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.

In the August 2026 Statewide Meeting, you will hear updates about policy, health, settlement and data, with speakers from the following agencies and groups:

• Policy updates from Rebecca Eckard, Director of Policy and Research, Refugee Council of Australia
• Settlement updates from AMES Australia
• Rural and Regional updates from Rural and Regional Working Group representatives
• Victorian Settlement Data updates from Samina Hassan, Sector Development and Policy Advisor, Victorian Refugee Health Network

We will also hear from Guest Presenters to be announced soon.

If you would like to raise any ongoing or emerging issues to our attention, please contact refugeehealth@foundationhouse.org.au. We look forward to hearing from you.

Interested in past Statewide Meetings?

Take a look at past Statewide Meeting presentations to see what we have covered.