AHEPA Australia will conduct its 60th National Convention this year, in the nation's wine region of Barossa Valley in South Australia.

As Golden Dawn plans to travel to Australia, the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia, the Australian Hellenic Council, the Australian Education Union, the Australian Council of Trade Unions, the Arab Council of Australia, along with other major organizations, have issued a collaborative statement condemning the trip.

Australian Senator Nick Xenophon voiced to the nation's Senate, that a lengthy Australian military presence in Syria and Iraq concerning ISIS, should be authorized by Parliament, after the current critical situation is alleviated.