2017年正值“罗布淘金之路”160周年之际，澳华社区议会(CCCA)将举办一系列不同形式的活动，邀请在澳华人来追溯这一段首批来澳华裔先侨的艰辛历史，同时弘扬华人在澳洲多元文化社会中做出的重要贡献。2017年三月八日，“罗布之行”的160周年系列活动媒体发布会于维多利亚州国会大厦举行。特别来宾包括前维州多元文化委员会主席陈振亮先生，维州多元文化部长Hon. Robin Scott先生和维州多元文化影子部长Inga Peulich女士。
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华人移民历史你了解吗？探访墨尔本华人历史，重走“罗布淘金之路”160周年纪念活动！
在这 2017“罗布淘金之路”160 周年纪念之际，澳华社区议会将以一系列不同形式的活动，在纪念这一伟大历史事件的同时，弘扬华人在澳洲多元文化社会中做出的重要贡献，及其独一无二的历史和社会地位。
“罗布淘金之路”活动介绍
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纪念澳洲华人罗布之行160周年
今天下午在维洲议会举行了纪念华人罗布之行160周年系列活动媒体发布会。维州多元文化部部长Hon.Robin Scott等参加了发布会。
澳洲华人约占澳洲总人口的4.5%，已经超过120万人。但华人移民澳洲可不是最近几年的事情，早在160多年前就有华人来澳洲定居。根据比较早的历史记载：1850年当澳大利亚的维洲发现金矿后，正处于战火中的成千上万的中国人涌向维洲，加入淘金行列。
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Racial Discrimination Act amendments are disastrous on all fronts | 修訂種族歧視法將在各方面造成災難性影響
澳華社區議會維州分會發言人表示，聯邦政府修訂種族歧視法的計劃是“災難性的”。
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別開生面的跨文化盛會——澳華全國婦女會與澳華社區議會維州分會聯合舉辦的端午節茶話會
六月十六日下午，正值歡慶中國傳統的端午節期間，墨爾本市中心聯邦廣場著名的滿江紅中餐廳里高朋滿座，由澳華全國婦女會和澳華社區議會維州分會聯合舉辦的2013年跨文化端午節茶話會正在熱烈地舉行。本次會議突破了以往華人論壇的傳統習慣，改為由包括華裔社團和其他少數民族社團在一起發表演講和討論的新模式，不同背景、不同文化，不同信仰的多民族與會者在一起就大家關心的涉及婦女、家庭、老年等諸問題進行了深入的探討和介紹。是一次別開生面的跨文化聚會。
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2013 CCCAV SGP Program Media Launch Media Release 澳華社區議會維州分定居服務計劃項目新聞
The Chinese Community Council of Australia (Victorian Chapter) Incorporated (CCCAV) is an advocacy body for the Chinese community in Victoria. It also facilitates community development, assisting all Chinese descendants residing, working or studying in Victoria.
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Government Extends Tourist Visas for Parents of Australians 聯邦政府延長澳大利亞公民父母旅遊簽證時限
The president of Chinese Community Council of Australia (Victorian Chapter) Dr Stanley Chiang welcomes the recent announcement of the Federal Government to grant five-year tourist visas with a 12-month stay on each entry to suitable applicants who have applied for a parent visa outside Australia. Furthermore the Government will also consider tourist visas of up to three years with a 12-month stay on each entry for people not currently in the parent visa queue.‘It is a known fact that there are many people, especially those from Mainland China, who applied for permanent residency to be reunited with their family/children in Australia, but often have to be in the waiting queue for a long time. The waiting has been very agonising and at times even traumatising for both the applicants and their family members/children who sponsored them to come. As many are elderly and frail, some were even unable to make it before they were finally allowed to come.’ Dr Chiang, who is also a medical doctor, and has recently been appointed as a member of the newly established Chinese Ministerial Consultative Committee, believe this initiative would help the applicants to spend more quality time with their beloved ones here in Australia, hence fulfilling the need and desire of (usually) children of the applicants to look after their parents, a time-honoured Oriental tradition which is still very much respected. He also urges the Federal Government to take one step further by speeding up the application process, so that the applicants can stay here permanently with their beloved family members sooner.
澳華社區議會維州分會主席蔣天麟醫生對日前聯邦政府宣佈的有關給予那些在澳洲境外遞交父母團聚簽証的合適申請者5年旅遊簽証﹐而且每次都能居留12個月這一措施表示歡迎。據知聯邦政府還將考慮給予那些目前尚未進入排隊等候入境的申請者最長可獲3年的旅遊簽証﹐並且每次都能居留12個月。
‘眾所週知﹐以中國大陸華人為主的很多申請者為了能和他們的家庭/子女團聚而申請澳洲永久居留﹐但往往需要排隊等待很長時間。這種等待不但令人難熬﹐甚至會給有些申請者及擔保他們的子女帶來精神創傷。因為不少申請者都已年老體弱﹐有些甚至於都沒能等到獲得批准。’作為一名醫生且最近又剛被任命為聯邦部長華人咨詢委員會委員﹐蔣醫生相信這一舉措能幫助申請者們在澳洲與親人們共享天倫之樂﹐從而使申請者的親人/子女們滿足他們盡一份孝心的願望。這是東方文化中流傳至今並仍備受尊敬的傳統。蔣醫生還敦促聯邦政府能儘快處理該類申請﹐以便申請者們能儘快與家人們在澳洲長久團聚﹐從而將此事做得更加完善。
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Moving On – the New 21st Century Directions for the Chinese Australian Community 繼續前進 – 澳大利亞華人社區在21世紀的新方向
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The Chinese Community Council of Australia’s “Moving On” national conference was a precedent success. The organisers had to turn away last minute registrations – the event attracted seven times more registered participants than the first conference in Sydney last year.
The first day presented and discussed viewpoints of the community’s settlement experiences, pains and successes, civil right movements of Chinese communities overseas, cultural philosophies of foreign land settlement, and ideas for moving forward. The small number of highly engaging generation Y participants said that their community issues and aspirations are different and need different approaches, not necessary always from the viewpoints of an older generation. Some participants expressed their desires for asking for an apology from the Australian Government for past discrimination against the early Chinese settlers in the 1800s and early 1990s, while others canvassed for getting a formal Government recognition of the past to recent contributions that early Chinese settlers had and today’s citizens have made to the development of Australia.
During the second day, speakers shared insights of the emerging, growing and often hidden social problems affecting the community and lacking support services, which concern caring for the aged; mental illness, domestic violence, acculturation; lacking community involvement in public engagement and advocacy activities.
The last “Call to Action speech” opened new transforming insights of how the community can move on through strategic collaboration projects. Building the Chinese Australian voice is no longer a regular talk-fest activity, but is about creating a new propensity for collaborating and developing strategic capabilities. The strategic capabilities do not just close the Chinese Diaspora mentality and address social issues, but are also for supporting and advancing Australia in the Asian Century. The audience strongly commemorated the new and doable directions for moving on. There was unanimous support for future strategic collaboration projects that will:
1. Be executed professionally, including guided by good corporate governance
2. Take Chinese Australian advocacy to the next and more professional level;
3. Increase Chinese perspectives in Australian history and school curriculum learning;
4. Openly acknowledge and resolve the community’s hidden service access and equity issues in areas of aged care, mental illness, domestic violence, acculturation and unemployment issues;
5. Increase engagement with young Chinese Australians to understand and address their different interests and concerns;
6. Develop advance leadership training and mentoring programs in industry and government sectors;
7. Create a sustainable knowledge management repository for supporting the community’s inter-generation information creation, storage and sharing, and continuous learning.
During the open forum discussions, participants expressed their interpretations of and support for the “Call to Action” directions, including support for older Chinese Australians to share their wisdom, value adding ideas and networks for moving on.
Future community workshops will follow to plan and progress these moving on themes into action projects. Many participants had expressed interests to be involved in these future events.本屆澳華社區議會“繼續前進”專題年會勝利閉幕，並取得了得空前成功。比起去年在悉尼舉辦的第一屆年會，本屆會議預約登記的與會者有近七倍之多。主辦方因此不得不遺憾地回絕了一些最後幾天才登記的參與者。
大會第一天呈現了華人在澳洲的定居經歷、他們遭受的苦難與獲得的成功以及海外華人團體的民權運動和在異地他鄉定居的文化哲學，並並探討了繼續前進的理念。會議中人數不多但極為活躍的青年代表談到，他們這一代的所面對的問題與抱負已有所不同，因此需要採取不同的應對方式，不必總是用老一輩的觀點來看問題。有些代表則表達了他們的希望，即澳大利亞政府應就19世紀和20世紀90年代初期對華人移民的歧視行為作出公開道歉。還有一些代表則提出了澳洲政府必須就華人公民過去及現在對澳洲發展所做出的貢獻給予正式的肯定。
在第二天中，演講者們揭露了一些新出現並愈演愈烈而同時又常常被遮遮掩掩的社會問題，並探討了這些問題對華人社區的影響。演講者們還討論了社區支持性服務不足的情況，其中也涉及到對老年人的護理；精神病患者、家庭暴力、文化適應；社區對公共事務以及維護社區利益活動參與的不足等各個方面。
最後的“呼籲行動演講”提出了華人社區該如何通過’戰略協作’來完成共同發展的新思路。共建澳華之音將不再僅僅是一個大家茶餘飯後的談資，將不再是一個議而不決的定期集會，而是創建一個全新的合作態勢、提高戰略能力。此戰略能力不僅僅只是要消除華人的’身在他鄉’的思維模式以及正視諸多社會問題，同時也是為了更好的在’亞洲世紀’裡支持及促進澳大利亞的發展。這個全新的並且具有可行性的發展方向在聽眾中引起了強烈反響，而聽眾們對未來戰略合作項目的支持也是一致的：
1。運用專業人士執行項目，包括運用良好企業管理作為管理導向。
2。將澳洲華人社區利益維護的活動提升到更為專業的水平;
3。在澳大利亞歷史及學校課程的編纂中增強華人觀點的影響;
4。公開承認並解決社區隱藏的問題，諸如公平獲得社區服務及老年護理，精神疾病，家庭暴力，文化適應和失業等方面的問題;
5。增加與輕年澳洲華人的接觸，了解並認識他們不同的利益訴求及關注方向;
6。打造在企業界及政府部門方面的高級別領導力培訓、指導方案;
7。創造一個可持續發展的知識庫，支持社區跨時代信息的創建，存儲和共享，以供不斷學習。在公開論壇的討論階段中，與會者們表示他們對“呼籲行動”這一新思路的理解與支持，而這一思路中就包括了支持年長的澳洲華人們分享他們的智慧，有益想法及社交網絡以促進社區前進發展的良好意願。
未來社區的研討會將遵循這些促使社區前進發展的主題，通過規劃及執行將其轉化為具體行動項目。許多與會者們都表示極有興趣參與這些未來的項目。
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Event sponsors with Senator Hon. Kate Lundy, Hon. Hong Lim MP & President of CCCAV Stanley Chiang
First row from the left: Former Liberal Senator Tsebin Tchen, OAM Marion Lau, CCCAV Presient Stanley Chiang, Senator Hon. Kate Lundy, CCCA President OAM Tony Pun, Hon. Martin Ferguson MP., Former Melbourne Mayor John So & Hon. Hong Lim MP.
Top row: Mr Robin Scott MP with CCCAV committee CCCA representatives.
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No More a Community without Profile: The Chinese Australian community is resolved to building its public voice 向沒有公共影響的社區形象揮手作別: 澳洲華人社區決心建立公共領域統一聲音
CCCAV launched a media release event on the 1st Aug, 2012, in the Parliament House. Over 30 media representatives and other guests, including community leaders, attended the event, which finished later after planned schedule.
Presentation Highlights:
The President of the Victorian Chapter of the Chinese Community Council of Australia (CCCAV), Dr Stanley Chiang, opened the event.
He introduced the Victorian Chapter and explained its role in delivering the second national conference in Melbourne. Dr Chiang highlighted that many Chinese Australians are realising the need for change, especially erasing the public notion that they are part of Chinese Australian (CA) community that has no public profile.
He revealed that the conference will continue explaining the transforming journeys of Chinese Australian settlers and will propose a call to action for building the CA public voice. Doing nothing will mean being the largest and oldest Asian migrant group without a public profile, which exposes every Chinese Australian to risks that can compromise their civil rights and social equity as the Chinese Australian population continues to grow.
Dr Chiang invited the press representatives to attend the conference to understand the underlying details and follow-up actions that will be revealed in the Call to Action presentation on the second/last day of the conference.
MP Hong Lim, Chair of CCCAV Advisory Committee, also explained the “business case” for the need to build the CA voice.
He shared the latest census statistic facts of the Chinese Australian community and explained that other established migrant communities, such as the Jewish, Greek, Italian and even newer ones like the small Arabic community, are so better supported by governments and ironically the CA community is not. In matters of public service access and equity, such as access to funded community welfare workers, MP Hong Lim said the CA community is very short-changed and for a very long time.
One contributing reason is that the CA community did not and still do not publically voice their issues and concerns, misleading other Australians and governments to think that all Chinese Australians are affluent, self-reliant and have no social issues as a community. Therefore, they are perceived not to need welfare and community development support. Another reason is the Chinese Diaspora and the long-standing inability of different groups to come together as one collective Chinese Australian community to voice their common and different interests, viewpoints and concerns in public forums.
MP Hong Lim reminded the audience that in the era of the Asian Century (the emerging new phase of globalisation), the CA community needs to resolve their inhibiting barriers and must realise the need for change. The urgency for change is NOW, if they are to be better supported in their community development and be ready to lead and contribute to Australia’s globalisation in the Asian Century. CCCAV is resolved to catalysing the community’s coming of age and change to be more engaging and publically vocal in Australian society.
Dr. Stanley Chiang and MP Hong Lim stressed the uniqueness of the conference, that:- It has the participation of two federal ministers in the conference – Senator Hon Kate Lundy, Minister for Multicultural Affairs who will be officially opening the Conference on behalf of the Prime minister, and the Minister for Trade, Dr Craig Emerson who will be the Special Guest speaker at the conference dinner.
- The conference is a first precedent in Australia, supporting its non-English speaking senior attendees with real-time translation into Cantonese and Mandarin.
They remind the media that the conference will be on at 9 am, Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 August on the 11th Floor of the Victoria University City Campus, 300 Flinders Street, Melbourne.
澳華社區議會維州議會於8月1日在在維州議會大廈舉行新聞發布會。本次新聞發布會共有三十多名媒體代表及社區領袖、特邀嘉賓出席。而新聞發布會也因為與會代表們的熱烈反映而不得不延長時間。
新聞發布會亮點：
澳華社區議會維州議會主席蔣天麟醫生致開幕辭。
蔣天麟醫生介紹維州議會基本情況及其在第二次全國會議籌辦工作中的重要地位。並強調許多澳洲華人都意識到了變革的必要性，特別是改變社會對澳大利亞華人社區中沒有足夠公眾人物這一現狀的陳見。
蔣天麟醫生透露，本次會議將繼續闡明華人在澳洲逐漸變化的定居之旅，並呼籲大家採取行動，共建之音。無所做為，將意味著作為沒有公眾人物的最大及最古老的亞洲移民群體的一員，每個人的公民權利和社會平等權都會隨著華人人口的持續增長面臨風險。
他邀請新聞界代表參加會議，了解會議主題細節及協會將在會議第二天的行動倡議環節上說明後續行動。
澳華社區議會維州議會顧問諮詢會的主席林美豐州議員，還解釋了建設澳華之音的必要性。
林美豐議員提供了澳洲最新人口普查中關於華人社區的統計數據並說明其他諸如猶太，希臘，意大利，甚至新的像阿拉伯語社區這樣人數遠少於華人的移民社區卻諷刺性的比華人享受到了更多的政府支持。林議員指出，在獲得政府提供的社工等公共服務和獲取平等權益方面，華人社區更是在很長一段時間內被嚴重忽視。
林美豐州議員指出造成這種狀況的原因之一是華人社區在過去及現在都沒有公開表達他們的問題和關注的事宜，導致社區誤導其他澳洲同胞及政府認為澳洲華人不但富裕，而且能夠自力更生，更沒有社會問題。因此，他們認為華人社區並不需要福利和社會發展的支持。另一個原因則是澳洲華人的不同群體長期無法走到一起，作為一個集體表達他們的共同或不同的利益、觀點及對公共論壇領域的關注。
林美豐州議員提醒與會代表，在亞洲世紀的時代裡（正在興起的全球化新階段），華人社區必須解決抑制社區崛起的障礙，必須認識到變革的必要性。如果我們希望自己的社區在社區發展方面得到更好的支持，並準備在亞洲世紀全球化進程中領導澳洲、作出貢獻，我們的改變必須從現在開始。澳華社區議會維州議會決心促使社區對即將到來的時代做好準備，變得更關注公共領域且更為公眾所知。
蔣天麟醫生及林美豐州議員強調了會議的獨特性：
•有兩個聯邦部長在會議的參與-代表總理的多元文化事務部長參議員凱特•倫迪（Sen. Hon. Kate Lundy）致開幕辭，及貿易部長克雷格•愛默生博士(Dr Graig Emerson)作為會議晚宴致詞的特別嘉賓。
•這次會議在澳洲首開先例，為與會代表提供廣東話和普通話同聲傳譯。
蔣天麟醫生及林美豐州議員提醒媒體，這次會議將於，8月18日、週六及8月19日、週日上午9時在維多利亞大學市區校區11樓，墨爾本市弗林德斯街300號(300 Flinders St)召開。 -
Building the Chinese Australian Voice 共建澳華之音
The Chinese community in Australia is saying the days of being a migrant community with no public profile are numbered. It is no Chinese whisper.
’Building the Chinese Australian Voice’ is the first priority for breaking their invisibility in Australian sovereign developments and globalisation. Breaking this stereotype of the Chinese community is part of the first step for transforming the Chinese community in Australia.
Metaphorically, the community transformation is like the long marches in their history journeys in Australia and China. Unlike the past, the Chinese Australian community’s new journey will be one that leverages informed knowledge, strategic collaborations, and technology to redevelop itself , including improving its capacity to contribute to Australia’s globalisation in a new Asian Century world.
With Victoria taking the lead, Chinese Australians are taking this social transformation seriously and they are more so resolved to act now. Chinese leaders from all over Australia are coming together in the second national Chinese Community Council of Australia (CCCA) conference, to be held in Melbourne (300 Flinders Street) on the 18th – 19th August. The conference is a first precedent in supporting its non-English speaking attendees with real-time translation into Cantonese and Mandarin.
Supporting this important Chinese community’s milestone event, the Federal Minister for Multicultural Affairs, Sen. Hon. Kate Lundy is opening the Conference and the Federal Minister for Trade, Hon Craig Emerson is addressing the Conference Dinner.
In the first 2011 national conference in Sydney, the community reflected on its own settlement history in Australia and migrant journeys to understand what they need to do to change. The second 2012 conference represents the ‘moment of truth’ for the Chinese community – they now see and acknowledge the barriers that caused their invisibility in Australian public affairs. Now, they are committed to change and become a highly effective and contributing community to Australia’s developments and globalisation. A key strategic driver for change is using collaboration to break the Chinese Diaspora and to build a sustainable public voice for Chinese Australians in Australia and abroad.
Attend the conference to share insights into their journey stories and their resolve. Be part of this social cause movement and get involved to help shape Australia’s Asian Century future at a local level.
澳洲華人社區正在用主流方式向其缺乏公眾人物的固有形象揮手作別。
“共建澳華之音”是我們打破華人社區在澳洲政權發展及在參與全球化過程中被忽視這一現狀時的首要任務。打破華人社區的固有形象，則是澳洲華人社區轉型的第一步。
打個比方，華人社區轉型就如同華人在澳洲與中國歷史上的漫長征程。與過去不同的是，澳洲華人社區的新征程將是一個運用知識、倡導戰略合作及應用專業技能重塑社區，提高社區對社會貢獻以促使國家在新的亞洲世紀裡可以有力面對全球化挑戰的進程。
在維州華人社區的帶領下，澳洲華人決定立即行動，認真促成這一社會變革。來自澳洲全國各地的華人社區領導們共濟一堂，參加8月18至8月19日於墨爾本市舉行（Flinders St, 300號）的澳華社區議會第二次全國會議。這次會議將提供廣東話和普通話同聲傳譯服務，在澳洲境內首開先例，對英語有限的與會者提供最大支持。
為支持這一在華人社區歷史上具有里程碑意義的活動，聯邦多元文化事務部長，參議員凱特•倫迪(Sen. Hon. Kate Lundy) 將專程赴會向嘉賓致開幕辭，聯邦貿易部長克雷格艾默生議員(Hon. Craig Emerson) 也將特意由昆士蘭趕來，於會議晚宴中發表致詞。
在2011年於悉尼舉辦的首次全國會議上，華人社區通過回顧我們在澳洲的移民歷程及定居歷史，充分了解如何才能夠改變現狀。 2012年的第二次全國會議則是為華人社區“揭示真像的時刻”。我們正視並承認造成華人在澳洲公共事務領域為人忽視這一現狀的重重障礙。而現在，我們正致力於將華人社區打造成一個高效並對國家發展及參與全球化進程做出卓越貢獻的社區。達成此變化的關鍵戰略動因就是打破澳洲華人不夠團結的現狀，為澳洲華人在公共事務領域中建立一個無論是在境內還是海外都能持續而一致的聲音。
歡迎各位參加會議，分享嘉賓們的生平故事以及決心。歡迎各位成為這次社會運動的一分子，從身邊著手，積極協助塑造國家在亞洲世紀中的未來形象。
