ECCV in the Media
2023
January
2022
December
- Greek Herald – Ethnic Communities’ Council of Victoria hosts annual general meeting
- Greek Herald – Ethnic Communities’ Council of Victoria welcomes Labor’s $3.5 million funding commitment
October
- Greek Herald – Real solutions to celebrate and support multicultural communities in Victoria
- West Australian – Calls for Vic multicultural flood support
- The Guardian – Catholic archbishop backs Victorian Liberals’ proposed religious discrimination changes
- The Age – Calls for anti-racism training as African Australian students report discrimination in school
- SBS – Ethnic Communities Council of Victoria says state government needs to do more for multicultural society
- Canberra Times – Calls for Vic multicultural flood support
- Segmento – A voice for diversity and inclusion
June
- Neos Kosmos – FECCA Conference deemed a success
- ABC – Multicultural groups welcome federal government’s move to collect ethnicity data
- SBS News – Immigration Minister signals shift in Australia’s migration debate
- Times News Group – Ballarat Regional Multicultural Council hosts statewide visitors
- Ballarat Courier – Victorian Regions Gather in Ballarat
May
January
2021
October
- ABC Online – As Victoria nears its vaccination target there are fears migrant women could be left behind
September
August
- ABC Television – Vaccine Rollout & CALD communities
June
- Docklands News – Council picks up vaccination slack
May
- Neos Kosmos – ECCV welcomes pro bono legal advice in migrant and refugee-advocacy work
- Greek Herald – Ethnic Communities Council of Victoria partners with Moray & Agnew Lawyers
- ABC Radio, PM – Stress for migrant families looking after elderly relatives
April
- SBS News (Radio & Television) – Migrant communities are disproportionately affected by gambling harm
- Neos Kosmos – CALD youth encouraged to join Intercultural Young Advocacy Leadership program
- Shepparton News – Shepparton meeting of Ethnic Councils aims to address challenges for CALD communities
- Neos Kosmos – Celebration of George Zangalis’ life open to all
- Greek Herald – Melbourne’s Greek community will come together to honour local hero George Zangalis
March
- The Phillippines Times – Exploited Filipino Migrants in Australia a cautionary yet empowering tale
- Indian Express – Where are the Indian-Australian politicians?
- Mirage News – All One Together for Cultural Diversity Week
- Mitchell’s Front Page – Ethnic Communities’ Council of Victoria calls for new multicultural strategy
- ABC News Radio – Ethnic community leaders question the Federal Government’s coronavirus vaccination program
- Braidwood Times – Reactions to Mental Health Inquiry
January
- ABC News Radio – Concerns over getting vaccine info through to culturally and linguistically diverse communities
2020
December
November
- The Greek Herald – Australia’s ‘premier multicultural conference’ returns to Melbourne after 18 years
- Neos Kosmos – FECCA’s biennial multiculturalism conference returns to Melbourne for the first time in 18 years
October
- ABC News – Calls to make bushfire warnings easier to access for Victorians who don’t speak English at home
- The Senior Victoria – Ethnic clubs seek leg-up as virus hits – Interview with Eddie Micallef (page 10)
- Neos Kosmos – Experts Opinions: Budget 2020 and the Greek community of Australia
September
- Women’s Agenda – Women, “It’s Our Time” to stand for local government elections
August
- ABC News – Live Blog coverage of inquiry
- The Guardian – How a trust breakdown left Melbourne’s minority communities hardest hit by COVID second wave
- ABC News – Victorian coronavirus response ‘not doing enough’ to reach key groups, Chief Health Officer says
- The New Daily – Health workers raise fears about infection control while some Australians won’t take pandemic seriously
- Port’s People – 3207 Port: Beacon Cove Battler – Interview with Eddie Micallef (page 4)
July
- ABC Life – Early signs your elderly loved one could be a victim of abuse
- SBS News – Victoria announces rent support for locked-down public housing tenants
- ABC News – Fears for mental health of residents in Melbourne’s coronavirus lockdown suburbs
- New York Times – Australia thought the virus was under control. It found a vulnerable spot
June
- Herald Sun – Katie Allen on Tackling outbreaks is key to COVID-19 battle as new case numbers spike in Melbourne
- Channel 7News – Victoria coronavirus lockdown in Keilor Downs, Broadmeadows could see rise in racial profiling
- ABC RN Breakfast – Concerns public health messages not getting out to those from non-English speaking backgrounds
- ABC Gippsland – Trapped by border closure, migrant desperate for permission to return to life in Victoria
- The Indian Sun – ‘Social cohesion is always under threat’
- The Ararat Advertiser – Calls to bolster COVID-19 media campaign
- SBS Punjabi – Efforts boosted to get coronavirus messaging to multicultural communities
- The Age – Ethnic groups move to plug gaps in COVID messaging
- Crikey – How cultural blindspots and a lack of diversity undermined pandemic response
- SBS News – Greg Hunt warns Melbourne COVID-19 spike has potential to cause second wave
- The Australian – Coronavirus Melbourne: Ethnic clusters due to cultural confusion
- Australian Financial Review – Victoria’s failed English test behind spike in virus cases
- Yahoo News – ‘It’s so infectious’: Premier’s powerful plea for Victorians after virus spike
- ABC Radio – The Conversation Hour – 23 June 2020
- ABC Radio AM – COVID message ‘not reaching’ Melbourne ethnic community
- SBS News – Victoria pledges to ‘double efforts’ to reach multicultural communities in virus hotspots
- ECCV All One Together Campaign Ambassador on 947 Pulse – Refugee Week and the All One Together Campaign
- SBS – Warnings that ethnic communities are being exploited through branch-stacking
- SBS Radio/TV – Warnings that ethnic communities are being exploited through branch-stacking
May
April
- Neos Kosmos – ECCV signs the Victorian Multicultural CEO network open letter to the Crisis Council of Cabinet on COVID-19
- SBS – Victorian government urged to prioritise vulnerable CALD communities amid coronavirus outbreak
- SBS Radio – Government urged to meet the needs of diverse communities
- Greek Herald – Ethnic Community Broadcasting pioneer George Zangalis awarded Life Membership by the ECCV
- Neos Kosmos – Greek multicultural pioneer receives ECCV’s life award
February
2019
December
- Shepparton News – People with disability given a voice
- Crikey – What’s On Today – ECCV All One Together Campaign Launch
- The Age – Standing up for migrants and multiculturalism
October
- Neos Kosmos – https://neoskosmos.com/en/147593/gambling-harm-awareness-week-casts-focus-on-an-invisible-illness-normalised-by-greek-culture/
September
- Ballarat Courier – Malaysian Minister includes Ballarat on his national tour of Australia to promote unity
- SBS – https://www.sbs.com.au/language/greek/audio/polypolitismos-prokliseis-kai-kateythynseis-gia-mellon
- Neos Kosmos – https://neoskosmos.com/el/224703/i-elliniki-paroikia-echei-polla-na-didaksei-stis-nees-metanasteftikes-omades/
April
- Neos Kosmos – https://neoskosmos.com/en/134476/eccv-urges-federal-government-to-do-more-to-help-pensioners-as-a-high-priority/
March
- The Age- https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/push-grows-for-liberals-unions-to-put-one-nation-last-in-outcry-over-racist-speech-20190322-p516q1.html
- Neos Kosmos- https://neoskosmos.com/en/133532/celebrating-diversity-with-the-hellenic-police-association/
January
- SBS Mandarin Program – st-kildaji-hui-you-xing-hou-xu-suo-wei-fei-zhou-bang-pai-yi-shuo-shi-fou-zi-xu-wu-you
2018
December
- Shepparton News – community-forum-to-reduce-sheppartons-gambling-statistics
- SBS – https://www.sbs.com.au/news/82-per-cent-of-australians-support-immigration-despite-population-concerns
- Tasmanian Times – https://tasmaniantimes.com/2018/11/a-victory-for-all-victorians/
- Channel 31, Half Hour – Immediate past Chair Eddie Micallef interview re: ECCV, State Election, the media…
November
- SBS – https://www.sbs.com.au/news/victoria-election-parties-lay-out-their-priorities-as-poll-approaches?cid=newsapp:socialshare:email
- Daily Mail UK Australia – https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/aap/article-6410733/Ethnic-Council-applauds-Vic-terror-arrests.html
September
- JOY 94.9 – https://joy.org.au/saturdaymagazine/2018/09/julian-burnside-qc-on-asylum-seekers/
- Neos Kosmos – https://neoskosmos.com/en/121151/how-fear-of-islam-became-the-biggest-threat-to-australias-multiculturalism-julian-burnside/
- 3RRR FM – http://rrrfm.libsyn.com/uncommon-sense-11-september-2018-julian-burnside-qc
- ABC Radio National, Drive with Patricia Karvelas – http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/drive/julian-burnside-on-the-on-going-threat-of-islamaphobia/10238728
- Daily Review – https://dailyreview.com.au/julian-burnside/77961/
July
- Neos Kosmos – https://neoskosmos.com/en/118909/fotis-kapetopoulos-appointed-eo-of-eccv/
- Neos Kosmos – https://neoskosmos.com/en/118326/eccv-responds-to-the-minister-for-citizenships-article-on-english-language-for-migrants/
- SBS Online – https://www.sbs.com.au/news/audiotrack/sharp-rise-race-discrimination-complaints
- ABC Radio National Drive – http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/drive/does-section-44-of-the-constitution-accurately-reflect-multicul/9772752
April
March
February
- SBS Online – https://www.sbs.com.au/news/over-100-claims-to-be-reviewed-after-cop-in-charge-of-complaints-quits
2017
November
- SBS World News Radio – https://www.sbs.com.au/news/audiotrack/ruddock-lead-religious-protections-review
October
- SBS Online – https://www.sbs.com.au/news/audiotrack/migrants-groups-embrace-rejection-citizenship-laws
September
July
- NEMBC The Broadcaster Journal – https://www.nembc.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/EB-Autumn-Winter-2016-DISTRIBUTE.pdf
June