Our Speakers
Hon. Mark McGowan AC
Former Premier of Western Australia
Mr Drew Williams
Chief People & Culture Officer, The University of Western Australia
Emerita Professor Samina Yasmeen AM
Director of Centre for Muslim States and Societies,
the University of Western Australia
Hon. Harriet Shing MP
Victorian Labor MP
Victorian Minister for Housing and Building
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Mr Jason Yat-Sen Li MP
New South Wales Labor MP
New South Wales Assistant Speaker
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Ms Elizabeth Lee MLA
Canberra Liberal MP
Leader of Canberra Liberals
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Ms Samantha Ratnam
Former Victorian Greens MP
Former Leader of Victorian Greens Party
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Ms Dai Le MP
Independent Federal MP
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Mr David Southwick MP
Victorian Liberal MP
Victorian Shadow Minister for Youth and Future Leaders
​Victorian Shadow Minister for Police and Corrections
Mr Trung Luu MP
Victorian Liberal MP
Victorian Shadow Assistant for Police, Corrections and Crime Prevention​​
Mr Aiv Puglielli MLC
Victorian Greens MP
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Senator Fatima Payman
Federal Senator for Western Australia
​Australia's Voice Party Whip
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Ms Cassandra Fernando MP
Federal Labor MP
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Ms Jenny Leong MP
New South Wales Greens MP
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Ms Anne-Marie Cade
Former Mayor and Councillor
​Glen Eira City Council, Victoria
Hon. Pierre Yang MLC
Member of the Legislative Council, Parliament of Western Australia
Dr Maggie Ying Jiang
Associate Professor, School of Social Sciences, The University of Western Australia
Dr Sadhana Bose
President, Ethnic Communities Council of Western Australia
Dr Zareh Ghazarian
Head of Politics and International Relations
School of Social Sciences, Monash University
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Ms Ruth McGowan OAM
Author of Get Elected
​Councillor coach
​Former Mayor of Baw Baw Shire Council
Prof. James Walter
Emeritus Professor of Politics
Former Head of School of Social Sciences
Monash University
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Ms Karen Ho
Former Director General, Department of Training and Workforce Development, WA Government
Hon. Dr Andrew Lu AM
President, The Mental Health Tribunal
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Ms Elizabeth Lee MLA
Ms LanChief Relationship Officer at EXTAG
Dr Abi Young
Adjunct Research Fellow, School of Social Sciences, The University of Western Australia
Cr Emma Zhang
Councillor at City of Gosnell, WA​
Cr Terry Lee
Councillor at City of Melville, WA
Cr Andrea Creado
Councillor at City of Stirling, WA
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Ms Helene Fung
Senior Policy Officer, Department of Industry, Science and Resources, Australian Government
Dr Tom Verghese
Principal and Founder, Cultural Synergies
Mr Ron Sao MLA
WA Sate Member for Cannington
Mr Randhir Amoganthan
President, UN Association of Australia (WA)
Ms Candy Choo GAICD
CEO, Leadership WA
Cr Li Zhang
Councillor and Former Deputy Mayor
​Glen Eira City Council, Victoria
Mr George Hua
Former Councillor
​Kingston City Council, Victoria
Cr Andy Xing
Councillor
​Burnside City Council, South Australia
Our Speakers
​ Dr Chuyang Liu
Former Trade Commissioner
​The Australian Embassy in China
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Mr Bwe Thay
Deputy Chairperson
​Victorian Multicultural Commission (VMC)
Ms Jill Morgan OAM
Deputy Chairperson
Ethnic Communities Council of Victoria (ECCV)
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Dr Jimmy Li
President
​Chinese Community Council of Australia Vic Chapter
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Mr Bill Papastergiadis OAM
President
​Greek Community of Melbourne & Victoria
Dr Michael Kheirallah
President
​Victorian Lebanese Community Council
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Ms Tammy Nguy
Head of Operations
​Vietnamese Museum Australia
Mr Rakesh Raizada
Founding Director​ of Vedic Global
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Ms Kat Henaway
Director of Indigenous People's Organisation Australia
Founder of Politics in Colour
Mr Andy Trieu
Television Presenter at SBS Australia
Ms Daisy Wu
Author of Multilingual Connectors
Prof. Charles Qin OAM
Managing Director, Chin Communications
Prof. Hongqi Sun
Professor, School of Molecular Sciences, The University of Western Australia
Mr Tony Chong
President, The Western Australian Chinese Chamber of Commerce
Ms Agata Dharma
President, Indonesian Chamber of Commerce Western Australia
Mr Han Hee
President, Asian Community Council of Western
Australia
Mr Joseph Chen
President, Australia-China Youth AssociaWon (ACYA) UWA Chapter
Prof. Mark Beeson
Adjunct Professor, the University of Technology Sydney
Mr Jieh-Yung Lo
Senior Consultant, Fitzpatrick & Co Advisory
Dr Sandy Chong
Director and Principal Consultant at Verity Consulting
Dr Ting Chen
Former President of the Chung Wah Association