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About the FABC

Sunday, 06 March 2011 19:54

The Federation of Australian Buddhist Councils is the peak body representing Buddhism in Australia.

The combined membership of the five state Buddhist councils represents more than 200 Buddhist templ Mr Kim Hollow, FABC President es and organisations nationwide, their members include the majority of more than 400,000 Australian Buddhists.

The FABC works closely with the Australian Sangha Association (the peak body representing ordained Buddhist Australians) developing and promoting Buddhism in Australia and representing Australian Buddhists to national and international forums.

The current FABC President is Mr Kim Hollow of the Buddhist Council of Queensland. He is a fourth generation Australian and has been President since 2009.

The FABC Management Committee comprises two delegates from each state Buddhist Council and is structured as follows:

Role	Name	State	Role
President	Mr. Kim Hollow	QLD	BCQ Secretary
Vice Pres. (Hon)	Dr. Mohini Gunesekera (AM)	FABC	FABC Life Member
Vice President	Mr. Steve Benton	NSW	BCNSW Vice-President
Treasurer	Dr. Jake Mitra	WA	BCWA Secretary
Secretary	Viet-Tinh Thi Nguyen	VIC	BCV Secretary
Members	Ms. Anna Markey	SA	BCSA Management
	Mr. Brian White	NSW	NSWBC President
	Rev. Eido McIntyre	QLD	BCQ
	Mr. John Waite	WA	BCWA Vice-President
	Ven. Thich Nguyen Tang	VIC	BCV


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