SYDNEY: A distinguished collective of history teachers and scholars have called on the NSW Education Department, formally referred to as the NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA), to include the Armenian, Assyrian, and Greek Genocides as a dedicated Depth Study in the New South Wales History Curriculum, reported the Armenian National Committee o...
SYDNEY & MELBOURNE: In 2024, the Armenian National Committee of Australia’s premiere event, the 2024 ANC-AU Gala, will take place in Sydney on Saturday, 23rd November 2024, at the Swissôtel Sydney, and in Melbourne on Friday, 22nd November 2024, at Harbour Kitchen.The 2024 ANC-AU Gala events will provide the peak public affairs body of the o...
SYDNEY: The Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU) and the Armenian Professional Network of Australia (APN) have announced plans to host the inaugural Armenian Business Conference, which is scheduled to take place on the 17th of September 2024 at the Parliament of New South Wales.The landmark conference, scheduled between 8:30am - 9:30am...
CANBERRA/SYDNEY: The Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU) has welcomed the appointment of several parliamentary friends, who have been promoted to new positions in the Government and Opposition in both the Australian Federal Parliament and the Parliament of New South Wales.Following the resignation of several high-level Labor parliamen...
SYDNEY: On Thursday, 25 July 2024, the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU) hosted a mid-year virtual meeting with the organisation’s Australian Friends of Artsakh network, drawing the participation of over 35 of the cohort's esteemed members from across Australia, to hear updates about the ongoing crisis from Artsakh and Azerbaijan...
SYDNEY: The Armenian Film Festival Australia has announced the World Premiere of the highly anticipated documentary "The Golden Chain of Mercy," which details the unique connection between Australians and the Armenian Genocide in Sydney on Friday, 16 August 2024.Since its inception in 2016, the Armenian Film Festival Australia has showcased the ric...
SYDNEY: The Armenian National Committee of Australia’s annual #GalstaunGovernment program returned to Hamazkaine Arshak & Sophie Galstaun College, with the participation of two New South Sales State parliamentarians, Rory Amon MP and Matt Cross MP, for the first time, reported the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU).The #Galstau...
CANBERRA: The Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU) has announced the commencement of applications for the second iteration of the ANC-AU Junior Advocates Program, scheduled to take place in Canberra on August 11th and 12th, 2024.This unique initiative, established in 2023, aims to inspire Armenian-Australian Year 11 students to explore...
STATEMENTOn the night of the 18th June, 2024, the Member for Macnamara, Mr Josh Burns MP’s electorate office, was vandalised by unknown persons, who smashed and graffitied windows and set two fires, one within the office and one outside. Acts like these are clearly carried out with the intention to threaten and intimidate public figures into wit...
MELBOURNE: The Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU) and its allies, including a coalition of Greek, Cypriot, Assyrian, Kurdish and Christian bodies, proudly announced that their joint grassroots advocacy over the last 48 hours resulted in Victorian MPs abandoning plans to establish a Parliamentary Friends of Azerbaijan in Victoria.Late...
CANBERRA: On Monday, 3rd June 2024, members from the Australian House of Representatives debated a historic first-ever motion on the Republic of Artsakh, and the MPs unanimously slammed Azerbaijan’s 24-hour military attack against Artsakh and called on Azerbaijan to implement several pro-Armenian measures, reported the Armenian National Committee...
SYDNEY: The City of Ryde Council has unanimously adopted two motions on Tuesday, 28th May 2024, one of which was to raise the Armenian tricolours to mark the Republic of Armenia’s First Independence Day, reported the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU).The first motion was tabled by Armenian-Australian Councillor Sarkis Yedelian OAM...
CANBERRA: Professor the Hon. Gareth Evans, Australia’s former Minister for Foreign Affairs, has penned a letter to the current Foreign Minister, Senator the Hon. Penny Wong, urging Australia to call for the release of Mr Ruben Vardanyan and his colleagues imprisoned by Azerbaijan, reported the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU).Pro...
SYDNEY: The Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU) is pleased to announce that applications for this year's ANC-AU Internship Program’s Hagop Kortian Scholarship will be opening on Monday, 27th May 2024. The Scholarship will facilitate the placement of Armenian-Australian students into the offices of Members of Parliament, Senators, g...
CANBERRA: Member for North Sydney, Ms Kylea Tink MP, has risen in the Australian Parliament's House of Representatives chamber, calling on the Australian Federal Government to recognise the Ottoman Empire’s massacres against Armenians between 1915 - 1923 as Genocide, reported the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU).On May 14th, Tink...
SYDNEY: The Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU) has announced that Sebastian Majarian has formally begun his duties as the organisation’s most recent Administrative Assistant at the headquarters of the peak public affairs body of the Armenian-Australian community.Majarian, who participated in the 2023 ANC-AU Youth Advocates program,...
AUSTRALIA: April 2024 was a busy month for the Armenian-Australian community, with thousands gathering across the country, in Sydney, Western Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and Adelaide to commemorate the 1.5 million Armenians who perished at the hands of Ottoman Empire during the First World War, reported the Armenian National Committee of Australia (AN...
SYDNEY: The Armenian Professional Network (APN) of Australia Legal Forum has announced their first event of 2024, which will be held on Wednesday, 8th May 2024 at Spruson & Ferguson Lawyers Head Office in Sydney.The Armenian Professional Network is an initiative by the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU) aimed at connecting Armeni...
CANBERRA: As Armenian-Australians across the country commemorated the 109th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, a record number of elected officials shared video messages and statements expressing condolences and affirming their support for accurate recognition of the Armenian Genocide, contradicting Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Opposition...
SYDNEY: In a bold message to Mr Vagif Jafarov, Charge d'Affaires of the Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan in Australia, the Co-Chairs of the New South Wales Parliamentary Friends of Armenia have called out Baku's serious human rights violations and called for the immediate release of Artsakh authorities held captive by the petro-dictatorship, r...
CANBERRA: On Monday, 25th March 2024, the Willoughby City Council formally adopted a motion to establish a Sister City Agreement with the City of Goris, located in Armenia’s Syunik province, reported the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU).A Mayoral Minute was moved by Mayor Tanya Taylor and seconded by Middle Harbour Councillor Sar...
CANBERRA: On Wednesday, 20 March 2024, Federal Member for Deakin, Michael Sukkar MP rose in the Australian House of Representatives, slamming Azerbaijan's dictatorship on its treatment of journalists, opposition leaders and indigenous Armenians from Artsakh, as well as the ‘green-washing’ of its atrocities through COP29 and other prestigious ev...
CANBERRA: On Tuesday, 27 February 2024, New South Wales Senator Hollie Hughes rose in the Australian Senate to slam the Azerbaijani dictatorship over its handling of journalists, human rights advocates, and indigenous Armenians from Artsakh, reported the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU).Following a meeting earlier this year with vi...
CANBERRA: In 2023, the Joint Justice Initiative secured support from 19 Federal Parliamentarians, who have officially signed the Joint Justice Initiative’s Affirmation of Support Document calling for Australian recognition of the 1915 Armenian, Assyrian and Greek Genocides, reported the Armenian National Committee of Australia.In total, nine Parl...
SYDNEY: The Armenian Professional Network of Australia (APN) has started 2024 with a bang, kickstarting the year with a major networking event, a dynamic lineup of new committee members and a revamped platform featuring five forums. The Armenian Professional Network is the leading social and community networking and development organisation in Aus...
SYDNEY: The Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU) has welcomed the pre-selection of one of its valued board members, Gisele Kapterian, who will be running in the next Federal election as the Liberal Candidate for the seat of North Sydney.Kapterian has begun an extended leave of absence from her position on the ANC-AU National Board as s...
SYDNEY: Renowned journalist and travel blogger Mr Alexander Lapshin is set to visit Australia in February 2024, bringing to light his personal experiences of imprisonment under the Azerbaijani government—a regime known for its oppressive practices. Lapshin, an Israeli journalist, faced incarceration in Azerbaijan in 2016 for visiting the recentl...
MELBOURNE: In historic news, a Parliamentary Friends of Armenia Group has been formed for the first time in the Parliament of the Australian state of Victoria, and will be co-chaired by South Eastern Metropolitan Region Upper House parliamentarians, Michael Galea MP and Ann-Marie Hermans MP, reported the Armenian National Committee of Australia (AN...
CANBERRA: Federal Member for Berowra, Julian Leeser, delivered a powerful address during the final federal parliamentary session of the year, shedding light on the ethnic cleansing of the Republic of Artsakh and extending solidarity towards the Armenian people, reported the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU).In his speech on 30 Novem...
CANBERRA: The highly-anticipated annual Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU) Youth Advocates program, which took place on 15-16 November 2023, saw 10 Armenian-Australian youth travel to Canberra from New South Wales and Victoria to advance the interests of the people of Artsakh in Australia’s Federal Parliament.ANC-AU Youth Advocat...
CANBERRA: During the 2023 Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU) Annual Advocacy Week in November, international guest of honour Lindsey Snell met with senior representatives of the Australian Government’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to expose Azerbaijan’s aggressive rhetoric against the Republic of Armenia, including the...
SYDNEY/Melbourne: The Armenian National Committee of Australia's (ANC-AU) Advocacy Week events in Sydney and Melbourne raised over $180,000, whilst international guest on honour Lindsey Snell, New South Wales Member for Prospect Hugh McDermott and Tasmanian Member for Bass, Lara Alexander received the organisation's illustrious annual awards.ANC-AU...
SYDNEY: New South Wales Labor Member of the Legislative Council, the Hon. Stephen Lawrence, has risen in the NSW Upper House and called for unequivocal condemnation of Azerbaijan’s forced displacement of Armenians from Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) and call for the right of return under international guarantees for over 100,000 Armenians.Elected to ...
YEREVAN/GORIS: For the first time, attendees present at the 2023 ANC-AU Advocacy Week events in Sydney and Melbourne had the opportunity to watch the Highlights Video from the Armenian National Committee of Australia’s (ANC-AU) parliamentary delegation to the Republic of Armenia earlier this year, headlined by seven Australian parliamentarians.Th...
SYDNEY: The Australian Institute for Holocaust and Genocide Studies (AIHGS) has announced that Dr. Deborah Mayersen will keynote the 2023 Armenian Genocide Commemorative Lecture, which will be held at the New South Wales Parliament House Theatrette on Thursday, 30th November 2023.The event, which has been held annually since 1996, is sponsored by t...
SYDNEY/MELBOURNE/CANBERRA: The Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU) has announced that renowned journalist, Lindsey Snell will be visiting from Germany to headline the organisation's 2023 Advocacy Week this November.Snell is an American journalist who has featured on major networks including MSNBC, having made her name covering wars in...
SYDNEY/MELBOURNE: The Armenian National Committee of Australia’s 2023 Advocacy Week will climax with events in Sydney and Melbourne, which will be attended by an unprecedented number of Federal and State parliamentarians. The night of nights, the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU) Annual Gala in Sydney is to be held on the 18th of...
SYDNEY: Representatives from the Armenian-Australian community have visited the Headquarters of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Australia, and met with Australia for UNHCR Chief Executive Officer Trudi Mitchell to discuss the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Armenia, reported the Armenian National Committee of Australia (...
CANBERRA: The Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU) is gearing up for the fifth edition of the organisation's Youth Advocates program, scheduled to take place on the 15th and 16th of November 2023 in the nation’s capital city Canberra, reported the peak Armenian-Australian public affairs body.The program, established in 2018, is a jam...
SYDNEY: Following the third Australian Parliamentary Delegation to the Republic of Armenia, led by the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU), four New South Wales parliamentarians have risen in their respective chambers following their return from the trip to bring awareness to Azerbaijan’s abhorrent aggression against Armenians of Na...
CANBERRA: The Australian Government has announced an aid package of $500,000 for Armenia to assist with the humanitarian crisis emanating from the 100,000 Armenians who were forcibly displaced from Nagorno Karabakh following Azerbaijan's indiscriminate attacks on the region, reported the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU).In announci...
CANBERRA: The Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU) has announced that Tristan Manwaring, the recipient of the 2023 Hagop Kortian Scholarship, has commenced a three-month internship at the Office of New South Wales Senator Andrew Bragg.The scholarship, launched in 2018 and named after the late founding force of Hai Tad in Australia Mr. ...
MELBOURNE: The Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU) has announced that the 2023 ANC-AU Advocacy Week will include an ANC-AU Cocktail Event in Melbourne, Victoria on Sunday 19th November 2023 held at the Rivers Edge Function Centre.2023 marks the 15th Anniversary since the establishment of the ANC-AU Advocacy Week, and this year's week-...
CANBERRA: In an emotive and powerful plea on the floor of Australia's Parliament, Member for Bennelong Jerome Laxale has called on his own government to provide aid to thousands of Armenians living in peril, following Azerbaijan’s 24-hour military assault on the Republic of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) leading to the ethnic cleansing of the regions...
CANBERRA: Shadow Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Birmingham has written to the Australian Government, calling for urgent humanitarian aid to Armenia to alleviate the humanitarian crisis following Azerbaijan’s military assault on Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) and ethnic cleansing of the region's indigenous population.Following an on-the-ground briefin...
MELBOURNE: Following the historic participation of two Victorian state MPs in the Australian Parliamentary Delegation to the Republic of Armenia, Kim Wells MP - Member for Rowville - and Ann-Marie Hermans MP - Member for South Eastern Metropolitan Region - have risen in their respective chambers, making history as the first representatives of their...
YEREVAN: On the final day of the Australian Parliamentary Delegation to the Republic of Armenia, participants visited the “Tsitsernakaberd” Armenian Genocide Memorial and Museum in Yerevan to pay their respects to the 1.5 million Armenians massacred during the Armenian Genocide, reported the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU).Dep...
CANBERRA: Hundreds of Armenian-Australians in busloads from Melbourne and New South Wales gathered in Canberra on 2nd October 2023 to protest at the Azerbaijani, Turkish, Russian and United States Embassies over the ethnic cleansing of Armenians unfolding from the Republic of Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh) to Armenia, reported the Armenian National Com...
GORIS, ARMENIA: New South Wales Shadow Multicultural Minister, Mark Coure MP spoke to ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) Radio National Drive from a refugee processing centre in Goris, Armenia whilst witnessing thousands fleeing from Azerbaijani aggression, reported the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU).On 27 September 2023,...
Yerevan, ARMENIA: Sky News Australia crossed live to Yerevan, Armenia on Friday 29th September 2023, to interview Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU) Executive Director, Michael Kolokossian, who was visiting volunteers of the Armenian Relief Society, who assisted with the Armenian-Australian community's Mayor's Appeal for Artsakh, and...
GORIS, ARMENIA: SBS World News has presented a three-minute segment on Nagorno Karabakh's refugee crisis, which also featured the current Australian Parliamentary Delegation visiting the Republic of Armenia.The segment included an interview with Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU) Executive Director, Michael Kolokossian, whose office ...
GORIS/YEREVAN: On 27 September 2023, the seven members of the Australian Parliamentary Delegation to Armenia visited the border city of Goris, hosting thousands of Armenian refugees fleeing the Republic of Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh) as a result of Azerbaijan's military aggression, before assisting in the preparation and delivery of the Armenian Rel...
GORIS, ARMENIA: ABC News 24 crossed live to Goris today to interview Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU) Executive Director, Michael Kolokossian, who was there with the visiting Australian Delegation to Armenia to witness the influx of refugees from the Republic of Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh) flooding into the border town as Azerbaijan...
CANBERRA: Australia’s Shadow Foreign Affairs Minister, Simon Birmingham has publicly called for immediate action from Canberra and “emergency funding and expertise” to help alleviate the humanitarian crisis on the ground in Nagorno Karabakh and Armenia following Azerbaijan’s latest lethal attack on many towns in the region, reported the Arm...
SYDNEY: Armenian National Committee of Australia Vice-Chair, Haig Kayserian was interviewed on national network, ABC News Radio, on the latest from Nagorno Karabakh and Armenia, where Australian parliamentarians are preparing to visit the refugees who have been displaced as a result of Azerbaijan's ongoing campaign of genocide and ethnic cleansing....
YEREVAN/GORIS: The Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU), which is leading a delegation of New South Wales and Victorian state parliamentarians to the Republic of Armenia, has updated its schedule to ensure the delegates can effectively help bring awareness to the refugee crisis evolving on the Armenia-Azerbaijan border.The seven Austra...
YEREVAN: On Monday, 25th September 2023, the seven members of the Australian Parliamentary Delegation to the Republic of Armenia participated in meetings with government and political representatives to discuss the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Artsakh, reported the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU).The Australian delegation met wi...
YEREVAN: The first day of the Armenian National Committee of Australia's (ANC-AU) Australian Parliamentary Delegation to the Republic of Armenia has officially kicked off with a sombre visit to the Yerablur Military Pantheon in Yerevan.A record number of seven Australian parliamentarians from the New South Wales and Victorian Parliaments are partic...
YEREVAN: A record number of seven Australian Parliamentarians from the New South Wales and Victorian Parliaments will participate in the third Australian Parliamentary Delegation to the Republic of Armenia led by the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU) from September 25-28.The four-day jam-packed itinerary will shine a light on the u...
SYDNEY: On Monday, 25th September 2023, Willoughby City Council reiterated its support for the Republic of Artsakh and its people, pledging $1,500 to contribute to the Mayor’s Appeal for Artsakh, which intends to provide urgent humanitarian relief to the people of Artsakh, reported the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU). The motion...
ANC-AU STATEMENTARTSAKH: AUSTRALIA CAN DO MORE. AUSTRALIA MUST DO MORE.On Wednesday, 20th September 2023, three years since Azerbaijan’s belligerent unprovoked 44 days of war crimes against the Republic of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh), our community, once again, woke to harrowing images and disturbing videos of Artsakh’s civilian population and i...
SYDNEY: In a display of unity and determination, hundreds of Armenian-Australians and supporters gathered in Sydney’s CBD on Friday, 1st September 2023, for the "End The Blockade" protest march, which received extensive media coverage, reported the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU).The Lachin (Berdzor) Corridor has blocked access ...
COMMUNITY APPEAL!Armenian-Australians Encouraged to Donate to Ryde Mayoral Appeal for ArtsakhFor over 250 days, our brothers and sisters in Artsakh have been cut off from the outside world, deprived of basic necessities, including food and medicine.As international pressure mounts on Azerbaijan to open the 'Road of Life' we, the Armenian-Australian...
SYDNEY: The Armenian National Committee of Australia reports that the City of Ryde Council in Sydney has unanimously adopted a motion, establishing a ‘Mayor’s Appeal for Artsakh’ to provide much needed humanitarian aid to the Armenians of Artsakh and the independent republic's refugees who, since 12 December 2022, have been cut off from essen...
CANBERRA: Australia has rightfully taken its place alongside many of her closest allies, calling for unimpeded movement along the Lachin corridor, in line with the top judicial organ of the United Nations, the International Court of Justice, reported the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU).The peak public affairs body of the Armenian-...
CANBERRA: Six prominent organisations representing a significant number of Australians have joined Armenian-Australians in respectfully engaging with Australian Foreign Affairs Minister, Senator the Hon. Penny Wong, calling on the Australian Government to get behind the International Court of Justice’s ruling for Azerbaijan to ensure unimpeded mo...
CANBERRA: Support for Australia to add its voice to calls for an end to Azerbaijan’s over 250-day blockade of Artsakh continues to grow, as over 25 Australian Federal and State Parliamentarians co-sponsor the Armenian National Committee of Australia’s Artsakh Blockade statement.The recent signatories include an additional 4 Federal Parliamentar...
CANBERRA: Building on the major success of the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU) Youth Advocates program, the peak Armenian-Australian public affairs organisation launched the inaugural Junior Advocates program, designed to help pave the way for Year 11 High School students to consider careers in politics and associated disciplines....
CANBERRA: The Armenian-Australian community’s petition on the Federal Parliament’s website, calling on the Australian Government to echo the sentiments of the International Court of Justice in objection of the Artsakh Blockade, was presented to the House of Representatives chamber last week, reported the Armenian National Committee of Australia...
SYDNEY: The Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU) has announced that its 2023 Annual Gala will be held on Saturday, 18th November 2023 at the The Sofitel Hotel in Sydney's Darling Harbour.This celebratory evening will host international guests, State and Federal parliamentarians, as well as honourees from Australian public life. The nig...
CANBERRA: Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly members, Michael Pettersson and Peter Cain have become the first two members in the territory parliament to speak in support of the people of the Republic of Artsakh, delivering powerful speeches as Nagorno Karabakh remains under blockade, reported the Armenian National Committee of Austra...
CANBERRA: After four weeks, the Armenian-Australian community’s Federal Petition has attracted 2,062 signatories on the Australian Parliament website, urging the Australian Government to stand in line with the International Court of Justice ordering Azerbaijan to end its blockade of the Republic of Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh), reported the Armenia...
SYDNEY: On Friday, 14th July 2023, ADH TV, co-hosted by renowned Australian radio broadcaster Alan Jones and high-profile Christian advocate Lyle Shelton, covered Azerbaijan's over 200-day siege of the Republic of Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh) in an interview with the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU) Executive Director, Michael Koloko...
SYDNEY: The Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU) has returned to Hamazkaine Arsakh & Sophie Galstaun College (Galstaun College) for the fourth iteration of its popular #GalstaunGovernment program, utilising practical workshops to demonstrate the significant impact politics has on the day-to-day lives of Australians.The program, fir...
CANBERRA: Shadow Foreign Affairs Minister, Liberal Senator Simon Birmingham has penned a letter to Australia's Foreign Minister, Penny Wong for the first time on an issue of concern to Armenian-Australians, reported the Armenian National Committee of Australia. The letter addressed to Minister Wong was sent on 28 June 2023, one day prior to the 200...
CANBERRA: Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs, Liberal Senator the Hon. Simon Birmingham and the Australian Greens' spokesperson for Foreign Affairs, Senator Jordon Steele-John joined the Armenian-Australian community in calling for an end to Azerbaijan’s illegal blockade of the Republic of Artsakh and urged the petro-dictatorship to heed the cal...
CANBERRA & SYDNEY: Federal Member for Bennelong, Jerome Laxale MP and New South Wales State Member for Ryde, Jordan Lane MP, in yet another display of bi-partisan support for the Armenian-Australian community, rose in their respective parliaments' chambers to condemn the almost 200-day blockade of the Republic of Artsakh, reported the Armenian ...
SYDNEY: The Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU) has announced Tristan Manwaring as the successful recipient of the 2023 Hagop Kortian Scholarship, which is part of the ANC-AU Intern Program. He will begin a three-month internship at the office of the peak public affairs body of the Armenian-Australian community prior to receiving fron...
SYDNEY: New South Wales State Member for Prospect, Dr Hugh McDermott MP, has risen in the state parliament's Legislative Assembly to warn the international community, including Australia, that failure to take immediate action against Azerbaijan’s blockade of Artsakh will leave humanity with “blood on its hands”, reported the Armenian National...
CANBERRA: The Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU) reports that Australia's national capital is marking the 105th Anniversary of the Independence of the First Republic of Armenia with a light tribute of the country’s tricolours onto several iconic buildings in Canberra.On 28th May 2023, the Old Parliament House, National Carillon and...
SYDNEY: SBS Armenian Radio's Vahe Kateb has interviewed the Executive Director of the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU), Michael Kolokossian to discuss Tasmania’s historic recognition of the Armenian Genocide.The two also discussed the ongoing siege of Artsakh and a community gathering with international guest Dr Antranig Kasbaria...
HOBART: On Thursday, 11th May 2023, the Tasmanian Parliament became the third state jurisdiction in Australia to recognise the 1915 Armenian Genocide and representatives speaking on the motion utilised the opportunity to highlight the importance of remembering and preventing future atrocities against all peoples, including the occupied and blockade...
SYDNEY: Several of Australia’s largest Armenian community organisations will jointly host a lecture featuring Tufenkian Foundation’s Dr. Antranig Kasbarian, who is visiting Sydney from the United States to discuss the latest from the ground in Artsakh on Thursday 25th May 2023, reported the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU).The ...
HOBART: The Tasmanian House of Assembly has become the third state jurisdiction in Australia to recognise the 1915 Armenian, Assyrian and Greek Genocides perpetrated by the Ottoman Empire, reported the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU).The motion was introduced on Thursday 11th May 2023, 2:30pm by Lara Alexander MP - Member for Bass...
SYDNEY: The Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU) has welcomed the appointment of several parliamentary friends, who have been promoted to new positions in both the Government and Opposition following the New South Wales State Elections.The ANC-AU has written to the following members of the NSW Parliament to congratulate their appointme...
SYDNEY: The Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU) is seeking a new Administrative Assistant to join the team, working from its Roseville, NSW offices.---JOB OPENING: Part-Time Administrative AssistantOur OrganisationThe Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU) is the Armenian-Australian community’s peak public affairs body. O...
SYDNEY: On Sunday, 23rd April 2023, Sydney’s Armenian, Assyrian and Greek communities took to the streets of the bustling city centre to call on the Australian Government, led by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, to officially recognise the 1915 massacres as Genocide, reported the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU).This year’s mar...
SYDNEY: On Monday, 24th April 2023, over 800 Armenian-Australians gathered at the Chatswood Concourse for the Australian National Commemoration of the Armenian Genocide, joining Armenians from around the world in commemorating the 108th anniversary of the systematic attempt to rid the world of their race by the Ottoman Empire in 1915.Organised by t...
SYDNEY: Less than a month after being sworn in as Premier of New South Wales, the Hon. Chris Minns MP has offered heartfelt condolences to the Armenian-Australian community reaffirming Australia’s largest state's proud legacy in acknowledging the 1915-1923 massacres against Armenians, Assyrians and Greeks as Genocides, reported the Armenian Natio...
SYDNEY: One thousand Armenian-Australians and guests present at the 108th Anniversary National Commemoration of the Armenian Genocide were left disappointed after Prime Minister Anthony Albanese made major retreats in Canberra’s position on the Armenian Genocide, reported the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU).Whilst it was announc...
CANBERRA: The peak public affairs body of the Armenian-Australian community has written to both the Prime Minister and the Opposition Leader of the country, requesting they accurately characterise the massacres of 1.5 million Armenians between 1915-1923 as genocide, reported the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU).As Armenian-Australi...
CANBERRA: Australian Greens Spokesperson for Foreign Affairs, Senator Jordon Steele-John, welcomed the Armenian Missionary Association Artsakh Representative, Mr Viktor Karapetyan to the Australian Parliament House and re-affirmed his party’s strong support for the reopening of land links between Armenia and Artsakh, reported the Armenian Nationa...
SYDNEY: The Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU) has announced that the Kortian Family has agreed to extend their sponsored ANC-AU Internship Program's Hagop Kortian Scholarship for a further five years.The ANC-AU Internship Program, part of broader #ANCAUoutreach initiatives, provides work experience opportunities for young Armenian-A...
SYDNEY: The Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU) has congratulated Premier-elect, the Hon. Chris Minns on his election as the 48th Premier of New South Wales and all victors who will form part of the 58th Parliament of New South Wales.ANC-AU has also bid farewell to several retiring Parliamentarians who were chief supporters of the Arm...
MELBOURNE: The Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU) National Office followed up trips to Canberra and Brisbane with two days of advocacy in the Victorian State Parliament.Following the inaugural Joint Justice Initiative Advocacy Week launched on Monday 20th February 2023, the ANC-AU National Office ventured to Melbourne, and bolstered ...
WELLINGTON: The Independent Police Conduct Authority has written to Wellington-based Richard Noble, apologising for threatening to arrest him for waving a banner in peaceful protest at an Ataturk Turkish Memorial in April 2022, reported the Armenian National Committee of New Zealand (ANC-NZ).Noble, a 53-year-old New Zealand resident who has a histo...
CANBERRA: Federal Member for Mackellar, Dr Sophie Scamps , has risen in the Australian Parliament's Federation Chamber to deliver a Constituency Statement on Monday, 27 March 2023 discussing the ongoing Artsakh Blockade, reported the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU).Scamps, who is a member of the Australia-Armenia Inter-Parliamenta...
CANBERRA: In the presence of over 80 dignitaries, the peak advocacy bodies of the Armenian-Australian, Assyrian-Australian and Greek-Australian communities hosted the centenary commemoration of the Smyrna Catastrophe in Australia's Federal Parliament, reported the Joint Justice Initiative (JJI).The cocktail event, which was presented as a celebrati...
CANBERRA: Dr Melanie O’Brien, President of the International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS), is visiting Canberra from Perth, Western Australia, to participate in the inaugural Joint Justice Initative Advocacy Week at Federal Parliament.O’Brien is an Associate Professor of International Law at the UWA Law School, University of Western ...
SYDNEY: Members of the Armenian National Committee of Australia(ANC-AU) National Office have met with key candidates ahead of the 2023 New South Wales State Elections, which will be held on Saturday, 25th March 2023.As the peak public affairs body of the Armenian-Australian community, the ANC-AU is conducting these meetings in an effort to advance ...
CANBERRA: Kylea Tink MP has joined a growing cohort of Members of Parliament and Senators to have signed the Joint Justice Initiative’s Affirmation of Support document calling on Australia to recognise the 1915 Genocides of Armenians, Assyrians and Greeks perpetrated by the Ottoman Empire.Tink was elected as the Federal Member for North Sydney at...
CANBERRA: Member for Mackellar, Dr Sophie Scamps has signed the Joint Justice Initiative’s Affirmation of Support, joining over thirty of her parliamentary colleagues in calling for Federal recognition of the 1915 Armenian, Assyrian and Greek Genocides perpetrated by the Ottoman Empire.Mackellar is the Federal electoral division covering Sydney...
ADELAIDE: The Hon. Irene Pnevmatikos MLC has risen in the South Australian Parliament Upper House in support of the Armenians of Nagorno Karabakh, condemning Azerbaijan’s ongoing illegal blockade against the Republic of Artsakh, reported the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU).Following meetings with the ANC-AU, the South Australian...
CANBERRA: Senator the Hon. Simon Birmingham has placed the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade (DFAT) on the hot seat, questioning the Government on its failure to publicly call out Azerbaijan's blockade of the Republic of Artsakh, reported the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU).DFAT’s First Assistant Secretary to ...
CANBERRA: On Tuesday, 14th February 2023, the Hon. Paul Fletcher MP became the third Federal Australian politician to rise in the first parliamentary sitting fortnight of 2023 to speak out against Azerbaijan’s illegal aggressive tactics against the people of Artsakh and Armenia, reported the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU).The M...
CANBERRA: The Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU) is excited to announce Anton Sebastian Vassallo has formally begun his duties as an Administrative Assistant at the office of the peak-public affairs body of the over 50,000-strong Armenian-Australian community, becoming the organisation first ever staffer based in the nation's capital...
CANBERRA: Australia’s Shadow Foreign Affairs Minister, Senator the Hon. Simon Birmingham has called on Azerbaijan to “open the corridor and keep it open”, reported the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU).The most recent sentiments shared by the Opposition’s foreign affairs leader follow a statement provided to the ANC-AU in De...
CANBERRA: In a 90-second Private Member's Statement, Jerome Laxale MP has delivered a speech on the floor of the House of Representatives highlighting Azerbaijan’s ongoing blockade against the indigenous Armenians of Artsakh, reported the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU).The Federal Member for Bennelong, who is also the Chair of ...
CANBERRA: Senator for Victoria Janet Rice has risen in the Australian Senate repeating her party’s calls on Azerbaijan to immediately opens the Berdzor (Lachin) corridor, adding her voice to the growing list of Australian parliamentarians who have condemned Baku's illegal blockade of Artsakh, reported the Armenian National Committee of Australia ...
SYDNEY: The Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU) is seeking a new Communications Advisor to join the team working from its Roseville, NSW office.Job Opening: Part-Time Communications AdvisorThe Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU)is the peak public affairs body serving the over 50,000-strong Armenian-Australian community, ...
CANBERRA: Legislators from across Australia have written directly to the Australian Foreign Affairs Minister, Senator the Hon. Penny Wong, raising concern over Australia's failure to publicly denounce Azerbaijan’s illegal closure of the Berdzor (Lachin) corridor, reported the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU).Zali Steggall - the F...
SYDNEY: The Australian Institute for Holocaust and Genocide Studies (AIHGS) and the NSW Ecumenical Council have written to the Federal Government, expressing immediate concerns about Azerbaijan’s blockade against the indigenous Armenians of Artsakh, reported the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU).On behalf of distinguished academic...
CANBERRA: Representatives of the peak-public affairs body of the Armenian-Australian community, the Armenian National Committee of Australia have met with the Ambassadors representing France, the Russian Federation, the Islamic Republic of Iran and representatives from the United States of America in Australia at their respective Canberra quarters ...
MELBOURNE: Australian Open semi-finalist Karen Khachanov made headlines across Australian media outlets for his outspoken support of the blockaded Armenian Republic of Artsakh, reported the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU).Khachanov featured in the latest ANC-AU briefing to over 200 journalists and editors, covering the Russian-Arm...
SYDNEY: On Thursday 19th January 2022, Australia's major 24-hour cable news network, Sky News, covered Azerbaijan's ongoing blockade of Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh). Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU) Executive Director, Michael Kolokossian was interviewed from the network's Sydney studio by Sky News anchor, Ashleigh Gillon.Kolokossian...
SYDNEY: On Saturday, 3rd December 2022, the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU) Gala honoured Member for Berowra, Julian Leeser MP as the Armenian-Australian Community’s Friend of the Year.The Shadow Minister for Indigenous Affairs and Shadow Attorney-General was awarded the honour in appreciation of his outspoken advocacy, promotin...
SYDNEY: Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, Mr Michael Rubin was honoured with the Armenian National Committee of Australia's prestigious Ben Bagdikian Media Award for 2022 at the organisation's Annual Gala.In 2019, the ANC-AU introduced the Ben Bagdikian Media Award, which would recognise those in media who had the most impact in r...
SYDNEY: The Armenian National Committee of Australia’s highest honour for 2022 was awarded to the former Human Rights Defender of the Republic of Armenia and founder of the Centre for Law and Justice, Dr Arman Tatoyan at the 2022 ANC-AU Annual Gala.Dr Tatoyan was honoured for his unflinching and exemplary commitment to supporting the rights and i...
SYDNEY: Mayor Tanya Taylor of the Willoughby City Council and Mayor Sarkis Yedelian of the City of Ryde Council recently added to calls for Australia's Foreign Affairs Minister, Senator the Hon. Penny Wong to immediately demand Azerbaijan opens the Berdzor (Lachin) humanitarian corridor, reported the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU...
SYDNEY: SBS (Special Broadcasting Corporation) Armenian Radio's Executive Producer, Vahe Kateb and the Executive Director of the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU), Michael Kolokossian, discussed Australia's response on the Artsakh blockade and the 2022 ANC-AU Advocacy Week, including the Youth Advocates program and the visit of Arme...
CANBERRA: The Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU) has appealed again to Foreign Affairs Minister, Senator the Hon. Penny Wong, following the Australian Government’s silence on Azerbaijan’s blockade of the Republic of Artsakh, which has entered its fourth week.Whilst the ANC-AU has welcomed responses from the Australian Greens Spok...
CANBERRA: The Assyrian National Council - Australia has written directly to Australian's Foreign Affairs Minister, Senator the Hon. Penny Wong urging her government to signal immediate support for the people of Artsakh by calling for the opening the Berdzor (Lachin) corridor, reported the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU).At the req...
SYDNEY: On Tuesday 20th December 2022, members of the Australian Friends of Artsakh network were provided with a unique opportunity to hear from the Republic of Artsakh’s Foreign Minister, His Excellency David Babayan, Human Rights Ombudsman, Mr Gegham Stepanyan and local activist, Gev Iskajyan, reported the Armenian National Committee of Austral...
CANBERRA: Senator the Hon. Simon Birmingham, Australia’s Shadow Foreign Affairs Minister, has responded to an appeal by the Armenian National Committee of Australia’s (ANC-AU), raising serious concern over the restrictions imposed by Azerbaijan on the Berdzor (Lachin) corridor for over nine days, violating the rights of over 120,000 Artsakh A...
SYDNEY: The convenors of the New South Wales Australia-Armenia Parliamentary Friendship Group, Chair Hon. Jonathan O’Dea MP and Vice Chair Hon. Walt Secord MLC, have written to Australia’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Hon. Senator Penny Wong, calling on her Government to publicly condemn Azerbaijan’s ongoing blockade of the Republic of Artsakh, ...
CANBERRA: The Australian Friends of Artsakh network has reached a milestone 100 signatories, made up of prominent Australians who have lent their names in support for the basic human rights and principles of self-determination of the indigenous Armenians of the Republic of Artsakh, which is currently under blockade by the Azerbaijani petro-dictator...
CANBERRA: Several Federal and State Australian Parliamentarians have delivered statements calling on Azerbaijan to re-open the Berdzor (Lachin) corridor after six days of blockading the indigenous Armenians of the Republic of Artsakh, without access to Armenia or the outside world, reported the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU).Aust...
CANBERRA: Cross-bench political power, The Australian Greens have taken to social media to call on Azerbaijan to re-open the Berdzor (Lachin) corridor to ensure free movement and security, reported the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU).In response to the ANC-AU’s appeal, the foreign affairs spokesperson of what is the largest cros...
CANBERRA: The Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU) has appealed to three Australian Foreign Affairs leaders representing different political parties, urging them to immediately condemn Azerbaijan and urge the petro-dictatorship to end its blockade between the Republic of Armenia and Artsakh.The peak public affairs body of the Armenian-...
SYDNEY: The Armenian National Committee of Australia’s glitzy Annual Gala saw the Armenian-Australian community raise $190,000 to advance its public affairs interests.The night of nights of the peak public affairs body of the Armenian-Australian community was held at the Shangri-La in Sydney, on Saturday 3rd December 2022, in the presence of over...
CANBERRA: Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Hon. Milton Dick MP acknowledged the presence of what was an unprecedented number of Armenian-Australian Youth Advocates, who were participating in a two-day program to learn the art of advocacy, reported the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU). The Member for Oxley, who was appo...
SYDNEY: Dr Arman Tatoyan, the founder of the Centre for Law and Justice Tatoyan Foundation, received a warm welcome from Sydney’s Armenian-Australian community when meeting with its religious leaders, participating in a community town hall event and visiting the Hamazkaine Arshak & Sophie Galstaun College, reported the Armenian National Commi...
CANBERRA: Newly elected Federal Member for Bennelong, Jerome Laxale MP rose in the Australian Parliament’s House of Representatives to acknowledge Azerbaijan’s aggression against Armenia and Artsakh, as well as the activities of the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU) Youth Advocates.Laxale, who replaced retiring John Alexander in...
CANBERRA: Opposition Leader, Peter Dutton has met with over 25 Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU) Youth Advocates and visiting former Human Rights Defender of the Republic of Armenia, Dr Arman Tatoyan at Federal Parliament House in Canberra.The meeting, which took place during the ANC-AU Youth Advocates program, was conducted in the ...
SYDNEY: Chair of the New South Wales (NSW) Armenia-Australia Parliamentary Friendship Group, the Hon. Jonathan O’Dea convened a special meeting of members to welcome Dr Arman Tatoyan to the parliament of Australia’s largest state and passed an important motion in solidarity with Armenia, reported the Armenian National Committee of Australia (AN...
CANBERRA: Visiting former Human Rights Defender of the Republic of Armenia, Dr Arman Tatoyan has conducted high-level meetings with Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs leaders and political representatives over the last three days at Parliament House, reported the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU).Dr Tatoyan, who is visiting...
CANBERRA: The official launch of the Australia-Armenia Inter-Parliamentary Union for the 47th federal parliamentary term took place on Tuesday 29th November 2022 at Australia’s Parliament House, with a number of high-profile parliamentarians and diplomatic representatives in attendance along with community leaders and international keynote, Dr Ar...
CANBERRA: An unprecedented number of young Armenian-Australians will spend the next two days in the nation's capital, Canberra, as part of the fourth annual Armenian National Committee of Australia's (ANC-AU) Youth Advocates Program.The university-aged youth, made up of Armenian-Australians from Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra, will be based in the ...
CANBERRA: Dr Arman Tatoyan, the former Human Rights Ombudsman of Armenia and founder of the Centre for Law and Justice “Tatoyan” Foundation, touched down in Australia and immediately travelled to the nation's capital, reported the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU).Dr Tatoyan, who accepted an invitation from the ANC-AU to headlin...
Armenian National Committee of Australia Presents Guide to the 2022 Victorian State ElectionsA report by the Office of the Armenian National Committee of AustraliaVICTORIA: As Victoria’s Armenian-Australian community prepares to cast their ballots ahead of the upcoming Victorian state elections scheduled on Saturday 26th November 2022, the Armeni...
MELBOURNE: On behalf of the Premier Daniel Andrews, Minister for Energy, Lily D’Ambrosio MLC announced that if re-elected, the Victorian Labor Party will provide $400,000 in funding towards upgrades for community facilities at the Armenian Cultural Centre, Brandon Park (Sahagian) Soccer Club Pavillion and St Mary’s Armenian Apostolic Church in ...
CANBERRA: The Australian Capital Territory Young Liberals have unanimously adopted a motion condemning Azerbaijan’s ‘brutal’ and ‘illegal’ invasion of the Republic of Armenia at their latest Policy Convention, reported the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU).The motion was championed by ANC-AU – Canberra branch representat...
CANBERRA & SYDNEY: The Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU) has announced that Dr. Arman Tatoyan––the former Human Rights Defender of Armenia and Founder of the Centre for Law and Justice “Tatoyan” Foundation––will be visiting from Yerevan to headline ANC-AU Advocacy Week this November.ANC-AU Advocacy Week will run from...
CANBERRA: Member for Bennelong, Jerome Laxale and Member for Bradfield, Paul Fletcher, have been appointed as the convenors of the Australia-Armenia Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) for the 47th term of Australia’s Parliament, reported the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU).The Australia-Armenia Inter-Parliamentary Union is a group ...
CANBERRA: The Australian Government’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) has finally named Azerbaijan as the responsible party for a specific series of crimes against Armenian prisoners of war, in response to the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU)’s latest appeal to the country’s Foreign Minister, Senator the Hon. P...
SYDNEY: The Australian has corrected an article that removed reference to the Armenian Genocide when it was originally republished on the news website, calling it a "glitch" and "error" in an apology to the Armenian-Australian community, which was in response to an appeal by the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU).In a letter to Edito...
CANBERRA: The International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS) Executive Board have published a powerful statement condemning the latest Azerbaijani Aggression against the Republic of Armenia and the Republic of Artsakh, whilst raising severe concern over the risk of Genocide against Armenians in the region, reported the Armenian National Comm...
SYDNEY: Federal and New South Wales state parliamentarians will join the Armenian National Committee of Australia at the organisation's Annual Gala, to be held this year at The Shangri-La, Sydney on Saturday 3rd December 2022.Kylea Tink, the newly elected Member for North Sydney, Speaker of the New South Wales Parliament Jonathan O’Dea MP and pro...
SYDNEY: The New South Wales Ecumenical Council, representing 18 prominent Christian congregations across Australia’s largest state, has made a powerful appeal to Foreign Affairs Minister, Senator the Hon. Penny Wong, urging the Federal Government to condemn Azerbaijan’s unprovoked military assault against the Republics of Artsakh and Armenia, r...
SYDNEY: Over 500 members of the Armenian-Australians have rallied in Sydney’s Central Business District calling on the Australian Government to end its silence and #NameTheAggressor as Azerbaijan, following Canberra's failure to release a public statement condemning Azerbaijan’s assault against Armenia’s sovereign borders which commenced on T...
SYDNEY: New South Wales State Member for Prospect, Dr Hugh McDermott has called for Australia’s Ambassador to Turkey, Miles Armitage to be “recalled” and “disciplined” following Defence Attaché, Captain Ben Esler’s visit to the currently occupied Republic of Artsakh city of Shushi in August, hosted by Azerbaijan’s autocratic leader D...
CANBERRA: The Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU) has received a response from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), following the Armenian-Australian community’s appeal on the 19th of September 2022, urging the Australian Government to end its silence and publicly condemn Azerbaijan's assault on the sovereign borders ...
SYDNEY: The Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU) has announced that its 2022 Annual Gala will be held on Saturday, 3rd December at the Shangri-La Sydney.This celebratory evening will host international guests, State and Federal parliamentarians, as well as honourees from Australian public life. The night will also feature an array of c...
SYDNEY/CANBERRA: In a media statement released on 7th October 2022, the Uniting Church in Australia, Synod of NSW and the ACT unequivocally condemned Azerbaijan’s attacks against the sovereign and internationally recognised borders of the Republic of Armenia, reported the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU).The statement released by...
CANBERRA: Federal Member for Bradfield, Paul Fletcher stood in the Australian Parliament’s House of Representatives, opposite Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, and called on the Australian government to signal “clear and unambiguous support for the protection of Armenian civilians and civilian infrastructure”, reported the Armenian National Co...
CANBERRA: Newly-elected Member for North Sydney, Kylea Tink has risen in the House of Representatives and called on Australia's Federal Government to clearly denounce Azerbaijan’s latest assault against the Republic of Armenia’s sovereign borders, reported the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU).Following briefings by Armenian-Aus...
SYDNEY: The National Council of Churches in Australia has appealed directly to Australia's Foreign Affairs Minister, Senator the Hon. Penny Wong calling on the Federal Government to assist in securing just and sustainable peace for Armenia and Artsakh, reported the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU).The National Council of Churches i...
SYDNEY: The most Armenian-populated municipality in Australia, Ryde City Council will make representations to their local Federal and State members of parliament calling on Australian Government condemnation of Azerbaijan's assault on and encroachment into Armenia's sovereign territories after unanimously adopting a motion standing in solidarity wi...
SYDNEY: Three Members of Parliament in Australia’s largest state of New South Wales, Tim James MP, Hugh McDermott MP and Rev. Fred Nile MLC have risen in their respective chambers to deliver statements condemning Azerbaijan’s latest assault against the Republic of Armenia’s sovereign borders, reported the Armenian National Committee of Austra...
SYDNEY: On Sunday 18th September 2022, members of the Armenian Youth Federation of Australia (AYF-AU), staged a Die-In demonstration in Sydney’s city centre on the busy thoroughfare of Pitt Street, informing members of the broader public on Azerbaijan’s bombardment of civilian settlements and civilian infrastructure inside the Republic of Armen...
SYDNEY: SBS (Special Broadcasting Corporation) journalist Essam Al-Ghalib interviewed the Armenian National Committee of Australia's (ANC-AU) Executive Director, Michael Kolokossian for the network's radio news program, which accurately characterised Azerbaijan's aggression against Armenia.The broadcast's description read: "US Speaker of the House...
CANBERRA: The Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU) has appealed to Australia’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Senator the Hon. Penny Wong, calling on the Federal Government to unequivocally condemn Azerbaijan’s attacks against the internationally recognised sovereign territory of the Republic of Armenia.On Tuesday 12 September 2022 at 1...
CANBERRA & SYDNEY: Federal Member for Bennelong, Jerome Laxale MP and members of Australia’s largest state legislature, the New South Wales Parliament, have released statements condemning Azerbaijan following their attacks on Armenia’s sovereign borders launched on Tuesday 12th September 2022, revealed the Armenian National Committee of Aus...
CANBERRA: Senator the Hon. Simon Birmingham, Australia’s Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs Minister has released a statement calling on "the Australian Government to signal clear and unambiguous support for the protection of Armenian civilians and civilian infrastructure" following Azerbaijan’s bombardment of villages inside Armenia’s sover...
SYDNEY: Representatives from the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU) attended the 2022-2023 Humanitarian Program Community Consultation, hosted by the Hon. Andrew Giles MP, Minister for Immigration, Citizenship & Multicultural Affairs, to discuss key issues related to Australia’s refugee intake.The meeting was attended by ANC-AU...
CANBERRA: The Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU) has protested on behalf of the Armenian-Australian community with a letter to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), following the participation of a representative of Australia’s Embassy to Turkey and Azerbaijan to a propaganda event hosted by Baku in the ethnically cle...
SYDNEY: New South Wales Minister for Multiculturalism and Seniors, the Hon. Mark Coure MP and Minister for Infrastructure, Cities and Active Transport, the Hon. Rob Stokes MP visited Hamazkaine Arshak & Sophie Galstaun College, partaking in a school assembly and touring the picturesque campus, reported the Armenian National Committee of Austral...
SYDNEY: The Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU) has welcomed a unanimous decision by the Willoughby City Council to condemn Azerbaijan’s recent aggression against the Republic of Artsakh. The motion, proposed by Armenian-Australian Councillor Sarkis Mouradian and seconded by Councillor Brendon Zhu was adopted at the Council meeting...
SYDNEY: The New South Wales Liberal Party State Conference has adopted a motion calling on the Federal Australian Government to recognise the independence of the Republic of Artsakh, as well as accurately characterise the Armenian, Assyrian and Greek Genocides committed by the Ottoman Empire in 1915, reported the Armenian National Committee of Aust...
SYDNEY: On Tuesday 9th August 2022, the convenors of the New South Wales Armenia-Australia Friendship Group appealed to Australia’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator the Hon. Penny Wong, requesting the Federal Government publicly condemns Azerbaijan’s latest attacks against the indigenous Armenians of the Republic of Artsakh, reported the A...
STATEMENTAzerbaijan’s Latest Aggression Targets Vital Artery Linking Artsakh and ArmeniaThe 2020 Nagorno Karabakh War never ended and it is beyond time that Azerbaijan is called out for its continued aggression against the indigenous Armenians of the Republic of Artsakh.Armenians around the world strongly suspected that Turkey, the unrepentant an...
CANBERRA: The Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU) is gearing up for the fourth edition of the ANC-AU Youth Advocates program scheduled to take place in the nation's capital Canberra on November 29th and 30th 2022, as part of the annual ANC-AU Advocacy Week.The popular program is set to return after a one-year forced hiatus due to the ...
STEPANAKERT: The Lady Cox Rehabilitation Centre in Artsakh hosted members from the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU) during their visit to Stepanakert.The rehabilitation centre, founded by former Deputy Speaker of the United Kingdom House of Lords, Baroness Caroline Cox, seeks to provide care and life fulfilment opportunities to cit...
STEPANAKERT: As part of their official visit to the Republic of Artsakh, representatives of the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU) have met with the country's Human Rights Ombudsman, Mr Gegham Stepanyan.Stepanyan was elected to the position by the National Assembly of Artsakh in 2021 following the resignation of the former Human Righ...
STEPANAKERT: Representatives from the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU) are currently in the Republic of Artsakh, where they have met with the country’s Foreign Minister, His Excellency David Babayan.The newly appointed Executive Director of the ANC-AU, Michael Kolokossian and ANC-AU National Board Member, Garineh Torossian met wi...
SYDNEY: The Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU) National Board has announced the appointment of Michael Kolokossian to take over from Haig Kayserian as the Armenian-Australian community’s peak public affairs organisation’s new Executive Director.A former staffer in New South Wales State Parliament, Kolokossian moves into the role ...
SYDNEY: The Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU) has congratulated the recently elected Leader of the Opposition, the Hon. Peter Dutton MP on behalf of the 50,000 strong Armenian-Australian community.This follows similar congratulations sent to Australia’s 31st Prime Minister, the Hon. Anthony Albanese MP after the results of the 202...
SYDNEY: The Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU) has written to The Hon. Andrew Giles MP––the newly appointed Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural ––welcoming the Federal Government's announcement to collect ethnicity data in the next Australian Census.Mr Giles made the announcement at the Federation of Ethni...
SYDNEY: Senior students enrolled at everyday school, Galstaun College are participating in the Armenian National Committee of Australia’s Galstaun Government program over the next three weeks, which is part of the #ANCAUOutreach initiatives offered to introduce young Armenian-Australians to politics.The program, first piloted in 2018, seeks to en...
LONDON: The Armenian National Committees representing their respective communities in four Commonwealth countries have notified Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II of Azerbaijan's most recent manifestation of caviar diplomacy, attempting to “gift their way to whitewashing an appalling human rights record” in order to win over Western leaders and pu...
CANBERRA: The Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU) reports that Australia's national capital is marking the 104th Anniversary of the Independence of the First Republic of Armenia with a light tribute of the Armenian tricolours onto Canberra’s iconic Telstra Tower.On 28th May 2022, the 195.2 metre-tall building that looks over the nat...
CANBERRA: The Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU) has congratulated all victors in the 2022 Australian Federal Election and commiserated the exits of past supporters of Armenian-Australian issues, as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his Labor Government prepare to lead the nation.While the final make-up of Australia’s 47th Parlia...
SYDNEY: SBS Armenian Radio's Vahe Kateb received the initial reaction to the 2022 Federal Elections from Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU) Executive Director, Haig Kayserian.Listen to the full interview by clicking here....
ANC-AU ELECTION NIGHT STATEMENTAnthony Albanese has claimed victory in the Australian Federal Election on behalf of the Australian Labor Party, after Scott Morrison (ScoMo) of the Liberal and National Coalition conceded defeat in the race to form the country's next government.While votes continue to be counted, it was determined by all media networ...
SYDNEY: On Monday 9th May 2022, the most Armenian populated municipality in Australia, the City of Ryde raised the flag of the Republic of Artsakh at Kissing Point Park, reported the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU).The flag of Artsakh, which is currently under occupation after a brutal 44-day offensive launched against the self-de...
CANBERRA: Over 20 federal and state political leaders have demonstrated the growing disparity between the elected parliamentarians of Australia and the country’s Government with 107th Anniversary statements accurately characterising the Armenian Genocide and calling on their colleagues in the executive branch to do the same, reported the Armenian...
SYDNEY & MELBOURNE: Simultaneous marches in Sydney and Melbourne brought the bustling city centres to a halt on 24th April 2022, as over 2,000 Armenian-Australian, Assyrian-Australian and Greek-Australian protesters called upon Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Leader of the Opposition Anthony Albanese to take what organisers are ...
ANC-NZ STATEMENT: Turkey Has No Right to Undermine the Sovereignty of New ZealandWELLINGTON: The Armenian National Committee of New Zealand (ANC-NZ) condemns, in the strongest terms, any and all attempts by the authoritarian regime of Turkey and its foreign agents to restrict the freedoms and rights of New Zealand citizens in their homeland.On 25th...
SYDNEY: The City of Ryde Council in Sydney Australia has unanimously adopted a Mayoral motion solidifying support for the indigenous Armenian people of the Republic of Artsakh, who are again under fire by aggressive occupier Azerbaijan, reported the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU).The motion, moved by Mayor Jordan Lane with the su...
CANBERRA: The Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU) has received statements from Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese on the date marking the 107th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, in which the leaders of Australia's two major parties go to great extents to describe the actions of the Ottoman Empire ...
SYDNEY: The Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU) welcomed the unveiling of an Armenian monument in Sydney’s Northern Beaches dedicated to the lives of past, present and future Armenians.The eight-metre high monument was unveiled on Saturday 2nd April 2022, at the Frenchs Forest Bushland Cemetery, in the presence of the Hon. Jonathan ...
SYDNEY & STEPANAKERT: Members of the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU) Board, Office and Branches held an emergency meeting with the Republic of Artsakh’s Foreign Minister H.E. David Babayan and Human Rights Defender Mr. Gegham Stepanyan in light of the extreme humanitarian crisis unfolding in the country as a result of ongoin...
ADELAIDE: The Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU) has congratulated Hon. Peter Malinauskas on his success at the polls during the 2022 South Australian state elections on 19 March 2022.Peter Malinauskas will be the 47th Premier of South Australia, leading his Labor Party to victory against incumbent Steven Marshall, who served as Prem...
SYDNEY: The Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU) condemns in the strongest terms the grave actions of Azerbaijan’s authoritarian military dictatorship, who this week violated the line of contact into the Republic of Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh), violating the November 2020 Ceasefire Agreement between Baku and Yerevan brokered by Russia...
SYDNEY: The Parliament of Australia's largest state was alerted to Azerbaijan's continuing campaign of terror and destruction against the indigenous Armenians of the Republic of Artsakh thanks to a speech by New South Wales Member for Prospect, Dr. Hugh McDermott MP, reported the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU).The politician, who...
SYDNEY: The Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU) has announced Arineh Izmirlian, Noor Chirenian and Danielle Der Bedrossian have formally begun their duties after being appointed as Administrative Assistants at the office of the Armenian-Australian community’s peak public affairs body.Arineh Izmirlian is currently studying a Bachelor...
SYDNEY: Newly elected New South Wales Member for Willoughby, Tim James MP leads a list of 13 new additions to the Australian Friends of Artsakh (FOA) network, which supports the right to self-determination of the indigenous Armenians of the Republic of Artsakh, reported the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU).The ANC-AU launched the n...
CANBERRA: The Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU) has written to Australia’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator the Hon. Marise Payne, urging the Australian Government to reconsider the Armenian-Australian community’s request for emergency humanitarian assistance to tens of thousands of Armenians still suffering the consequence...
ARMENIAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE OF AUSTRALIA STATEMENTNazi Glorifying Vandalism is Unacceptable to Armenian-Australian Descendants of 1915 GenocideThe Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU) condemns in the strongest terms any attempt to normalise genocide, and the use of offensive symbols associated with the perpetrators of such war crimes r...
SYDNEY: The Armenian National Committee of Australia’s (ANC-AU) Annual Gala raised $170,000 to advance Armenian-Australian issues in public affairs, as Government Minister Paul Fletcher MP was honoured with the organisation’s Freedom Award, Shadow Minister Senator Kristina Keneally received the Armenian Community Friend of the Year Award and ve...
SYDNEY: Watch (click here or play below) or read the Armenian National Committee of Australia's address at the Annual Gala, by the organisation's Executive Director Haig Kayserian."Distinguished guests and supporters of the Armenian Cause,Last week, Turkey’s dictator Erdogan posted a commemorative tweet to the memory of Sultan Abdul Hamid, saying...
SYDNEY: The Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU) announced the recipient of the organisation's 2021 Freedom Award as the Hon. Paul Fletcher MP––Australia's Minister for Communications, Urban Infrastructure and Cities and the Arts, for his ongoing support for the Republic of Artsakh, Armenian Genocide recognition and other Armenian-...
SYDNEY: The Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU) presented Deputy Leader of the Senate and Shadow Minister for Home Affairs, Immigration and Citizenship, Senator the Hon. Kristina Keneally with the 2021 Armenian-Australian Community’s Friend of the Year Award, at the ANC-AU Annual Gala in Sydney on Saturday 19th February 2022.One of ...
SYDNEY: The Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU) awarded the 2021 Ben Bagdikian Media Award to veteran journalist Michael Brissenden, in acknowledgment of his great service and contribution to raising awareness about the 1915 Armenian Genocide and its links to the Australian ANZAC legend.Brissenden, a former political editor, ABC Radio...
SYDNEY & YEREVAN: On Monday 21st February 2022, Co-Chairs of the Armenia-Australia Inter-Parliamentary Union (Friendship Group), Trent Zimmerman MP and Joel Fitzgibbon MP met with the Chair of the Armenia-Australia Friendship Group in Armenia's National Assembly, Ishkhan Saghatelyan MP, reported the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC...
HOBART: The Young Liberal Movement of Australia has unanimously adopted a motion at its National Convention recognising the 1915 Armenian, Assyrian and Greek Genocides, as well as acknowledging the rights to self-determination of the indigenous Armenian people of the Republic of Artsakh, reported the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU...
SYDNEY: The recent 2021 NSW Local Government Elections results are in, and the majority of candidates featured in the Armenian National Committee of Australia’s (ANC-AU) pre-election report have won seats in Councils across the state, including Armenian-Australians Sarkis Yedelian OAM (City of Ryde) and Sarkis Mouradian (City of Willoughby).In pr...
CANBERRA: Representatives from Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU) have met with the Ambassadors representing the Russian Federation and the Islamic Republic of Iran in Australia at their respective Canberra residences last week.His Excellency Dr. Alexey Pavlovsky (Russia’s Ambassador to Australia) and His Excellency Mr. Fereidoun H...
CANBERRA: On Monday 29th November 2021, the Federal Parliament’s House of Representatives unanimously debated in favour of a motion calling on the Australian Government to recognise the Armenian, Assyrian, and Greek Genocides, reported the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU).The motion paid respect to the upcoming International Day ...
CANBERRA: The Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU) has appealed to Australia’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator the Hon. Marise Payne, to join allies in publicly condemning Azerbaijan's most recent attacks against the recognised, sovereign borders of the Republic of Armenia.This follows previous representations made by ANC-AU on...
CANBERRA: The peak advocacy bodies of the Armenian-Australian, Assyrian-Australian, and Greek-Australian communities have expressed their deep concern and dismay at comments made by Australia’s Ambassador to Turkey, H.E. Miles Armitage praising genocidal dictator Mustafa Kemal Ataturk as a humanitarian.In a letter addressed to Australia’s Minis...
SYDNEY: Billboard advertisements glorifying Azerbaijan’s military aggression on the indigenous Armenians of Artsakh have been removed from prominent locations across Sydney in response to urgent representations made by the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU).oOH! Media removed the advertisements, which were masquerading as Azerbaija...
CANBERRA: Federal parliamentarian John Alexander MP rose in Australia’s House of Representatives and reflected on the one-year anniversary of Azerbaijan’s unprovoked attacks against the indigenous Armenian Republic of Artsakh as a tragic reminder of the Armenian Genocide, reported the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU).Alexander ...
CANBERRA: Australia’s former Defence Minister, the Hon. Joel Fitzgibbon MP has risen in the Parliament’s Federation Chamber calling on Australia to publicly condemn Azerbaijan’s belligerent actions and war crimes on the first anniversary of the 2020 Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh) War, reported the Armenian National Committee of Australia.The Fede...
SYDNEY: In the lead up to the next Federal Election, the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU) facilitated a virtual meeting with Labor’s candidate for the seat of Fowler, Senator the Hon. Kristina Keneally for the Armenian-Australian community leaders in Western Sydney.Keneally, the former Premier of New South Wales and a current Sen...
CANBERRA: Tasmanian Senator Peter Whish-Wilson has signed the Joint Justice Initiative’s Affirmation of Support, joining dozens of Federal Australian parliamentarians pledging to support calls for national recognition of the Armenian, Assyrian and Greek Genocides.The February 2020 launch of the Joint Justice Initiative at Australia's Parliament H...
CANBERRA: The Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU) has welcomed the appointment of Tim Wilson MP, who has been promoted to a new position in the Federal Government.The Member for the Victorian electorate of Goldstein, who is the only current Federal parliamentarian with Armenian ancestry, was appointed as the Assistant Minister for Ind...
SYDNEY: Armenian-Australian Gladys Berejiklian has today stepped down as the Premier of New South Wales after four-and-a-half years of in the position, more recently navigating Australia's largest state of through some of its hardest times including bushfires, droughts, floods and the COVID-19 pandemic.Berejiklian started her career in politics in ...
CANBERRA: A high-profile group of Federal Australian parliamentarians have joined the Armenian-Australian community in celebrating the 30th Anniversary of the Republic of Armenia, with many also addressing the ongoing threats and invasion faced by the country, reported the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU).A Government Minister and ...
SYDNEY: SBS (Special Broadcasting Service) has apologised to the Armenian-Australian community after an independent Ombudsman determined that a report aired by the Australian network’s World News program concerning the 2020 Nagorno Karabakh War breached its Code of Practice, reported the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU).The three...
YEREVAN: Armenian Public TV's Syuzi Muradyan interviewed the Executive Director of the Armenian National Committee of Australia, Haig Kayserian on the advocacy priorities of the Armenian-Australian community.The two discussed the status of Artsakh and recognition of the Armenian Genocide in Australian federal politics, as well as the Armenian-Austr...
CANBERRA: Federal Senators Andrew Bragg and Janet Rice lead a group of 16 prominent additions to the ever-growing cohort of the Australian Friends of Artsakh, helping mark the two-year anniversary of the network established to support the right to self-determination of the Armenian Republic of Artsakh, reported the Armenian National Committee of Au...
SYDNEY: The Armenian National Committee of Australia’s (ANC-AU) Youth Advocates Program, which will take place in Canberra on 20-21 October 2021, was discussed in a SBS Armenian Radio interview with ANC-AU Executive Administrator, Sarine Soghomonian.TO LISTEN TO THE FULL INTERVIEW, CLICK HERE.The fourth annual ANC-AU Youth Advocates program is lo...
CANBERRA: Trent Zimmerman MP has further amplified his career-long calls on Australia to recognise the Armenian, Assyrian and Greek Genocides by signing an affirmation of support for the Joint Justice Initiative.The February 2020 launch of the Joint Justice Initiative at Australia's Parliament House featured the signing of a Memorandum of Understan...
CANBERRA: The Young Liberals of the movement’s Australian Capital Territory (ACT) branch have passed a motion unanimously recognising the massacres of Armenians, Assyrians and Greeks during 1915-1923, perpetrated by the Ottoman Empire as Genocide, reported the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU).The motion also recognised the rights...
CANBERRA & YEREVAN: The Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU) hosted a virtual dialogue for Australian Federal and State political leaders, who joined Armenia’s Human Rights Ombudsman, Aman Tatoyan to discuss concerns emanating from Azerbaijan’s continued aggression in the region.Tatoyan shared his Human Rights Defender office...
CANBERRA: Australia's Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator the Hon. Marise Payne has formally responded to the Armenian-Australian community's #RecognizeArtsakh petition at the request of Parliament, reaffirming the Federal Government's post-2020 Nagorno Karabakh War position of supporting the right to self-determination equally with the OSCE Mins...
CANBERRA: Kristy McBain MP has joined a growing cohort of fellow Federal parliamentarians by signing the Joint Justice Initiative’s affirmation of support, which pledged her support to Australia’s recognition of the Armenian, Assyrian and Greek Genocides.The February 2020 launch of the Joint Justice Initiative at Australia's Parliament House f...
CANBERRA: The Armenian National Committee of Australia’s (ANC-AU) annual Youth Advocates program is gearing up for its fourth edition, hosted in Canberra on 20-21 October 2021 as part of this year’s ANC-AU Advocacy Week activities.Since the program’s establishment in 2018, over 50 young Armenian-Australians from Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, P...
CANBERRA: Senator for Western Australia, Rachel Siewert has joined the Joint Justice Initiative and pledged to recognise the Armenian, Assyrian and Greek Genocides.Senator Siewert signed an affirmation of support for the Joint Justice Initiative, which calls for Federal Australian recognition of the genocides of 1915.The February 2020 launch of the...
CANBERRA: The recipient of the 2020 Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU) Internship Program’s Hagop Kortian scholarship, Tamara Kotoyan is undertaking three months of work experience with prominent Australian Senator, the Hon. Kristina Keneally.Kotoyan, a University of Sydney graduate and Administrative Assistant at the ANC-AU Nation...
CANBERRA: The co-convenors of the Federal Australia-Armenia Inter-Parliamentary Union (Friendship Group), Trent Zimmerman MP and Joel Fitzgibbon MP have appealed to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator the Hon. Marise Payne to release a statement regarding Azerbaijan’s ongoing invasion of the Republic of Armenia, reported the Armenian Nation...
CANBERRA: On Wednesday 16th June 2021, representatives from the peak public affairs bodies of the Armenian-Australian, Assyrian-Australian and Greek-Australian communities came together in the nation's capital to advocate for Australia’s recognition of the 1915 Genocides committed against their ancestors.The Joint Justice Initiative delegation in...
SYDNEY: Mayor Gail Giles-Gidney of the City of Willoughby and Mayor Jerome Laxale of the City of Ryde recently added to calls for Prime Minister Scott Morrison to recognise the Armenian Genocide, following the 106th anniversary of the mass killings and deportations committed by the Ottoman Empire in 1915, reported the Armenian National Committee of...
CANBERRA: Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator Penny Wong questioned Foreign Minister Marise Payne and Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade (DFAT) officials if there was “an active decision not to” release a public statement condemning Azerbaijan’s continuing invasion of the sovereign territories of the Republic of Armenia, repor...
CANBERRA: During questioning by the Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation Committee, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator the Hon. Marise Payne confirmed the Australian Government’s position on the Armenian Genocide “is a matter that we have under review”, reported the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU).In Apri...
SYDNEY: Following the 106th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide and Prime Minister Scott Morrison's statement falling short of accurately characterising the events of 1915, the Arab Council of Australia has joined a growing number of community organisations in calling for the Federal Government to recognise the Armenian, Assyrian and Greek Genocid...
CANBERRA: Susan Templeman MP is now among a growing list of Federal legislators signing their support for the Joint Justice Initiative, and in doing so, pledging to promote Australia’s recognition of the Armenian, Assyrian and Greek Genocides of 1915.The February 2020 launch of the Joint Justice Initiative at Australia's Parliament House featured...
SYDNEY: On Thursday 20th May 2021, the Primate of the Greek Orthodox Church in Australia, Archbishop Makarios hosted a delegation from the Joint Justice Initiative, formed by the peak advocacy bodies representing the Armenian-Australian, Assyrian-Australian and Greek-Australian communities in their collective push for national recognition of the 19...
SYDNEY: The New South Wales Ecumenical Council has joined in growing calls on the international community to condemn the systematic desecration of ancient religious and cultural sites in the Republic of Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh) by occupying Azerbaijan, reported the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU).The NSW Ecumenical Council expre...
SYDNEY: The Uniting Church in Australia, which is the third-largest Christian denomination in the country, has condemned acts by the Azerbaijani dictatorship to "to destroy places of religious significance" in light of evidence the regime of Ilham Aliyev is desecrating indigenous Armenian places of worship following their illegal occupation of the...
SYDNEY: The Uniting Church in Australia, which is the third-largest Christian denomination in the country, has condemned acts by the Azerbaijani dictatorship to "to destroy places of religious significance" in light of evidence the regime of Ilham Aliyev is desecrating indigenous Armenian places of worship following their illegal occupation of the...
SYDNEY: The Australian Catholics Bishops Conference carried a motion in support of ancient religious and cultural sites in the occupied territories of the Republic of Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh), which are currently being desecrated by Azerbaijani authorities, reported the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU).This follows a letter from ...
CANBERRA: Member for Melbourne and Leader of The Australian Greens, Adam Bandt MP has joined the Joint Justice Initiative, continuing his party’s calls for Federal recognition of the Armenian, Assyrian and Greek Genocides.The February 2020 launch of the Joint Justice Initiative at Australia's Parliament House featured the signing of a Memorandum ...
CANBERRA: An unprecedented number of Federal and State parliamentarians joined the Armenian-Australian community in commemorating the 106th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, amplifying calls for the Australian Government’s recognition of the Armenian Genocide, reported the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU).Over 20 ministers, s...
SYDNEY: An Editorial by the Australian Jewish News, together with calls from the Executive Council of Australian Jewry, the Zionist Federation of Australia and leading Jewish-Australian Members of Parliament Mr. Julian Leeser MP and Mr. Josh Burns MP, have reaffirmed their community's support for Federal Government recognition of the Armenian Geno...
SYDNEY & MELBOURNE: Thousands of Armenian-Australians, Assyrian-Australians and Greek-Australians rallied simultaneously in Sydney and Melbourne in the #SpeakUpScoMo March for Justice, calling for Prime Minister Scott Morrison and his Government to officially recognise the 1915 genocides suffered by the ancestors of the three represented commun...
CANBERRA: The co-convenors of the Federal Australia-Armenia Inter-Parliamentary Union (Friendship Group), Trent Zimmerman MP and Joel Fitzgibbon MP have joined a growing caucus of prominent individuals and organisations calling on Prime Minister Scott Morrison to recognise the Armenian Genocide, reported the Armenian National Committee of Australia...
SYDNEY: The Australian Greens have added their voice to calls for Prime Minister Scott Morrison to accurately recognise the Armenian, Assyrian and Greek Genocides, reported the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU).The Australian Greens have a long-standing party position calling for Federal Australian recognition of the Armenian Genoci...
SYDNEY: The New South Wales Young Liberals have added their voice to growing calls for Prime Minister Scott Morrison to accurately characterise the events of 1915-1923 as Genocide, with a letter addressed to their party’s federal leader ahead of the 106th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, reported the Armenian National Committee of Australia ...
SYDNEY: Ahead of the 106th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, the Kurdish Lobby Australia has amplified calls for Prime Minister Scott Morrison to accurately characterise the events of 1915-1923 as genocide, reported the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU).Kurdish Lobby Australia is a not-for-profit organisation promoting a greater...
SYDNEY: The New South Wales Ecumenical Council has joined in growing calls for Prime Minister Scott Morrison to recognise the Armenian, Assyrian and Greek Genocides, reported the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU).The NSW Ecumenical Council has written to the Prime Minister, expressing the views of 16 highly influential churches in N...
SYDNEY: Twenty members of the Armenian Youth Federation of Australia’s (AYF-AU) Western Sydney and Northern Sydney chapters held a demonstration outside Prime Minister Scott Morrison's electorate office calling on his recognition of the Armenian Genocide, reported the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU).The two-hour demonstration wa...
SYDNEY: The New South Wales (NSW) Armenia-Australia Parliamentary Friendship Group has joined growing calls for Prime Minister Scott Morrison to accurately recognise the Armenian Genocide with his statement marking the 106th Anniversary of the unpunished crime against humanity, reported the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU). The Gr...
SYDNEY: Christian charity, Barnabas Fund has joined growing calls on Prime Minister Scott Morrison to recognise the Armenian Genocide, and initiated a petition that is being distributed through their network churches across the country, reported the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU).Barnabas Fund Australia is the local branch of a g...
CANBERRA: As the 106th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide approaches, the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU) has written an open letter on behalf of Armenian-Australians calling on Prime Minister Scott Morrison to recognise the systematic persecution of 1.5 million Armenians, as well as over 1 million Assyrians and Greeks, perpetra...
CANBERRA: Member for Goldstein, Tim Wilson MP has signed an affirmation of support for the Joint Justice Initiative, continuing his call on the Australian Government to recognise the Armenian, Assyrian and Greek Genocides of 1915.The February 2020 launch of the Joint Justice Initiative at Australia's Parliament House featured the signing of a Memor...
SYDNEY: The National Board of the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU) has appointed former political staffer, Michael Kolokossian as the organisation's Political Affairs Director.Currently studying a Bachelor of Law Arts – majoring in International Law and Global Governance – at Macquarie University, Kolokossian served as an advis...
SYDNEY & YEREVAN: Armenian National Committee of Australia Executive Director Haig Kayserian gave an interview in Armenian to CivilNet Armenia's Aren Kertechian about the Armenian-Australian community's advocacy priorities.They covered Australian recognition of the Armenian Genocide, Canberra's positioning towards the post-war situation in the ...
CANBERRA: Federal Senator for Victoria, Janet Rice has joined the Joint Justice Initiative, pledging to recognise the Genocides committed against the Armenians, Assyrians and Greeks of the Ottoman Empire during the first World War.The February 2020 launch of the Joint Justice Initiative at Australia's Parliament House featured the signing of a Memo...
SYDNEY & CANBERRA: The New South Wales Parliament's Australia-Armenia Parliamentary Friendship Group has joined growing calls from Federal Australian parliamentarians for the Australian Government to provide emergency humanitarian aid to assist the displaced, injured and captured Armenians from the 2020 Nagorno Karabakh War.The Armenian Nationa...
SYDNEY & STEPANAKERT: Members of the Australian Friends of Artsakh network engaged in a virtual Zoom dialogue with the Foreign Minister of the Republic of Artsakh, Mr. Davit Babayan, during which they discussed the situation on the ground following the 2020 Nagorno Karabakh War, reported the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU).The...
CANBERRA: Mr. Steve Georganas MP has joined growing calls for Federal Australian recognition of the genocides of the Armenian, Assyrian and Greek citizens of the Ottoman Empire during World War I.The February 2020 launch of the Joint Justice Initiative at Australia's Parliament House featured the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding by the Ar...
CANBERRA: Minister for Foreign Affairs Marise Payne has reaffirmed the Australian Government's support for the OSCE Minsk Group process, highlighting "equal rights and self-determination of people" as one of the three equal principles that must guide Nagorno Karabakh to permanent peace following the bloody war of 2020, reported the Armenian Nation...
ADELAIDE: South Australia’s Legislative Council has joined the House of Assembly in recognising the Republic of Artsakh’s rights to self-determination in a historic motion passed on 17th February 2021, reported the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU). The motion by the Australian state’s Upper House follows one passed by the Lo...
CANBERRA: The petition on the Australian Parliament’s website calling for the recognition of the Republic of Artsakh was presented to the House of Representatives on Monday 15th February 2021 by the Standing Committee on Petitions, and has been referred to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator the Hon. Marise Payne. A total of 3,164 Australia...
STATEMENTThe Armenian National Committee of Australia strongly condemns the desecration of the "Live and Not Forget" memorial in Yerevan, which honours the victims of the genocides of the Jewish and Armenian peoples.As descendants of victims and survivors of the Armenian Genocide, we cannot and will not tolerate any action that compromises the hono...
SYDNEY & AUCKLAND: The Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU), in collaboration with the Armenian National Committee of New Zealand (ANC-NZ), will be hosting a virtual launch for last year’s Ben Bagdikian Media Award honouree, James Robins’ new book, “When We Dead Awaken: Australia, New Zealand, and the Armenian Genocide”. Ro...
CANBERRA: The Armenian National Committee of Australia has appealed to Foreign Affairs Minister Marise Payne, requesting emergency aid from the Australian Government to assist in alleviating the stress placed on Armenia due to it facing a full-scale humanitarian crisis. On the 27th September 2020, Azerbaijani forces launched large-scale air and art...
ADELAIDE: South Australia became the second state in Australia to recognise the rights to self-determination of the Republic of Artsakh, condemning Azerbaijan and Turkey for their invasion of the country's indigenous Armenians in a motion passed with a vote in the House of Assembly, reported the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU).The...
SYDNEY: The Armenian National Committee of Australia has announced updates to its office line-up for 2021, with its youthful and energetic team prioritising the recognition of the rights to self-determination of the Republic of Artsakh along with other issues of importance to the Armenian-Australian community.Haig Kayserian resumes in his role as t...
SYDNEY: Tamara Kotoyan has been confirmed as the recipient of the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU) Internship Program's 2020 Hagop Kortian Scholarship, beginning a three-month internship at the office of the peak public affairs representative of the Armenian-Australian community ahead of receiving frontline work experience in the o...
SYDNEY: A public outcry led by the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU) has forced the ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) to republish an article it originally removed from its website, which featured an interview with Serj Tankian on the national broadcaster's Triple J Radio Station. However the new version of the article has b...
STATEMENTRecognition of the Republic of Artsakh Critical for Security Against Azerbaijani ArmenophobiaAzerbaijan's Armenophobic rhetoric has escalated despite Baku's poorly-veiled and disingenuous attempts to reach peace with the indigenous Armenians of Nagorno Karabakh, after 44 days of war crimes led to the Republic of Artsakh's partial occupatio...
SYDNEY: The Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU) has welcomed Ms Gisele Kapterian – a former Chief of Staff and Senior Adviser to three Australian Government Ministers – to its National Board.Ms Kapterian, who is currently the Asia-Pacific Director of Public Sector Strategy at a major multi-national corporation, was most recently i...
SYDNEY: Serj Tankian – the lead vocalist of Grammy Award-winning band System of a Down – was interviewed by ABC Triple J Radio's The Racket program, where he discussed Artsakh and the importance of Australian and international action to help Nagorno Karabakh's indigenous Armenians, reported the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU...
SYDNEY: SBS (Special Broadcasting Service) Armenian Radio's Executive Producer, Vahe Kateb and Executive Director of the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU), Haig Kayserian held their final chat for 2020, covering the latest in Artsakh advocacy in Canberra, the community protest in the nation's capital, a petition (sign here) on the A...
CANBERRA: Armenian-Australian protestors descended upon Federal Parliament House in Canberra, delivering a letter that was directly handed to Prime Minister Scott Morrison calling for an end to the Australian Government's silence on Azerbaijan's continuing brutality against the indigenous Armenians of Nagorno Karabakh and urging national recognitio...
CANBERRA: Australia's former Defence Minister, Joel Fitzgibbon MP has used a speech in Parliament to call on Federal Government action on the human rights injustices continuing to be suffered by the indigenous Armenians of Nagorno Karabakh and urged national recognition of the Republic of Artsakh as the "pathway to a lasting peace", reported the Ar...
MELBOURNE: The Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU) has formally relaunched its Melbourne Branch, which has already begun serving the local public affairs priorities of the state's Armenian-Australian community through a baptism highlighted by the attacks and invasion of the Republic of Artsakh.Asbed Boymoushakian, who is a long-time c...
SYDNEY: Hundreds of Australians have participated in the Armenian National Committee of Australia’s (ANC-AU) #EndYourSilence social media campaign, aimed at spreading awareness about Azerbaijan’s attacks on the Republic of Artsakh and to call out the Federal Government and national media for their "death-ening silence".On 27th September 2020, A...
SYDNEY: The Armenian National Committee of Australia's (ANC-AU) Annual Gala honoured Mr. James Robins with the organisation's Ben Bagdikian Media Award – recognising those in media who have had the greatest impact raising awareness concerning matters important to Armenian-Australians.Mr. Robins is a British/New Zealand award-winning journalist an...
SYDNEY: The Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU) presented the Armenian Community's Friend of the Year Award to New South Wales Member for Prospect, Dr. Hugh McDermott MP for his ongoing promotion of issues of importance to Armenian-Australians.In October 2020, Dr. McDermott championed a successful motion in the largest legislative cha...
SYDNEY: The Armenian National Committee of Australia's Annual Gala honoured Mr. John Alexander MP for his exemplary commitment to human rights issues of importance to the Armenian-Australian community at Doltone House Hyde Park, as the community raised over $200,000 for Armenian-Australian advocacy.The Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-...
COMMUNITY REMINDERApplications for the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU) Internship Program's 2020 Hagop Kortian Scholarship close on 30th November.The Hagop Kortian Scholarship is part of the broader ANC-AU Internship Program, designed to provide internship opportunities for young Armenian-Australians at the office of the peak publ...
[Pic: Azerbaijanis have destroyed the bell tower and dome of Shushi's Armenian “Kanach Zham” Church, which was built in 1818]CANBERRA: An appeal has been made to Australia's Ambassador to United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), Her Excellency Megan Anderson requesting Canberra's intervention to stop Azerbaij...
SYDNEY: The Armenian National Committee of Australia's Annual Gala honoured Mr. John Alexander MP, Dr. Hugh McDermott MP and Mr. James Robins at Doltone House Hyde Park, as the community raised over $210,000 for Armenian-Australian advocacy, with a concerted push to #RecognizeArtsakh promised.The Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU) d...
The full text of Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU) Executive Director, Haig Kayserian's speech at the ANC-AU 2020 Gala is below:"Always Was, Always Will Be.I would like to begin by acknowledging the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we gather today, and pay my respects to their Elders past and present. I extend that respec...
CANBERRA: Fourteen young Armenian-Australians spent two days in the nation's capital Canberra, rallying support for #RecognizeArtsakh in the Federal Parliament as part of the third annual Armenian National Committee of Australia's (ANC-AU) Youth Advocates Program, which was a major feature of ANC-AU Advocacy Week 2020.These young Armenian-Australia...
SYDNEY: The Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU) has welcomed a unanimous decision by the Willoughby City Council to pass a motion that properly recognises the Republic of Artsakh, condemns Azerbaijan and Turkey for their aggression, and calls on the "Australian Government to recognise the Republic of Artsakh and its people's rights to...
CANBERRA: The Australian Institute for Holocaust and Genocide Studies (AIHGS) has called for "immediate action" from the Federal Government, expressing grave concerns about the "increasing risk of genocide against the indigenous Armenian population" of the Republic of Artsakh, who have been under Azerbaijani-Turkish attacks since 27 September 2020...
CANBERRA: Under Senate Estimates questioning in parliament, Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade has admitted the Government is aware of "material support" provided by Turkey to Azerbaijan during the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, reported the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU).Chair of the Australian Senate's Foreign Af...
CANBERRA: Australia's Minister for Communications, Cyber Safety & the Arts, Paul Fletcher MP has used a speech in the Federal Parliament to raise his concerns at the threat of ethnic cleansing against the indigenous Armenian population of Nagorno Karabakh (Republic of Artsakh), reported the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU).The ...
SYDNEY: The Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU) welcomed corrective action and clarification from Australian free-to-air network Channel Seven, who broadcast a news report following the vandalism of an mosque in the Sydney suburb of Auburn, in which they incorrectly referenced Turkey's "conflict with Armenia" as being a possible motiv...
STATEMENTSYDNEY: Earlier today, the Armenian National Committee of Australia released a statement unequivocally condemning the vandalism attack on the Auburn Mosque by a person who some were alleging to be of Armenian background.We have since confirmed with authorities that the gentleman who committed this crime is not of Armenian heritage, with pu...
SYDNEY: All free-to-air Australian television networks, dozens of online and print publications and leading radio stations ran coverage of the March for Armenians in Sydney, which took place on Saturday 24th October featuring a Covid-limited 500 marchers and hundreds more in their vehicles, calling for an end to Australia's silence on Azerbaijan's...
SYDNEY: The largest legislative chamber in the largest state of Australia, the New South Wales Legislative Assembly has adopted a motion recognising the rights to self-determination of the indigenous Armenians of the Republic of Artsakh, accepting its status as an independent state while condemning the current attacks against Stepanakert by Azerbai...
SYDNEY: The City of Ryde Council has unanimously passed a motion condemning Azerbaijan and Turkey for their attacks against "the indigenous Armenian population of Artsakh" and called on the Australian Government to do the same, reported the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU).The motion, jointly moved by Mayor Jerome Laxale and Counci...
LONDON: Australian human rights barrister of the London-based Doughty Street Chambers, Geoffrey Robertson QC has followed up his pivotal op-ed in The Australian newspaper by appearing on The Wigs podcast, where he has called upon the Australian Government to condemn Azerbaijan's Turkey-backed attacks on the Republic of Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh), r...
CANBERRA: The Armenian-Australian community has collected over 2,000 signatures in three days on a petition calling on Prime Minister Scott Morrison to condemn Azerbaijan's continued attacks on the indigenous Armenians of the Republics of Artsakh and Armenia, reported the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU).The petition, which could b...
COMMENTOn Friday 17th October 2020, SBS World News ran a story on its national primetime news bulletin covering the reactions of the Armenian-Australian and Azerbaijani-Australian communities to the war in Nagorno Karabakh (Republic of Artsakh).The Armenian National Committee of Australia's Haig Kayserian and Vache Kahramanian were featured in the ...
SYDNEY: The New South Wales Young Liberal Party Conference has unanimously passed a statement calling for an end to Azerbaijan's attempts to invade the Armenian Republic of Artsakh, reported the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU).The NSW Young Liberals held their Conference at the Epping Club in Sydney, where members of the Armenian ...
WELLINGTON: The Armenian National Committee of New Zealand (ANC-NZ) is disappointed in a statement by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Trade (NZ MFAT), which expressed "alarm" at "renewed hostilities between Armenia and Azerbaijan in Nagorno-Karabakh" and highlighted the use of cluster bombs, without calling out the aggressors.NZ MFAT’s state...
CANBERRA: Federal Member for Bennelong John Alexander MP has risen in Australia's House of Representatives chamber to call out Azerbaijan's attacks on Armenians in the Republics of Artsakh and Armenia and urge Turkey to "stop egging on" Baku's escalation of violence, reported the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU).In September 2019, ...
CANBERRA: Member of North Sydney, Trent Zimmerman MP has delivered an impassioned plea in Australia's Federal Parliament for the international community "not to sit back and hope that the parties will themselves come together but to actively intervene and tell the Azerbaijanis that their actions today simply are unacceptable", reported the Armenian...
CANBERRA: On Wednesday 7th October 2020, a group of members of the Armenian Youth Federation of Australia (AYF-AU) protested Australia's response to Azerbaijan's attacks on Armenia and Artsakh outside the prestigious National Press Club, reported the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU).A day after around 500 Armenian-Australians demon...
CANBERRA: Around 500 Armenian-Australians travelled from Sydney to Canberra to protest Baku's attacks on the Republics of Artsakh and Armenia at the Embassy of Azerbaijan attracting mass media coverage, reported the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU).On 27th September 2020, Azerbaijan – backed by Turkey-funded Islamist jihadist mer...
SYDNEY: The peak representative body of the Australian Jewish community, the Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ) has condemned Azerbaijan and Turkey for their joint attacks on the Armenian Republic of Artsakh "with the declared aim of destroying Artsakh as an independent State", reported the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-...
CANBERRA: The Guardian, among many other Australian publications including 7News.com.au, has run a story from the Australian Associated Press newswire covering the Armenian-Australian protest against Azerbaijan's Turkey-backed attacks on Armenians in the Republics of Artsakh and Armenia, reported the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU...
LONDON: The Australian Newspaper has published an important op-ed by prominent Australian human rights barrister of the London-based Doughty Street Chambers, Mr. Geoffrey Robertson QC on Azerbaijan's Turkey-backed attacks against the Republics of Armenia and Artsakh.Robertson calls out the regime of Azerbaijani petro-dictator Ilham Aliyev for...
SYDNEY: ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) Radio's popular PM program, which regularly attracts hundreds of thousands of listeners, featured a story on Azerbaijan's attacks on Armenia and the Armenian Republic of Artsakh, reported the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU).The show's host Linda Mottram anchored the episode, which ...
SYDNEY: ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) News visited the offices of the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU) to cover the community's mobilisation in light of Azerbaijan's Turkey-backed attacks on Armenia and Artsakh.The story, which also included members of the Azerbaijani community in Australia, continued the mass media tre...
SYDNEY: The New South Wales Ecumenical Council, which comprises of 16 churches in the state of New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory, has released a statement calling out Azerbaijan's Turkey-backed attacks on Armenia and Artsakh while calling for diplomatic intervention by the Australian Government, reported the Armenian National Co...
CANBERRA: Azerbaijan and Turkey have been called out as the aggressors of the current Nagorno Karabakh conflict in a statement by The Australian Greens, which is the Australian Parliament's largest cross-party counting nine Senators and one Member of the House of Representatives, reported the Armenian National Committee of Australia.The Australian ...
CANBERRA: The Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU) has criticised a statement by Australia's Minister for Foreign Affairs Marise Payne, which expressed "concern" at the "renewed fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan around the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh".The Armenian-Australian community's peak public affairs body said th...
CANBERRA: The Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU) has called for the Federal Government to investigate Australian flights made by a cargo airline owned by the family of Azerbaijan's dictatorship, which has past links to transporting arms and support to terrorist mercenaries in the Middle East.Flightradar24 confirms that Silk Way...
CANBERRA: The co-convenors of the Australia-Armenia Inter-Parliamentary Union (Friendship Group / Caucus), Trent Zimmerman MP and Joel Fitzgibbon MP called on Azerbaijan to stop its attack on Armenia and Artsakh, while sending a thinly-veiled message to Turkey for their active involvement, reported the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-...
CANBERRA: Dr. Hugh McDermott MP – a Member of Parliament in Australia's largest state of New South Wales – has written an open letter to Azerbaijan's Embassy in Australia, unequivocally condemning "Azerbaijan's recent unprovoked attacks on the Republic of Artsakh, along the entire line of contact, and selected civilian areas of the Republic of...
SYDNEY: The Council of the City of Ryde has issued a statement to "condemn Azerbaijan's resumption of hostilities against the indigenous Armenians of the Republic of Artsakh, including in the City of Ryde's Friendship City of Stepanakert", reported the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU).In 2019, the City of Ryde Council voted unanimo...
SYDNEY: The Australian Hellenic Council, Assyrian Universal Alliance and Australian Federation of Pontian Associations have all released powerful statements condemning the use of force and aggression by Azerbaijan and Turkey and supporting the territorial integrity of the Republic of Armenia and Republic of Artsakh, reported the Armenian National ...
SYDNEY: The Armenian-Australian community has expressed serious alarm after a major escalation in Azerbaijan's attack on the self-determined Republic of Artsakh, when Turkey directly entered the conflict by flying F-16 jets into the sovereign airspace of the Republic of Armenia and shooting down a pilot in command of a Su-25 providing air suppor...
SYDNEY: SBS (Special Broadcasting Service) Armenian Radio's Executive Producer, Vahe Kateb and Executive Director of the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU), Haig Kayserian have discussed the ongoing Turkish-backed attacks by Azerbaijan on the Republic of Artsakh.Kayserian discussed ANC-AU's demands to the Australian Government on beh...
CANBERRA: The Armenian-Australian community is demanding Federal Government condemnation in light of Azerbaijan's latest attacks on the Armenian Republic of Artsakh, which has seen the petro-dictatorship backed by Turkey-deployed Jihadists launch an offensive causing military and civilian casualties.Azerbaijan's large-caliber air and artillery ...
CANBERRA: In a major announcement for the the Joint Justice Initiative of the Armenian-Australian, Assyrian-Australian and Greek-Australian communities, Australia's Minister for Housing and Assistant Treasurer, Michael Sukkar MP has added his voice to growing calls for national recognition of the Armenian, Assyrian and Greek Genocides.The February...
CANBERRA: Federal Member for the South Australian electorate of Spence, Nick Champion has affirmed his support for Australian recognition of the Armenian, Assyrian and Greek Genocides by signing on to the Joint Justice Initiative of the Armenian-Australian, Assyrian-Australian and Greek-Australian communities.The February 2020 launch of the Joint ...
CANBERRA: Veteran Member of Parliament Warren Entsch has signed an affirmation of support backing the Joint Justice Initiative – launched by the Armenian-Australian, Assyrian-Australian and Greek-Australian communities – and their call for Federal Australian recognition of the Armenian, Assyrian and Greek Genocides committed by the Ottoman Emp...
CANBERRA: Federal Senator for Western Australia, Louise Pratt has joined Armenian-Australian, Assyrian-Australian and Greek-Australian calls for national recognition of the 1915 Genocide committed against their ancestors by the Ottoman Empire, by signing an Affirmation of Support backing the Joint Justice Initiative.The February 2020 launch of th...
SYDNEY: The Armenian-Australian community’s #BachigsForBeirut fundraiser has concluded, raising over AU$150,000 for the Armenian community of Lebanon, which has committed to rebuilding following the devastating port explosion on 4th August 2020.The #BachigsForBeirut appeal requested Facebook and electronic transfer donations from Armenian-Austral...
SYDNEY: SBS (Special Broadcasting Corporation) Armenian Radio's Executive Producer, Vahe Kateb has interviewed – in English – the Executive Director of the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU), Haig Kayserian.The two discussed Australia's response to the recent border provocations by Azerbaijan against Armenia, the growing Australi...
CANBERRA: Australia's former Defence Minister and current Shadow Minister for Agriculture & Resources, Joel Fitzgibbon MP has reaffirmed his longstanding backing for national recognition of the Armenian, Assyrian and Greek Genocides by signing an affirmation of support for the Joint Justice Initiative of the Armenian-Australian, Assyrian-Austr...
CANBERRA: Prominent Independent Andrew Wilkie, the Federal Member for Clark in Tasmania, has joined a growing list of colleagues in support for Australian recognition of the Armenian, Assyrian and Greek Genocides by signing on to the Joint Justice Initiative of the Armenian-Australian, Assyrian-Australian and Greek-Australian communities.The Febru...
WELLINGTON: The Armenian National Committee of New Zealand (ANC-NZ) has thanked New Zealand Young Labour, who recently co-signed a statement recognising the legitimacy of the Treaty of Sevres and calling on Turkey “to begin the process of eliminating the consequences of the Armenian Genocide by initiating the restoration of the rights of the Arme...
CANBERRA: The Chair of the Australian Parliament's House of Representatives Standing Committees on Migration and Indigenous Affairs, Julian Leeser MP has signed an Affirmation of Support backing the Joint Justice Initiative for national recognition of the Armenian, Assyrian and Greek Genocides.The February 2020 launch of the Joint Justice Initiat...
CANBERRA: The Federal Member for North Sydney, Trent Zimmerman MP rose in Australia's House of Representatives to condemn Azerbaijan's recent aggression "under the cover of the pandemic" against Armenia and called out Baku's threat to bomb the Metzamor Nuclear Power Plant as "extraordinary" and "not acceptable", reported the Armenian National Commi...
CANBERRA: The Stockholm-based Nordic Research Monitoring Network (Nordic Monitor) has released documents that prove the National Intelligence Organisation of the Republic of Turkey (Milli Istihbarat Teskilati, or MIT) has spied on critics and opponents of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan within Australia's borders."In what is likely to be the first c...
CANBERRA: Federal Member for Greenway and Shadow Minister for Communications, Michelle Rowland has joined the the Joint Justice Initiative of the Armenian-Australian, Assyrian-Australian and Greek-Australian by signing an affirmation of support for their calls for Australian recognition of the Armenian, Assyrian and Greek Genocides.The February 2...
SYDNEY, MELBOURNE: The Armenian-Australian community has fundraised $46,500 to help "Combat Covid in Armenia" with the Armenian National Committee of Australia's (ANC-AU) Facebook fundraising campaign comfortably surpassing its targeted $25,000 to help ease the burden on Armenia's healthcare system as the country looks to recover from a major outbr...
CANBERRA: Australia's former Federal Treasurer and former Ambassador to the United States of America, Joe Hockey and nine high-profile compatriots have joined the distinguished membership of the Australian Friends of Artsakh, helping mark the one-year anniversary of the network supporting the rights to self-determination of the Armenians of the Rep...
SYDNEY: Dr. Hugh McDermott MP has introduced a motion in the Parliament of Australia's largest state of New South Wales, condemning Azerbaijan's provocative attacks against Armenia's border and calling on the Federal Government of Australia to do the same, reported the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU).The Member for Prospect, who i...
CANBERRA: On Friday 24th July 2020, around 100 Armenian-Australians (in accordance with COVID-19 restrictions) travelled from Sydney to participate in a protest at the Embassy of Azerbaijan in Canberra, condemning Baku’s provocative attacks on the North-Eastern border of Armenia, reported the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU).The ...
CANBERRA: Federal parliamentarians Tim Wilson MP, Jason Falinski MP and Senator Kristina Keneally have joined the growing chorus of Australian political leaders who have called out Azerbaijan's provocative attacks at Armenia's north-eastern border, declaring solidarity with the Armenian people, reported the Armenian National Committee of Australia ...
SYDNEY: The parliamentary friends of Armenia in Australia's largest state of New South Wales have released a statement condemning the provocative actions of Azerbaijan, who continue their attacks on Armenia's border town of Tavush, reported the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU).Azerbaijan is called on to "respect its internationally...
CANBERRA: Federal Senator for Queensland, Paul Scarr has added his support to the Joint Justice Initiative of the Armenian-Australian, Assyrian-Australian and Greek-Australian communities calling for Australian recognition of the Armenian, Assyrian and Greek Genocides.The February 2020 launch of the Joint Justice Initiative at Australia's Parliame...
WESTERN SYDNEY: The Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU) has launched a Western Sydney Branch to serve the local public affairs priorities of the region's Armenian-Australian community.Formerly an Administrator at the ANC-AU Head Office, Michael Kolokossian will Chair the ANC-AU - Western Sydney Branch. He is currently studying Bachelo...
CANBERRA: Federal Member for Makin, Tony Zappia has added his voice of support for the Joint Justice Initiative, which was established to promote Australian recognition of the Armenian, Assyrian and Greek Genocides.The February 2020 launch of the Joint Justice Initiative at Australia's Parliament House featured the signing of a Memorandum of Under...
CANBERRA: Federal Senator for South Australia, Sarah Hanson-Young has joined calls from the Armenian-Australian, Assyrian-Australian and Greek-Australian communities for national recognition of the 1915 Genocide committed against their ancestors by the Ottoman Empire, by signing an Affirmation of Support backing the Joint Justice Initiative.The ...
CANBERRA: Senator Hollie Hughes, who represents New South Wales in the Federal Upper House, has signed an Affirmation of Support backing the Joint Justice Initiative of the Armenian-Australian, Assyrian-Australian and Greek-Australian communities, which calls for Australian recognition of the Armenian, Assyrian and Greek Genocides.The February 202...
CANBERRA: Federal Senator for South Australia, Rex Patrick has added his backing to the Joint Justice Initiative of the Armenian-Australian, Assyrian-Australian and Greek-Australian communities calling for Australian recognition of the Armenian, Assyrian and Greek Genocides.The February 2020 launch of the Joint Justice Initiative at Australia's Pa...
CANBERRA: The Federal Member for Macarthur, Dr. Mike Freelander has signed an Affirmation of Support for the Joint Justice Initiative of the Armenian-Australian, Assyrian-Australian and Greek-Australian communities, who are calling for Australian recognition of the Genocides suffered by their ancestors.The February 2020 launch of the Joint Justic...
CANBERRA: The Joint Justice Initiative, which represents Armenian-Australian, Assyrian-Australian and Greek-Australian calls for Federal Australian recognition of the 1915 Genocides committed by Ottoman Turkey, has announced high-profile Senator Eric Abetz among a growing number of supporters.The experienced Tasmanian was formerly a Minister in the...
CANBERRA: Senator Larissa Waters of The Australian Greens has signed an Affirmation of Support that confirms her backing for national recognition of the Armenian, Assyrian and Greek Genocides, reported the Joint Justice Initiative.The February 2020 launch of the Joint Justice Initiative at Australia's Parliament House featured the signing of a Mem...
CANBERRA: Prominent Aboriginal leader Senator Pat Dodson has signed an Affirmation of Support backing the Joint Justice Initiative for national recognition of the Armenian, Assyrian and Greek Genocides.The February 2020 launch of the Joint Justice Initiative at Australia's Parliament House featured the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding by t...
SYDNEY: Armenian-Australian organisations in Sydney have donated $5,000 to Women’s Community Shelters on behalf of nurses and doctors leading the battle against the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, in honour of late relief worker Sister Isobel Hutton who helped survivors of the Armenian Genocide.The Sydney chapters of the Armenian Relief Society, H...
CANBERRA: Jason Falinski, the Federal Member for Mackellar, has reaffirmed his longstanding support for Australian recognition of the Armenian, Assyrian and Greek Genocides by signing on to the Joint Justice Initiative of the Armenian-Australian, Assyrian-Australian and Greek-Australian communities.The February 2020 launch of the Joint Justice Ini...
CANBERRA: COVID-19 forced the Australian National Commemoration of the Armenian Genocide to go virtual this year, but that did not stop a record number of Federal and State Parliamentarians joining growing calls for a change in the national position on the Armenian Genocide, which the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU) labelled "unte...
CANBERRA: The Federal Member for Macnamara Josh Burns has signed an Affirmation of Support, adding his backing to the Joint Justice Initiative of the Armenian-Australian, Assyrian-Australian and Greek-Australian communities calling for Australian recognition of the Armenian, Assyrian and Greek Genocides.Burns, who in 2019 won the Victorian seat pre...
SYDNEY: The New South Wales Ecumenical Council, which comprises of sixteen churches in the state of New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory, has recognised the Armenian, Assyrian and Greek Genocides and called on the Commonwealth Government of Australia to do the same, reported the Armenian National Committee of Australia.At the NSW ...
CANBERRA: The Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ), which is the peak public affairs representative of the Jewish-Australian community has called for Federal recognition of the Armenian, Assyrian and Greek Genocides in the lead-up to the 105th anniversary of the crime against humanity, reported the Armenian National Committee of Australia (...
ZOOM: The Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU) has hosted politicians from Australia and Armenia in an Inter-Parliamentary Dialogue to discuss the impacts of the COVID-19 coronavirus on the two countries, and share their experiences as representatives dealing with the crisis.The Dialogue, which took place virtually using Zoom, featured...
[PHOTO (STEPANAKERT) Dr. Hugh McDermott received his "Gratitude Medal" on behalf of the President of the Republic of Artsakh]SYDNEY: The New South Wales Member for Prospect, Dr. Hugh McDermott MP has congratulated the "freedom-loving people of the Armenian Republic of Artsakh" for their democratic elections held this week, reported the Armenian Nat...
[John Alexander MP pictured with some of the Joint Justice Initiative advocates representing the Armenian-Australian, Assyrian-Australian and Greek-Australian communities]CANBERRA: Member of Parliament and Chair of the Australian House of Representatives Standing Committee on Infrastructure, Transport and Cities, John Alexander has signed an Affir...
SYDNEY & CANBERRA: The recipient of the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU) Internship Program's 2019 Hagop Kortian Scholarship, Siranush Massih, has begun three months of frontline work experience in the office of a Federal Parliamentarian to help support her ambition of a career in politics.The ANC-AU has placed Massih, who rece...
WELLINGTON: The Armenian National Committee of New Zealand's (ANC-NZ) Advocacy Week was highlighted by national television and digital media bringing attention to the issue of Armenian Genocide recognition, through highlighting rockstar Serj Tankian's calling out of New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters' reported appeasement of denialist Turk...
CANBERRA: Prominent independent Member of Parliament, the Hon. Bob Katter MP has joined the Joint Justice Initiative, signing an Affirmation of Support backing Armenian-Australian, Assyrian-Australian and Greek-Australian calls for national recognition of the 1915 Genocide committed by the Ottoman Empire.The Federal Member for Kennedy, who has been...