Back Your Neighbour is coordinated by the Local Government Mayoral Taskforce Supporting People Seeking Asylum, which is a coalition of more than 40 Local Government Councils encompassing over five million residents across Australia.
We have the support of community services, community groups, peak bodies, policy experts and thousands of individuals to oppose cruel cuts to SRSS support for some of the most vulnerable members of our community.
Member Councils
- Albury City Council
- Ararat Rural City Council
- Ballarat City Council
- Banyule City Council
- Bass Coast Shire Council
- Greater Bendigo City Council
- Blacktown City Council
- Blue Mountains City Council
- Brimbank City Council
- Canterbury Bankstown City Council
- Cardinia Shire Council
- Casey City Council
- Greater Dandenong City Council
- Darebin City Council
- Greater Geelong City Council
- Hawkesbury City Council
- Hobart City Council
- Hobsons Bay City Council
- Hume City Council
- Inner West City Council
- Kingston City Council
- Macedon Ranges Shire Council
- Maribyrnong City Council
- Maroondah City Council
- Melbourne City Council
- Merri-bek City Council
- Monash City Council
- Moonee Valley City Council
- Mornington Peninsula Shire Council
- Newcastle City Council
- Nillumbik Shire Council
- Orange City Council
- Port Phillip City Council
- Queenscliffe Borough Council
- Randwick City Council
- Wagga City Council
- Wellington Shire Council
- West Torrens City Council
- Whitehorse City Council
- Whittlesea City Council
- Wyndham City Council
- Yarra City Council
Other organisations
- Anglicare Victoria
- Australian Neighbourhood Houses and Centres Association
- Australian Services Union – VicTas Branch
- Australian Services Union – Victorian Private Sector Branch
- Ballarat Rural Australians for Refugees
- Brotherhood of St Laurence
- Communify Queensland
- Catholic Alliance for People Seeking Asylum
- Council to Homeless Persons
- Darebin Legal Service
- Domestic Violence Victoria
- Djirra
- Enliven
- Fitzroy Legal Service
- Fitzroy Learning Network
- Jesuit Refugee Service
- Jesuit Social Services
- Justice and International Mission, Synod of Victoria and Tasmania, Uniting Church in Australia
- Migrant Workers Centre
- Mums 4 Refugees
- National Social Security Rights Network
- Neighbourhood Houses Victoria
- Northsiders With Refugees
- The Sexual Assault & Family Violence Centre
- Victorian Afghan Associations Network
- Victorian Council of Social Service (VCOSS)
- Victorian Trades Hall Council
- Women’s Health West
- YWCA Australia
Please contact us to add your organisation to this list. Click here to add your name as an individual supporter.
Local Government Mayoral Taskforce Supporting People Seeking Asylum Terms of Reference
We also work closely with the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre and Refugee Council of Australia in our advocacy.