Neighbourhood Collective Australia – Ethnic Council of Shepparton and District

In partnership with Neighbourhood Collective Australia and Regional Victorians of Colour, the Ethnic Communities Council of Victoria has made a joint submission to the Parliamentary Inquiry into the 2022 Flood Event in Victoria. The submission is based on more than 30 interviews and focus groups with members of migrant and refugee communities in flood-affected regions across Victoria, and makes recommendations for the planning, preparedness and response to future flood events.

	The Ethnic Council of Shepparton and District acknowledges the Yorta Yorta People of the land which comprises the Goulburn Valley. We pay respect to tribal Elders, past, present and emerging and we celebrate their continuing culture and acknowledge the memory of their ancestors.
	The Ethnic Council of Shepparton and District is a peak body whose mission is to promote and represent the social, cultural and economic well-being of ethnic communities in the Goulburn Valley Region through the provision of quality and innovative settlement, refugee support, community development, and information and advocacy services.