NewsApril - July 2013

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Greetings to our members from India, Pakistan, South Sudan, Congo and The United States of America on their Independence Days. Chile and Malaysia on their National Days, our Aboriginal members on NAIDOC week, celebrating their achievements and fi nally to our Buddhist organisations and members on celebrating Vesak and Buddha’s enlightenment on the 22nd July.

With the restructuring of the Community Aged Care Packages (CACP) and possibly the Home and Community Care (HACC), which involve major changes in funding arrangement, our CEO went over east and to another conference in Perth, to acquaint herself with the changes. The committee was also acquainted with the logistics of running these programmes through professionals who briefed them one evening. In essence clients will now have the choice of

choosing their provider. Funds are allocated to the client. The provider is then funded based on how many clients have chosen them. Chris Brahmananda our CACP provider is currently on annual leave and any queries can now be directed to Manil, who is currently assisting in this regard. Manil is also handling the Beyond Gambling grant very successfully. Our HACC programme continues to expand and we are seeking newer directions in the area.

As the Hall, Kitchen and Lesser hall have been refurbished and the state of the art audio equipment installed, new charges will apply which can be ascertained from the offi ce. We are currently in the process of installing new lighting and digital projection equipment. As members would be aware the Chilean Consulate operates from our offi ces. We welcome The Nepalese Consul General who will now have his offi ce in our building. This brings together in cohesive fashion all the units of cultural diversity.

Our Youth Co-ordinator KC is to be congratulated for running a very successful Ethnic Cricket World Cup, in Mount Lawley. Six nations participated. Defence Minister Stephen Smith and Mayor of Town of Vincent Alanah Mctiernan fl ipped the coins and got the show underway. Felicitations once again to the Sri Lankan team who, like last year at Lilac Park, won the championship.

It was a great delight to host the new Minister for Multicultural Affairs, Finance and Energy the Hon. Mike Nahan, Member for Riverton. He has been closely linked with the association over a lengthy period of time. Our conglomerate association Presidents and Secretaries, members of the Consulate Corps and directors of Government bodies and business entities formed part of the warm communal spirit. It was a magical night enjoyed by all.

It was great pleasure to attend the Lotterywest 80 year celebration of community funding and the function at the Indonesian consul Generals offi ce to celebrate the new look Garuda International Airways now in partnership with Etihad. At both these functions the Association was promoted.

I ask you to strongly support the Australian Asian Association Spring Dance on the 12th of October. The price of $ 30 per ticket includes Dinner and will be held at the Association Hall. It will be a great night full of song, dance and fun.

We have liaised with the Town of Vincent in organising the Eid Celebrations, which will take place in the park opposite our building in October.

I thank you, our dear members for your strong support of the association, which is expanding in geometric proportions.

Unity in Diversity

Mel. Fialho

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April - July 2013

President’s Message

AAA COMMITTEEMr Mel Fialho - President

Mr Rahim Ghauri - Vice PresidentMs Marlene Burnaby - SecretaryMr Michael Perera - TreasurerMs Saowarak Srisukkho - Committee Member

Mr Albert Meyerkort - Committee MemberMr Sanjoy Dhar - Committee MemberDr Tekle Shanka - Committee MemberMr Colin Johnson - Committee MemberMr Ranil Coorey - Committee MemberMr Mehreteab Berhe - Committee Member

It is the end of the fi nancial year and we are busy getting ready for the annual audit and the preparation of the fi nal accounts. Fortunately, as always, we will have the Annual General Meeting in October which gives us plenty of time.

We were delighted with the response we received to our invitation to meet Hon. Dr. Mike Nahan, the newly appointed Minister for Energy, Finance, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs. The hall was fi lled to capacity with a gathering of 185 attendees, consisting of the Presidents and Secretaries of our member organisations, their partners, government offi cials and the many friends of the Association. A guard of honour of children in their national costumes greeted the Hon. Minister on arrival, who was welcomed by President Mel Fialho. On the way in, the Minister stopped at every table to speak to the assembled guests. The Minister commended the Association on its energy, commitment and

continued role as a leading multicultural organisation, and thanked the executive, staff and volunteers for the time and energy put into organising the event.

The department of Health and Age Care (Federal) has announced that effective 1st July 2013, packaged care will be known as Home Care Packages Level 1,2,3,4. Level 1 and 2 equates to former Community Aged Care Packages (low and high care) Level 3 represents EACH and Level 4 is EACHD. Along with these changes, the Department has also introduced a new service delivery system Consumer Directed Care, where the consumer (client) has a greater say over the design and delivery of age care services.

As usual the majority of my time is spent applying for funding, seeking new programs and keeping up with the changes brought in from time to time by funding bodies. For instance with the HACC program the Centre Based program has been replaced by” Home from Home” which involves working with smaller groups and the organisation of several outings. Funding has been sought for this program in our application for Growth Funding.

Is there any Senior from among our members who would like to take over the Friday Seniors group and revitalise it with recruiting new members and organising activities.

Contact me if you need help. Thank you, till next time.

Olga Ramasamy OAMChief Executive Offi cer

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CEO’S Message

THE AUSTRALIAN ASIAN ASSOCIATIONIs happy to advice that we have engaged a Solicitor to provide Professional Legal Advice and Counselling. The ini al consulta on will be free of charge. Representa on in court can be provided at a subsidised rate.

For further details and appointmentsPlease contact us on 9328 1160

Australian Asia Association of WA Inc275 Stirling Street, Perth WA 6000

CONSULTATIONSTime: 10:00am - 1:00pm Days: Tuesdays and Thursdays

April - July 2013

AAA NEWS AND ACTIVITIES

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An intermediate course suffi cient to attend an interview with confi dence, to access employment, and read and write.Teacher: Miss Natalie Horsfi eld from England.

GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY @ AAA!!!FREE ENGLISH LANGUAGE COURSE 2013

YAM KC - YOUTH COORDINATORAustralian Asian Association, 275 Stirling Street Perth 6000Email: youthcoordinator@iinet.net.au Tel: 08 9328 1160www.aaawa.org.au/news.html

JUNE TO AUGUST 2.00pm TO 4.00pmEVERY THURSDAY IN THE COMMITTEE ROOM(UPSTAIRS)

The Association has been keen to foster participation in sports activities as a Continuation of our efforts to conduct sports activities for the benifit of our member groups. Our first attempt in September 2012 to organize a Soccer tournament at Edinburgh Oval, Curtin University, was extremely successful. As a result we have been inundated with requests to organize a Soccer Tournament during winter. We had discussions with the Inclusive Development Officer of Football West, Gordon Duus, who has assured us that football west will support us in numerous ways. He was very enthusiastic to be involved with the idea of working with the CALD communities and will promote the event as best as possible.

This letter is therefore to seek EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST from our member groups wishing to participate in the 2nd AAA Soccer Tournament to be held on the weekends in September. It will consist of 8 or 16 teams with 9 a side. The sports activities are focused on youth between 18 and 30 years. It is our plan to make the Cricket and Soccer

Tournament annual events, gradually expanding on the number of teams and participants.

We would be grateful if you can get back to us by 12th August 2013 if you are willing to form a team. As the tournament is restricted to 8 or 16 team, we need to accept the interested teams on a “first come, first serve” basis. More

information on venue, equipment and transport will be provided, when we hear from you.

Thanking you in anticipation for your help and cooperation in this regard. For further information, please contact Youth Coordinator - Yam K.C on (08) 9328 1160 or Youth.Coordinator@aaawa.org.au

AAA YOUTH ACTIVITIESEXPRESSION OF INTEREST IN ‘AAA YOUTH SOCCER TOURNAMENT, 2013’

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AAA NEWS AND ACTIVITIES

AAA YOUTH CRICKET TOURNAMENT2013

On behalf of The Australian Asian Association of WA Inc, I organised the ‘AAA Youth Cricket Tournament 2013’ funded by the Department of Communities of Western Australia. It was held on Saturday, 23rd March 2013 at Forest Park, Mount Lawley, in the City of Vincent, to coincide with the National Youth Week 2013. The Chief Guest, Hon. Stephen Smith, M.P. Defence Minister of The Australian Federal Government conducted ‘Opening Ceremony’ by Tossing the Coin at 9am for the fi rst to select teams NEPAL Vs Pakistan. He thanked me and the Association for organising the event for the Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) Youth as part of the Association’s activities. He expressed a commitment to support sporting events in the future. Other participating guests were, Hon. Alannah Mac Tiernan, Mayor of the City of Vincent and Neil Thomson, Chief Executive Director of the Department of Sports and Recreation who expressed their full support from the department to inspire and encourage cricket players into main stream sports activities.The Forest Park Pavilion was full with players, their friends, families and fans of Cricket, Community representatives including guests from different social organisations and government offi cials. The atmosphere was quite emotive and full of

inspiration for the players. The communities were cheering their own teams in a competitive spirit. The participating teams were Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri-Lanka. The tournament was played in the knock-out format. Utsab Thakuri of Nepal was awarded man of the match for his 32 runs and 2 wickets. The VIPs were impressed with all the teams. India and Sri-Lanka became the fi nalists. India scored 63 runs which were easily chased by Sri-Lanka with the loss of 2 wickets. Sri-Lanka won the tournament for the 2nd Year in succession. Sri-Lankan bowler, Justin was awarded Player of the tournament for his outstanding bowling attempt. On behalf of the Organising Committee, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to the Chief Guest Hon. Stephen Smith, Ms Alannah Mac Tiernan, and Neil Thomson for their presence and Coin Toss. Similarly we extend our appreciation to diplomatic representatives, members, ethnic communities and government offi cials. In particular, we thank the six teams, umpires and the cricket fans that contributed to the success of the 2nd AAA Youth Cricket Tournament.

Mr Yam K.C.Youth Coordinator

Defence Minister Stephen Smith, AAA President Mel Fialho and AAA Youth Coordinator Yam K.C. with ABC. Club members

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AAA NEWS AND ACTIVITIES

April - July 2013

President Mel Fialho is ini a ng the Opening Ceremony among the guests and players Hon. Stephen Smith with the Indian Team members

Hon. Stephen Smith shaking hand with the Indian Captain

Nepal Perth Cricket Club (NPCC)

Hon. Defence Minister Stephen Smith with AAA President Mel Fialho and others

Hon. Stephen Smith, Neil Thomson, DR of DSR Vice President, Rahim Ghauri with Pakistani Cricket Club members

Pakistan Cricket Club members

Vice President Rahim Ghauri with Umpires Ranjit Ratnayak, Andrew and Tulsi Thapa (from right) The Winning Team - Sri-Lanka!

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OUR COMMUNITIES NEWS

Czech and Slovak Association of WA celebrated its 60 years anniversary of the Club.The Club organised an Opening ceremony for a very big exhibition of art works, Bohemian glasses, ceramics etc. Czech and Slovak Saturday School presented very informative stand about their activities. The night fi nished with the traditional dinner style and dance.The Australian Asian Association of WA is congratulating Czech and Slovak Community of WA for the success of past SIXTY YEARS and wish them not to stop for their achievements!!!

From left: Mr. Zdenek Cihelka - Honorary Consul of the Czech Republic, Mrs. Jitka Smith – Director of the Czech school in Perth, Mrs. Olga Goerke – Exibition coordinator, Mr. Jaroslav Kabelka – President of the Czech and Slovak Association in WA

60 YEARS ANNIVERSARY!

April - July 2013

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OUR COMMUNITIES NEWS

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AAA NEWS AND ACTIVITIES

IRANIAN TUESDAY GROUP

Iranian clients from the HACC group celebrated Iranian new year in March.

HACC clients enjoying Aqua

classes at the Beatty Park Leisure Centre.

Information session on the Beyond Gambling Project

An information session was arranged for the Pakistani community to create an awareness on Gambling Problems and Addictions. This was arranged on the 23rd February 13 at 6.00 pm at the main hall of the Australian Asian Association at 275 Stirling Street Perth. This session was arranged with the cooperation of APANAM – Pakistanis in Australia Inc. Mrs Zarrin Siddiqui was instrumental in getting the Pakistani community together for this day. We had over 30 participants at this session on that day and it was a very interactive and informative. The feedback was good. The presentations were done by Mrs Latha Raman and Richard Meggit from Centre Care.

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AAA NEWS AND ACTIVITIES

Strictly no BYO - Drinks at Club pricesCost: $30 - includes dinner and desserts

Part proceeds to Charity Mark this date on your calendar

For further information phone: (08) 9328 1160or check our website www.aaawa.org.au

For further information phone: heck our website

Music provided by Jerry

Venue: Australia Asia House275 Stirling Street, Perth WA 6000

Saturday 12th October 20137.30pm - midnight

Spring BallAustralian Asian Association

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MEDIA RELEASE

ICCWA will be establishing and coordinating a road trauma support service for West Australians. Funded through the Road Trauma Trust Fund, the service will be offering statewide support and counselling to anybody impacted by road trauma; including but not limited to bereaved family members, friends and colleagues, offenders, injured people and their carers, drivers, passengers, witnesses and people fi rst on scene.

Deborah Costello CEO of ICCWA said “The ripple effect of one road incident is overwhelming. One split second of distraction, one simple mistake, one crash, can impact dozens of people and their communities. The trauma goes well beyond the tragic loss of life or the physical disabilities.”

“We are extremely proud to be coordinating and bringing this service to our state, to not only support our community, but also to educate. We believe road safety is not just the responsibility of governments, everyone needs to be responsible for their own safety and the safety of all other road users.”

“Behind the statistics huge numbers of people can be devastated by the trauma and many have taken this awful journey alone or with little help.”

“This new service will exist to support people who have been directly affected and to raise awareness in the community on the long term consequences of road trauma.”

Road Trauma Support for West Australians

MEMORABLE MOVIES IN MIDLAND Midland Town HallEntry $5. Tea/coffee available.Doors open at 9.15 amProgramme for the rest of 2013 is:

20 August Jailhouse Rock (1957) with Elvis Presley

17 September The Full Monty (1997)

15 October The Student Prince (1954)

19 November Anna Karenina (1935) with Greta Garbo

17 December Genevieve (1953) (to be confi rmed)

Parking permits are available for Centrepoint shopping centre car park. Contact E. Flowerday on 9379 8153.

April - July 2013

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MEDIA RELEASE

2013 Infl uenza Vaccination CampaignWestern Australians are being encouraged to take advantage of this year’s fl u vaccine in the lead up to the winter.Communicable Disease Control Director Dr Paul Armstrong said the vaccine would offer protection against the strains that were circulating in the northern hemisphere in 2012.People who are particularly susceptible to infl uenza include children aged 6 months to 5 years, Aboriginal people aged 15 years and older, pregnant women, people aged 65 years and older and those with chronic medical conditions. These groups are eligible for a free fl u vaccine, available from GPs, Aboriginal Medical Services and community immunisation clinics. (Attendance at some private clinics may incur a fee.)Symptoms of fl u include fever, cough, sore throat, headache, chills, muscle aches, tiredness and vomiting. In severe cases, it can result in complications such as bronchitis and pneumonia and can lead to hospitalisation—or even death.Visit www.health.wa.gov.au/fl u for more information.

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AAA NEWS AND ACTIVITIESMEDIA RELEASE

In 2011, an estimated 209,000 people were living in Australia with chronic hepatitis B and 226,700 people were living in Australia with chronic hepatitis C. The rate of liver cancer in Australia is expected to double in the next decade and this is mainly attributable to hepatitis B and C. In Australia, most of the people with chronic hepatitis B were born overseas in countries where hepatitis B is prevalent, such as South East and Northern East Asia, the Middle East and sub-Saharan Africa. It is estimated that one third of people living in Australia with chronic hepatitis B do not know that they have it.

HepatitisWA (Inc) is a non-profi t, community-based organisation committed to raising community awareness in relation to viral hepatitis and assisting in obtaining the best possible care and support for people living with viral hepatitis.

Our Multicultural Services Offi cer, Rosita D’Adamo, works in collaboration with CaLD services, CaLD community groups and health services to enhance CaLD communities’ understanding of and

capacity to respond to viral hepatitis, particularly hepatitis B. In February, Rosita provided information sessions to each of Australian Asian Association’s centre-based day care groups, generating some interesting discussions.

At HepatitisWA, we provide the following services:

A confi dential information and support service for people at risk of, affected by or living with viral hepatitis. Information and support can be provided via our telephone helpline or a face to face appointment with our Support Offi cer. Interpreters will be booked by us if necessary.

Regular peer support gatherings, for people affected by hepatitis, covering a range of topics including how to prevent the transmission of hepatitis, living well and treatment.

A confi dential clinic, every second Wednesday, that does testing for viral hepatitis and provides free vaccinations for at-risk groups.

Information and education workshops for the general community and for targeted groups such as culturally and linguistically diverse (CaLD), youth and prisoners.

Workshops aimed at workforces, customised to the specifi c needs of the workplace.

A comprehensive range of printed resources, in a range of languages, available from our premises and by post on order. We also produce a newsletter which is circulated to members and service providers on request.

If you would like to speak with our Multicultural Services Offi cer about enhancing hepatitis awareness and assistance to your community, please phone Rosita on 9227 9802.

To make a call to our confi dential Hepatitis Helpline, please phone 9328 8538 (metropolitan callers) or 1800 800 070 (country callers).

Appointments with our Support Offi cer can be made by phoning 9227 9806 or send an email to support@hepatitiswa.com.au. Please tell us if you will need an interpreter.

If you would like to read more about viral hepatitis, go to our website at www.hepatitiswa.com.au or phone us on 9328 8538 to order some printed resources.

HEPATITISWA – OUR SERVICES TO CALD COMMUNITIES

Arthritis Australia would like to announce the launch of MyJointPain.org.au, a new website for people with osteoarthritis (OA) or joint pain.This easy-to-use, evidence-based resource provides expert information, support, and some powerful tools to manage this debilitating disease.We invite you to access the website at www.myjointpain.org.au

and to inform your networks and friends.MyJointPain.org.au was developed through a unique partnership between Arthritis Australia and the Bupa Health Foundation with input from a panel of medical and scientifi c experts. The result is a user-friendly website which provides tailored support for each individual based on best practice care for osteoarthritis.

MyJointPain.org

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October - December 2012

OUR COMMUNITIES NEWS

April - July 2013

MEDIA RELEASE

ICCWA 2013 COMMUNITY SAFETY AWARDS - NOMINATIONS NOW OPEN Have you been involved with a community project, research project or program in community safety? Do you know one of the many amazing people achieving great results in Western Australia?

If you do, then we would like you to help us to recognise the signifi cant impact and important role these people have in addressing community safety issues in our community.

The annual ICCWA Community Safety Awards in July will showcase the excellent work being undertaken in WA. We invite you to nominate an organisation or an individual to recognise their commitment and positive contribution towards community safety.

NEW!!! – New categories announced

Last year we introduced two separate categories for the Outstanding Achievement in Community Safety Award – one for Individual and one for Organisation/Program.

2013 will see another new award category for Local Government. See the criteria for The Local Government Achievement Award.

Living Well - A free program for people living with long term health conditions.

Fremantle Medicare Local’s new service “Living Well” is an evidence based, secondary intervention program for people living with long term health conditions that aims to improve quality of life. The program is designed to complement condition specifi c education and other care management plans. Workshops are delivered by 2 trained peer leaders and provides participants with skills and strategies to help them cope with physical and emotional concerns resulting from their condition.

Participants meet for 2.5 hours a week for 6 weeks, and can enrol themselves. Programs will be run from various locations throughout the Fremantle region including, Melville, Cockburn and East Fremantle.

The workshops use strategies such as goal setting, action plans and modelling to focus on dealing with:

• Diffi cult emotions, low mood and depression

• Effective communication

• Breathing, relaxation and pain and fatigue management

• Healthy eating and physical activity

• Medication management

• Working with your Health Professionals

For more information on this program please contact Hebe Thomas at LivingWell@FremantleML.com.au08 9319 0555

COMMUNITY SAFETY MONTH PARTNERSHIPS Partnership Opportunities: Community Safety Month 2013

This resource has been developed to encourage organisations and community members to actively support and become involved in Community Safety Month (CSM), a WA community safety program held in October each year.

CSM is coordinated by ICCWA in WA with guidance from the the Community Safety Month Organising Commitee. ICCWA currently receives no core funding to coordinate CSM and relies heavily on small grants and community support to keep the program sustainable.

This guide outlines the opportunities available for you to support the month, whether this be fi nancial, or through in-kind support. ICCWA is also open to other contributions and donations and encourage you to discuss these ideas with us.

To enquire further about these opportunities or for more information about the month please contact Elecia Wheat, Community Engagement Coordinator at ICCWA on (08) 9420 7212 or email ewheat@iccwa.org.au

Living Well - A Free Program For People Living With Long -Term Health Problems

TERMS OF DECOMPOSITION LITTER IN PHOTOSEVERY TIME THROWING GARBAGE ON THE BANKS OF A RIVER OR LAKE, IN THE WOODS OR IN THE FIELD, THINK ABOUT THESE FIGURES. YOUR GRANDCHILDREN, OR EVEN GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN WILL ENJOY ALL THESE PLEASURES AFTER YOU.

Rubber tyres - from 120 to 140 years

Plastic bottles - 180 to 200 years

Aluminum cans - 500 years Glass - for over 1000 years

Animal dung - 1 is 15 days Food waste - around 1 month

Newsprint - from 1 month to 1 season

The leaves, seeds and twigs - 3 to 4 months

Cardboard boxes - within 3 months

Paper - 2 years

Wooden boards from the site - up to 10 years

11 - 13 years Iron cans - 10 years Old shoes - 10 years

Around 100 yearsFragments of brick and concrete - 100 years

Foil over 100 years Electric batteries - 110 years