More than 400 people attended a Brisbane “junior youth showcase” that demonstrated how local young people are serving their community and contributing to social change.
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Australia has become a destination country for people traffickers who are the modern-day version of slave traders, according to Pam Stewart, a senior law lecturer from the University of Technology, Sydney.
Members of the Australian Baha’i community participated in a major inter-faith event this month where issues relating to the environment, indigenous Australia and youth were featured.
The trial of seven imprisoned Iranian Baha’i leaders scheduled for today has been postponed until 18 October.
Iranian judicial officials have reportedly set 18 August as the trial date for seven jailed Baha’i leaders, despite one of their lawyers being recently imprisoned and the other out of the country.
Iranian officials have reportedly told families of the seven detained Baha’i leaders in Iran that their trial has been delayed, but they have not provided a new date.
Soul Food, a public devotional meeting running in Melbourne for four years, has been awarded a major grant from the Victorian State Government to continue promoting community harmony.
Seven Baha’i leaders who have been imprisoned in Iran for more than a year may face trial on 11 July 2009.
The Governor of Tasmania, the Honourable Peter Underwood AC, officially opened the Tasmanian Baha’i Centre of Learning on 29 May 2009.
The Australian Parliament has called upon Iran to release without delay seven Baha’i leaders who have been imprisoned for more than a year.