Summary of election promises for multicultural Victoria

If successful in Saturday’s election, Victoria’s major political parties have both committed to investing $50 million in the state’s multicultural infrastructure. Labor has promised to “build, upgrade and renovate new community infrastructure for multicultural and...

Submission to Disability Inclusion Bill 2022

ECCV welcomes the exposure draft of the Disability Inclusion Bill, which was introduced as part of the ongoing review of the Disability Act 2006 (Vic). ECCV’s submission supports a new principal Act for promoting disability inclusion in Victoria. Although the Bill...

Notice of ECCV 2022 Annual General Meeting

Notice of Annual General Meeting Dear members and friends, We are pleased to invite you to the Ethnic Communities’ Council of Victoria (ECCV) Annual General Meeting 2022: When: Wednesday, 30 November 2022 at 6PMVenue: The Greek Centre – Mezzanine Level, 168 Lonsdale...

Media Release: Improving emergency management

The Ethnic Communities’ Council of Victoria (ECCV) welcomes the $500,000 investment in the Multicultural Emergency Management Partnership (MEMP), announced yesterday by the Victorian Government as part of its funding package to help support flood-affected communities...

State Election Forum 2022 a success

ECCV held a successful State Election Forum at Brunswick Town Hall last week, where we received overwhelming support for our State Election Platform 2022. More than 130 people heard from guest speakers Sheena Watt MP (Parliamentary Secretary for Housing, Labor), David...

The Hon Tony Pagone delivers poignant Walter Lippmann Oration

ECCV hosted the 10th Annual Walter Lippmann Memorial Oration at the Wheeler Centre on 13 October, 2022 with the support of our sponsor LanguageLoop. This milestone Oration was delivered by the Hon Tony Pagone AM KC, a former judge of the Federal Court of Australia who...