The new Web site of the Australian Baha’i Community invites members of the public to join with Baha’is in service to their neighbourhoods.

Eloquent tributes were paid at events marking the 50th anniversary of the passing of Clara Dunn, who brought the Baha’i Faith to Australia in 1920 with her husband, Hyde Dunn.

Australian MPs yesterday condemned prison sentences recently received by seven Baha’i leaders in Iran.

Three Australian Baha’is have been appointed to a board of advisers to the national governing bodies of the Faith in Australia, New Zealand and a range of Pacific countries.

A nationwide series of events this month will mark the 50th anniversary of the passing of a woman who made a significant contribution to Australian religious history in general and to the Australian Baha’i Community in particular.

Federal Member for Fremantle, Melissa Parke MP, has spoken out in the Australian Parliament about the jailing of seven Baha’i leaders in Iran and the “systematic, government-sponsored” persecution of the Baha’i community in that country.

A unique show created by a Baha’i storyteller and musician, Clare Kuolga Meere, had its premiere in Redcliffe, Brisbane on 23 October.

A national newspaper report on the fate of a sister of a Melbourne Baha’i comes as fears mount that Iranian authorities are planning to jail more Baha’is.

The 20-year prison sentences of seven Baha’i leaders in Iran have reportedly been reduced to 10 years, an Australian Baha’i Community spokesperson, Tessa Scrine, said today.

Three prominent peace workers will lead a discussion following a service held at the Baha’i Temple in Sydney at 11 am on Sunday, 19 September to mark the International Day of Peace.