanthropic Society of Kaloneri Siatista $3,000 The Greek Nazarene Senior Citizens Club $1,100 Polish Association of Ballarat $3,500 The Italian Pension Club of Kingston $1,500 RSL (Victorian Branch) Hellenic Sub Branch $7,500 The Spanish Speaking Friendship Club of Springvale $1,300 Serbian Cultural Centre ‘Nikola Tesla’ Republic of Serbian Krajina $5,000 The Western Suburbs Greek Elderly Citizens Club $1,300 Shri Sanatan Dharam Society of Victoria $3,000 Thomastown East Greek Senior Citizens Club $1,500 Singh Sabha Sports Club $12,000 Thomastown East Italian Senior Citizens Club $1,500 St Joseph the Worker Parish $10,000 Thornbury Greek Senior Citizens Club $1,800 St Nicholas Antiochian Orthodox Church $10,000

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Afghan Australian Philanthropic Association $2,000 Melbourne Chinese Secondary and Primary School Association $1,000 Action on Disability Within Ethnic Communities (ADEC) $2,400 AVA Boroondara Senior Citizens Group $1,000 Al Amen Iraqi Association $2,000 Multicultural Sudanese Centre $2,000 Afghan Australia Community Social Sports Club $500 Baha’i Council For Victoria $600 Albanian Community School $800 Omiros College $1,800 Afghan Australian Association of Victoria $700 Ballarat Regional Multicultural Council $1,000 Al-Sajad Association $4,500 Polish Community Council of Victoria $9,000 African Australian Sport Association $1,000 Banda Musicale Italiana “Venzo Bellini” $500 Arabic Culture School $800 Protypo Education Centre $3,000 African Music and Film Festival $1,500 Bangla Sahitya Sansad $1,100 Australian Assyrian Arts & Literature Foundation $6,000 Relief Association of South Sudan (Victoria) $2,500 Agelidis Foundation $500 Bangladesh Cultural Group $1,000 Australian Croatian Women Association “Katarina Zrinski” $1,500 Richmond Vietnamese Language School $800 Aid Lubnan $10,458 Bangladesh Samity $700 Australian Federation of Ethnic Schools Associations (AFESA) $5,000 Society for Asian Languages & Arts $1,000 Al Sadeq Education and Charity Association $1,000 Beechworth Chinese Cultural Centre and Gardens $2,000 Australian Hellenic Educational Progressive Association (AHEPA) $1,800 Spanish Language, Heritage and Community School Alevi Community Council of Australia $1,800 Beit Jala Palestinian Association $2,000 ‘Jose Gervasio Artigas’ $2,000 Australian Kurdish Community $2,500 All Mesopotamian Christians Association $600 Belgium Avenue Neighbourhood House $600 St Anthony’s Greek School $800 Australian Romanian Community Welfare Health & Services Anatolian Cultural Centre $500 Bendigo Australia Indonesia Klub $500 Association of Victoria $1,000 Standard Chinese Language School $1,200 Anglesea Primary School $1,600 Bendigo Festival of Cultures $2,000 Australian Turkish Educational and Cultural Foundation (Austurk) $2,500 Standard Chinese Language School $1,200 Ararat Golden Gateway Festival Committee $2,000 Bendigo Filipino Australian Association $500 Bayswater-Boronia Templer School $2,000 Sunraysia Contemporary Alevi Cultural Centre $2,000 Artesur of Victoria $1,600 Bendigo Regional Ethnic Communities Council (BRECC) $3,000 Bengali Language and Culture School $4,000 Taiwanese School of Melbourne $1,800 Asian Television Australia Association $1,000 Bengali Association of Victoria $2,000 Bharathi Academy $1,500 Temple Society German Language School Bentleigh-Moorabbin $1,000 Association of Former Inmates of Nazi Concentration Camps Bengali Language and Culture School $500 Cambodian Chinese Friendship Association of Victoria $1,000 The German Saturday School $1,700 and Ghettos from the Former Soviet Union $500 Bengali Puja & Cultural Society of Vic $500 Chabad Institutions of Australia $2,000 The Pushkin Lyceum $8,500 Association of Greek Elderly Citizen Clubs of Melbourne & Victoria $2,200 B’nai B’rith Shalom Unit Arts Committee $800 Chinese Association of Geelong $1,000 The Thai Language School of Melbourne $800 Association of Sri Lankan Muslims in Australia $1,000 Bosnian Teacher’s Association $1,600 Chinese Association of Victoria Ethnic School $1,200 The United Vietnamese Buddhist Congregation of South Association of the Liberian Community of Australia (ALCA Victoria) $1,000 Eastern Melbourne $2,000 Braybrook & Maidstone Neighbourhood Association $1,000 Chinese Culture and Art School of Melbourne $1,200 Association of Ukrainians in Victoria $1,800 THE-HE Vietnamese Language Centre $800 Brimbank City Council $2,500 Dandenong Parish School, Russian Orthodox Church (Abroad) $1,500 Associazione Pensionate Laziali di Monash $500 Tigrian Community Association in Victoria $1,500 Buddhist Council of Victoria $5,000 Eastern Districts Polish Association (Melbourne) $1,500 Aust-China Writer’s Association $500 Topogether Language Learning Centre $1,400 Burgher Association (Australia) $1,400 Eastern Karen Community Association $2,000 Australia Ceylon Fellowship $1,000 Truong Vinh Ky Vietnamese Language School $800 Cambodian Buddhist Association of Victoria $2,500 Eritrean Community in Australia $2,500 Australia China Friendship Society Victoria Branch $900 Ukrainian Community School Geelong $600 Celebrate India $10,000 Geelong Sudanese Association $2,000 Australia Israel Cultural Exchange (AICE) Ltd $1,500 Vedanta Society of Australia $800 Celtic Nations $1,800 Greek Orthodox Community of Melbourne and Victoria $5,000 Australian Arabic Council $1,000 Victorian Tamil Cultural Association $800 Centre for Philippine Concerns – Australia $500 Greek Orthodox Community of St Albans Aghia Paraskevi $800 Australian Bosnian Islamic Centre Deer Park $600 Vietnamese Ethnic School of Broadmeadows $700 Centre of Greek Ex-Servicemens Elderly Citizens Club of Darebin Greek Orthodox Community School of Mentone “Taxiarches” $2,000 Australian Burundian Community in Victoria $1,000 and District $900 Voice of Samoa for Today and Tomorrow $2,000 Greek Orthodox Parish of “St Nektarios” Fawkner, Greek School $800 Australian Chollo Community $500 Chabad House of Malvern/Toorak $500 Werribee Language School $2,000 Greek Orthodox Parish of “The Holy Cross” Box Hill and Districts $2,200 Australian Dance Council – Ausdance Vic $3,000 Chabad Institutions of Australia $1,000 Western Victoria Sri-Lankan Buddhist Association $1,600 Greek Orthodox Parish of “The Presentation of Our Lord” Australian Gay Multicultural Council (AGMC) $1,000 Cheltenham Secondary College $500 Coburg, Greek School $800 Xin Jin Shan Chinese Language and Culture School $1,200 Australian Indian Innovations $10,000 Children’s Protection Society $500 Greek Orthodox Parish of “The Three Hierarchs” Clayton, Greek School $800 TOTAL number of grants 76 Australian Intercultural Society $2,000 Chilean Club of Victoria $600 Greek School of the Greek Orthodox Parish of St Catherines TOTAL $141,600 East Malvern $800 Australian International Food and Culture Association $500 Chilean Craft and Arts “La Ruca” $500 Hamerkaz Shelanu $800 Australian Karen Organisation $500 Chinese Arts Festival $1,000 Healthy Tourism Senior Citizens Club ‘Vigor’ $1,000 Australian Lebanese Historical Society of Victoria $500 Chinese Association of Geelong $1,000 Hellenic Lyceum Lepidas “Ellas” $2,000 Australian Macedonian Folk Dancing Association “Goce Delcev” $600 Chinese Beijing Opera Club of Melbourne $1,200 Holy Eucharist Parish St Albans South $800 Australian Nadur Association $500 Chinese Poets & Authors Society of Victoria $1,500 Islamic Association of Australia $600 Australian Polish Community Services $1,600 Chinese Xinjiang Senior Citizens Association $500 Jieng School of Language and Literacy $2,000 Australian Punjabi Association Melbourne $1,000 Chinmaya Mission Charitable Operating Trust $2,500 Korean Language School of Melbourne $1,000 Australian Somali Society $2,500 Chios Brotherhood Korais of Melbourne and Victoria Ltd $500 Korean Language School of Melbourne $1,000 Australian Somali Youth Association $600 Circolo Pensionati Italiani Di Mildura and Sunraysia $1,000 Lac Hong Vietnamese School $2,000 Australian Turkish Cultural Platform (ATCP) $7,500 Circolo Pensionati Italiani di St Mary Magdlen Chadstone $500 Lac Viet Vietnamese Language School $1,500 Australian Turkish Cypriot Cultural and Welfare Association $1,500 City of Boroondara $500 Maltese Community of Shepparton and District $2,000 Australian Turkish University Students Association $750 City of Darebin $500

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City of Kingston $5,000 Geelong Scottish Dance $1,800 Japanese for Peace (JFP) $500 New United Villages of Florina $2,500 City of Port Phillip $1,200 Geelong Sudanese Association $800 Jat Jagat $500 Newport Islamic Society $800 City of Stonnington $1,000 Ghana Association of Victoria $1,500 Jewish Community Council of Victoria $2,000 North Eastern Melbourne Chinese Association (NEMCA) $300 Club Tivoli Deutscher Verein Melbourne $1,000 Golden Dragon Museum $1,000 Jewish Cultural Centre & National Library Kadimah $1,000 North Geelong Secondary College $500 Committee for Common Celebrations of Greek & Australian Gorgeous Voices Festival $2,000 Jewish Holocaust Centre $1,000 North Melbourne Primary School $500 National Days $2,000 Goulburn Valley Polish Association $320 Jewish Museum of Australia $800 North Richmond Community Health Centre $25,000 Community Radio Federation (Community Radio 3CR) $1,000 Greater Shepparton City Council $3,000 Klabb Ghannejja Maltin $500 North Richmond Elderly Chinese Friendship Association Melbourne $500 Confederazione Fanti D’Italia – ANSI – Cavalieri Della Patria $1,000 Greek & Cypriot Social Welfare Centre $700 Kurdish Association of Victoria $1,000 North West Elderly Chinese Social Support Group $500 Continuing Education Centre (Albury Wodonga) Ltd $600 Greek & Cypriot Social Welfare Centre $1,000 Lakhanda Media Centre $800 Northern Metropolitan Multicultural Seniors Club Network $500 Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate Archangel Mikhail & St Anthony Church $500 Greek Australian Recreational & Instructive League of Vic $2,000 Lao Australian Society $500 Pallaconian Brotherhood of Melbourne and Victoria Leonidas $1,600 Costas Tsicaderis Foundation $5,000 Greek Cyprian Senior Citizens of Glen Eira $1,500 Latin American Multicultural Association $1,000 Panvictorian-Panelladic Associations of Friends of Peace $1,000 Cyprus Community of Melbourne & Victoria $6,000 Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia Parish of Coburg Liech Nuer Community Association $500 Papua New Guinea Australia Association $1,000 Cyprus Greek Orthodox Community of “Apostolos Andreas” Sunshine $1,000 and Pascoe Vale $1,800 Lithuanian Geelong Community $700 Pascale Tarantella Dance Group $500 Dandenong Turkish Islamic and Cultural Society $500 Greek Orthodox Community of Broadmeadows and Districts $1,000 Logomua Fono Samoa $1,000 Phat Quang Temple $1,000 Dandenong Youth Services – City of Greater Dandenong $1,000 Greek Orthodox Community of Clayton Ltd $1,800 Louise Multicultural Community Centre $500 Polish Community Council of Victoria $2,000 Disability Opportunities Victoria $500 Greek Orthodox Community of Frankston and Peninsula $1,000 Macedonian Community Council of Melbourne and Victoria $2,500 Polish Senior Citizens Club of Caulfield $300 Diversitat $2,500 Greek Orthodox Community of Wangaratta and District $500 Macedonian Orthodox Community of Melbourne & Victoria PTOLEMEI Association of Greek Senior Citizens From Egypt Don Bosco Brunswick Youth Foundation $800 Greek Seniors 60 Walker Close $1,500 Elderly Citizens Group $800 & Middle East $500 Eastern Districts Polish Association (Melbourne) $500 Greek Women’s Club of Maribyrnong $2,000 Macedonian Senior Citizens Group Zlatna Sonce of Footscray $600 Rabat Malta Senior Citizens Association $500 Eelam Tamil Association Victoria $1,200 Hamazkaine Armenian Educational and Cultural Society Macedonian Women’s Senior Citizens Group of Avondale Heights, Rajasthani Kutumb of Victoria $500 Eritrean Community in Australia $5,000 (Gomidas Chapter) $800 Moonee Valley & Districts $500 Researchers for Asylum Seekers $1,000 Eritrean National Communities Council $2,700 Hamerkaz Shelanu $1,000 Maharashtra Mandal Victoria $500 Reskeon Maltese Assoc & Reskeon Seniors Group $800 Eritrean Women’s Association of Victoria $2,000 Harmony Foundation Victoria $1,000 Maltese Community Council of Victoria $1,000 Rethimnian Association of Melbourne $1,500 Ethiopian Community Association in Victoria $6,500 Hellenic Orthodox Community of Geelong $2,500 Manningham City Council Gallery $1,500 Ringwood Highland Games $1,000 Ethnic Council of Shepparton and District $3,000 Hindu Foundation $1,000 Melbourne Chin Community $600 RMIT University (Australian-Greek Resource and Learning Centre) $1,500 Federation of Indian Associations of Victoria $4,500 Hispanic Latin American Festival & Cultural Association $10,000 Melbourne Hebrew Congregation $500 Rotary Club of Mooroopna $2,000 Federation of Indian Women’s Association of Australia (FIWAA) $800 Hispano-American Co-operative for Family Support (COHAF) $500 Melbourne Murugan Cultural Centre $500 Russian Cultural and TV Association “Sputnik” $2,000 Federation of Indo-China Ethnic Chinese of Australia $500 Hogar Espanol De Victoria $5,000 Melbourne South Eastern Region Chinese Friendship Centre of Victoria $1,000 Russian Ethnic Representative Council of Victoria $2,000 Federation of Taivgetos of Laconia $700 Hope Connection $1,000 Merhamet Muslim Welfare Association $500 Russian House Cultural Advancement Society $600 Festival Indonesia $5,000 Howra Women’s Association $500 Merlion Club $1,000 Salvadorean Community Council of Victoria $1,500 Fiesta Mexico Community Group $1,000 Hungarian Senior Citizens Club of Greater Dandenong $500 Mexican Social and Cultural Association of Victoria $2,000 Samoan Advisory Council of Victoria $1,000 Fiji Social and Cultural Organisations of Victoria Australia (FSCOVA) $500 Immigrant Women’s Domestic Violence Services $2,000 Migrant Resource Centre North West Region $1,000 San Donato Association $1,000 Filipino Australian Association of Ballarat $900 Indian Senior Citizens Association of Victoria $1,000 Monash University International Students Service $800 San Gaetan Society $500 Filipino Australian Friendship Association of Geelong $1,500 Indian Subcontinent Cultural and Community Welfare Association $500 Montemurro Social Club ‘San Rocco’ $500 Scots of Victoria Coordinating Group $1,000 Filipino Australian Senior Citizens Advisory Council in Australia $800 Indian Subcontinental Cultural Association of North Eastern Region $500 Mooroopna Educaton and Activity Centre $500 Scottish Clans and Associations Council $1,000 Filipino Australian Senior Citizens of Victoria (FASCOV) $1,600 Indo-China Ethnic Chinese Association of Victoria $500 Moreland Turkish Educational and Social Affairs Centre $1,500 Selimiye Youth Support & Recreation $500 Finnish Society of Melbourne $700 Indonesian Club Melbourne $1,000 Multicultural Arts Victoria $2,500 Serbian Welfare Association of Victoria $2,000 Fitzroy Chinese Residents Association $500 Institute for Judaism and Civilisation $1,000 Museum of Chinese Australian History $1,000 Serendib News $3,000 Fitzroy Learning Network $500 Iranian Society of Victoria $1,000 Muslim Women’s Council of Victoria $1,000 Shalom Association $1,300 Football Federation Victoria $1,000 Irymple South Primary School $800 Myrtleford Savoy Sporting Club $1,000 Somali Community $1,000 Footscray Youth Housing Group $500 Islamic Association of Australia $1,000 N’Adezhda Russian Senior Citizens Club $1,000 Somali Inter-Riverine Community Development Association $500 Frankston City Council $1,000 Islamic Society of Victoria $1,500 National Ethnic & Multicultural Broadcasters’ Council $10,000 Somali Support and Development Association $500 Fronditha Care $1,000 Italian Australians Social Club $700 Nauru Community Australia $1,500 Somaliland Community Association of Australia $500 Galini Greek Elderly Association of Port Melbourne $800 Italian Catholic Federation Morwell $700 Nepalese Association of Victoria $1,000 Sortino Social Club $1,000 Geelong Dutch Clubs $1,500 Italian Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Australia – Melbourne $2,000 NESB Links $1,000 South Sudan Development Agency (SSUDA) $2,000 Geelong Indian Association $800 Italian Social Club Altona $400 New Hope Migrant and Refugee Centre $2,500 South Sudan Equatorian Association 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South Sudanese Community Association of Australia $1,500 United Somali Organisation in Australia $1,000 Advance Morwell $1,000 Australian International Food and Culture Association $500 Spanish Association of Geelong $500 Unity in Diversity $1,000 Afghan Australian Association of Victoria $700 Australian Iraqi Forum $2,000 Springvale Indochinese Mutual Assistance Association $1,000 Universal Chinese and Friends Association $600 Afghan Australian Association of Werribee $700 Australian Irish Welfare Bureau $1,600 Springvale Neighbourhood House $2,000 Vedanta Society of Australia $1,400 Afghan Australian Philanthropic Association $2,500 Australian Kurdish Community $2,500 St Andrews Luqa Social Club $500 Victoria Fiji Association $800 Afghan Australian Volunteers Association $800 Australian Lebanese Welfare $2,000 St Eleftherios Greek Elderly and Invalid Pensioners Group $800 Victoria Police Soccer Club $3,500 African Australian Sport Association $1,500 Australian Macedonian Folk Dancing Association “Goce Delcev” $800 St John of Kronstadt Russian Welfare Society $3,500 Victorian Arabic Artists Association $500 Al Amen Iraqi Association $1,000 Australian Macedonian Pensioner Group Reservoir $300 St Mary’s Parish Bairnsdale-Omeo $700 Victorian Council of Churches $6,000 Al Sadeq Education and Charity Association $500 Australian Macedonian Tetovo Association ‘Shar-Planina’ $500 Stella Maris Maltese Association $700 Victorian Eritrean Community Association $5,000 Alay Kapwa (We Care) Association $600 Australian Multicultural Foundation $2,500 Stonnington Chinese Association $500 Victorian Greek/Australian Elderly Citizens Group $500 Albanian Moslem Society (Shepparton) $1,000 Australian Nuer Community Association $1,000 Sudanese Community Association of Australia $1,500 Victorian Immigrant and Refugee Women’s Coalition (VIRWC) $2,500 Albert Park Primary School $800 Australian Punjabi Association Melbourne $1,000 Sudanese Women of the West $700 Victorian Scottish Union $1,000 Albion North Primary School $800 Australian Turkish Cultural Platform (ATCP) $2,500 Sunshine Polish Charity Association $500 Victorian Sikh Association $2,200 Albury-Wodonga Volunteer Resource Bureau $1,200 Australian Turkish Cypriot Cultural and Welfare Association $1,500 Tamil Australian Friendship Society $1,500 Victorian Transcultural Psychiatry Unit $2,000 Al-Sajad Association $1,000 Australian Turkish Institute $2,000 Tamil News Ltd $1,200 Vietnamese Community in Australia – Vic Chapter (VCA) $10,000 Am Echad Federation of Jews from Former Soviet Union $800 Australian Ukrainian Senior Citizens Fellowship “Golden Age” $400 Tamil Society of Melbourne $2,300 Vietnamese Welfare Resource Centre – Jesuit Social Services $500 Anatolian Cultural Centre $800 Australian Vietnamese Community Action Network $800 Wakakirri Association $600 Tamil Women’s Support Group $500 Anglesea Primary School $800 Australian Western Thrace Turkish Association of Victoria $1,000 Welsh Society of Geelong $500 Tatura Italo Australian & Friends $900 Antipodes International $10,000 Australia-Shanghai General Chamber of Commerce $1,000 Wesley College $700 Te Roopu Ataawhai $1,000 Anzano Di Puglia Social Club Ltd $800 AVA Boroondara Senior Citizens Group $800 Whittlesea Community Connections $500 Telugu Association of Australia $500 Arabic Elderly Pensioners Group $400 Avondale Heights and East Keilor Residents Association $1,500 Wings of Care (Kanfei Chesed) $500 Temple Beth Israel $1,000 Ararat Rural City Council $2,000 Avondale Heights Greek Pensioners and Elderly Citizens Club $300 Xaghra Association of Australia $500 The Basque Society $400 Archangel Michael Senior Social Club of Oakleigh $800 Baha’i Council For Victoria $800 Yugoslav-Australian Workers Centre ‘Brotherhood Unity’ $700 The Democratic Republic of Congo Community Association ArciLesbica Australia $800 Ballarat Regional Multicultural Council $2,000 of Victoria (DRCCAV) $2,500 Zvonimir Folkloric Group $700 Ariston - The Progressive Centre for the Greek Language and Culture $400 Bangla Sahitya Sansad $600 The Elwood Dutch Playgroup $500 TOTAL NUMBER OF GRANTS 357 Armenian Mesrob Mashdotz School $1,000 Bangladesh Cultural Group $600 The Great Stupa of Universal Compassion $500 TOTAL $509,628 Armenian Relief Society Nayiri Chapter $1,000 Bangladesh Samity $700 The Greek Choir of the Cultural and Educational Club of Florinians $800 Art Is .. Festival $700 Banyule City Council $1,200 The Gujarati Association of Victoria $3,000 Artesur of Victoria $1,800 Baptist Union of Victoria – Multicultural Group $1,000 The Jewish Film Foundation of Australia $2,500 Associated Netherlands Societies in Victoria $5,000 Bayside City Council $1,000 The Justice Project $6,000 Association of Filipino Australians in Gippsland $1,000 Bayside Secondary College (Altona North Campus) $1,000 The Korean Society of Victoria Australia $3,000 Association of the Alliance Francaise of Victoria $1,000 Bayswater West Primary School $800 The Melbourne Chinese Choir $1,000 Association of Ukrainians in Victoria $600 Bayswater-Boronia Templer School $650 The Melbourne Comhaltas (Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann Melbourne Branch) $500 Association of Ukrainians in Victoria – St Albans $800 ‘Bea Cantare’ Choir $600 The Samoan Community Link of Victoria $500 Associazione Figli D’Italia $700 Beechworth Chinese Cultural Centre and Gardens $1,000 The Society of Friends (Victoria) of the National Centre Associazione Nazionale Bersaglieri D’italia (Sezione di Melbourne) Vic $500 Belgium Avenue Neighbourhood House $1,000 for Hellenic Studies and Research – La Trobe University $1,000 Asylum Seeker Resource Centre $2,000 Bell Park North Primary School $800 The Sri Lankan Study Centre for the Advancement of Technology and Social Welfare (SCATS) $600 Auburn South Primary School $800 Bendigo Regional Ethnic Communities Council (BRECC) $3,000 The Victorian Chin Community Association $500 Australasia Coptic Society $1,000 Bendigo Student Association – La Trobe Univeristy $500 Thessaloniki Association “The White Tower” $5,000 Australia Ceylon Fellowship $1,000 Bengali Association of Victoria $1,000 Tigrian Community Association in Victoria $1,600 Australia China Friendship Society Victoria Branch $900 Bengali Language and Culture School $700 Timorese Association in Victoria $800 Australian Assyrian Arts & Literature Foundation $800 Bethany Catholic School $800 Turkish Festival $2,000 Australian Assyrian Arts & Literature Foundation $3,000 Bhar-El-Ghazal Community Development $1,000 Ukrainian Arts and Culture $1,300 Australian Bosniak Association $1,000 B’nai B’rith Anti-Defamation Commission $2,000 Ukrainian Social Club $600 Australian Greek Ex-Servicemen’s Association $600 Boolarra Folk Festival Committee $1,000 United Nations Association of Australia (Victorian Division) $6,000 Australian Intercultural Society $3,350 Boroondara Chinese Senior Citizens Association $1,000

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Bosnian and Herzegovinian Elderly Citizens Club $500 City of Yarra $2,000 Ethnic Public Broadcasting Association of Victoria (3ZZZFM) $1,200 Greek Elderly Citizens Club of Moonee Valley $300 Bosnian Artists Group $1,000 Coburg West Primary School $800 Federation of Indian Associations of Victoria $1,500 Greek Elderly Citizens Club of Moreland $300 Bosnian Choir ‘Behar’ $600 Collingwood Greek Senior Citizen Club $300 Federation of Indian Women’s Association of Australia (FIWAA) $1,000 Greek Federal Organisation of Ex-Servicemen’s Reserve of Greece in Australia $600 Bosnian Teacher’s Association $600 Committee for Common Celebrations of Greek & Australian Federation of Macedonian Cultural Artistic Associations of Victoria $1,000 National Days $1,500 Greek Federal Organisation of Ex-Servicemen’s Reserve of Greece Braybrook College $1,000 Federation of Macedonian Senior Citizens Groups of the Northern in Australia $600 Common Ground Productions Pty Ltd $1,000 Region of Victoria $1,000 Brimbank City Council $1,800 Greek National Resistance Fighters League of Melbourne & Victoria $500 Community Connections (Victoria) Ltd $1,200 Federation of Taivgetos of Laconia $400 Broadmeadows Special Development School $800 Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Aust Holy Monastery Axion Estin $1,000 Community of Cypriots of the Northern Suburbs of Melbourne Federation Panepirotic Union of Melbourne and Victoria $1,400 Brunswick East Primary School $800 Women’s Group $1,000 Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia $6,000 Fiji Indian Senior Citizens Association $820 Buddha’s Light International Association of Victoria $1,500 Confederazione Fanti D’Italia – ANSI – Cavalieri Della Patria $700 Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia Consolidated Trust Parish Fiji Islamic & Cultural Society of Victoria $1,000 of St Johns North Carlton $800 Buddhist Council of Victoria $1,500 Coomoora Secondary College $1,000 Fiji Sangam Association of Victoria $1,800 Buddhist Society of Victoria (BSV) $1,500 Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia Parish of Coburg and Coptic Orthodox Church Diocese of Melbourne $1,500 Pascoe Vale $2,000 Fiji Senior Citizens Association (FSC) $800 Bunyip Primary School $800 Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate Archangel Mikhail & St Anthony Church $1,000 Greek Orthodox Community of Broadmeadows and Districts $1,200 Fiji Social and Cultural Organisations of Victoria Australia (FSCOVA) $1,000 Burgher Association (Australia) $1,500 Coral Park Primary School $800 Greek Orthodox Community of Gippsland, Elderly Citizens’ Group $600 Filipino Association of Wyndham $1,000 Cameroon Association of Australia $1,500 Corop Community Action Group $800 Greek Orthodox Community of Hobsons Bay $800 Filipino Australian Association of Ballarat $1,000 Camp Hill Primary School $800 Council of Slovenian Organisations of Victoria $1,000 Greek Orthodox Community of Lalor, Thomastown, Epping and Filipino Australian Senior Citizens of Victoria (FASCOV) $800 Campaspe Shire Council $1,000 Cowes Primary School $800 Districts, Women’s Group $800 Filipino Community of Sunraysia $1,000 Camperdown P-12 College $1,000 Cranbourne Primary School $800 Greek Orthodox Community of St Albans Aghia Paraskevi $800 Filipino Neigbourhood Association “Kapitbahayan” $400 Canto Coro $500 Croatian Senior Citizens Club of Altona $400 Greek Orthodox Community of Whittlesea $400 Finnish Friendly Visiting Service $800 Caritas Christi Hospice Limited $300 Croatian Senior Citizens Club Sunshine $300 Greek Orthodox Parish of Saints Methodios and Kyrillos, Preston $800 Finnish Society of Melbourne $700 Carlton Primary School $800 Cultural Historical Association of Rodriguans and Mauritians Greek Orthodox Parish of St Albans & Districts $1,200 in Victoria (CHARM) $2,000 Centre of Greek Ex-Servicemens Elderly Citizens Club of Darebin Fitzroy Chinese Residents Association $800 Greek Senior Citizens Club of Flemington & Kensington $400 and District $1,000 Cypriot Community of Eastern Suburbs-Elderly Citizens $600 Fitzroy Primary School $800 Greek Senior Citizens District of Richmond $300 CERES Environment Park $2,000 Cyprus Community of Melbourne & Victoria $7,500 Flemington Childcare Co-operative $220 Greek Senior Citizens of Southern Eastern Regions and Districts $300 Chabad Institutions of Australia $1,500 Dandenong Agricultural and Pastoral Society $1,000 Footscray Football Club Ltd trading as Western Bulldogs Greek Seniors & Pensioners Association Clayton & District $400 Chaldean Social Cultural & Welfare Association of Australia $1,200 SpiritWest Services $7,000 Dandenong and Endeavour Hills Club de Los Abuelos: Italo-Spanish $800 Greek Women’s Club of Maribyrnong $400 Chilean Craft and Arts “La Ruca” $1,000 Footscray Primary School $800 Dandenong Youth Services - City of Greater Dandenong $1,000 Greek Women’s Club of Northern Suburbs “Anemones” $500 Chinese Association of Victoria Ethnic School $800 Frankston Susono Friendship Association $700 Darebin Greek Women’s Senior Citizens Group $300 Greek Women’s Elderly Friendly Club Preston $300 Chinese Association of Victoria $1,000 Friends of Farm Vigano $800 Delegazione ANGET Australia Seat In Melbourne $500 Grupo Primavera Prahran Latin American Association $700 Chinese Culture School $400 Gasworks Arts Park $1,000 Diversitat $26,200 Halkidikeon Association Aristotle the Stageritian $1,000 Chinese Health Foundation of Australia (CHF) $500 Geelong Dutch 50 Plus Club $1,000 Don Valley Primary School $800 Hamazkaine Armenian Educational and Cultural Society Chinese Nurse Association Australia $400 Doncaster Primary School $800 Geelong Dutch Clubs $400 (Gomidas Chapter) $800 Chinese Professionals Club of Australia $800 DUSA-Deakin University Student Association $1,000 Geelong Highland Gathering Association $2,000 Hamerkaz Shelanu $2,000 Chinese Senior Citizen’s Club of Manningham $800 Dutch Australia Club (orp Limburger Kangaroos) $2,000 Geelong Irish Society $800 Hamilton Primary School $800 Chinese Singing and Dance Troup of Melbourne $500 Dutch Australian Social Club ‘The Rocket’ $1,000 Geelong Scottish Dance $600 Hampton Park Primary School $800 Chinese Women’s Association of Victoria $1,000 Dutch Orange Day $2,000 Gippsland Lakes Community Health $1,500 Hazara Australian Community Association of Victoria $1,000 Circolo Pensionati Italiani Di Footscray $300 Dutch Women’s Club of Geelong $1,000 Glen Eira Italian Pensioners & Senior Citizens Club $300 Healthy Tourism Senior Citizens Club ‘Vigor’ – Inner Metro South Russian After Hour Ethnic School $600 City of Boroondara $2,000 East Doncaster Secondary College $1,000 Glen Iris/Burwood Greek Seniors Citizens Club $500 Healthy Tourism Senior Citizens Club ‘Vigor’ $600 City of Greater Bendigo $1,200 Eastern and Central African Communities of Victoria $700 Glenmaggie Mechanics Institute $1,000 Heathmont East Primary School $800 City of Kingston $1,000 Eastern District Polish Association-Polish School of Rowville $1,000 Glenorchy Primary School $800 Hellenic Association of Mornington Peninsula Aged Citizens Club $400 City of Maribyrnong $2,000 Eelam Tamil Association Victoria $1,600 Goce Delcev Senior Citizens Association $300 Hellenic Australian Sports Foundation $2,000 City of Melbourne (Melbourne Moomba Waterfest) $1,500 Elderly Club of the Pallaconian Brotherhood of Melbourne and Victoria $1,000 Golden Dragon Museum $3,500 Hellenic Community of the City of Moorabbin (Kingston) City of Monash $2,500 Emerging Writers Festival $5,000 Golden Square Secondary College $800 & Districts Ltd $1,500 City of Port Phillip $3,700 Eppalock Primary School $800 Gordon Institute of Tafe $1,000 Hellenic Cup $1,000 City of Whitehorse $1,000 Eritrean Community in Australia $2,500 Goulburn Valley Polish Association $300 Hellenic Women’s Federation of Victoria $800 City of Whittlesea $2,500 Ethnic Discussion Club $400 Greek Cypriot Parent & Youth Club Western Suburbs of Melbourne $1,000 Hellenic Writers Association of Australia $500 City of Wodonga Council $800 Ethnic Nationalities Organization (ENO) Burma and North East India $1,000 Greek Elderly Citizens Club Northcote $600 Hellenic Youth Federation of Victoria $1,000

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Hepburn Springs Swiss Italian Festa $2,000 Knox Hungarian Senior Citizens Club $1,200 Maltese Cultural Association of Victoria $1,000 North Richmond Elderly Chinese Friendship Association Melbourne $800 Hera Greek Ladies Club $400 Knox Italian Community Club $500 Maltese La Valette Association $600 Northcote Australian Greek Society Care for the Aged $800 Highvale Secondary College $1,000 KUD Aleksandar Makedonski III Pri Crkvata Zlata Meglenska Maltese Pensioners Association $400 Northcote Macedonian Senior Citizens Club ‘Kajmakcalan’ $300 of Wyndham $500 Hindi Niketan $1,500 Manchester Primary School $800 Northern Metropolitan Multicultural Seniors Club Network $600 Kurdish Association of Victoria $2,000 Hindu Satsangh Mandal of Victoria $800 Mandama Primary School $800 Northside Christian College $500 Kyabram Secondary College $1,000 Hindu Society of Victoria $2,500 Manningham Arts Centre $1,000 Nuer Women’s Group $2,000 La Mirada $5,000 Hobsons Bay City Council $1,500 Maraslios Greek Academy of Melbourne $600 Old Orchard Primary School $800 Lakeside Secondary College $1,000 Holy Eucharist Primary School St Albans South $800 Meadow Heights Turkish Senior Pension Association $600 Operation Recreation T/as Bayside Festival $1,500 Lalor North Secondary College $1,000 Holy Name Primary School $800 Meadow Heights Turkish Women’s Association $600 Pacific Island Youth Alive $1,200 Lao Australian Society $1,000 Holy Saviour Primary School $800 Meadowbank Primary School $800 Paedia College $800 Latin American Camping and Reunion de Musicos Andinos in Australia $500 Horn of Africa Communities Network $1,500 Melbourne Ai-Yue Choir $600 Pakenham Consolidated School $1,200 Le Belle Arti $1,000 Horn of Africa Senior Women’s Program $600 Melbourne Anglican Benevolent Society $800 Palesviaki Enosis of Melbourne and Victoria $800 Le Page Primary School $800 Hrvatska Zora $1,000 Melbourne Bangla Theatre $500 Pallaconian Brotherhood of Melbourne and Victoria Leonidas $1,500 League of Maniates and Friends of Melbourne and Victoria “I Mani” $600 Hume City Council $2,000 Melbourne Chinese Secondary and Primary School Association $300 Panagia Kamariani Greek Senior Citizens Club $400 Lilydale West Primary School $800 Hungarian Senior Citizens Club of Greater Dandenong $400 Melbourne French Theatre $1,000 Pankoaki Brotherhood of Victoria “O Ippocrates” Association $1,000 Lions Club of Noble Park-Keysborough $1,000 India Australian Community Association $800 Melbourne Murugan Cultural Centre $1,900 Pantrifilian Association of Melbourne and Victoria $500 Loddon Shire Council $1,500 Indonesian Club Melbourne $1,500 Melbourne South Eastern Region Chinese Friendship Centre of Victoria (1) $600 Parklands Albury Wodonga – Bonegilla Migrant Experience $2,500 Lumumba Foundation $1,000 Institute for Kurdish Studies in Australia $1,000 Melbourne South Eastern Region Chinese Friendship Centre of Victoria (2) $600 Pascoe Vale Italian Community Bocce Club $600 Macedon Ranges Shire Council $1,000 International Women’s Group $500 Mentone Grammar School $1,000 Penders Grove Primary School $800 Macedonian Australian Cultural Youth Association ‘Tanec’ $1,000 Iranian Society of Victoria $2,000 Merlion Club $800 Pensioner Macedonian Womens Group of Brimbank $600 Macedonian Australian Senior Citizens Group “Ilinden” $300 Irymple Bocce Club $300 Migrant Information Centre (Eastern Melbourne) $1,000 People for Human Rights and Racial Equality $1,000 Macedonian Community Council of Melbourne and Victoria $500 Irymple Secondary College $1,000 Mildura Rural City Council $2,000 Phat Quang Temple $1,000 Macedonian Elderly Group of Keilor Downs $300 Islamic Association of Australia $1,200 Mildura Specialist School $800 Philanthropic Society Nomoy Kavalas Agios Silas $1,000 Macedonian Orthodox Community of Melbourne & Victoria Islamic Society of Victoria $2,000 Elderly Citizens Group $800 Mill Park Primary School $800 Philanthropikos Syllogos Velika Messinias Leykothea Melbourne Australia $400 Italian and Ethnic Senior Citizens Club of Flinders $300 Macedonian Orthodox Community of Melbourne & Victoria Monash Maltese Seniors Social Group $400 Philanthropikos Syllogos-Dimos Meligala Messinias O Profitis Elias $600 Italian Australian Sporting and Social Club of Gippsland $300 Elderly Citizens Group $500 Monash University (School of Philosophy and Bioethics) $1,500 Philipino Elderly Association South East Region Victoria $700 Italian Catholic Federation Morwell $700 Macedonian Pensioner Group “Uspeniena Presveta Bogorodica” Montemurro Social Club ‘San Rocco’ $500 Polish Association in Melbourne $800 Sydenham $400 Italian Elderly Citizens Club Noble Park $700 Moreland City Council $2,000 Polish Club “Forty Plus” $600 Macedonian Pensioners Association of Footscray $300 Italian Senior Citizens Club of Frankston $400 Mount Beauty Music Muster $1,200 Polish Community Association in Geelong $800 Macedonian Senior Citizen Group of Hillside $300 Italian Social Club Altona $400 Mount Eliza North Primary School $800 Polish Community Council of Victoria $2,200 Macedonian Senior Citizens Club of West Sunshine $700 Japan Club of Victoria $2,500 Mount Eliza Secondary College $1,000 Polish Senior Citizens Club ‘Astry’ – St Kilda $300 Macedonian Senior Citizens Group of Altona North $600 Japanese for Peace (JFP) $600 Multicultura Australia $50,000 Politistikos Sylogos Agias Paraskevis Lesvou of Melb & Vic $1,200 Macedonian Senior Citizens Group of Ardeer $400 Jat Jagat $500 Multicultural Arts Victoria $39,500 Pontian Association of Melbourne “Euxenos Pontos” $600 Macedonian Senior Citizens Group of Hobsons Bay $500 Jewish Cultural Centre & National Library Kadimah $1,500 Museum of Chinese Australian History $2,000 Pontian Community of Melbourne and Victoria $1,500 Macedonian Senior Citizens Group of Monash $400 John Pandazopoulos Hall Committee of Management $1,200 N’Adezhda Russian Senior Citizens Club $800 Port Fairy Community House $800 Macedonian Womens Pensioner Group of Keilor Downs $400 Kalakruthi $500 National Celtic Folk Festival $1,500 Preston Girls Secondary College $1,000 Macedonian Women’s Pensioners Association of Footscray $300 Kananook Creek Association $1,700 National Council of Jewish Women of Australia $1,000 Preston Greek Senior Citizens Club $300 Macedonian Women’s Senior Citizen Group Lalor $500 Karnavals Club The Swallows Geelong $800 NESB Links $1,000 Rabat Malta Senior Citizens Association $900 Macedonian Womens Senior Citizens Group of Altona North Kensington Women’s Dinner Committee $700 and District $400 New Hope Migrant and Refugee Centre $4,200 Radio 979FM $1,800 Keon Park Greek Senior Citizens Club $300 Macedonian Womens Senior Citizens Group of Hobsons Bay $400 Newport Maltese Association $500 Rajasthani Kutumb of Victoria $1,000 Keon Park Greek Senior Citizens Club $300 Macedonian Women’s Senior Group Tumbe Café $300 Noble Park English Language School $800 Ranges Community Music School $400 Keysborough Turkish Islamic & Cultural Centre $1,200 Makor Library and Resource Centre $800 North East Multicultural Association (NEMA) $2,500 Reservoir East Primary School $800 Keysborough Vietnamese Language Centre $500 Malta Star of the Sea House $300 North Fitzroy Primary School $800 Reservoir Greek Elderly Citizens Club $300 Klabb Ghannejja Maltin $800 Maltese Association Hobsons Bay $800 North Melbourne Chinese Association $800 Rethimnian Association of Melbourne $700 Knox Chinese Elderly Citizens Club $800 Maltese Bocce Social & Recreation Club $300 North Melbourne Primary School $800 Richmond Asian Business Association $5,000

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Roberts McCubbin Primary School $800 St Joseph’s Committee $800 Thomastown East Primary School $800 Wimmera Health Care Group $1,000 Rosebud Secondary College $2,000 St Martin De Porres Parish Primary School $800 Thornbury Greek Senior Citizens Club $300 Wingate Avenue Community Centre $800 Rosewall Neighbourhood Centre $800 St Peter’s Primary School $800 Tibetan Buddhist Society $1,300 WIZO State Council of Victoria $700 Rotary Club of Pascoe Vale $1,200 St Sebastian Association $500 Timorese Association in Victoria $1,000 Wodonga Show Society $1,000 Russian Cultural and TV Association “Sputnik” $800 St Vent’s Hospital (Melbourne) Limited $1,500 Topogether Language Learning Centre $600 Women’s Friendship Group $885 Russian Ethnic Representative Council of Victoria $2,000 St Virgin Mary Coptic Orothodox Church $500 Traralgon Primary School $800 Wyndham City Council $3,000 Russian House Cultural Advancement Society $800 State Zionist Council of Victoria $2,500 Turkish Sub-Branch of the Victorian RSL of Australia $2,000 Yarra Plenty Regional Library $2,000 Russian Orthodox Church of the Holy Trinity (Moscow Patriarchate) $800 Stawell West Primary School $800 Turkish Women’s Group $800 Youth Affairs Council of Victoria $1,500 Russian Senior Citizens Club Yarraville $500 Stonnington Primary School $800 Ukrainian Arts and Culture $1,000 Yugoslav-Australian Workers Centre ‘Brotherhood Unity’ $500 Ruthven Primary School $800 Sudanese Luacjang Group of Australia $800 Ukrainian Senior Citizens Club in Melbourne $500 Zahrira Social Club $800 Rye & Peninsula Greek Women’s Group $600 Sunraysia Contemporary Alevi Cultural Centre $1,600 Ukrainian Social Club $800 TOTAL NUMBER OF GRANTS 623 Safari Klub $2,500 Sunshine Polish Charity Association $600 Ukrainian Youth Association of Australia (Melbourne) $800 TOTAL $785,525 San Gaetan Society $800 Sunshine Primary School $800 United Filipino Elderly Group $600 Sangam Community Association $1,000 Swiss Club of Victoria $2,000 United Somali Organisation in Australia $1,000 Sapthaswara School of Carnatic Music $600 Sydenham-Hillside Primary School $800 Unity in Progress $3,000 SCM-Rescue Station Arts $400 Tamil Australian Friendship Society $1,500 Vedanta Society of Australia $1,000 Selimiye Youth Support & Recreation $400 Tamil Society of Melbourne $1,000 Veneto Club Melbourne $1,000 Serbian Orthodox Church & School Community St Stefan $800 Tarerer Gunditj Project Association $800 Victoria Hua Xin Chinese Women’s Association $1,000 Serbian Social Services and Support $600 Tarxien Social Club $1,600 Victoria Police Soccer Club $3,000 Shalom Association $1,500 Tatura Italo Australian & Friends $900 Victorian Arabic Artists Association $1,000 Shepparton Arts Festival $2,000 Telugu Association of Australia $800 Victorian Arabic Social Services (VASS) $1,500 Shirdi Sai Sansthan Melbourne $500 Temple Society Australia $1,500 Victorian Brotherhood of Mani United $1,600 Shire of Strathbogie $1,000 Temple Society German Language School Bentleigh-Moorabbin $700 Victorian Deaf Society $1,800 Shri Sanatan Dharam Society of Victoria $1,000 Thai Culture and Food Festival $2,000 Victorian Greek/Australian Elderly Citizens Group $600 Sierra Leone Australia Community of Victoria (SLACOV) $2,000 The Australian Chaldean Federation of Victoria/Australia $1,000 Victorian Sikh Association $2,500 Singh Sabha Sports Club $3,500 The Australian Greek Orthodox Community of Moreland $700 Vietnamese Community in Australia – Vic Chapter (VCA) $10,000 Sinhala Cultural & Community Services Foundation $1,000 The Basque Society $400 Vietnamese Ethnic School of Broadmeadows $500 Society for Asian Languages & Arts $1,000 The Committee for Sri Lanka $2,500 Vietnamese Senior Citizens Club of Hume $500 Society Kalamata 23 March Brotherhood $1,000 The Federation of Chinese Associations (Vic) $30,000 Vietnamese Youth Network of the West $600 Somali Support and Development Association $1,000 The Goan Overseas Association of Victoria $1,000 Wandin North Primary School $800 South Central Region Migrant Resource Centre (Mornington Branch) $1,000 The Hamilton and Alexandra College $1,000 Warrnambool City Council $2,000 South Eastern Region Migrant Resource Centre $1,500 The Hunan Association of Victoria $600 Waverley Chinese Senior Citizens Club $1,000 South Sudan Equatorian Association $1,500 The Italian Australian Coordinating Committee of Gippsland $1,500 Waverley Meadows Primary School $800 Southern Hills Assembly of God $800 The Korean Society of Victoria Australia $2,000 Weerama Festival Committee $1,500 Spanish Latin American Welfare Centre (CELAS) $2,500 The Olympian Society $1,000 Wesley College $1,000 Spectrum Migrant Resource Centre $2,500 The Oromo Islamic Light School $700 Western Region Maltese Women’s Group $400 Springvale Asian Business Association $2,500 The Queen Jadwiga Foundation $1,000 Western Victoria Sri-Lankan Buddhist Association $1,000 Springvale Indochinese Mutual Assistance Association $300 The Robert Burns Club of Melbourne $800 Western Young People’s Independent Network $1,000 Springvale Primary School $800 The Samoan Community Link of Victoria $2,600 Westgarth Primary School $800 St Albans Business Group $3,000 The Scout Association of Australia Victorian Branch $400 Whittlesea Chinese Association (WCA) $1,000 St Albans Good Friday Association $1,800 The Sri Lankan Study Centre for the Advancement of Technology Whittlesea Green Island Turkish Women’s Group $500 and Social Welfare (SCATS) $1,200 St Albans Primary School $800 Whittlesea U3A $400 The Tianjin Chinese Association of Melbourne Australia $1,500 St Athanasius Coptic Centre $400 Williamstown Community and Education Centre $800 The United Vietnamese Buddhist Congregation of South St George Association $500 Eastern Melbourne $1,000 Williamstown Festival Ltd $1,500 St Georges Antiochian Orthodox Church Association $800 The Victorian Chin Community Association $700 Wilmot Road Primary School $800

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Afghan Australian Philanthropic Association $2,500 Fiji Sangam Association of Victoria $1,500 Refugee & Immigration Legal Centre $5,000 Victorian Tamil Cultural Association $1,200 Al Amen Iraqi Association $10,000 Friends of Farm Vigano $2,000 Refugee and Immigrant Women’s Support Group Springvale $2,000 Vietnamese Community in Australia – Vic Chapter (VCA) $7,000 All of Us Photo Project $15,000 Ghana Association of Victoria $2,000 Refugee Council of Australia $20,000 Windermere Child & Family Services $3,000 All of Us Photo Project $15,000 Gippsland Multicultural Services $10,000 Rethimnian Association of Melbourne $10,000 Yooralla $3,000 Al-Sajad Association $5,000 Golden Dragon Museum $2,000 Royal Historical Society of Victoria $4,000 TOTAL NUMBER OF GRANTS 142 Antiochian Community Support Association (ACSA) $2,000 Goulburn Valley Pacific Islander Association $2,000 Rumbalara Aboriginal Co-operative Ltd $3,000 TOTAL $614,290 Association of Former Inmates of Nazi Concentration Camps Hamerkaz Shelanu $2,500 Russian Cultural and TV Association “Sputnik” $1,800 and Ghettos from the Former Soviet Union $1,500 Hararian Community Association Australia $2,000 Russian Ethnic Representative Council of Victoria $3,000 Asylum Seeker Resource Centre $8,000 Hazara Australian Community Association of Victoria $2,000 Russian Orthodox Church of the Holy Trinity (Moscow Patriarchate) $1,200 Australia (Nur) The Light Foundation $3,000 Hope Connection $3,000 Salvadorean Community Council of Victoria $5,000 Australia Sri Lanka Foundation of Culture and Society $1,500 Horn of Africa Communities Network $3,000 Serbian Welfare Association of Victoria $3,000 Australian - Albanian Women’s Association $3,500 Hornbill Chin Association of Australia (Melbourne and Victoria) $3,600 Serbian Welfare Association of Victoria $2,000 Australian Croatian Community Services $2,000 House of Persia Community & Cultural Centre $10,000 Shepparton South Soccer Club $1,500 Australian Federation of Ethnic Schools Associations (AFESA) $10,000 Hungarian Community Co-operative Association $3,000 Shri Sanatan Dharam Society of Victoria $2,500 Australian Federation of International Students (AFIS) $4,500 Imam Ali Islamic Centre $2,000 Somali Australian Council of Victoria $8,500 Australian Federation of Ukrainian Organisations $3,000 Immigrant Women’s Domestic Violence Services $4,000 Somali Community $4,000 Australian Intercultural Society $3,000 Indo-China Ethnic Chinese Association of Victoria $2,000 South Central Region Migrant Resource Centre (Oakleigh) $3,500 Australian Lebanese Football Association $2,000 Indonesian Club Melbourne $1,500 South Sudanese Community Association of Australia $3,500 Australian Multicultural Foundation $3,000 Islamic Council of Victoria $5,000 South Sudanese Women’s Network $2,000 Australian Polish Community Services $3,000 Jewish Christian Muslim Association of Australia $3,000 Southern Ethnic Advisory & Advocacy Council (SEAAC) $3,000 Australian Somali Youth Association $2,500 Jewish Holocaust Centre $10,000 Spanish Latin American Welfare Centre (CELAS) $5,000 Australian Turkish Educational and Cultural Foundation (Austurk) $1,500 Jewish Museum of Australia $3,000 St John of Kronstadt Russian Welfare Society $3,500 Australian Western Thrace Turkish Association of Victoria $10,000 Kurdish Association of Victoria $2,000 State Zionist Council of Victoria $1,500 Ballarat Regional Multicultural Council $10,000 Kurdish Women’s League of Australia $1,500 Sudanese Lost Boys Association of Australia $4,000 Bendigo Regional Ethnic Communities Council (BRECC) $10,000 Latin American Multicultural Association $2,000 Sudanese Women On The Move Network $2,500 Blind Citizens Australia $1,500 Liech Nuer Community Association $2,000 Sunraysia Contemporary Alevi Cultural Centre $2,000 B’nai B’rith Anti-Defamation Commission $3,000 Longechuk Community Development Services in Australia $1,500 Tatura Italian Social Club $1,500 Bor Association $1,500 Makor Library and Resource Centre $2,500 The Australian Chaldean Federation of Victoria/Australia $2,000 Boroondara Kindergarten $1,500 Monash University – School of Political and Social Inquiry $15,000 The Committee for Sri Lanka $2,000 Carraragarmungee Primary School $1,500 Mullauna Secondary College $1,200 The Democratic Republic of Congo Community Association Centacare Catholic Family Services Mary of the Cross Centre $10,000 of Victoria (DRCCAV) $2,500 Multicultural Arts Victoria $19,000 Centre for African Australian Women’s Issues $10,000 The Federation of Chinese Associations (Vic) $4,000 Muslim Legal Services Victoria $4,000 Chinese Community Social Services Centre $2,000 The New Hope Foundation $2,500 Muslim Women’s Council of Victoria $10,000 City of Monash $2,500 The New Hope Foundation (Refugee Resource Centre Footscray) $6,000 National Council of Jewish Women of Australia $2,500 Coburg West Primary School $1,000 The United Vietnamese Buddhist Congregation of South NCJW (Victoria) Community Services $3,000 Eastern Melbourne $2,000 Dallas Neighbourhood House $2,000 New Hope Migrant and Refugee Centre $2,500 The Victorian Chin Community Association $2,500 Darfur Australia Network $1,500 New Zealand Maori Club $2,000 The Victorian Maronite Community $2,500 Darfur Community Association of Australia $2,500 New Zealand, Maori, Polynesian Welfare Support Group Tigrian Community Association in Victoria $2,000 Diversitat $10,000 (Te Whanau Rangimarie) $2,000 United Maba Community Association of Australia $1,500 Eastern Karen Community Association $8,290 North East Multicultural Association (NEMA) $20,000 United Somali Women Organisation in Victoria $4,000 Eritrean Community in Australia $2,000 North Eastern Melbourne Chinese Association (NEMCA) $5,000 Victoria Police (Multicultural Advisory Unit) $20,000 Eritrean Women’s Association of Victoria $2,500 North Yarra Community Health $1,500 Victorian Co-operative on Children’s Services for Ethiopian Community Association in Victoria $2,000 Nuer Women’s Group $1,500 Ethnic Groups (VICSEG) $12,000 Ethnic Council of Shepparton and District $10,000 Onside Victoria $2,500 Victorian Deaf Society $3,000 Federation of Indian Associations of Victoria $3,000 Panjtan Society of Victoria $2,000 Victorian Immigrant and Refugee Women’s Coalition (VIRWC) $5,000 Federation of Indian Women’s Association of Australia (FIWAA) $2,000 Project Respect $20,000 Victorian Multi Ethnic Slavic Welfare Association $2,000

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AWARDS FOR exCeLLeNCe AWARDS FOR exCeLLeNCe

FOR meRITORIOuS SeRvIce TO The cOmmuNITy FOR meRITORIOuS SeRvIce TO The cOmmuNITy FOR SeRvIce DeLIveRy TO muLTIcuLTuRAL vIcTORIA vmc AmbASSADOR AwARD

INDIVIDUALS INDIVIDUALS (continued) ORGANISATIONS INDIVIDUALS (continued) INDIVIDUALS Mrs Tatiana Abramoff Mr George Karabasis Australian Greek Welfare Society Mrs Merle Mitchell Community Services Ms Fartun Farah Rev Dcn Alexander Abramoff Very Rev Nicholas Karipoff Brimbank Hungarian Senior Citizens Club Ms Luise Mock LOTE Education Mr Manny Spiteri Mr John Alexopoulos Mr Stylianos Karydias Circolo Pensionati Merlyston Ms Vivienne Morris Journalism Miss Nelu Jayawardena Mrs Constantina Amanatidou Mr Nazmi Kaya Greek-Australian Cultural League of Melbourne Inc Ms Wendy Morris Education Miss Melanie Mumford Mrs Vassiliki Anastasopoulos Mr Koste Kolevski Italian Services Advisory Council Inc Mr Arthur Nalis LOTE Education organisations Mr Stavros Andrian Mr Stefanos Kotsakostas Kyabram Italian Social Bocce Club Inc Ladies Sub Committee Mr Andy Huu Nguyen Community Harmony City of Ballarat Mr Kostas Nikolopoulos Journalism Mr George Aquilina Mr Peter Koukoulas JP Northern Mauritian Seniors Club North East Multicultural Association (NEMA) Papadakis Park Mr Constantin Paivanas Journalism Mrs Lourdes Aragon Mrs Nadezda Kralevska Radio 3SER FM – Mauritian Programme Mr John Pathinathan Community Services Mrs Janina Archabuz Mr Jovan Kralevski vIcTORIAN muLTIcuLTuRAL eDucATION AwARD Shalom Dr Walter Petralia Health and Community Services Mr Tonino Bentincontri Mr Paul Lin Shepparton Italian Social Club Inc Mr Morrie Ramadan Community Services INDIVIDUALS Mr Patrick Brochard Prof Dang Minh Luong Sikh Welfare Council of Victoria Mr Carlos Rice Community Services Ms Joanne McFarlane Rev Duc Tien Bui Mr Chan Khon Ma Stella Clavisque Club Ms Maria Rivera Community Services Ms Cathy Moloney Mr Vince Calleja Mrs Carmela Mercadante The Committee for Sri Lanka Inc Ms Connie San Jose Community Services Rev Tracy Lauersen Ms Jan Callias Mr Francesco Mirabilio Victorian Mauritian Pastoral Council Prof Yuan Zhong Shen Health organisations Sister Silvia Campo Mrs Barbara Nagyidai Mrs Theresa Sengaaga Ssali Community Services Cleeland Secondary College Mr Sebastiano Cantone Rev Anthony Nguyen Huu Quang Ms Junxi Su Community Services Life Saving Victoria – Water Safety for All Mr Nick Cavallaro Mr John Nomikoudis FOR SeRvIce DeLIveRy TO muLTIcuLTuRAL vIcTORIA Sr Doris Testa Community Services The Song Room Mr Peter Ying-Way Chan Mr Quang Hung Ong Ms Kim Thien Truong Community Education University of Melbourne Centre for Equity & Innovation in Early Childhood INDIVIDUALS – Cultural Diversity Recource Ms Chai Hong (Penny) Chan Mr Symeon Panayiotou Mr Hussen Tufa LOTE Education Mr Terefe Aborete Community Services Ms Lydia Charlamow Mrs Marija Pavlovic Mr Stefanos Vlahogeorgos Aged Care Mr Ahmed Mohamed Aliye LOTE Education Mr Frank Chau Mr Peter Perna ORGANISATIONS Ms Inaam Barakat Community & Employment Services pRINT meDIA AwARD Mr David Chibo Mrs Veronica Perra Banyule City Council – Family Day Care Scheme Local Government Mr Michael Bula Arts Ms Sonja Viduka Mr Vincent Chow Ms Rosa Petruzzelli City of Whittlesea – Multicultural Senior Citizen’s Liaison Program Ms Wesa Chau Student Welfare Community Services The Late Antonis Christakis Mr Shri Kumar Prasad Mr Yahya Cihan Sport Colac Adult and Community Education (Colac ACE) Community Arts Fr John Corcoran Mr Vishnu Prasad pOLIce AND cOmmuNITy muLTIcuLTuRAL Mr Reece Cocks Emergency Services Federation Square Pty Ltd Community Services/Arts ADvISORy cOmmITTee Mr Dogan Coskun Mrs Catherine Sammut Mrs Amal Diab Community Services Hume City Council – Different Histories, Shared Experience Local Government INDIVIDUALS Ms Violetta D’Angelo Mr Harpal Singh Mrs Gisele Ducasse Community Services/Journalism Metropolitan Ambulance Service “4 Steps for Life” Emergency Services Inspect Garry Bennett Ms Eugenie Demidenko Mr Robert Stewart Mr Gamini Fonseka Community Services/Journalism Victorian Arts Centre Arts Leading Senior Constable Craig Spicer Mr Blagoja (Bill) Dimovski Mr Hakki Suleyman Mrs Anita Fung Lee Arts Victoria Police Soccer Club (VPSC) Sport/Community Harmony Senior Constable Scott Sorrell Mr Owen Fitzsimons Venerable Phuoc Tan Thich Mr Halakhe Ganyu Community Services Victoria State Emergency Service – Community Liaison Section Senior Constable Marshall Phang Ms Imola Galambos Dr Thel Thong Emergency Services Mr Chao Zhao Gao Arts organisation Mr George Gogas Mr Damiano Tripodi Western Bulldogs Football Club Community Services/Sport Mr George Georgiou Sport & Community Harmony Ambassador Newspaper Mr Hussen Tufa LOTE Education The Late Richard Hammerton Mrs Helen Vallance Mrs Lina Kamel Hassan Community Services Mr Stefanos Vlahogeorgos Aged Care Mrs Pepi Hernandez Mrs Nellie Van Grinsven Mr Mark Herrmann Community Services pRemIeR’S AwARD FOR cOmmuNITy hARmONy Mr Kyu Ogk (Ken) Hwang Mr Gerrit van Zeist Mrs Thinh Hoang LOTE Education Mrs Lubica Ilievski Mr Andonis Varsamis Ms May Hu JP Arts/Journalism Flemington Police Station Mr Alexander Ilyin Mr Angelo Marco Vigilante Fr William Jordan Community Services Mr Dragutin Ivanovic Mr Simoune Vilaisarn Mrs Agnes Kean Interfaith Harmony buSINeSS cORpORATe AwARD Mr Robert Thomson Johnston Mrs Hariklia Vorgiatzidis Dr Michael Kheirallah Community Services Australian Football League (AFL) Mr Franciszek Joniec Mr Jayanthi Wanniarachchige Mrs Margaret Lenarcic Journalism Mrs Julijana Jutrisa Mrs Luba Zagalska Mr Zhong De Li Education Mr Yanko Kalincev Mr Alberto Zito Mr Frank Shigang Lin Arts LOcAL GOveRNmeNT AwARD Mr Eang Kang Mrs Giuliana Mecoli Heritage City of Darebin – Customer Service

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AWARDS FOR exCeLLeNCe AWARDS FOR exCeLLeNCe

FOR meRITORIOuS SeRvIce TO The cOmmuNITy FOR meRITORIOuS SeRvIce TO The cOmmuNITy FOR SeRvIce DeLIveRy TO muLTIcuLTuRAL vIcTORIA vmc AmbASSADOR AwARD

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VICtORIAN ReFUgee WOMeN CReAtINg HARMONY gRANtS ReCOgNItION ReCORD ORGANISATION GRANT ($)

RecIpIeNTS Ararat Community House $5,000 OCTOBER 2006 JUNE 2007 Australian Vietnamese Community Action Network $10,000 Mr Abdo Abdulkarim Mr James Ben Abraham Banksia Gardens Community Centre $5,000 Mr Peter Ajak Mr Abdi Aden Brunswick Women’s Choir $5,000 Mr Karam Al-Hussainy Mrs Fatima Al-Qarakchy City of Wodonga-Felltimber Community Centre $5,000 Mr Adnan Alghazal Ms Samira Athuay Cutting Edge-Uniting Care $10,000 Mr Hilary Bucumi Mrs Mesko Ayouz Drummond Street Relationship Centre $5,000 Mr Micheal Deng Mr Manyang Berberi Eritrean Women’s Association of Victoria $5,000 Ms Vicky Frederick Mr Mohammed Arif Fayazi Geelong Ethnic Broadcaster Association (GEBA) $10,000 Mr Halakhe Ganyu Mr Gatluak Deng Gai Immigrant Women’s Domestic Violence Service (IWDVS) $10,000 Mr Abdiaziz Saeed Hersi Mr Berhan Jaber Maldon Neighbourhood House Centre $5,000 Ms Etedal Jawad Mrs Nanthu Kunoo Meadow Heights Learning Shop & Roxburgh Park Homestead Community $10,000 Mr John Joseph Ms Cuc Lam Medley Mag $10,000 Mr By Khun Mr Yassin Mahmoud Migrant Resource Centre (Westgate) $5,000 Mr Matter Machar Mr Wilbert Mapombere Murray Valley Aboriginal Co-operative $10,000 Revd Abraham Maluk Ms Faten Mohumed NESB Links $5,000 Mr Man Arou Man Mr Yasseen Musa Northcote High School $5,000 Mr Deng Mathiang Ms Kiin Osman Northern Migrant Resource Centre $10,000 Ms Nadia Mohammed Mr Nay Gay (Jordon) Pe Pangerang Community House $10,000 Mr Roberto Morales Ms Nyabana Riek Queen Victoria Women’s Centre (QVWC) $10,000 Mr Saw Win Myint Ms Dalal Sleiman Ramahyuck District Aboriginal Corporation $10,000 Mr Edwin Nyarkoh Mr David Vincent South West Healthcare $10,000 Mr Abdurahman Jama Osman Mr Chris Yugusuk Springvale Neighbourhood House/Literacy Centre $5,000 Mr Dodeng Puoch Mar Mr Paul Bor Gatwech The Grove Wholistic Centre for Spirituality $5,000 Mr James Doyiech Ter Union of Australian Women (UAW) $5,000 Mr Yien Thiang Luony Unity Foundation $10,000 Ms Rose Vu Victorian Cooperative on Children’s Services for Ethnic Groups $5,000 Victorian Immigrant & Refugee Women’s Coalition $10,000 Victorian YMCA $5,000 Village Well Counselling centre $5,000 Wendouree West Community house $5,000 Western Suburbs Indigenous Gathering Place $10,000 Women’s Friendship Group $5,000 Yarraville Community Centre $10,000 TOTAL number of grants 34 TOTAL $250,000

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