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New appointments to the Advertising Standards Board
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backgrounds and is gender
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of the diversity of
Australian society.
CARLY WALLACE
Appointed April 2016 MOHAMMAD AL-KHAFAJI
Appointed May 2016
Carly Wallace is a Dulguburra Yidinji woman
from the Atherton Tablelands in Far North
Queensland who is now based in Brisbane. Mohammad Al-khafaji is the CEO of Welcome
to Australia and the current FECCA Youth Chair.
Born in Iraq, he came to Australia in 2003 via
Syria as a refugee when he was 13. Since arriving
in Australia Mohammad has dedicated himself
to his work and studies. He completed a Bachelor
of Software Engineering at the University of
Adelaide in 2012.
She worked in radio and television for 10 years
before joining AIME (Australian Indigenous
Mentoring Experience) where she now works as a
presenter and communications assistant.
Carly is an AV Myer Award recipient and
completed a Graduate Diploma in Radio
Broadcasting at the Australian Film Television
and Radio School (AFTRS) in 2010 - the
first and only Indigenous radio graduate in the
school’s history.
Her career includes work at various media outlets
across the country including, Radio 4K1G in
Townsville, ABC 702 in Sydney, ABC 612 in
Brisbane, ABC In Cairns, ABC Digital Radio,
and most recently, NITV (National Indigenous
Television) as a television presenter on TV
Programs Around the Traps, Yabun Festival and
Our Songs.
Joining AIME in 2014, Carly combined her love
of working with Indigenous youth and her media
experience into one with her role which sees
her travelling across the state of Queensland to
deliver the AIME program to Indigenous high
school students. Carly also manages the AIME
Instagram page and assists in the broader AIME
communications team.
Carly considers her work at AIME to be her
passion and enjoys sharing her knowledge
and her story with the next generation of
Indigenous youth.
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He is passionate about changing the national
conversation around asylum seekers to a
positive one through education and grass roots
movements. In line with this Mohammad was
appointed as the CEO of Welcome to Australia
in September 2015. He committed to giving new
arrivals the same welcome he received when he
arrived in 2003.
Mohammad volunteers for a number of
organisations and is passionate about empowering
young people to reach their full potential. He
is the Youth Chair of the Federation of Ethnic
Communities` Councils of Australia (FECCA).
He was the chairperson of the Minister’s Youth
Council from 2011 to 2012 in South Australia.
Mohammad was part of the Australian Youth
Leadership Conference (Adelaide 2005), a
delegate at the Federal Government’s 2020 Youth
Summit in Canberra in 2008, was awarded the
South Australian Governor’s Multicultural award
for youth achievement in 2012, and last year was
a finalist in the Pride of Australia Awards in the
Fair Go category.
Mohammad is an active community member. He
lives in Adelaide, the best city in Australia.
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