From 12-13 of September 2019 a conference took place in Yerevan, the capital city of Armenia. Representatives from Assyrians around the world were invited to this conference to discuss methods and the mechanism of establishing an Assyrian Parliament in Exile. Mr Hermiz Shaheen representing AUA and Mr David David representing Assyrian Australian Federation were among the participants.

Mr Shaheen told SBS, only non political associations and bodies were invited to attend because political parties and specially in homeland are bound to and responsible to their parties and affiliates.

He also said a committee will be working to organise a second conference in six months time and hopefully with larger participation from more Assyrian bodies  

Carmen Lazar from A.R.C talks about the coming Job Fair in November this year. She invites all people especially the youth to attend the fair and get expose to many job opportunities.

Mrs Lazar also talks about the Coffee with a cop program. She says that this is a great experience where people can interact with the police so they break the barrier between the public and the police. 

According to our correspondent in Iraq , Mr . Nassem Sadiq , the social media abound a lot of comments about corruption and the question remains about the government's move to take the necessary measures against those involved in corruption.

Finally, the Integrity Commission in Kurdistan region revealed the number of files investigated and amounted to 60 files.

The  NSW service for the treatment and rehabilitation of torture and trauma survivors,  celebrated 30 years of supporting clients from asylum seekers and refugees who have endured the  worst in their life.
This is coverage of the celebration held in Fairfield on Sunday 20 September 2019.

The  NSW service for the treatment and rehabilitation of torture and trauma survivors,  celebrated 30 years of supporting clients from asylum seekers and refugees who have endured the  worst in their life.
This is coverage of the celebration held in Fairfield on Sunday 20 September 2019.

Two young directors produced and directed the documentary that was screened in Sydney last week.
The idea came from dialogues and stories that our mothers told us about this saint and his marvels, Said directors Amar Daniel and Carlos Hydo.

They added that there are many young people who are working in Assyrian film industry and they need the support of the people.

Councillor Charbel Saliba talks about the Fairfield city council system and how day to day work is carried out. He also answers questions about the conditions of nominating for elections to be member of the council.

This is first part of new series about residence rights and obligations towards their local council.  

Carmen Lazar from Assyrian Resource Centre talks about a new visa for skilled migrants who must come to work and stay in regional areas for at least three years before been granted a permanent visa.

Also she talks about a new course run by the centre to teach security workers the skills to write incident reports.

Barseen Oshan, a third year engineering student at UNSW is one of the founders of the ASAUNSW. He talks about the aims and objectives of the association and tells how by using food stalls to offer Assyrian food will help introduce the Assyrians to other students in the university. He hopes the move will be adopted by other Assyrian students in other universities in Australia.

Thursday 19 September 2019 was a sad day for the Assyrian community in Melbourne as they farewell a beloved son of the community, the late Wilson Kando.

Wilson has worked so hard for the settlement of the Assyrians in Melbourne.

In this special tribute, we bring you highlights from an interview with Wilson from 2015 where he talks about his role in helping to settle the Assyrian community in Victoria-Australia