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COMPLETE LIST OF ALL RECIPIENTS AND CITATIONS FOR INCLUSION INTO THE PRESENTATION BOOKLET 2014 MERITORIOUS SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY Mr Siri Krishan Auplish For his outstanding voluntary contribution to the Indian community of Victoria. Ms Luba Baksheev For her outstanding voluntary contribution to the Russian community of Victoria. Dr Nisha Bhatnagar For her outstanding voluntary contribution to the Indian and broader community of Victoria. Mrs Sophia Borobokas For her outstanding voluntary contribution to the Greek and broader community of Victoria. Mrs Bianca Cervini For her outstanding voluntary contribution to the Italian community of Frankston and surrounding area. Mr Eric Chen For his outstanding voluntary contribution to the multicultural communities within the City of Whitehorse. Mr Bright Chinganya For his outstanding voluntary contribution to the Zambian and broader African community of Melbourne. Mr John Chrisomallis For his outstanding voluntary contribution to the Greek community within the Whittlesea area. Mr Peter Cichello For his outstanding voluntary contribution to the Filipino community within the City of Greater Geelong region. Mr James Cusack For his outstanding voluntary contribution to the Irish community of Victoria. Ms Emily Lee D’Cruz For her outstanding voluntary contribution Taiwanese and broader community of Victoria. Mr Nosrat Dehghan For his outstanding voluntary contribution to the Iranian community of Victoria. Ms Sanja Drljaca For her outstanding voluntary contribution to the Serbian community of Victoria. Mrs Uma Ganapathireddy For her outstanding voluntary contribution to the Indian community of Victoria. Mr Graham Goulding For his outstanding voluntary contribution to the Gippsland multicultural community. Ms Nina Lan Jun Huang For her outstanding voluntary contribution to the Chinese community of Dandenong. Mrs Antonina Kichakova For her outstanding voluntary contribution to the Russian community of Victoria. Mr Steve Kovacic For his outstanding voluntary contribution to the Croatian community of Victoria. Ms Terezia Kral For her outstanding voluntary contribution to the Slovak community of Victoria. Mr Marama Kufi For his outstanding voluntary contribution to the Oromo community of Victoria. Mrs Hanh Le For her outstanding voluntary contribution to the Vietnamese community of Preston and surrounding area. Mrs Eszter Linka For her outstanding voluntary contribution to the Hungarian community of Knox. Dr Che-Sam Lo For his outstanding voluntary contribution to the Chinese and broader Victorian community. Mr Diego Luppino For his outstanding voluntary contribution to the Italian and broader Victorian community. Mr Alister MacLeod For his outstanding voluntary contribution to the Scottish communities of Victoria. Mr Massoud Majidi For his outstanding voluntary contribution to the Iranian community of Victoria. Dr Iamir Maloka For his outstanding voluntary contribution to the Chaldean community of Victoria. Mr Sugu Maran For his outstanding voluntary contribution to the Tamil community of Victoria. Mr Antonio Mautone For his outstanding voluntary contribution to the Italian community of Victoria. Ms Kumari Middleton For her outstanding voluntary contribution to the welfare of multicultural youth in Victoria.

Mrs Amparo Miller For her outstanding voluntary contribution to the Filipino community of Gippsland. Mr Bhattachary Mudumba For his outstanding voluntary contribution to the multicultural communities of Victoria. Mr Yasseen Musa For his outstanding voluntary contribution to the Eritrean and broader Victorian community. Mr Pino Narduzzo For his outstanding voluntary contribution to the Italian and broader Victorian community. Mrs Meeta Narsi For her outstanding voluntary contribution to the multicultural community of Ballarat. Ms Gaetana (Nina) Nicoletti For her outstanding voluntary contribution to the Italian community within the City of Whitehorse. Ms Belinda Selen Ozgun For her outstanding voluntary contribution to the Turkish community of Victoria. Mrs Irene Papaioannou For her outstanding voluntary contribution to the Greek community of Preston. Mr Frank Patti For his outstanding voluntary contribution to the Italian community of Victoria. Mr Van-Hung Phan For his outstanding voluntary contribution to the Chinese community of Prahran. Mr Karna Rana For his outstanding voluntary contribution to the Nepalese community and multicultural sporting organisations of Victoria. Mr Yadata Saba For his outstanding voluntary contribution to the Oromo community of Victoria. Mr Anil Sharma For his outstanding voluntary contribution to the Indian community of Victoria. Ms Shan E Shen For her outstanding voluntary contribution to the Chinese community of Richmond. Mrs Olga Shonina For her outstanding voluntary contribution to the Russian community of Victoria. Mr Joseph Zuwu Sumo For his outstanding voluntary contribution to the Liberian and broader community of Greater Geelong. Mr Vinh Dinh Tran For his outstanding voluntary contribution to the Vietnamese community of Victoria. Mrs Vasilia Tsousis For her outstanding voluntary contribution to the Greek Orthodox community of Victoria. Mr Sanjay Unadkat For his outstanding voluntary contribution to the multicultural communities of Melbourne. Mr Ranjan Vaidya For his outstanding voluntary contribution to the Nepalese community of Victoria. Mrs Cat-Tuong Vu For her outstanding voluntary contribution to the Vietnamese community of Boroondara. Mrs Margaret Wehl For her outstanding voluntary contribution to the multicultural communities of Victoria. Mrs Halina Wood For her outstanding voluntary contribution to Polish community of Ballarat. Mrs Lily Wu For her outstanding voluntary contribution to the Taiwanese community of Victoria. Mr Mukhles Yousif For his outstanding voluntary contribution to the Chaldean community of Victoria. Mr Hassan Yusuf For his outstanding voluntary contribution to the Somalian community of Victoria. Mrs Tatiana Zemlinsky For her outstanding voluntary contribution to the Russian community of Victoria. Mrs Heping Zhou For her outstanding voluntary contribution to the Hunanese (Chinese) community of Victoria. Mrs Malgorzata Zuchowska For her outstanding voluntary contribution to the Polish community of Victoria. MERITORIOUS SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY - ORGANISATIONS

Greek Orthodox The Greek Orthodox Community of Gippsland, building on the work of the first Greek and Greek Cypriot pioneers within the Community Of Gippsland region, support the elderly and youth, initiate social events, celebrate cultural days and promote and teach the Greek Gippsland language and culture. Healthy Initially established for the Russian community, Healthy Tourism Senior Citizens Club "Vigor", Ensemble Nostalgia is now a Tourism Senior support network for the many multicultural senior within the City of Port Phillip. It provides members with the opportunity to Citizens Club participate in and share cultural differences, as well as artistic, educational and social activities. "Vigor", Ensemble Nostalgia Established in 1962, the Polish Community Council of Victoria is one of the S tate’s peak bodies for the Polish communities of Polish Community Victoria. The Council represents the concerns, needs, aspirations, achievements and interest of the Polish community in Council Of Victoria. Victoria Inc SERVICE DELIVERY TO MULTICULTURAL VICTORIA - INDIVIDUALS Name In the Area of Citation Ms Molina Asthana - Community Service Using her skills as a solicitor, Molina has become an advocate for human rights particularly in the areas of women and health issues. She has been instrumental in promoting the need for social change - her involvement and leadership with the many organisations she is involved with has assisted in raising awareness of specific problems in South East Asian communities, as well as advocating for the need of cultural equality within the workplace. Mr Patrick Francis & Ms Lesley - Arts Spearheaded by Patrick (who has autism and an intellectual disability), together with his Francis sister Lesley, Absolutely Awetistic Arts was formed to give the community a better perspective of what can be achieved in spite of disability. Their inspiring work encourages many artists with varying disabilities from culturally and linguistically diverse communities to express their artistic talents, thereby giving the community a better understanding of multiculturalism and an opportunity to view their works. Ms Sahida (Ee’da) Ibrahim Arts A musician, dancer, spoken-word artist, arts educator and the founder and creative director of a music and arts collective called “Sisters for Sister s ”, Sahida Ibrahim (stage name Ee’da) has an undeniable passion for people and culture. Her talents and passions have awarded her many opportunities to participate in shaping a vibrant and multicultural community. Dr Muhammad Khalissi - Community Service Better known as Sheik Abu Omar to the community, Dr Muhammad Khalissi is the Vice