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...]

The Australian-Ukrainian community is devastated by the destruction of the Kakhovka Dam by Russian armed forces, with many Australian based Ukrainian families desperately worried about parents, relatives and friends who have been left stranded by raising floodwaters and who have told them about Russian soldiers drinking and shooting at Ukrainians as they try to … [Read more...]

Senator Catryna Bilyk, Chair of the Australia Ukraine Parliamentary Friendship Group, has led 31 Federal Australian Parliamentarians to participate in the Postcards to the Front campaign - sending messages of support and solidarity to the brave Ukrainian soldiers, doctors, nurses and others on the front line of russia’s war against Ukraine. Postcards to the Front is a small … [Read more...]

Following pressure from the AFUO, the Association of Ukrainians in Victoria and the Melbourne Ukrainian community, the City of Melbourne has terminated its sister-city agreement with St Petersburg. The Deputy Lord Mayor of Melbourne, Nicholas Reece, made the announcement following a Council meeting today saying ‘“We do this as a symbol of our outrage at Russia’s … [Read more...]

The Ukrainian Film Festival in Sydney will burst onto the screen between Friday 26 - Sunday 28 May at Dendy Cinema Newtown with a moving and thought-provoking range of Ukrainian internationally recognised dramas, documentaries, and tragicomedies.  Supported by the Ukrainian Council of NSW (UCNSW) and the Australian Federation of Ukrainian Organisations (AFUO), the UA Film … [Read more...]

With 5,000 displaced Ukrainians currently living in Australia, the AFUO will be expanding the work of its Education and Employment subcommittee to provide assistance to displaced Ukrainians with: education recognising overseas qualifications employment help with Resumes job interview Pilot programs will commence shortly. If you work in HR, education, … [Read more...]