Role
The Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) Communities Health Advisory Group provides a two-way communication channel between the Australian Government and multicultural communities.
It provides expertise, advice and recommendations to shape culturally safe policy and communications to improve health and wellbeing for people and communities from multicultural backgrounds.
The advisory group includes representation from:
- multicultural community leaders
- public health and medical experts
- Department of Health and Aged Care
- Department of Home Affairs
- state and territory governments.
Background
The Australian Government is committed to improving health equity for people from CALD backgrounds and to learning from the experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic.
It established the advisory group in December 2020 as the CALD Communities COVID-19 Health Advisory Group, to provide advice about the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Australian Government expanded the advisory group’s remit to advise on broader health and wellbeing matters for multicultural communities from 1 January 2023.
Terms of reference
Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Communities Health Advisory Group – Terms of reference
Members
|
Role |
Name |
Organisation |
|---|---|---|
|
Chair |
Ms Celia Street |
Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care |
|
Member |
Ms Carita Davis |
Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care |
|
Member |
Mr Mohammad Al‑Khafaji |
Federation of Ethnic Communities’ Councils of Australia |
|
Member |
Ms Sandra Elhelw Wright |
Settlement Council of Australia |
|
Member |
Dr Erika Gonzalez Garcia |
Australian Institute of Interpreters and Translators |
| Member | Ms Carmel Guerra | Multicultural Youth Advocacy Network |
|
Member |
Mrs Maria Johns |
Multicultural Aged Care (PICAC Alliance) |
| Member | Ms Nikki Hogan | Mental Health Australia (Embrace Multicultural Mental Health) |
|
Member |
Mrs Bronwyn Morris-Donovan |
Allied Health Professions Australia |
|
Member |
Dr Adele Murdolo |
Multicultural Centre for Women’s Health |
|
Member |
A/Prof Georgia Paxton |
Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne |
|
Member |
Professor Christine Phillips |
Refugee Health Network of Australia |
| Member | Ms Julie Reeves | Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation |
|
Member |
Dr Ines Rio |
North Western Melbourne Primary Health Network - Health expert |
| Member | Tarina Rubis | Social Policy Group |
|
Member |
Mr Andrei Seeto |
Australian Government Department of Home Affairs |
|
Member |
Prof Helen Skouteris |
Healthcare Improvement and Implementation Science at Monash University |
|
Member |
Mrs Andrea Vancia |
Brisbane South Primary Health Network - Health expert |
|
Member |
Dr Kate Walker |
Royal Australian College of General Practitioners |
| Observer | Mr Dilli Binadi | State and Territory Representative, Northern Territory |
| Observer | Professor Ben Cowie | State and Territory Representative, Victoria |
| Observer | TBA | State and Territory Representative, New South Wales |
|
Observer |
Ms Emma Denehy |
State and Territory Representative, South Australia |
| Observer | Ms Astrid Lee | State and Territory Representative, Western Australia |
|
Observer |
Ms Melanie Nicholls |
State and Territory Representative, Queensland |
| Observer | Dr Deren Pillay | State and Territory Representative, Tasmania |
| Observer | Mx George Vallance | State and Territory Representative, Australian Capital Territory |
Communiques
