Senate Inquiry into issues facing diaspora communities
9 October 2020
NRAAG made a submission and gave evidence to the inquiry of FOREIGN AFFAIRS, DEFENCE AND TRADE REFERENCES COMMITTEE in their inquiry into issues facing diaspora communities. We made 30 recommendations to the committee.
We have informed our submission by our diverse steering committee members who are leaders and practitioners across the diaspora communities. We also held a focused consultation with over 16 representatives of refugee communities from across Australia. We conducted this consultation online through ZOOM and workshops as focus groups.
Read our full submission here.
Senate inquiry into the Australian Government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic
28 May 2020
NRAAG made a submission into Senate’s Select Committee on COVID-19 to inquire into the Australian Government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. We based our submission on the Australia wide consultation NRAAG conducted virtually on 22nd of April 2020 with over 34 people from refugee backgrounds, people seeking asylum and refugee members of LGBTIQ community and other feedback received by other community members in response to the Federal Government’s COVID-19 health and economic measures.
Read our full submission here.
COVID-19 National Refugee Community Consultation
Outcomes Report
05 May 2020
NRAAG held a national community consultation on the 22nd of April 2020 with people of refugee backgrounds, people seeking asylum and further marginalised groups within refugee communities. The aim of this consultation was to receive direct community feedback about the health and financial support services introduced by the Australian federal and state governments in response to COVID-19. NRAAG aimed to host a safe space for community members, including those in very precarious and uncertain legal predicaments to come together and highlight the challenges they are facing in a COVID-19 environment. The consultation further aimed to discuss and put forward recommendations and solutions to help address these highlighted issues.
The consultation was conducted online through the video conferencing platform, Zoom, and focused on issues of Asylum, Digital Divide and Literacy, Community Safety and Wellbeing, and other emerging issues.
Read our full report here.