On 11 November 2011, the United Macedonian Diaspora (UMD) celebrated an important milestone in its continuous growth strategy in Australia by officially launching its operations in New South Wales and appointing Tony Joseski as UMD Regional Representative.

The function at Sydney’s fashionable ArtHouse Hotel was attended by over 100 prominent guests from all over New South Wales and Australia. These included diplomats, parliamentarians including Mr. Stephen Jones for Throsby, Mr. Paul Fletcher for Bradfield and Ms. Tania Mihailuk for Bankstown, local NSW officials such as Alex Kuskoff, Councillor for the Bankstown City Council, journalists, writers, UMD members and supporters, and leaders of Macedonian community organisations engaged in education, culture, sport and religion. UMD Australia Treasurer Rob Pasquale travelled from Perth to attend, as did UMD Canberra/ACT Regional Representative Martin Nikoloski from Canberra.

Please click here for pictures and full press release, including quotes from the speeches delivered by Ambassador Stojanovski and MP Stephen Jones: http://umdiaspora.org/content/view/620/1/