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Sydney: Falun Dafa Welcomed at Haldon Street Festival

Australia NewsNovember 6, 20170Comments

Falun Gong practitioners were invited to demonstrate the meditation practice at the annual Haldon Street Festival in Lakemba on October 27, 2017. Located in southwestern Sydney, the suburb of Lakemba is a business and political center of the region. Over 30,000 people participated in the celebration, including ethnic groups representing Greece, Italy, and Lebanon. The practitioners’…

Australia: Introducing Falun Gong at Sydney’s Granny Smith Festival

Australia NewsNovember 6, 20170Comments

The Granny Smith Festival was held in Eastwood, north of Sydney, Australia on October 21, 2017. The Falun Gong group participated in the parade, demonstrated the exercises on stage, and had a booth to introduce the practice to the public. Now in its 32nd year, the Granny Smith Festival is the largest street festival in…

Candidates for Public Office Support Falun Dafa’s Community Work on Queensland’s Gold Coast

Australia NewsOctober 23, 20170Comments

Australian candidates for the Queensland Government election have commended the good work Falun Dafa practitioners do in the Gold Coast community. Each week practitioners volunteer their time to set up free exercise sites and help others enjoy the many health and psychological benefits of doing Falun Dafa’s five sets of exercises. Falun Dafa is a member…

Melbourne: Falun Gong at Spring Festival in Whitehorse

Australia NewsOctober 23, 20170Comments

Falun Gong (also called Falun Dafa) practitioners in Victoria, Australia, participated in the annual Spring Festival in the City of Whitehorse, the eastern suburb of Melbourne, on October 15, 2017. Practitioners set up a booth to introduce Falun Dafa and demonstrated the five exercises. Many people had an opportunity to learn this traditional cultivation practice…

Sydney Fa Conference: Better Cultivation Begets Better Truth Clarification

Australia News, InsightsOctober 23, 20170Comments

The 2017 Sydney Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference was held on October 15 at the Marrickville Town Hall. Fourteen practitioners shared how they followed the teachings of Falun Dafa (also known as Falun Gong) to look within, and found their attachments through their work and truth-clarification activities. Eliminating the Attachment to Complaining about Others Ms. Fan…

Falun Dafa Participates at Moon Festival in Sydney

Australia NewsOctober 2, 20170Comments

Over the past weekend, many residents in Sydney were glad to see Falun Gong practitioners at the annual Moon Festival celebration at Cabramatta. With support from city officials, the Cabramatta Moon Festival has become the largest celebration of its kind in the Sydney metro area. Nearly 90,000 people attended the Moon Festival celebration this year,…

Falun Gong Practitioners Participate in Floral Parade in Toowoomba

Australia NewsSeptember 24, 20170Comments

Falun Gong (also called Falun Dafa) practitioners participated in the Floral Parade, the feature event of the Carnival of Flowers in Toowoomba, a city in Southeastern Queensland, Australia, on September 16, 2017. The Carnival of Flowers is the largest community event and one of the premier celebrations in Australia. The Floral Parade was the pinnacle of…

Canberra: Parliamentary Forum on Stopping Forced Organ Harvesting and Organ Tourism

Australia NewsSeptember 24, 20170Comments

After the Australian Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference on September 10, practitioners held a large rally in front of Parliament House in Canberra on September 11 and 12. A forum also took place in the parliament on September 11 on how to stop the state-sanctioned killing of Falun Gong practitioners for their organs and organ…

Australian Lawmakers Support Rally at Parliament Hill in Canberra

Australia NewsSeptember 18, 20170Comments

Australian Falun Gong practitioners held a rally in front of the Parliament Building in Canberra on Monday and Tuesday, September 11-12, 2017. Around ten victims of the persecution in China testified to the brutality of this human rights crisis by sharing their own experiences. Attendees called upon the Australian government to take action to help…

Australia: Group Character Formation at Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney

Australia NewsSeptember 18, 20170Comments

The day before the 2017 Australian Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference, Dafa practitioners gathered at the Royal Botanic Garden Sydney for a large-scale character formation on September 9. Adjacent to the Sydney Opera House, this garden is the oldest scientific institution in Australia and one of the most visited attractions in Sydney. The character formation started…

Sydney, Australia: Grand Rally and March Applauded by Spectators

Australia NewsSeptember 18, 20170Comments

Practitioners from across Australia attended series of events in Sydney prior to the annual experience-sharing conference on September 10. Here is a report on the grand rally and march on September 8, 2017. Group Meditation Outside the Customs House, an historic Sydney landmark located in Circular Quay, practitioners performed group exercises in the morning. The…

Wollongong: Falun Dafa Partakes in Annual Spring Festival

Australia NewsSeptember 11, 20170Comments

Local Falun Dafa practitioners from the Wollongong area, took part in the 36th annual event 'Spring into Corrimal' on the 10th September in Corrimal, a suburb of greater Wollongong. The event is the largest and longest running event in the Illawarra and Regional NSW areas attracting thousands of visitors annually. The Spring into Corrimal festival had…