North Shore Times (Friday) (Australia)
October 24, 2008 Friday
1 – MB Edition
MP Hockey’s plea over Armenia
THE Armenian genocide was raised in parliament this week when North
Shore Federal MP Joe Hockey called for Australia to officially
recognise the “slaughter” that killed more than a million Armenians
during World War I. Mr Hockey said his own grandfather had survived
the massacre but his friends and family had not. He said Australia had
prospered through immigration from many countries including
Armenia. The North Shore has a large Armenian community.