Stefan Romaniw OAM and Kateryna Argyrou, Co-Chairs of the Australian Federation of Ukrainian Organisations (AFUO), held meetings in Canberra on 15 June 2023 with senior Government and Opposition MPs to report about AFUO initiatives and deepen relationships with key decision makers and influencers. The Co-Chairs reported about the many levels of activity occurring at … [Read more...]

The Australian Federation of Ukrainian Organisations (AFUO) has launched a campaign to ask community members and supporters to email and meet their local MP to share their personal stories about how the russian war against Ukraine has impacted them, and to ask for more Australian Government military aid for Ukraine. Campaign for Ukraine makes it easy to write and send an … [Read more...]

The Australian Federation of Ukrainian Organisations (AFUO) has strongly supported the Australian Parliament’s decision to pass government legislation to cancel the lease held by Russia on a site near Parliament House due to national security concerns. “As a terrorist state, Russia’s presence right next to Parliament House is untenable,” said the AFUO Co-Chairs Stefan … [Read more...]

Over 100 invited guests including politicians, corporate leaders, business people, ethnic community leaders and Australian-Ukrainians attended an exclusive Australian screening of the new, unreleased documentary by Sean Penn and Aaron Kaufman about President Zelenskyy, ‘Superpower’ in Sydney on Wednesday 7 June.  Organised by the Australian Federation of Ukrainian … [Read more...]

The Ukrainian community gathered around Australia on 9-11 June to condemn Russia’s terrorism in blowing up the Nova Kakhovka Dam last week, creating a humanitarian and environmental catastrophe. from Brisbane, Canberra, Melbourne, Perth, Sydney At the rallies Ukrainians spoke about losing their childhood homes to flooding in Kherson. Others were desperately worried … [Read more...]