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 PSM |
Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care |
|
Member |
Ms Carita Davis |
Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care |
|
Member – Organisations |
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|
Member |
Mr Mohammad Al‑Khafaji |
Federation of Ethnic Communities’ Councils of Australia |
|
Member |
Ms Raylynn Benn |
Social Policy Group |
|
Member |
Ms Erica Biddle |
Australian Government Department of Home Affairs |
|
Member |
Mx Renee Dixson |
Forcibly Displaced People Network |
|
Member |
Dr Jane Douglas |
Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation |
|
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 |
Ms Nikki Hogan |
Mental Health Australia (Embrace Multicultural Mental Health) |
|
Member |
Mrs Maria Johns |
Multicultural Aged Care (PICAC Alliance) |
|
Member |
Mrs Bronwyn Morris-Donovan |
Allied Health Professions Australia |
|
Member |
Dr Adele Murdolo |
Multicultural Centre for Women’s Health |
|
Member |
Ms Jamila Padhee |
Forum of Australian Services for Survivors of Torture and Trauma (FASSTT) |
|
Member |
Dr Vijay Roach |
Migrant and Refugee Health Partnership |
|
Member |
Dr Aidan Tan |
The Royal Australasian College of Physicians |
|
Member |
Dr Kate Walker |
Royal Australian College of General Practitioners |
|
Member – Health Expert |
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|
Health Expert |
A/Prof Georgia Paxton |
Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne |
|
Health Expert |
Dr Ines Rio |
North Western Melbourne Primary Health Networks |
|
Health Expert |
Prof Helen Skouteris |
Healthcare Improvement and Implementation Science at Monash University |
|
Health Expert |
Professor Christine Phillips |
Companion House Medical Service |
|
Health Expert |
Dr Judy Tang |
Invictus Health |
|
Health Expert |
Mrs Andrea Vancia |
Brisbane South Primary Health Network |
|
State and Territory Observers |
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|
Observer |
Ms Lisa Alleva |
ACT Government |
|
Observer |
Mr Dilli Binadi |
Northern Territory Government |
|
Observer |
Professor Ben Cowie |
Victorian Government |
|
Observer |
TBA |
Government of South Australia |
|
Observer |
Mrs Udani Dhanojanan |
Government of Western Australia |
|
Observer |
Ms Melanie Nicholls |
Queensland Government |
|
Observer |
Mr Nick Sandrejko |
New South Wales Government |
|
Observer |
Mrs Elizabeth Mahnken |
Tasmanian Government |
Communiques
