Great story in the Sydney Morning Herald this week about Australian footballers with Ukrainian heritage who will join Ukraine's national rugby league team next month for the European qualifiers for the 2026 Rugby League World Cup!  These players, including soldiers serving in Ukraine, are uniting for an incredible cause - showing the world that Ukraine’s fighting spirit … [Read more...]

The Australian Federation of Ukrainian Organisations’ (AFUO) Displaced Persons (DP) survey report has been finalised, providing our community as well as the Australian Government with critical data about displaced Ukrainians in Australia The survey results show that this is a cohort of motivated, industrious and educated people with the skills that Australia needs, who would … [Read more...]

Australian businessman and philanthropist David Seargeant has had a successful business relationship in Ukraine, and is now providing huge philanthropic support to the people of Ukraine. “My attachment to Ukraine began around twelve years ago when I met Slava, a highly intelligent, deep-thinking and insightful Ukrainian business executive with whom I established a lasting … [Read more...]

The Australian Federation of Ukrainian Organisations (AFUO) welcomes and strongly endorses the report of the Senate inquiry into Australian support for Ukraine, which was released yesterday. We urge the Government to accept and adopt all the recommendations, which make solid, positive and timely suggestions about how to improve the impact of Australian support for … [Read more...]

The Australian Federation of Ukrainian Organisations (AFUO) is disappointed by comments on Ukraine made by Foreign Minister Penny Wong yesterday on ABC radio. “Only a few months ago, the Foreign Minister rightly condemned the ‘abhorrent’ Russian missile attacks on Ukrainian cities and civilian infrastructure, including a children’s hospital in Kyiv. She reiterated that … [Read more...]