THREE Greater Dandenong community leaders have been appointed ‘grassroots’ consultants to the federal government and the Australian Multicultural Council.
Councillor and former mayor Jim Memeti, Young Victorian of the Year Victor Victor and Afghani-Australian lifesaver Imtiyaz Saberi were inducted as People of Australia Ambassadors in Canberra on Harmony Day last Thursday.
They join 50 other national ambassadors, appointed for a year for helping promote inclusion in their communities.
Cr Memeti, of Dandenong South, has been an active Albanian community leader who, as a councillor, has supported infrastructure projects to “strengthen the social fabric of the city”.
Mr Victor, of Noble Park, mentors youth, has been in the Multi-Faith Multicultural Youth Network, a volunteer tutor with African group SAIL, music event MC and won Greater Dandenong’s young citizen award in 2011.
Mr Saberi, of Dandenong, is the country’s first Afghani-Australian lifesaver and promotes safe-swimming among young people and new arrivals.
Isaacs MP Mark Dreyfus said the ambassadors had a “vital role” informing the government about life in multicultural Australia.
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