AnnuAl REPORT 2011-2012 - Sbs

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CoMMUNITY
SBS Community advisory Committee
the SbS community Advisory committee assists the
board to be aware of, and responsive to, community needs
and opinions on matters relevant to the SbS charter.
in determining appointments to the committee and its
overall membership, the board takes into account the
diversity of backgrounds of the members, geographical
representation and specialised skills and knowledge
including their ability to reflect the needs and interests
of women, youth, the aged, and people with disabilities.
Members are selected on the basis that they have
an understanding of Australia’s multicultural society
and, in particular, have interests relevant to, and an
understanding of ethnic and Aboriginal and torres Strait
islander communities.
in 2011–12, the SbS community Advisory committee
had input into the SbS community engagement Plan,
the Radio Schedule Review, and potential strategies for
engaging with sensitive material – including forum debate
programs enabling the exchange of a range of opinion.
the committee discussed the funding outcomes
for SbS and new project ideas and were involved in
considerations relating to the establishment of a new
indigenous advisory committee in the context of Nitv.
committee members participated in the SbS thought
leadership initiative SbS cQ on issues of media and
cultural diversity and presented on issues facing
multicultural youth in Australia.
Members also contributed to a review of the role of the
community Advisory committee and made submissions
to the board on a new set of terms of reference for the
committee, which were adopted by the SbS board in
early 2012.
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SBS Community Advisory Committee members
Outgoing Chair: Ms Joanne Jousif (NSW)
New Chair (from April 2012): Mrs Evelyn Pereira e
Robertson (VIC)
Ms Angela Flynn (SA)
Mr Nick Hatzoglou (VIC)
Mr Alan Huynh (QLD)
Mr Alex Lew (VIC)
Ms Maria Saraceni (WA)
Dr Krishna K. Shrestha (NSW)
Mr Biko Syong’oh (NSW)
Mr Abderraouf Adel Ziani (VIC)
Reconciliation action Plan
SbS launched its third Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP)
in February 2012. the RAP is the responsibility of a
volunteer staff committee consisting of 18 staff members
including Aboriginal and torres Strait islander employees,
representatives from across the organisation and senior
management. the committee meets on a quarterly basis
with sub-committees co-ordinating specific RAP actions
committed to in the SbS RAP.
in developing these actions, the RAP committee
determined that SbS could better realise its potential
by taking a long-term approach and embedding our
actions under the following over-arching objectives which
encapsulate what SbS is uniquely positioned to offer to
the reconciliation process.
in its third RAP, SbS continued with its focus on three
overarching objectives, Lead, build and Output.
Lead: be a reconciliation leader in the media,
entertainment and advertising industries. SbS created a
new plan for priority relationships to be developed, with
three partnerships established including funding and
support for a QUt AiAtSiS funded research project the
First Nations’ voices for the Future Pilot Study examining
career paths for indigenous journalists. SbS continued
to develop its relationship with Reconciliation Australian,
identifying events and activities it could support such as
National Sorry Day, Reconciliation Week and NAiDOc
Week. internally in September 2011, SbS hosted an
all-staff information session featuring the expert Panel
for constitutional Recognition.