SETTLEMENT COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIA Settlement and Social Cohesion

SETTLEMENT COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIA Settlement and Social Cohesion in Australia November 2017 Nicholas Tebbey Chief Executive Officer

Today: • Social inclusion and social cohesion • The role of settlement in promoting social inclusion • Ensuring the success

MULTICULTURALISM AND COHESION

BUILDING A NATION

SETTLEMENT IN AUSTRALIA

ABOUT THE SETTLEMENT COUNCIL • The national peak body for settlement agencies • Focused on the best possible settlement outcomes for migrants and refugees settling in Australia • Approx. 80 member organisations in every state and territory • Governed by an Executive Committee with representatives from each state and territory

INCLUSIVE SETTLEMENT Settlement Council of Australia

ACHIEVING SOCIAL COHESION Australians Today (Scanlon Foundation, 2015) • When asked if they are satisfied with their lives, 81% indicated that they were and only 5% that they were dissatisfied. • Almost two out of three (62%) of those who arrived since 2001 indicated that they were ‘very happy’ or ‘happy’, one in four (23%) that they were ‘neither happy nor unhappy’, and close to one in eight (13%) that they were ‘unhappy’ or ‘very unhappy. ’

ACHIEVING SOCIAL COHESION 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% Support for Multiculturalism Support for Humanitarian Program Support for increased humanitarian Support for equal treamtent of all intake from Syria/Iraq religious and ethnic groups Mapping Social Cohesion (Scanlon Foundation, 2016)

THE ROLE OF SETTLEMENT SERVICES IN ACHIEVING SOCIAL COHESION Migrants are resilient and hard working. Government is committed to the sector. Service providers are mature, flexible and innovative. Services are inclusive, tailored and responsive to individuals

Education Employment Health & Wellbeing Housing Language services Transport Civic Participation Family and Social Support Justice

SOCIAL INCLUSION AS A SETTLEMENT OUTCOME Settlement Council of Australia

ENSURING SOCIAL COHESION Settlement services are delivered successfully to migrants from all cultural backgrounds without discrimination based on race, religion or nationality.

SETTLEMENT COUNCIL Thank you OF AUSTRALIA