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Annual Report 2017-18 Coordination :: Cooperation :: Collaboration FEDERATION OF INDIAN ASSOCIATIONS OF ACT (FINACT) http://www.finact.net.au ANNUAL REPORT 2017-18 Executive Committee: Dr Krishna Nadimpalli President Dr Rattesh Gumber Vice-President Dr Sunita Dhindsa Secretary Dr Shaji Karattiyattil Treasurer Ms Tara Kashyap Representative (Youth) Mrs Radhika Komala Representative (Women) Mr Pankaj Das Coordinator (Community Services) Vacant Coordinator (Cultural Programs) Mr Lakhan Sharma Public Officer Annual General Meeting 21 July 2018 Member Associations ACT Telangana Association Australian Anglo Indian Association of Canberra Australian Tamil Society of ACT Bengali Cultural Association of Canberra Bihar Jharkhand Sabha of Australia and New Zealand Canberra Hindu Mandir Canberra Jain Mandal Canberra Malayalee Association Canberra Punjabi Sports and Cultural Association (CPSCA) Canberra Sikh Association (CSA) Gujarati Samaj of ACT India Australia Multicultural Sports Association Indian Australian Association of Health and Well-being Indian Students Association Initiatives for Women in Needs Integrated Cultures ACT Indian Senior Citizens Association Indian Students Association Karnataka Association of Canberra Mandir School of Music Mehak Punjab Di Navya Andhra Telugu Association Oriya Association (OriOz) Rajasthan Sabha of Australia and New Zealand Rajdhani Marathi Mandal Canberra Sprintz Telugu Association of Canberra Acknowledgements The following people have provided amazing support for FINACT and were essential to its success. Elected Representatives: Ms Rachel Stephen-Smith, Patron of FINACT, Minister for Multicultural Affairs, Sen. Zed Seselja, Minister for Social Services & Multicultural Affairs Ms Gai Brodtmann, Member of Parliament Dr Andrew Leigh, Member of Parliament Mr Andrew Barr, Chief Minister of ACT Mr Alistair Coe, Leader of Opposition in ACT. Mr Shane Rattenbury, Minister for Environment. Ms Giulia Jones, Shadow Minister for Corrections Ms Elizabeth Kikkert, Shadow Minister for Multicultural Affairs Government Delegates: HE Dr Ajay Gondane, High Commissioner of India Mr Sonal Bajaj, Counselor, High Commission of India Ms Jacinta Evans, Executive Director, Department of Participation & Inclusion Ms Jenny Wells, Director, Multicultural Affairs Mr James Hinder, Ex. Community Engage. officer, Department of Home Affairs Ms Marita Forde, Director, India Outreach Section, DFAT FINACT Delegates: Mr. Amardeep Singh, President (2013-14 & 2015-17) Mrs Jayanti Gupta, President (2012-13) Mr Jacob Vadakkedathu, President (2011-12) All Executives since 2011 and Cricket Volunteers FINACT Partners: Cricket ACT Federation of Ethnic Council of Australia (FECCA) Canberra Multicultural Community Forum FINACT Members Dr Harjinder Dhindsa for organizing AusIndia Fair Sanjay Pandey for supporting the social media and newsletters. Mr Joe Bailey and Mr Kanti Jinna for guidance and motivation Mr Venkatesh Bidrekal for supporting in every FINACT event Mr Prakash Mehta and Shanti Reddy for constitution review President’s Message It is a great pleasure to take this opportunity to thank each one of FINACT member Associations and all stakeholders for bestowing their confidence in me to provide leadership to the Federation of Indian Associations of ACT. On behalf of the Executive Committee, I can confidently express the year 2017-18 is highly productive and we proposed new initiatives and executed. Ms Rachel Stephen-Smith accepted to be the patron of FINACT and appreciated the efforts of FINACT. As leader of Indian diaspora, FINACT made a submission to Senate Enquiry, presented our voice and lobied to make our voices are heard. The outcome of this representation is the Australian Government moderated the conditions of citizenship rules. Following this I pursued with the immigration community liaison officers on community visa issues. AusIndia Fair is like a flagship initiative for FINACT. We have started with the support of CPSCA and established a platform to harmonise the Indians with Australian culture. It was a grand success and enabled FINACT to continue the fair for a better integration and collaboration with many other communities. We met the member associations to strengthen the relationships and understand their requirements for collective representation. We have initiated the dialogue for India Centre, language accreditation, impacts of dowry in Australia and other strategic issues of the diaspora. I express my deep gratitude to the executive committee members and their families supporting highly demanding initiatives to take the organisation to a new high. We started the year with a balance of $800 and taking to nearly $10K with the support from our core sponsorers, collaborations and volunteers. My best wishes and blessings for the new committee to take the organisation forward and do many more projects to empower the community. Dr Krishna Nadimpalli Background Federation of Indian Association of ACT (FINACT) provides a unified voice for all associations and promotes the values of Indian communities in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and surrounding regions. FINACT is a peak umbrella body in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and enjoys membership representing organisations of Indian regional, linguistic, youth, women and senior citizens. The FINACT’s objectives include promotion an awareness about Indians being responsible Australian citizens and to cultivate a feeling of mutual respect through increased social & cultural interaction, sport and recreation. FINACT act as a channel of communication between the Indian community and the Governments Federal, the Territory/State or the Indian Government) on welfare, social and economic matters. The main objective of FINACT is to provide the unified voice for the numerous and diverse Indian community groups in the ACT that is reflected in its slogan Coordination: Cooperation: Collaboration. FINACT is enabling the Indian communities to represent with one voice to the Australian Government and to the High Commission of India. FINACT Activities Strategic Issues Representation to Amendment of Citizenship rules Australian Government has proposed amendments to Citizenship Rules in the parliament. FINACT made a submission to the senate enquiry and represented the Indian community against amendments for citizenship rules to the Senate Committee along with Federation of Ethnic Communities Council of Australia, Federation of Chinese Associations and Settlements Council and other organisations. Senator Ian MacDonalds, Senator Nick McKim and Senator Louise Pratt are in the committee and it was in a public hearing. The representation was covered by the SBS news expressing the views of our community. Finally the proposed Amendments to Citizenship Rules Bill failed in the Australian Senate. We as community leaders collectively and successfully represented the issue to parliamentarians and Senate Committee. Recently, Australian Government proposes Conversational English Test requirement to get residency and it will be conducted before issuing PR Visa. Big thanks to the Australian Government for considering our submission and also making sure every Australian be able to converse in English. FINACT - Cricket ACT Agreement FINACT and CricketACT have signed an agreement to promote community cricket in ACT. With this Australian Cricket Organisation recognises and support FINACT T-20 Cricket Tournament. Cricket ACT has booked all the sports grounds required and provided all the technology for scores and analysis of players. Members Consultation FINACT has initiated to meet member associations to enhance the relationships inline to empower the member associations and understand the strategic requirements by providing collective representation for the Indian communities. What are the top priorities? India Centre in Canberra? How FINACT can support them and how the member associations can strengthen FINACT. Unity in diversity strengthens the community. It was a very good response and highly motivational when connected with member associations. FINACT Executives met the executive committee members of many member associations to have better understanding of the community issues. Accreditation of Community Languages FINACT is representing to federal government and National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters (NAATI). FINACT is pursuing with relevant groups and individuals to make a submission. Due to lack of resources and other priorities, the engagement of various communities is getting delayed. Senator Zed Seselja advised us to make the submission for all communities and FINACT is in consultation with all major community language representatives that includes Malayalam, Telugu, Bengali and Gujarati. Because of hectic schedules and lack of resources the activity is not completed and best wishes for the new committee to continue pursuing. Events AusIndia Fair Federation of Indian Associations of ACT (FINACT) organised the mega event “AusIndia Fair” on 24 March 2018 at Stage 88, Commonwealth Park. Despite being the first time, “AusIndia Fair” was successful in bringing the Indian diaspora and the broader Australian community together to embrace diversity and inclusiveness of migrants in Australia. There were 4000 - 5000 visitors and a significant non-Indian Australians. “AusIndia Fair” showcased cultural fusion and maintained the vibrancy until the end of day. More than 150 participants performed reflecting Australia’s heritage and multiculturalism. The spectators were present until the end.
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