Non Resident Nepali Association (Australia) – National Coordination Committee (NCC) concluded its second Bi-National Conference at Sydney in Australia on July 7 electing a new NCC for the next two years.

The conference was intended to share the NRNA journey with all NRNs in Australia. “It was informative, humorous, provided a platform for network by linking with each other and integrated all the thoughts of moving forward the NRNs residing in Australia,” a statement by NRN Australia said.

Nepali organisations, business communities, patrons, advisors, NRN ICC members, key community leaders and Nepali intellectuals in Australia NRNA International Coordination Committee, president Dr. Upendra Mahato, NRNA vice president for East Asia D. M. Hirachan, vice president for Australia region Indra Ban, and the Charge D’affaires of Nepali Embassy Shanker D. Bairagi attended the conference.

Representative of the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship of Australia, Senator Fierravanti Wells, Federal Member of Parliament and the Shadow Minister for Multicultural Affairs, Laurie Ferguson also addressed the conference.

Several concurrent issues were discussed in relation to NRN movement enlightening the progress made so far. The expectations of the NRNs and the public were also highlighted. The discussions centered on how the NCCs could be more productive and supportive of the movement, snapshot of the proposed NRN Bill, dual citizenship issues, initiating NRN community projects in Nepal, presenting awards to most outstanding Nepali community members and the issues to be raised during the NRN ICC Third Global Conference.

The conference elected new executive committee members for the next two years under the leadership of Goba Katuwal. Dr. Ashok Shrestha and Yuba Raj Bhattarai are elected vice presidents, Dhurba Raj Subedi as National Coordinator, Bhoma Limbu as Joint National Coordinator and Ramji Bista as Treasurer along with 14 executive members.