Government supporters and partner organisations

We receive government funding for much of our work both in Australia and internationally. This funding comes from all levels of government – federal, state and territory, and local – and from a number of departments and portfolios. We seek funding from governments on a strategic basis to support our planned activities.

We work closely with more than 10 Australian Government departments and agencies, and with many more at the state and territory level. We maintain engagement with parliamentarians in many ways, such as through the Parliamentary Friends of Australian Red Cross network, which includes more than 100 members of parliament who support and promote our work.

As well as engaging government stakeholders for support of our work, we seek to influence government policies through our expertise and experience, and to advocate for vulnerable people and communities in Australia and overseas. Following the Red Cross method of humanitarian diplomacy, these discussions are largely confidential.

Australian Government

Attorney-General’s Department
(Former) Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID)
Australian Defence Force
Australian Federal Police
Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
(Former) Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Department of Health
(Former) Department of Health and Ageing
Department of Immigration and Border Protection
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
Department of Social Services
Department of Veterans’ Affairs
Office for Multicultural Affairs and Citizenship

ACT/SE NSW

ACT Government Community Services Directorate
ACT Government Health Directorate
CatholicCare
Chief Minister, Treasury and Economic Development Directorate
Department of Human Services
Multicultural Service
Office of Multicultural Affairs ACT
Queanbeyan City Council

NSW

Blacktown City Council
Centre for Volunteering NSW
City of Sydney
Department of Ageing, Disability and Home Care
Department of Attorney General and Justice
Department of Family and Community Services
Department of Premier and Cabinet
Ministry of Health
Ministry for Police and Emergency Services
Randwick City Council
Uniting Care Burnside
Wagga Wagga City Council

Victoria

Anglicare Victoria
City of Greater Dandenong
City of Melbourne
Commission for Children and Young People
Country Fire Authority
Department of Education and Early Childhood Development
Department of Health
Department of Human Services
Department of Justice
Department of Premier and Cabinet
Department of State Development, Business and Innovation
MacKillop Family Services
Office of Multicultural Affairs and Citizenship
Skills Victoria
Victorian Multicultural Commission
Wesley Mission

Tasmania

Department of Education
Department of Health and Human Services
Department of Justice
Department of Police & Emergency Management
Department of Premier and Cabinet
Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment
Department of Social Services
Office of the Anti-Discrimination Commissioner
Volunteering Tasmania

Queensland

Arrow Energy
Brisbane City Council
Brotherhood of St Laurence
Department of Communities, Child Safety and Disability Services
Department of Education, Training and Employment
Department of Housing and Public Works
Department of Justice and Attorney-General
Department of Local Government, Community Recovery and Resilience
Department of the Premier and Cabinet
JLDJS Foundation managed by Perpetual Trustees
Lady Bowen Trust
Lord Mayor’s Charitable Trust
Merchant Charitable Trust
NRMA
Queensland Health

SA

Adelaide City Council
Adelaide Community Healthcare Alliance Incorporated
Adelaide Hills Council
Anglicare SA
Attorney-General’s Department
Australian Refugee Association
Baptist Care SA
CentreCare
City of Onkaparinga
Department for Communities and Social Inclusion
Department for Education and Child Development
Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources
Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
Department of Further Education, Employment, Science and Technology
Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure
Department of the Premier and Cabinet
District Council of Mount Barker
Foodbank SA
Migrant Resource Centre (SA)
SA Health
South Australian Fire and Emergency Services Commission
Volunteering South Australia and Northern Territory

NT

Department of the Attorney-General and Justice
Department of the Chief Minister
Department of Children and Families
Department of Correctional Services
Department of Health
Northern Territory Police, Fire and Emergency Services

WA

Centrecare
Department for Child Protection and Family Support
Department for Communities
Department of Corrective Services
Department of Health
Department of Housing
Department of the Premier and Cabinet
Disability Services Commission
Lotterywest
Mental Health Commission
MercyCare
Metropolitan Migrant Resource Centre
Volunteering Western Australia
WA Police