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which could be summarized

according to the report in
ever-expanding workloads;
Staff shortages especially at
peak times, extra jobs were
always piled on cleaners,
not having the right cleaning
chemicals, Not having the
right equipment, Working
under pressure, Technology
used to increase pressure
on cleaners, Supervisors,
a conduit for management
pressure and Violating
human dignity.

Gamal and union delegates with Julia Guillard

Khalid Osman:: In a report that has been presented
by Uniting Church in Australia, Gamal babikir was
included as a case study. That report begins and
ends with two central affirmations of Judaism,
Christianity and Islam about human lives and Gods
intention for human society. The report begins
with these religions shared belief that all people
are equal in the eyes of God, and ends with the
conviction that society is to be organized according
to justice.
Gamal Babikir the, who is a union delegate for United
Voice (one of Australias largest unions), made few
public comments that has been aired through major
Australian TVs channels. Gamal a former lawyer who
graduated from Cairo University, Khartoums Branch,
was also s social activist. Gamal migrated to Australia
in 1998 and joined Chad stone shopping 12 years
ago.
Gamal story was included to show the unfair treatment
by most of the shopping centers around Australia,

Win takes Western

Tigers to second
on ladder

The report also point to the

impact of violating cleaning
industry
structures
on
cleaners and their families,
when Eighty per cent
of cleaners believe that
their wage is inadequate
for properly supporting
a family. Many rely on their
partner also having a job
preferably a well-paid
one.
The
consequences
of
unjust
work
practices
reach far beyond the
impact on the workers
themselves, rippling out
from their suffering to their
families, the public, and the
contractors and shopping
centers themselves.

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//www.hcourt.gov.au/)

Update on the High Court decision

31 August 2011
(Re Malaysia Agreement)
No doubt many of you have
been following the developments over recent weeks in
relation to the High Court injunction that has stopped the
planned removal to Malaysia
of some of the irregular maritime arrivals from a recently
arrived boat on Christmas
Island.
On August 31 the High Court
held invalid the Minister for
Immigration and Citizenships declaration of Malaysia as a country to which
asylum seekers who entered

Australia at Christmas Island

can be taken for processing of
their asylum claims.
The High Courts decision involved analysis of a number
of sections of the Migration
Act 1958 and the Immigration
Guardianship of Children Act
1946 and, of course, related
primarily to the governments
announced policy to transfer
irregular maritime arrivals
(IMAs) to Malaysia.
Summary of the High Court
Decision (taken from http:

http://www.hcourt.gov.au/
assets/publications/
judgment-summaries/2011/
hca32-2011-08-31.pdf
Minister Bowens Press Conference
Please find below a link to the
Minister for Immigration and
Citizenships website in which
he has posted a full transcript
of his press conference immediately after the High Court
judgement was handed down.
http://
www.minister.immi.gov.au/
media/cb/2011/cb171159.htm
The Minister has indicated
that the government is seeking urgent legal advice from
the Solicitor General on the
implications of the judgment.

The government will make

further announcements in
coming days and weeks as to
its approach to this most complex issue. I will endeavour to
keep you informed of these
developments.
You are no doubt aware of the
wide variety of opinions in the
public speculating about the
implications of the High Court
decision, and governments
likely response to this decision.
In my role as a departmental
officer I hope that you can
appreciate that I am not able
to speculate as to the governments likely response,
and will be unable to respond
to detailed enquiries on this
matter until the department
is further instructed by the
Minister.

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2011

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Australian Multicultural Council (AMC)

and local ambassadors program

On 22 August the Gillard Labor Government launched

a new local ambassadors
program to champion inclusion and highlight the benefits of Australias diversity.

The People of Australia

Ambassadors
program
was formally announced
by Prime Minister Julia
Gillard at the launch of the
new independent Austral-

ian Multicultural Council

(AMC). The Prime Minister
encouraged Australians to
nominate local champions
from their own neighbourhood and communities who

People of Australia
Ambassadors Program
Nominations are now open for the Australian Governments People of Australia
Ambassadors Program.
As part of Australias new multicultural policy, the Prime Minister has announced
the Australian Multicultural Council will appoint up to 40 People of Australia
Ambassadors.
Ambassadors will champion inclusion and provide grass roots input to the
Australian Multicultural Council and to government.
Ambassadors will be appointed for a 12 month period and will have key roles in
annual community events and celebrations including Harmony Day on 21 March.

Who can nominate to be a

People of Australia Ambassador?
Communities or individuals are invited to nominate a person to be considered
for the role of People of Australia Ambassador. Individuals can nominate
themselves.
People who are nominated should have demonstrated a strong commitment
to inclusion and social cohesion or may have involvement in a diverse range of
community work and programs that strengthen neighbourhoods and unite all
Australians.
Nominations will be considered by the Australian Multicultural Council.

How to nominate
Go to www.amc.gov.au to access the nomination form and for more information
about the People of Australia Ambassadors Program.

have helped to promote inclusion and participation in

their community. Ambassadors will be appointed
for a 12-month period and
have key roles in annual
community events and
celebrations including Harmony Day on 21 March.
Nominations for the Ambassador roles need to be
submitted before 7 October.
Up to 40 people will be selected as ambassadors to
provide grassroots advice
to the AMC about effective
initiatives which promote
inclusion and leverage
diversity in our communities.
The AMC will have a formal role in a strengthened access and equity
strategy, provide advice
to government on multicultural policy and emerging
issues and ensure Australian Government services respond effectively
to the needs of Australias
diverse communities.
Victorian Members of the
AMC:Dr Hass Dellal OAM
Executive director, Australian Multicultural Foundation
Ms Carmel Guerra, Chief
executive officer of the
Centre for Multicultural
Youth
Dr Tim Soutphommasane
(VIC), Research fellow at
Monash Universitys National Centre for Australian
Studies
More information about
the AMC and the People
of Australia Ambassadors
program can be found
at the AMC website:
www.amc.gov.au

Nominations close on Friday 7 October 2011.

September

2011

Short Story

Aghades
Khalid Osman : Apart from
the sound of the German
motor struggling and hugging
the sand, the desert engulfed
them in its transparent tranquility plus the silence of the
universe around them. Few
bushes, rocks and cactus
trees covered the road as
seen by the brilliant light of
the car.
Youth asleep on the roof of
this ship, sand, women and
children inside, suffering the
might of the iron and tiny
space, they left Aghades
aiming towards Niamey, on
the banks of the Niger River.
After the night completed its
rounds and morning breathed
cheerfully, an old foreigner
and his wife sat in the middle
of a young African group talking about this oasis, and how
it was a crossroads for convoys coming from the coast
and the desert, heading to
Saudi Arabia and to the sea
northward, southward and
how this area was a hotbed
for wild giant animals and underneath it, were rivers, and
rainfall are without seasons.
For Samir this region is a
crossroads of another kind.
Here he can take another bus
going to Chad and then to the
Sudan, and this would mean
abandoning the strategic illegal immigration to Europe via
the North African state, that is
administered and governed
by the mood of the leader. If
the leaders temperament is
mild, then the doors of labor

and immigration are opened.

If the leader converted to the
idea of nationalism or colonialism or whatever, this will mean
that the new fates or the lives
of millions of people spread
over several continents need to
be changed, and if the leader is
of a sour mood, then his soldiers will expel the poor proletariats to their own borders
so that the fates of millions of
people spread over several
continents are changed.
Samir might continue his trip
south to purchase a forged
document, that could take him
to Europe, or he could be successful enough in obtaining a
diplomatic passport, or he can
move eastward with Africans
to swim across the Mediterranean. He had to think quickly
before the buses depart.
The Professor continued his
narration of contemporary
history of North Africa and the
battle of El Alamein, Rommels
wiliness and the intelligence of
Churchill, while Samir was listening to the speech of Leader
of the Revolution on his last
Fatimid and the supposed
pilgrimage to Al Aqsa Mosque
(Jerusalem).
Whenever Samir wanted to
move to another station, he
finds himself compelled to return once again to listen to the
exciting and strange speech of
the leader. He then turned to
the Bedouin girl requesting his
third cup of coffee; she apologized for the fire cooled down
due to a shortage of wood. He
offered to bring some wood so
the fire could rage.

. He accompanied the Bedouin girls to fetch some wood from

the forest behind the nearby hill of sand.
When they returned the three vehicles had left. Months passed
before another convoy came to the oasis. This gave Samir
more time for reflection and to cope with the life of desert and
the Bedouin tribe. Now that he had become one of its members,
Samir is still moving the indicator to that radio station awaiting
a new idea from the Leader of the Revolution. That might help in
taking a decision on how best to get rid of the coffee seller and
then move forward.

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Learn Local
helped me to complete
my Diploma in IT and
Certi cat e IV in Training
and Assessment and
now I have a great job.

September

2011

Sports

The African

Win takes Western Tigers to second

on ladder
The Sunshine Heights Western
Tigers, a soccer team of mostly
Sudanese refugees, finished
second out of nine on the ladder in the Football Federations
Mens Metropolitan League
North-West after defeating
Keilor Wolves 9-0 in the finals
on Saturday September 17 at
Green Gully Reserve.
Captain William Deng had an
outstanding game capped off by
a solo run that resulted in a goal
going coast to coast. (See below
for match details).
Its been a meteoric rise for the
Western Tigers, one of Melbournes newest soccer teams.
Until this season, the Sudanese
players just met up for casual
games in different parks in the
West as they couldnt afford to
pay the costs involved in joining
existing clubs.
The Sunshine Heights Cricket
Club took the Western Tigers
under its wing and, with some
help from Brimbank City Council and United through Football,
a program run by the Football
Federation Victoria, the players
were registered and fitted out.
Michael Apout, Team Manager,
said was very happy with the
progress the team had shown
both on and off the field.
A big thank to the Brimbank
City Council, Sunshine Heights
Cricket Club, Sunshine Heights
Junior Soccer Club and the
Football Federation Victoria for
having faith in us.
Chris Hatzoglou, President of
the Sunshine Heights Cricket
Club and a player in reserve
team, said there where many
highlights this season, none
greater than the camaraderie
shown between all the players from many different cultural
backgrounds.
The players have got to know
and respect each. Playing together breaks down any barriers
that exist. Its been an enriching
experience for us all.
Mr Hatzoglou says the Western
Tigers have exceeded all expectations.
The Western Tigers are exceptionally fast, have great ball skills
and bring a new flamboyance to

September

2011

Western Tigers Archives

the game - and I just love the
way they get together for a celebratory dance when they score
a goal, he said.
Getting a Sudanese soccer
team on board has been one
of the best things our club has
ever done. A lot of us come
from migrant families and were
keen to ensure that some of
the negative experiences of our
parents werent repeated. I urge
other sporting bodies and community organisations in Brimbank to consider reaching out
to refugees and newly-arrived
migrants.
Player/coach David Nyuol Vincent had been fairly confident
of a win in the last match of the
season.
Weve underestimated our capabilities. Its the first time weve
played at this sort of level. Before, we played very casually so
it was very exciting to win games
in the official competition and
even sit at the top of the ladder
for a number of weeks, he said.
Winning, Mr Vincent argues, has
been much more than a game
for the Western Tigers.
Winning encourages people to
respect us and helps counter
some of the negative perceptions of the Sudanese community. The effect on the Sudanese
and broader African communities has been extraordinary. We
just wish more would come to

our games it would be so good

for morale, he said.
In the not so distant future, well
see some of the players reaching professional levels. Meanwhile, the biggest challenge is
giving every one of our 25 registered players a game.
Peter Lewinsky, Brimbanks
Chair of Administrators, regretted he was unable to attend Saturdays game but said he was
barracking from a distance.
Sometimes its the little things
you do in local government that
can make a big difference, he
said.
Brimbank City Council has
been delighted to help the
Western Tigers get registered
and kitted out and organise the
official launch back in June. The
sum around $6000 all up was
modest but has helped turn the
soccer playing dreams of new
Sudanese residents into reality.
The Western Tigers are burning
bright.
Its such good news for a community which has been through
civil war and incredible hardship
back in Africa and is still doing it
tough here. Success on the field
in sports-mad Melbourne paves
the way for success in many
other fields.
I can see it forging marvellous relationships between the
Sudanese community and the
broader Australian community.

With so much talent, Sudanese

players could reshape the game
in Australia and could ultimately
bolster the international competitiveness of the Socceroos.
Sunshine Heights Cricket Club
has partnered with the Sunshine
Heights Junior Soccer Club and
the Western Tigers to introduce
young Sudanese boys to soccer. The Club was the big winner
at the 2011 Brimbank Sports
Awards in April, taking out
awards for Community Club of
the Year and Club Management
of the Year. One of its members, 14 year Sudanese cricket
player, Akat Mayoum, was also
runner-up in the Junior Athlete
of the Year Award.
Football Federation Victoria
has invested over $110,000
into United Through Football
and has assisted 40 community
clubs and over 3,000 newly arrived people.
Round 22 Match Details:
Sunshine Heights Western Tigers FC v Keilor Wolves
Result: 9-0 win to SHWTFC
Goal scorers:
Nelson Deng 15, 45, 88 (hat
trick)
John Mamur 30, 77, 85 (hat
trick)
William Deng 33
Taban Acouth 54
Mawien Ariik 91

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Libya: When will NATO leave?

Written by Tayo Lewis Friday,

16 September 2011
THE crisis in Libya seems
to be gradually taking on an
unforseen
dimension.Now,
the battle seemingly is over
but the war has not been won.
For as long as the embattled
former Libyan president, Muhammer Gaddafi is alive on
planet earth, the victory of the
National Transitional Council
remains a mirage.
It was in mid-February this
year that the reverberation of
the Egyptian uprising was first
felt in Tripoli, the Libyan capital. By early March, the conflict
had degenerated into war as
the forces loyal to Gadddafi
which have been in power
since 1969 battled opposition
forces instead of negotiating
with them.
Now, Tripoli has fallen. The
tough-talking Gaddafi of we
will fight to victory has taken
flight with several rumours of
his haven fled to one country or
the other. As of Tuesday, September 13, 2011, pro-Gaddafi
towns like Bani Walid and Sirte
have come under heavy bombardment by NATO forces.
When the war commenced,
one of the rationale behind the
involvement of NATO since
March 24 in the purely African
crisis, despite the opposition
of the African Union (AU), was
that the people needed protection from the regime of Gaddafi
to pave the way for democratic
government and also to protect
the civilian population. NATO
Secretary, General Rasmussen explained that the alliance

September

2011

was only enforcing an arms

embargo and maintaining a
no-fly zone in the Libyan operation codenamed Operation
Unified Protector. NATO, he
said, is doing nothing more,
nothing less than meeting its
mandates under United Nations Security Council resolutions. He claimed no NATO
ground troops have participated in the operation saying
his mens success has been
achieved solely with air and
sea assets.
Observers, however, wonder
if Rasmussen is to be taken
seriously as even the Amnesty
International has taken the Alliance to task over some of its
actions.
The problem now is, what is
NATO still doing in Libya?
The South African government has been in the forefront of opposition to the role
of the NATO forces in their
bid to emancipate Libya. The
colonialist tendencies of the
West
obviously accounts
for the zeal with which they
moved to liberate the oppressed Libyans and protect
their vunerable citizenry. The
events in the aftermath of the
coup against the regime of
the Libyan strongman show
clearly that the Allied Forces
are really not telling the truth,
their involvment were certainly
not for altruistic reasons.
Inasmuch as we cannot shy
away from the fact that Africa
still has a long way to go in her
search for credible leadership,
it is like stating the obvious
when we say that the interest

of the West in our internal affairs is

always for economic exploitation.
NATO has also been heavily criticised
for civilian casualties and a series of
bombings apparently targeting essential non-military infrastructure in
Libya, with some observers calling the
actions war crimes. The Libyan rebels
being supported by coalition forces
have also been accused of wanton
savagery and even crimes against
humanity.
A NATO bombing campaign near the
Libyan city of Zlitan earlier this month
reportedly killed almost 100 civilians
more than half of them women and
children. The attack sparked a new
wave of outrage worldwide as journalists and activists called for investigations. Representatives of the Gaddafi
regime had then taken a large group
of foreign reporters to the site. They
were shown bodies of women and
children, including the remains of
a baby. Multiple bombed out homes
were also presented to international
journalists. The Western military alliance defended the strikes, saying
they were against legitimate targets.
According to NATO spokespeople,
the coalition believed the town was
being used as a staging ground for
pro-Gaddafi forces and tribes aimed
at repelling an upcoming rebel invasion of the capital, Tripoli at that time.
It has become obvious that even after
there has been a change in the leadership of the country, outside intervention will be far from over. The U.S.
government, European powers, the
Chinese regime, Egypt, Russia, and
countless other authorities sometimes through the United Nations and
a range of international institutions
have their own plans to take their own
share of the alliance baked cake that
Libya has become.
This is a tragedy. Instaed of the African Union taking a siddon look stance
at this time, this may be the time to
come together and with a united front
chart a course that will be indigenous
and which will serve the cause of the
the Libyans and not their foreign collaborators.
This is the only way that Africa will not
suffer a repeat of the Berlin Conference of 1914 when the whole continent was carved up like meat and
served out to European countries.
Countries like Nigeria and south Africa certainly have a huge role to play
in this regards.

Gaddafi
forces claim
wins
MUAMMAR
Gaddafis
spokesman says their
troops have won several battles in the past few
days against Libyas new
authorities.
We have won several
battles against the NATO
collaborators and managed to push them out
of Bani Walid and Sirte,
two remaining Gaddafi
strongholds, Mussa Ibrahim told Syria-based Arrai
television channel by telephone.
In spite of deadly NATO
strikes our forces resist
and our fighters pursue
their fight because we are
involved in a battle for dignity and against the forces
of evil, he added.
Ibrahim said he was confident that the capital Tripoli
would be reconquered.
We will be back in all
towns and cities that have
been occupied by the
NATO mercenaries. We
promise you that we will
bury the colonialist project
targeting the Arab people.
Our mujahideen have
captured French, British
and one Qatari mercenaries, he added.
Ibrahim had warned earlier
that the Libyan visit of British Prime Minister David
Cameron and French
President Nicolas Sarkozy
on Thursday marked the
start of the colonisation
of the oil-rich country.
The two leaders, whose
forces spearheaded the
NATO air raids that helped
topple
Gaddafi,
were
hailed as heroes during
their visit to Tripoli and the
eastern city of Benghazi.

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PRIME MINISTER
SPECIAL MINISTER OF STATE
PARLIAMENTARY
SECRETARY FOR
IMMIGRATION
AND MULTICULTURAL AFFAIRS

STRENTHENING
COMMUNICATIONS
FOR ETHNIC COMMUNITIES
Prime Minister Julia Gillard today announced
new powers will be
given to the Australian
Multicultural Council

(AMC) to review and

scrutinise Government
advertising expenditure
in multicultural media.
The new reporting
framework reflects the
Gillard Labor Governments commitment
to Australias unique
dversity and the impor-

tance of ensuring equal

access to information for
all Australians.
These important changes complement the
Governments strengthened access and equity strategy, which was
announced as part of
the Governments new

multicultural policy, The

People of Australia.
The AMC will formally
review Government
campaign expenditure in
ethnic media to ensure
our access and equity
principles are fulfilled.
These changes in transparency and reporting
reflect the Governments
commitment to respond
to the information needs
of Australias diverse
communities.
Cultural diversity is
a central feature of our
national identity. 45 per
cent of all Australians
were born overseas or
have at least one parent
who was born overseas.
We identify with more
than 270 ancestries and
speak over 260 languages.
The Government recognises that ethnic media
plays a key role in disseminating information to
Australians from diverse
backgrounds.
Under the new framework, departments and
agencies will now be
required to undertake
exception reporting if
they do not include ethnic
media advertising as part
of their broader campaign
strategy.
The reasons for these
exceptions will now have
to be publically released
in bi-annual reports
which will be reviewed
and scrutinised by the
AMC.
Special Minister of State
Gary Gray has written to
every Minister to outline
and promote these new
changes.
Minister Gray has asked
Ministers to ensure their
departments adhere to
the new reporting requirements and always
consider the needs of
culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD)
communities.
For more information
on the Australian Multicultural Council, visit
www.amc.gov.au

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