The Queensland government has announced it will host a ministerial forum for all states and territories on multicultural affairs next year.
The announcement was made at the Federation of Ethnic Communities and Councils of Australia conference being held in Hobart, with FECCA hoping the 2020 forum will become a regular event similar to the Council of Australian Governments.
The organisation's chairperson Mary Patetsos praised the Queensland government for taking a leadership role in addressing the major concerns for multicultural Australia.
“FECCA believes that a collaborative to multicultural issues would assist in the development of effective and coherent national policies,” she said.
“This forum has the potential to help bring Australia’s diverse communities closer together to the benefit of all Australians."
FECCA wrote to all state and federal ministers responsible for multicultural affairs earlier this year with the proposal looking at issues that directly affect CALD communities and having a coordinated national approach.
The organisation has also launched a Reconciliation Action Plan to help foster closer relations between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders and CALD communities.
