Empowering new migrants and environmental advocates

Pre-Employment skills – interview skills etc (women whose visa status doesn’t provide eligibility for Centrelink services or TAFE courses, eg 309 visa)

Tours of Council Chambers as an adjunct to library tour for new migrants

In some other countries, local government doesn’t exist or citizens don’t have opportunity to interact with government - there is a need to de-mystify local government’s role and ways in which residents may communicate with Council

Open days for new migrants but also longer term residents – facilitates transparency and makes Council a more welcoming place

Environmental advisory group