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Australia: Falun Gong Practitioners Participate in National Day Celebrations

Australia NewsFebruary 5, 20170Comments

Celebrations were held on January 26, Australia Day, in Melbourne and Sydney Australia. Falun Gong practitioners participated in a grand parade in Melbourne and a stage performance in a community in North Sydney. Participation in Melbourne Grand Parade More than 80 groups with various traditional dress participated in a grand parade on Swanston Street…

Western Australia: Falun Gong Car Tour Raises Awareness of Organ Harvesting Atrocities in China

Australia NewsJanuary 19, 20170Comments

A car tour through Western Australia is having a profound effect in raising awareness about crimes taking place thousands of miles away in China. In mid-November of last year, Mr. Peter Abetz, current member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, met with Falun Gong practitioners (Falun Gong is also known as Falun Dafa) in front…

Sydney, Australia: Chinese Tourists Sever Ties with Chinese Communist Party

Australia NewsDecember 11, 20160Comments

Ms. Chen, although she now lives in Sydney, Australia, finds it important to reconnect with her fellow Chinese citizens. “As a Falun Gong practitioner, I know that many Chinese have been poisoned by the ongoing hate propaganda from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP),” she explained. “I feel that I have to tell them the real…

What Australia can do to avoid complicity in foreign transplant abuse

Australia News, News & MediaDecember 5, 20160Comments

By David Matas Because of shortage of organs, patients in need of transplants wait endlessly and become desperate, spurring transplant tourism. The Government of China has been sourcing organs from prisoners in large numbers, in violation of international ethics. I and other researchers have concluded that these sources are mostly prisoners of conscience Christians, Buddhists, Muslims…

Australia: Community leader supports the practice site at Gold Coast, Queensland

Australia NewsNovember 17, 20160Comments

By Australian Dafa disciples On 29 October 2016, a prominent community leader received a big welcome at the Falun Dafa practice site on the Gold Coast, Queensland. Michael Kaff, who recently ran as an independent candidate for the Australian Senate, continues to be a very supportive friend of Falun Dafa and has used every given opportunity to…

Australia: President and First Lady of Hungary meet with a Falun Dafa practitioner

Australia NewsNovember 15, 20160Comments

By Australian Dafa disciples On November 12, 2016 the Hungarian President and First Lady met with a Falun Dafa practitioner during their official visit to Australia. The Hungarian President is giving a speech at St Pauls Presbyterian Church President Janos Ader and First Lady Anita Herczegh had the opportunity to speak with an Australian Dafa practitioner during the Brisbane…

Sydney Falun Dafa Practitioners Attend an East Sydney Fair

Australia NewsNovember 13, 20160Comments

Practitioners set up a booth at a fair in East Sydney on Sunday 6 November, collecting signatures to support the peaceful resistance against the persecution of Falun Dafa in China. People sign a petition condemning the persecution in China. Falun Dafa practitioners shared information on the beauty of the ancient Chinese practice which included demonstrating the 5…

Sydney, Australia: Falun Dafa Band a Highlight at Granny Smith Festival

Australia NewsOctober 23, 20160Comments

Falun Dafa practitioners participated in the 31st annual Granny Smith Festival in Sydney's suburb of Ryde on October 15, 2016. Drawing more than 90,000 spectators, it's is the largest annual event of its type. Practitioners have participated in this festival since 2000. The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), a state-owned national public broadcaster, has listed the Falun…

Car Tours in Queensland, Australia Raise Public and Media Awareness of Persecution in China

Australia NewsSeptember 30, 20160Comments

The best way to end injustice is to make it known. Two car tours kicked off in Queensland, Australia on September 22, with the mission of raising public awareness of the state-sanctioned organ harvesting from Falun Gong practitioners in China. One team took the southern route and visited Stanthorpe, and the other team visited three…

Toowoomba, Australia: Tian Guo Marching Band Welcomed at Major Festival

Australia NewsSeptember 22, 20160Comments

Falun Dafa practitioners participated in the 67th Carnival of Flowers parade held in Toowoomba, Australia on September 17, 2016. Every year since 2007, the Tian Guo Marching Band has been invited to lead the parade. The Carnival of Flowers launched in 1949, is the oldest floral parade in the Southern Hemisphere. This award-winning parade also…

Bowral, Australia: Falun Gong Warmly Received at Annual Tulip Time Festival Parade

Australia NewsSeptember 22, 20160Comments

“Falun Gong has unique spiritual content, which can bring people to a different realm,” said Kurt Newman as he watched the Falun Gong waist drum performance at the annual Tulip Time Festival parade in Bowral, Australia on September 17, 2016. Mr. Newman, chair of the Southern Highlands Chamber of Commerce and Industry, is glad to…

Queensland, Australia: New Practice Site Welcomed in Gold Coast

Australia NewsSeptember 22, 20160Comments

Visitors to Harley Park were inspired to learn Falun Dafa after seeing the exercises at a new practice site at this popular park in Gold Coast, Queensland on September 10, 2016. Harley Park is one of northern Gold Coast’s busiest recreation areas and attracts walkers, cyclists, and other active people. Falun Dafa practitioners at the newest practice…