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(left to right) CRC Commissioner, Diing Bul, Minister for Citizenship, John Hatzistergos, SBS African Programme Presenter, Martin Kwakwa and the Premier Kristina Keneally

Ethnic media meet with Premier and Minister for Citizenship

The new Minister for Citizenship, John Hatzistergos, has invited representatives from the ethnic media - print, radio and television in New South Wales for a reception at the Premiers Department in Sydney. The new Premier Kristina Keneally addressed the gathering and met many of the media people present.

Commissioners of the CRC with Premier, Kristina Keneally and the Minister for Citizenship John Hatzistergos: (left to right)  Seini Afeaki, Michael Christodoulou, Diing Bul, Wajiha Ahmed, Minister Hatzistergos, Premier Keneally, Patricia Azarias (Deputy Chair), Ezel Jupiter, Stepan Kerkyasharian (Chair) and Vivian Pak

Commissioners Meet Premier and New Minister

The Commissioners of the CRC recently met with the Premier, Kristina Keneally, and the new Minister for Citizenship and Attorney General, John Hatzistergos.

Nominations Open for 2010 NSW Premier’s Chinese Community Service Awards

Nominations are now open for 2010 NSW Premier’s Chinese Community Service Awards. The Annual Awards honour Chinese individuals for outstanding service within and beyond the Chinese community. It recognises the long-standing presence of the Chinese Australians in New South Wales.

Click here for more information and to nominate a Volunteer from your community.

(left to right) Stepan Kerkyasharian, CRC Chair, Jean Paul Ndayiragije, Young Volunteer High Commendation, Peter Primrose, Minister for Volunteering, Jasmeen Kaur, Young Volunteer of the Year, Perla Lombardi, Volunteer of the Year, Erin Chew, Community Service Award High Commendation, Nola Randall-Mohk, Lifetime Achievement Award Winner, John Hatzistergos, Attorney General and Minister for Citizenship and Malaemie Fruean, Winner of Community Service Award

Top Volunteers Honoured In NSW Parliament

In his first official ceremony as Minister for Citizenship, John Hatzistergos, today recognised the enormous contribution made by volunteers in NSW by announcing the winners of the 2009 Community Relations Commission Awards for Volunteering.

Click here to read more about the awards.

The Chair of the Commission, Stepan Kerkyasharian, addresses the Blacktown consultation, accompanied by Lalli Sethuram (left) chairperson of SydWest  Multicultural Services

Commission Meets Communities in Blacktown

The Community Relations Commission has held a community consultation in Blacktown to hear directly from locals about issues of concern and about ideas to enhance community relations in the area.

The Chair of the Commission, Stepan Kerkyasharian, Commissioners Afeaki and Christodoulou and Commission staff met with around forty-five representatives from the Sikh, Muslim, Filipino, Pacific, Indian and various communities from Africa, for a two-hour discussion.

Mr Kerkyasharian said after the meeting: "This was a very useful consultation. We heard a number of suggestions which, I am sure, the Commission will want to follow up. Youth issues, employment issues and experiences of discrimination were very candidly expressed by the participants.The Commission has a legislative responsibility to consult broadly with communities around the state. This meeting in Blacktown at the office of SydWest Multicultural Services was part of our regular consultation programme."

Winners of the 2009 National Multicultural Marketing Awards, Adrien Monet and Jacques Reynaud of Polyglot with Minister for Citizenship, Virginia Judge and CRC Chair, Stepan Kerkyasharian.

Polyglot the 2009 Multicultural Marketing Champion

A Sydney company which has turned Australia's culturally diverse workforce into a major export earner has won this year's National Multicultural Marketing Awards.

The directors of Polyglot Australia were presented with their prestigious award at a gala dinner tonight in Sydney hosted by the NSW Minister for Citizenship, Virginia Judge.

The National Multicultural Marketing Awards have been conducted by the Community Relations Commission of NSW for the last twenty years and have unearthed winners from across multinational business, government and community sectors.

The company's award submission told the judges: "Polyglot's entire business model and strategy is based on promoting, and turning into an asset, the multiculturalism of Australian society. We are what we sell."

Click here to read more about the awards.

Welcoming address from Stepan Kerkyasharian, Chairman of the Commission, at the 20th Annual National Multicultural Marketing Awards

In welcoming the 440 guests to the 20th annual National Multicultural Marketing Awards, the Chair of the Commission, Stepan Kerkyasharian, recounted the history of the Awards and reflected on their ground-breaking nature 1990.

Click here to read this his speech.

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