Policy Dialogue on Migration and Ageing in a Multicultural Australia

8:30 – 9:00

Arrival and Registration

9:00 – 9:45

WELCOME AND OPENING REMARKS

• Janine O’Flynn, Director, Crawford School of Public Policy, ANU
• John Piggott, Director, CEPAR, UNSW Sydney
• The Hon Andrew Giles MP, Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs*

9:45 – 11:00

SESSION 1: How Migration is Set to Change Older Age Groups

Chair: Meimanat Hosseini-Chavoshi, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, CEPAR

9:45-10:00

Migration and Ageing: How Cultural and Linguistic Diversity (CALD) is Set to Boom among Older Australians

Rafal Chomik, UNSW Sydney, CEPAR

10:00-10:20

Understanding Australian International Migration

Peter McDonald, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, CEPAR

10:20-10:40

Compositional Aspects of Australia’s Older Population: Projections to Mid-Century

Jeromey Temple, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, CEPAR

10:40-11:00

Combined Q&A session

11:00 -11:30

Morning Tea

11:30 – 12:50

SESSION 2: Socioeconomic Experience of Ageing Migrants and CALD Communities

Chair: TBA

11:30-11:50

Healthcare Engagement among CALD Communities

Reema Harrison, Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Centre for Health Systems and Safety Research, Macquarie University

11:50-12:10

CALD Health Outcomes

Fiona Stanaway, The University of Sydney, CEPAR

12:10-12:30

Perspectives by commentator(s):

• Julie Byles, University of Newcastle, CEPAR
• Bianca Brijnath, National Ageing Research Institute

12:30-12:50

Combined Q&A session

12:50 – 13:50

Lunch

13:50 – 15:10

SESSION 3: Health and Care

Chair: Marian Baird, CEPAR Chief Investigator, The University of Sydney

13:50-14:10

CALD Communities and the Care Economy

Myra Hamilton, Associate Professor in Work and Organisational Studies, The University of Sydney

14:10-14:30

CALD Navigation of Aged Care

Lee-Fay Low, The University of Sydney

14:30-14:50

Perspectives by commentator(s):

• Michael Lye, Department of Health and Aged Care
• Mary Ann Baquero Geronimo, Federation of Ethnic Communities Councils’ Australia (FECCA)

14:50-15:10

Combined Q&A session

15:10 – 15:40

Afternoon Tea

15:40 – 17:00

PANEL SESSION: Policy, Practice and Research – Challenges and Responses for Implementation

Chair: Warwick McKibbin, Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis (CAMA), ANU Crawford School of Public Policy, CEPAR

Panel discussion to explore:

• How do migration policies dovetail with the needs of CALD communities?
• How to tie policy initiatives together for macro-demographic/migration goals?

Panellists:

• Marian Baird, The University of Sydney, CEPAR
• Bei Lu, UNSW Sydney, CEPAR
• Ian Yates, Office of the Inspector General of Aged Care

17:00

CLOSING REMARKS

Warwick McKibbin, CAMA, ANU, CEPAR