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The meeting was organised by Ms Karen Goltz, Regional Health Promotion Public Health and Strategic Development Western Metropolitan Region, Department of Human Services and, and facilitated by Omeima Sukkarieh (notes) and Susanna Iuliano from HREOC. It was attended by seven invited participants. Omeima interpreted the Arabic.

The meeting was chaired by the South Australian Equal Opportunity Commissioner, Ms Linda Matthews. Ms Omeima Sukkarieh, Community Liaison Officer, Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (notes) facilitated the meeting. It was attended by 21 invited participants.

The meeting was chaired by Professor Jerzy Smolicz, Centre for Intercultural Studies and Multicultural Education at the University of Adelaide. The South Australian Equal Opportunity Commissioner, Ms Linda Matthews, was co-host and guest speaker. It was attended by 32 invited participants.

The meeting was chaired by Ms Susan Booth, Anti-Discrimination Commissioner Queensland. It was attended by 15 invited participants. Dr Bill Jonas, Acting Race Discrimination Commissioner, and Omeima Sukkarieh attended from HREOC.

The meeting was facilitated by Ms Randa Kattan, Executive Director of the AACC. The meeting was introduced with brief presentations by Mr Hassan Moussa, AACC chair, Dr Bill Jonas, Acting Race Discrimination Commissioner, and Ms Omeima Sukkarieh, Community Liaison Officer, HREOC. It was attended by some 27 invited participants. Also attending were Ms Meredith Wilkie (notes), Dr Susanna Iuliano and Mr Paul Oliver from HREOC.

The meeting was chaired by Dr Jocelynne A. Scutt, Commissioner, together with Ms Santi Mariso, Community Education and Liaison Officer and Mrs Pia Struwe, Investigation and Conciliation Officer with the Anti-Discrimination Commission, and with Mr Stuart Beswick of Multicultural Tasmania. It was attended by some 24 invited participants, two of whom were children (10/13). The Commissioner gave a short introduction. Then everyone introduced her/himself and said a few words about where they had come from and their interests.

The meeting was chaired by Mrs Aziza Abdel Halim, President of the MWNNA and facilitated by Omeima Sukkarieh, Community Liaison Officer, HREOC (notes). It was attended by14 invited participants.

The meeting was chaired by Ms Vicki Mitsos, Chair of the Shepparton Ethnic Communities Council, and attended and facilitated by Susanna Iuliano and Omeima Sukkarieh from HREOC. It was attended by 80 invited participants who were studying English at the Goulburn-Ovens TAFE. The TAFE English teachers allocated their regular English class-time for the consultation and attended as observers.

These notes summarise a discussion with eight young Christians of Arabic speaking background led by Michael Mawal, Arabic Youth Worker at Australian Lebanese Welfare.

The meeting was attended by 8 people including 7 young people aged between 9 and 15 years and one parent. Omeima Sukkarieh (notes) from HREOC attended and facilitated the consultation.

“In the month after September 11 we had a 20-fold rise in reports of incidents of racial vilification. So it peaked very much. September 11th came as a shock and people were extremely scared.

The meeting was chaired by Ms Hind Kourouche, Coordinator of the Council and attended by four other invited participants. Omeima Sukkarieh and Meredith Wilkie (notes) attended from HREOC.

Some participants had not experienced discrimination themselves. One woman mentioned that she had experienced significant prejudice but did not give details. However, she related the following experience of her son.

The meeting was facilitated by Omeima Sukkarieh and Susanna Iuliano from HREOC and attended by 13 invited participants from the Canberra Islamic Centre.

The meeting was facilitated by Ms Marguerite Rooke from Multicultural Community Services of Central Australia and attended by Ms Omeima Sukkarieh from HREOC (notes). Some 27 invited participants attended from the Alice Springs community.

Eight members of the refugee women’s group and two EMC workers attended the consultation which was facilitated by Omeima Sukkarieh (transcript and translating) and Susanna Iuliano from HREOC. The Ecumenical Migration Centre was established in 1962 and became a part of the Brotherhood of St Laurence in 1999.

This consultation was held in collaboration with the Office for Multicultural Interests, the Ethnic Communities Council Women's Sub-Committee, the Al-Hidayah Islamic School, the Somali community, Dar Al Shifah, the Muslim Women's Support Centre and the Australian Islamic College.

The meeting was chaired by Ms Maha Krayem Abdo, Coordinator of the United Muslim Women's Association, and facilitated by Omeima Sukkarieh and Susanna Iuliano (notes) from HREOC. It was attended by 15 invited participants who have been working together to produce the magazine Reflections.

"I've noticed that in the smaller country towns, even though Muslims do get discriminated against, the towns are a lot better than the big cities. I've noticed it when I go home to Innisfail, which is 65 kms south of Cairns. When I go back home, I have no problem at all. I'm one of the only ladies who wears the scarf. You might see one every couple of months but really there's no-one up there who wears it. I've actually had a ladies come up and ask me 'Oh, why do you wear it? You look so beautiful with it on'."