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Australia: Falun Dafa lifts the spirit of many at Redcliffe Kitefest in Brisbane, Queensland

Australia News, News & MediaSeptember 8, 20170Comments

By Australian Dafa disciples Many people who attended the Redcliffe Kitefest from 26 to 27 August 2017 in Brisbane, Queensland found seeing Falun Dafa to be an uplifting experience. Falun Dafa practitioners were one of the many community groups invited to hold a stall at the annual event, which attracts more than 40,000 people and features world-renowned…

Introducing Falun Dafa in Toowoomba at Annual Cultural Festival

Australia NewsSeptember 4, 20170Comments

Falun Gong practitioners in Queensland, Australia, participated in the 12th Toowoomba Languages and Cultures Festival on August 20, 2017. This popular multi-cultural festival attracts 70 to 80,000 people every year. Falun Gong practitioners have been invited to share their traditional Chinese cultivation practice at this festival since its inauguration in 2006. They explained the benefits…

Introducing Falun Gong at City To Surf Fun Run in Sydney

Australia NewsAugust 21, 20170Comments

In recent years, Falun Gong practitioners in Sydney have visited the annual City To Surf Fun Run to introduce the ancient Chinese self-improvement practice to the 80,000 attendees from all over the world. The practitioners set up a booth on the route and demonstrated the Falun Gong exercises, passed out materials introducing the practice, and…

Gold Coast, Australia: Queensland’s Premier and Health Minister Meet  with Practitioners

Australia NewsAugust 21, 20170Comments

On August 1, Falun Dafa practitioners had the rare opportunity to meet in person with Queensland’s Premier and the Health Minister. Practitioners were invited to attend a Town Hall meeting in the Currumbin RSL Club on the Gold Coast, at which Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk and members of her Cabinet addressed hundreds of local constituents about…

Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference Held in Brisbane, Australia

Australia NewsAugust 21, 20170Comments

Falun Gong practitioners from Queensland, Australia held a Falun Dafa Cultivation Experience Sharing Conference in Brisbane on Sunday August 7, 2017. Thirteen speakers shared their stories of improving themselves in cultivation. Louise shared her experiences of telling the public about what Falun Dafa is about. She talked about how she overcame her fears and laziness, looked…

Sydney: Band Performance and Rally Raise Awareness of Falun Gong

Australia NewsAugust 21, 20170Comments

Passersby sat down to listen to the Tian Guo Marching Band play at City Hall Plaza in Parramatta at the start of a rally for Falun Gong on July 29, 2017 Falun Gong (also called Falun Dafa) practitioners shared their personal experiences and demonstrated and taught the exercise to those who were interested. John Deller,…

Australia: Annual Gold Coast Festival Welcomes the Serenity of Falun Dafa

Australia NewsAugust 6, 20170Comments

Many people enjoyed the peaceful and serene energy Falun Dafa practitioners brought to the Pacific Pines Winterfest on July 22, 2017. The Falun Dafa group has been invited to participate in this annual Gold Coast festival for the past five years. The event attracts thousands of people, some of whom come from as far as Brisbane…

Australia: Gold Coast Community Leaders Support Falun Dafa in Marking 18 Years of Persecution in China

Australia NewsAugust 6, 20170Comments

On July 21, 2017 Gold Coast community leaders joined in remembering the persecution that Falun Dafa practitioners have endured in China for the past 18 years. In order to draw attention to the persecution, Australian Falun Dafa practitioners set up an information booth, displayed banners, and collected petition signatures at Cavill Mall in Surfers Paradise, a…

Zhen Shan Ren International Art Exhibition in Adelaide, Australia

Australia NewsAugust 6, 20170Comments

The Art of Zhen Shan Ren (Truthfulness, Compassion, Tolerance) International Exhibition was held at the Hughes Gallery in Unley, Adelaide, the capital of South Australia, from June 30 to July 23, 2017. It was the second time the exhibition has traveled to Unley. Visitors were moved by the sensitive artworks depicting Falun Gong practitioners' unyielding…

Australia: Catholic Weekly Reports on China’s Forced Live Organ Harvesting from Imprisoned Falun Gong Practitioners

Australia NewsJuly 31, 20170Comments

Catholic Weekly of Australia carried an article online titled “China’s harvest of blood, built upon Falun Dafa prisoners of conscience” by Catherine Sheehan on July 19, 2017. Sheehan interviewed two Falun Gong practitioners, Eric Jia and his aunt Lorrita Liu, whose family suffer the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) brutal persecution. Jia worries most that his…

Australia: Gold Coast Community Leaders Mourn 18th Anniversary of Persecution in China

Australia News, World NewsJuly 30, 20170Comments

By an Australian Dafa disciples On July 21, 2017 Gold Coast community leaders joined in remembering the brutal persecution Falun Dafa practitioners have endured in Mainland China for the past 18 years. Labor Party Queensland election candidate Rowan Holzberger is supporting Falun Dafa practitioners' activity . Australian Dafa practitioners held an information stall, displayed banners and collected petition…

Sydney: Rally and Candlelight Vigil Commemorate 18 Years of Courage Working to End Persecution

Australia NewsJuly 23, 20170Comments

Commemorating 18 years of efforts to end the persecution of Falun Gong in China, practitioners and supporters held a series of activities at Martin Place, a financial center, and government locations in Sydney, Australia on July 19, 2017. Morning commuters were impressed by the solemn Falun Gong exercise practice, and many took fliers to learn…