The Second Council on Economic Participation for Refugees meeting was held in Fairfield, NSW. Fairfield is a primary settlement location for a large number of refugees each year and is home to a significant number of services and initiatives which aim to help refugees settle quickly and integrate fully into Australian life.
We were pleased to hold our second Council meeting in Fairfield with the help of the Fairfield City Council and local service providers.
Government
Alice Ling – Assistant Secretary, Policy Group, Department of Home Affairs
Angela Tidmarsh – Director of Adult Migrant English Program, Department of Education and Training
Brad Cutts – Director, Fairfield City Council
George Osborne – Manager Economic Development, Hume City Council
Julie Andrews – Coordinator Community Capacity Building, Hume City Council
Hakan Akyol – Director, Community Participation, Victorian Department of Premier & Cabinet
Katie Baird – Senior Project Officer Partnerships, NSW Department of Industry
Katrina Currie – Executive Director – Employment Outcomes, Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources
Jenny McMahon – Director City Life, Wyndham City Council
Sharon Bailey – Group Manager, Families and Communities, Department of Social Services
Nicholas Dowie – Branch Manager, Department of Jobs and Small Business
Matthew Roper – Assistant Secretary, Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet
Sandra McPhee AM – Chair, Employment Services Expert Advisory Panel
Simon Overland – CEO, Whittlesea Council
Susan Gibbeson – Manager, Social Development, Fairfield City Council
Susan Law – CEO, Armidale Regional Council
Service Providers
Andre Diez de Aux – Director – Quality Services, TAFE Directors Australia
Cath Scarth – CEO, AMES
Hussain Razaiat – Manager, Middle Eastern Communities Council of South Australia
Hutch Hussein – Senior Manager – Refugees, Immigration & Multiculturalism, Brotherhood of St Laurence
Kerrin Benson – CEO, Multicultural Development Association
Paris Aristotle AO – CEO/Manager (Research & Policy), Victorian Foundation for Survivors of Torture
Josef Szwarc – Chair, Ministerial Advisory Council on Settlement Services
Sonja Hood – CEO, Community Hubs Australia
Stephanie Cousins – Australian Director, Talent Beyond Boundaries
Terry Wilson – Manager, Employment and Enterprise Services, Settlement Services International
Violet Roumeliotis GAICD – CEO, Settlement Services International
Advisory
Andrew Kaldor AM – Chair, Andrew and Renata Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law
Charis Martin-Ross – Head of Diversity and Sustainability, Allianz
Jock Collins – Professor of Social Economics, UTS Business School
Larry Kamener – Senior Partner & Managing Director, Boston Consulting Group
Leigh Hardingham – Social Inclusion and Procurement, West Gate Tunnel Project
Mark Watters – Partner & Managing Director, Boston Consulting Group
Nick Tebbey – CEO, Settlement Council of Australia
Paul Crossley – Government Relations Manager, Woolworths Group
Paul Power – CEO, Refugee Council of Australia
Peter Shergold AC (attending dinner) – Chancellor, Western Sydney University NSW Coordinator General for Refugee Resettlement
Philippe Legrain – Founder, Open Political Economy Network Former Economic Advisor to the President of the European Commission
Selena Choo – National Manager, Friendly Nation Initiative
Terry Moran AC – Chair, Centre for Policy Development
Travers McLeod – CEO, Centre for Policy Development
