Local Refugee Health Networks
Network Name Meeting location Meeting frequency Contact
Western Refugee Health Partnership Parkville Quarterly Samantha Milford
Program Officer, Refugee & Asylum Seeker Health
Melbourne Primary Care Network - North Western Melbourne PHN
Ph: (03) 9347 1188
Outer Northern Refugee Health Network Epping Monthly Max Lee
CEO – Hume Whittlesea Primary Care Partnership
Ph: (03) 8401 1394
Eastern Region Refugee Health Network Ringwood Quarterly Merilyn Spratling
Refugee Health Nurse Coordinator EACH
Ph: (03) 9837 3980
South Eastern Melbourne Refugee and Asylum Seeker Health Coordination Group Dandenong Monthly Dr I-Hao Cheng
Refugee Health Program Manager
Enliven (South East Primary Care Partnership)
Geelong Refugee Health Sub Committee Meeting Geelong Six weekly Suzanne Cooper
Team Leader Community Development
Multicultural Mental Health & Wellbeing Officer
Diversitat
Ph: (03) 5260 6000
Bendigo Refugee Health & Wellbeing Working Group Bendigo Bimonthly Christine Elliott
Refugee Health Nurse
Bendigo Community Health Services
Ph: (03) 5434 4300
Shepparton Refugee Health Network Shepparton Leigh Rhode
Executive Director of Community and Integrated Care
Goulburn Valley Health
Phone: (03) 5832 2322
Victorian Settlement Planning Committees
Victorian Settlement Planning Committees are funded through the Settlement Grants Program and have a focus on supporting new arrivals within their first 5 years.
Committee Name Local Government Areas Lead Agency
Brimbank Melton Settlement Advisory Committee Brimbank, Melton Migrant Resource Centre North West Region
Casey-Cardinia Migrant Settlement Committee Casey, Cardinia South Eastern Migrant Resource Centre
Eastern Region Migrant Settlement Committee Manningham, Monash, Boroondara, Whitehorse, Maroondah, Yarra Ranges, Knox AMES Noble Park
Greater Dandenong Migrant Settlement Committee Greater Dandenong South Eastern Migrant Resource Centre
Hobsons Bay Multicultural Services Network Hobsons Bay
Hume Workers Network on Multicultural Issues Hume Migrant Resource Centre North West Region
Inner West Region Settlement Advisory Committee Maribyrnong, Moonee Valley Migrant Resource Centre North West Region
Melton New and Emerging Communities Network Melton
Moreland Multicultural and Settlement Services Committee Moreland Moreland City Council
North East Region Settlement Information Network Banyule, Darebin, Moreland Spectrum Migrant Resource Centre
Southern Region Settlement Planning Committee Melbourne, Port Phillip, Stonnington, Bayside, Glen Eira, Kingston, Monash, Frankston, Mornington Peninsula New Hope Foundation
Whittlesea Multicultural Issues Network Whittlesea, Nillumbik Whittlesea Community Connections
Wyndham Humanitarian Network Wyndham Wyndham Community and Education Centre
Yarra Settlement Forum Yarra cohealth Collingwood
Central Highlands Cultural Network Ballarat, Moorabool Ballarat Regional Multicultural Council
Bass Coast Settlement Planning Committee Bass Coast, South Gippsland Shire Bass Coast Shire Council
Bendigo Local Settlement Planning Committee Greater Bendigo, Loddon, Central Goldfields, Macedon Ranges Loddon Campaspe Multicultural Services
Castlemaine Settlement Planning Committee Mt Alexander Shire Bendigo Regional Ethnic Communities Council
Colac Local Settlement Planning Committee Colac-Otway, Corangamite Otway Community College
LaTrobe Settlement Committee LaTrobe, Wellington Latrobe City Council
Goulburn Valley Integrated Settlement Planning Committee Greater Shepparton, Moira, Campaspe Ethnic Council of Shepparton and District
Multicultural Network Swan Hill Swan Hill, Gannawarra Swan Hill Rural City Council
Mildura Integrated Settlement Planning Committee Mildura Sunraysia Ethnic Communities Council
Warrnambool Integrated Settlement Services Network Warrnambool, Corangamite, Moyne Warrnambool City Council
Wimmera Settlement Planning Committee Horsham Rural City, Hindmarsh, Northern Grampians, West Wimmera, Yarriambiack
HSS Local Area Committees
Local Area Committees (LACs) are a funded service within the Humanitarian Settlement Services (HSS) contract. They meet on a quarterly basis in each HSS contract region and focus on issues for newly-arrived HSS clients settling in that region.
Network name Meeting location Meeting frequency Contact
North East Melbourne Broadmeadows, Ringwood or Box Hill
Quarterly Sejla Ferhatbegovic
Samantha Blake
AMES Australia
Ph: 132 637
West and Inner Melbourne Footscray, Sunshine or Werribee Quarterly Sejla Ferhatbegovic
AMES Australia
Ph: 132 637
South East Melbourne and Gippsland Dandenong or Noble Park Quarterly Samantha Blake
AMES Australia
Ph: 132 637
Northern Victoria Mildura, Bendigo or Shepparton Quarterly Sarah Daly
AMES Australia
Ph: 132 637
South West Victoria Geelong, Ballarat or Nhill Quarterly Sarah Daly
AMES Australia
Ph: 132 637
Contact us if you would like more information about a local network in your area.
