ANC-AU Welcomes Promotions of Armenian-Australian Supporters in New South Wales Parliament

Vardan Badalian 2023
SYDNEY: The Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU) has welcomed the appointment of several parliamentary friends, who have been promoted to new positions in both the Government and Opposition following the New South Wales State Elections.

The ANC-AU has written to the following members of the NSW Parliament to congratulate their appointments by their respective parties, including:

  • Stephen Kamper, Member for Rockdale, who was appointed as the Minister for Small Business, Lands and Property, Multiculturalism and Sport;

  • Hugh McDermott, Member for Prospect, who was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Attorney General of New South Wales;

  • Mark Speakman, Member for Cronulla, who was elected as Leader of the Opposition;

  • Natalie Ward, Member for the Legislative Council, who was elected as Deputy Leader of the Opposition;

  • Damien Tudehope, Member for the Legislative Council, who was appointed as Shadow Treasurer and Shadow Minister for Industrial Relations;

  • Mark Coure, Member for Oatley, who was appointed as Shadow Minister for Multiculturalism, Jobs, Industry, Innovation, Science and Technology and for South-Western Sydney;

  • Tim James, Member for Willoughby, who was appointed as Shadow Minister for Fair Trading, Work Health and Safety and Building;

  • Jordan Lane, newly elected Member for Ryde, who was appointed as Shadow Assistant Minister for Health and Multiculturalism;

  • James Griffin, Member for Manly, who was appointed Shadow Minister for Energy and Climate Change, and Shadow Minister for Customer Service and Digital Government.














From this list, Kamper, McDermott, Ward, Tudehope, Coure, James, Lane and Griffin are also members of the Australian Friends of Artsakh network, supporting the rights to self-determination of the people of Artsakh and are advocates for Federal Australian recognition of the 1915 Armenian Genocide.

ANC-AU Executive Director Michael Kolokossian said: “The Armenian National Committee of Australia congratulates some our closest friends on their well-deserved promotions in the Government and Opposition.”

“We look forward to continuing our work with all our friends in the NSW Parliament and their colleagues who continue to promote issues of concern to Armenian-Australians,” added Kolokossian.

Following the finalisation of the NSW Election results, the ANC-AU also congratulated Premier-elect the Hon. Chris Minns on his party’s success at the polls (read more here).