Mr. Nick Xynias

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  www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/BCC:BASE:1430192081:pc=PC_5117 - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 3/31/2009    Last Visited: 5/10/2009  

  It is chaired by Mr Nick Xynias, Honorary President of the Ethnic Communities Council of Queensland, with Co-Chair Mr Michael Chan, Chairman of the Chinese Club of Queensland.

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  www.questnews.com.au/article/2008/02/04/24329_wn_news.h - [Cached Version]
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  INDOOROOPILLY, February 6: Nick Xynias might desire no greater repayment than improving people's lives but recently he was forced to accept a little more, in the form of praise.Mr Xynias took out the new Senior Citizen of the Year Australia Day Award from City Hall for 30 years of work with ethnic communities and the ageing.An Egyptian engineer who arrived in Australia in his early 20s, Mr Xynias, 75, established the first aged care home to offer high-quality nursing care for financially disadvantaged people from varying cultural backgrounds Indooroopilly's Berlasco Court Caring Centre.He also co-founded the Ethnic Communities Council of Queensland, now the Federation of Ethnic Communities Councils of Australia.Presenting the award, Lord Mayor Campbell Newman said Mr Xynias had used his concern for the disadvantaged and needy to become an outspoken and highly effective advocate for their issues.
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  "Nick has demonstrated time again how he's used his passion and empathy and his unique arbitration and negotiation skills to improve people's lives and to inspire them to take heart and be proud of their identities," Cr Newman said.Mr Xynias, who is also chair of the Lord Mayor's Multicultural Roundtable and member of the Multicultural Board, said the greatest satisfaction was seeing hard-working people enjoy the last years of their lives in comfort."The more I do the more I get out of it," Mr Xynias said.

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  ACOSS INFO 219: Joint statement from Councils of... - [Cached Version]
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  Nick Xynias,,,President, ECC of Queensland

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  Australian Filipino Chamber of Commerce - [Cached Version]
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  Other members of the Lord Mayor's Multicultural Round Table include: Nick Xynias - Chairman, Ethnic Communities Council QLD; Michael Chan - Chairman, the Chinese Club of QLD; Eddie Liu - Secretary, the Chinese Club of QLD; Graham Heilbronn - Chairman, Lord Mayor's Business Round Table; Granr Dennis - Director, Lord Mayor's Business Round Table; Tracey Harrip - President, French-Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (QLD Chapter); Dr. Frank Leschorn - President, German Australian Business Association; Emmanuel Kalinocos - President, The Greek Community of Brisbane; Michael Yau - President, Hong Kong Association of QLD; Dr. Thakor Patel - Federation of Indian Communities QLD; Greg Vickery - Honorary Consul of the Republic of Indonesia; Paul Kerr - President, Irish Business Association; Liz Venzin - Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce; Luigi Casagrande - President, Italian Chamber of Commerce and Industry QLD; Wally Kim - President, the Korean Society of Queensland; Labib Abraham -

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  ECCQ | Home - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 9/23/2006    Last Visited: 9/23/2006  

  Nick Xynias AO BEM Honorary President

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  Ethnic Violence - [Cached Version]
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  Nick Xynias (Ethnic Communities Council of Queensland) called for end of violence and silence.He suggested that Australians need to learn lessons about multiculturalism.Like Deen he pointed out that multiculturalism was supposed to be about people being equal under law.

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  FECCA - [Cached Version]
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  Mr Nick Xynias QLD ECC Chairperson qldchair@fecca.org.au

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  KEYNOTE PROFILES - [Cached Version]
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  Nick Xynias
  
  Born in Ismailia, Egypt, Nick came to Queensland in 1956 after graduating with a Diploma in Engineering from the College of Engineering in Cairo.From 1957 to 1977 Nick became an active member of a number of organisations, amongst them the Association of Greeks from Egypt of which he is currently Secretary/Treasurer and the Order of Australian Hellenic Educational Progressive Association, of which he is former Supreme National President.In 1977 Nick founded the Ethnic Communities Council of Queensland.The Council was incorporated as a Company Limited by Guarantee on 26 June 1980.The mission of the Council is to work at enriching the Queensland and Australian community through the participation and involvement of people from diverse cultural backgrounds.Nick is immidiate past Chairman of the ECCQ, a position which he has held for varying periods over the past 21 years.

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  Ministerial Advisory Council for Older Persons:... - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 1/18/2005    Last Visited: 10/24/2005  

  Mr Nick Xynias - BrisbaneMr Xynias is the Honorary President of Federation of the Ethnic Communities Council.In 1988 he established the Berlasco Court Caring Centre at Indooroopilly to provide residential care for financially disadvantaged people from different cultures.He has been involved in Seniors Week over the past eight years and was the Chairman of the Seniors Week organising committee in 1999 and 2000.Mr Xynias won the Premier's Millennium Award for Excellence in Multicultural Affairs and was the recipient of a Queensland Greats award in 2004.

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  Multicultural Australia: Combating racism in Queensland - [Cached Version]
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  Front page story - Nick Xynias, President of Ethnic Communities' Council of Queensland, condemns Pauline Hanson's racism, July 2 1998

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