Wednesday, 19 November 2025

 Michael GALEA (South-Eastern Metropolitan) (09:51): I rise to offer the Armenian National Committee of Australia my heartfelt congratulations on 50 years of representing the Armenian Australian community. For 50 years, the ANC has worked as a grassroots organisation advocating for and organising on behalf of the more than now 60,000 Armenian Australians across the country. As a member of this place and as the co-chair of the Parliamentary Friends of Armenia I have witnessed the passion, diligence and dedication of their members and leadership. They are fierce advocates for our local Armenian Australian community, many of whom live in the south-east of Melbourne, supporting local community organisations to foster and preserve Armenian cultural ties in this country and organising events, trips and scholarships that promote an understanding of history, identity and culture. The level of public understanding and awareness of Armenia and what it means to be an Australian Armenian is stronger thanks to the decades-long efforts of the ANC. Congratulations on 50 years.