Message from Community Members
Please find below the FINACT message promoting COVID safety and importance of vaccination. Thank you all for your support and inputs. Let us know if you have any feedback and suggestions. Thanks you FINACT Team
Author: Sanjay Pandey
FINACT AGM 2021
Dear colleagues The Annual General Meeting on 25 July 2021 was attended by delegates of 26 of the 30 current member associations while we received apologies from 3 other member associations. After discussions and deliberations on AGM Agenda items, participating delegates elected FINACT Executive Committee members for 2021-22 as follows: President: Dr Shanti Reddy Vice[…]
Notice of Annual General Meeting 2021
Dear FINACT Members, As mentioned in the email of 15 June 2021, the FINACT Annual General Meeting will be held on Sunday 25 July 2021 at the Pearce Community Centre (Collette Place, Pearce ACT 2607) from 2.30 – 5.00pm. Mr Robert James has kindly agreed to be the returning officer. Nomination Form and checklist for the[…]
Changes to parent visa rules
FINACT appreciates that government has listened to our concerns FINACT had written to the Minister for Immigration a few weeks ago raising some concerns experienced by our community. One of the concerns highlighted was about partners and parents having to go off-shore for visa during these times of COVID restrictions. Later we had the opportunity[…]
FINACT Team 2020-21
Greetings from the new FINACT Team. It was heartening to see that despite technological challenges we had good participation from members at the AGM on 25 July 2020 and the new EC for 2020-21 was elected unanimously. The elected FINACT Executive Committee members had a meeting on 1 August 2020 at which we co-opted members[…]
Help available
Most of our member associations came forward to help people in trouble during the COVID-19 restrictions. Please find all contact details to get help.
COVID-19 Restrictions – Help is here!!
Especially for Indian citizens – temporary visa holders, tourists and international students – stuck during COVID-19 restrictions, FINACT has partnered with the High Commission of India, Canberra. Please find contact details for any help.
We also strongly encourage all Indian citizens staying in Australia to register at https://www.hcicanberra.gov.in/pages/updates-from-australia
Important Message re COVID-19
Dear Community Leaders Across the world Coronavirus strain COVID-19 is creating uncertainties and impacting on our way of living in ways that we have never experienced before. Governments are trying to find ways of supporting their residents while putting in place measures to control spread of COVID-19. State, Territories, Federal Government, High Commissions and Embassies[…]