internet façade created by Slav-Macedonians
As noted in an AMAC’s press release on 7 October, a group calling itself the
“Australia-Greece Advisory Council (AGAC)” sent out a mass email condemning a
lecture by Marcus Templar at the University of Notre Dame in Fremantle. According
to the email, the so-called ‘AGAC’ “disapproves when bilateral issues between
Greece and its neighbouring countries are brought out on Australian Territory by
Greek authorities and community organisations”. AMAC also noted in its press
release that no record of the so-called “AGAC” is yielded in an ASIC company search
and thus the organisation is not a registered entity.
AMAC has since learnt that the creators of this recently conceived internet facade are
members the of Slav-Macedonians community. A snippet from the source code their
website (www.aus-greeceadvisorycouncil.org.au) reveals that Stojce Jakovceski is an
author of the website:
Stojce Jakovceski is a known member of the Slav-Macedonian community of Western
Australia. AMAC believes that the ‘AGAC’ was conceived by members of the Slav-
Macedonian community in Western Australia and was specifically created in order to
spread misinformation on the occasion of Marcus Templar’s lecture at the University
of Notre Dame in Fremantle on October 5. AMAC has learnt that around 10 or so
Slav-Macedonians attended the lecture and attempted disrupt the lecture and to hand
out hard copies of the ‘AGAC media release’ in question to the other 250 or so people
who attended. A couple of these Slav-Macedonians came wearing red Vergina Sun tshirts,
as shown in the below picture:
PRESS RELEASE 14 October 2010
It was brought to the attention of AMAC by the AHC NSW that Slav-Macedonian
newspaper Denes-Today also reported on the ‘media release’ of the so-called
‘AGAC’, in an attempt to portray disunity within the Greek-Australian community
regarding the Macedonian issue (12/10/2010, p 33). AMAC would hope that this was
a bona fide article from Denes-Today and that the newspaper was unaware that the socalled
‘AGAC’ was fraudulently claiming to be a Greek organisation, when in fact its
website was created by Slav-Macedonians.
AMAC has learnt that the West Australian Slav-Macedonians who attended the
lecture, including Stojce Jakovceski, are vocal supporters of the federal member for
Cowan in Western Australia, Luke Simpins. Luke Simpkins is the main and most
vocal Australian politician to express his support for the FYROM cause.
AMAC would like to express its disappointment at yet another instance where
extremist members of the Slav-Macedonian have chosen dishonest and fraudulent
means in order to promote their political cause. AMAC considers that dishonestly
trying to pass themselves off as representative of the Greek-Australian community is a
serious matter.
AMAC has lodged a formal complaint with the auDA, the regulatory body concerned
with registration of .au internet domains, regarding the website of the so-called
‘AGAC’.
The original ‘media release’ email of the so-called ‘AGAC’ is appended to this press
release.
Press contact:
Phone: 0405713854
Email: info@macedonians.com.au
Website: www.macedonian.com.au
Address: P.O Box 119 Abbotsford VIC 3067
Appendix
Please find attached a Media Release regarding an address held today by Mr
Marcus Alexander Templar today at the Notre Dame University in
Fremantle Western Australia about the so called “Macedonian Issue” as
highly provocative and totally uncalled for in multicultural Australia.
AGAC welcomes the teaching of the Greek language and culture in Australia
but disapproves when bilateral issues between Greece and its neighbouring
countries are brought out on Australian Territory by Greek authorities and
community organisations.
If Greece has an issue with the Republic of Macedonia then it should solve it
like a model world citizen in direct bilateral talks with Skopje and not try to
convince the world that there are "No Macedonians".
AGAC calls on Greece to accept modern day reality and that on this planet
there are people who self-identify as Macedonians who are no threat in any
way shape or format to the Greek Nation. Contrary to this "official view" the
Macedonians are some of the best friends the Greek nation has.
Kind regards,
Australia Greece Advisory Council
Address: PO Box 843
Moonee Ponds VIC 3039
Email: info@aus-greeceadvisorycouncil.org.au
Web site: www.aus-greeceadvisorycouncil.org.au
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