Back Your Neighbour is coordinated by the Mayoral and Councillor Taskforce Supporting People Seeking Asylum, which is a coalition of more than 40 Local Government Councils encompassing about six million residents across Australia.

We have the support of community services, community groups, peak bodies and thousands of individuals, to advocate for fairness and respect for community members seeking protection in Australia.

Mayoral and Councillor Taskforce Supporting People Seeking Asylum Terms of Reference

Member Councils

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Our partners

• Afghan LEE Alliance Inc
• Amnesty International – Bendigo Group
• Anglican Diocese of Melbourne
• Anglicare Victoria
• Australian Churches Refugee Taskforce, National Council of Churches in Australia
• Australian Multicultural Foundation
• Australian Neighbourhood Houses and Centres Association
• Australian Refugee Action Network
• Australian Services Union – VicTas Branch
• Australian Services Union – Victorian Private Sector Branch
• Australian Tamil Sangam Inc
• Bakhtar Community Organisation
• Ballarat Rural Australians for Refugees
• Bayside Refugee Advocacy and Support Association (BRASA)
• Blue Mountains Refugee Support Group
• Brigidine Asylum Seekers Project 
• Brotherhood of St Laurence
• Casey Cardinia for Refugees
• Centre for Migrant and Refugee Health
• Communify Queensland
• Communities’ Council on Ethnic Issues (Eastern Region) Inc 
• Community Information & Support Victoria (CISVic)
• Catholic Alliance for People Seeking Asylum
• Council to Homeless Persons
• Darebin Legal Service
• Domestic Violence Victoria
• Djirra
• Edmund Rice Centre for Justice and Community Education
• Enliven
• Ethnic Communities Council of Victoria (ECCV) 
• Federation of Community Legal Centres Victoria
• Fitzroy Legal Service
• Fitzroy Learning Network
• Grandmothers For Refugees
• House of Welcome
• Human Rights Law Centre
• Jesuit Refugee Service
• Jesuit Social Services
• Justice and Freedom for Ceylon Tamils Inc.
• Justice and International Mission, Synod of Victoria and Tasmania, Uniting Church in Australia
• Justice for Refugees SA Inc
• Interfaith Network of the City of Greater Dandenong
• Islamic Council of Victoria
• Labor for Refugees NSW/ACT
• Liberty Victoria 
• Migrant Workers Centre
• Mi Smart Life
• Multicultural Youth Advocacy Network Australia
• Mums 4 Refugees
• National Justice Project 
• National Social Security Rights Network
• Neighbourhood Houses Victoria
• Northsiders With Refugees
• Redlands for Refugees
• Refugee Advocacy Network
• Refugee Communities Advocacy Network 
• Refugee Communities Association of Australia
• River Nile School
• Rural Australians for Refugees
• Alexandra Rural Australians for Refugees
• Rural Australians for Refugees Ballarat
• Rural Australians for Refugees Bendigo
• Rural Australians for Refugees Griffith 
• Queenscliff Rural Australians for Refugees
• Rural Australians for Refugees Southern Highlands
• Settlement Council of Australia
• South East Community Links 
• Southern Migrant & Refugee Centre
• The Salvation Army
• The Sexual Assault & Family Violence Centre
• Victorian Afghan Associations Network
• Victorian Council of Social Service (VCOSS)
• Victorian Tamil Cultural Association and Sanganatham Radio
• Victorian Trades Hall Council
• Voice of the Outer South East
• Welcome Merchant
• Welcoming Australia
• Wellspring Community of Australia
• Wesley Uniting Church Asylum Seekers Welcome Place
• 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.

We work closely with the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre and Refugee Council of Australia in our advocacy.