Statewide Meetings
Victorian Refugee Health Network Statewide meetings occur three times per year, providing a space to identify sector issues, prioritise areas for shared work and share service innovations. These meetings welcome anyone working in refugee health or supporting people from refugee backgrounds to access health services, and are facilitated online via Microsoft Teams.
Register for the next Victorian Refugee Health Network Statewide meeting
Thursday 27th August 2026, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM AEST
23rd April 2026
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27th August 2026
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November 2026
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The Victorian Refugee Health Network Statewide Meetings bring together people from across government, health and community services. In a Statewide Meeting, you will hear updates about policy, health, settlement and data, with speakers from the following agencies and groups:
- Policy updates from Refugee Council of Australia
- Settlement updates from AMES Australia
- Rural and Regional updates from Victorian Refugee Health Network Rural and Regional Working Group
- Settlement Data updates from Victorian Refugee Health Network
We also welcome Guest Presenters to each session to speak on a variety of topics. You can explore some of the previous presentations in the library below.
Past Statewide Meeting Documents
As well as the standing presetations outlined above, we welcome Guest Presenters each meeting to speak about a variety of topics.
Below is a library of all Statewide Meeting Power Point presentations including the titles of each Guest Presentation.
April 2026
Australia’s Humanitarian Program
Rebecca Eckard – Refugee Council of Australia
Witness to War Multilingual Hotline
Yassmen Yahya – Witness to War, STARTTS
April Presentation Slides
November 2025
Responding to the health needs of refugee communities in Community Health
Merilyn Spratling – EACH
Utopia Refugee and Asylum Seeker Health’s Model of Care
Dr. Lester Mascarenhas – Utopia Refugee Health
November Presentation Slides
August 2025
Settlement support for humanitarian entrants with a disability
Anthony Ferreto – AMES Australia
HACC-PYP Program – Supporting people from a refugee and/or asylum seeker background with a disability
Mark Blencowe – Victorian Department of Health
August Presentation Slides
March 2025
Urgent Care Services in Victoria
Cheryl Schneider – Victorian Department of Health
Urgent Care Clinics: Best Practice (Dandenong)
Zoe Cresswell – South Eastern Melbourne Primary Health Network
Local measles outbreak in Victoria
Dr. Linny Phuong – The Water Well Project
March Presentation Slides
November 2024
Bicultural Health Navigator Program
Hiba Ayass – Whittlesea Community Connections
Language and Communication
Spase Veljanovski – Centre for Culture, Equity and Health
November Presentation Slides
July 2024
Refugee Health Program
Kath Desmyth – Refugee Health Program
Palestinian Community Health Response
Dr. Mariam Hassan – Australian Islamic Medical Association
July Presentation Slides
March 2024
Stage 1 Refugee Humanitarian Entrant Health Project
Nikki Harvey – Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW)
Refugee Women’s Health Community Consultation
Samina Hassan – Victorian Refugee Health Network
March Presentation Slides
October 2023
Multicultural Centre for Women’s Health (MCWH)
Mi Nguyen – MCWH
Closure of the Program for Refugee Immunisation, Monitoring and Education (PRIME)
Georgie Paxton – Royal Children’s Hospital
October Presentation Slides
July 2023
Community Refugee Integration and Settlement Pilot (CRISP)
Nicole Watkins – CRISP
Diverse Communities Mental Health and Wellbeing
Mursha Dalay-on Gapasin – Foundation House for Survivors of Torture
July Presentation Slides
March 2023
The Water Well Project
Suzie Bratuskins – The Water Well Project
Partners in Wellbeing
Aditya Somayajula – Partners in Wellbeing
March Presentation Slides
November 2022
Social Inclusion Action Groups and Social Prescribing
Lexi Marsh – Victorian Department of Health
Disability Royal Commission
Dominic Golding – National Ethnic Disability Alliance (NEDA)
November Presentation Slides
August 2022
Multicultural Health Connect
Sameera Suleman – Victorian Department of Health
August Presentation Slides
April 2022
Mental Health Reforms
Irene Tomaszewski – Victorian Department of Health
Project Update: Program for Refugee Immunisation, Monitoring and Education (PRIME)
Georgie Paxton – Royal Children’s Hospital
April Presentation Slides
Contact us
Victorian Refugee Health NetworkAddress: Foundation House, 4 Gardiner St, Brunswick Vic 3056Telephone: (03) 9389 8900