Thursday, 9 September 2021

Mr J BULL (Sunbury)

I am proud to serve as the parliamentary secretary for Multicultural Affairs and Youth in the Andrews Labor government, and we understand the importance of listening to and partnering with multicultural community leaders and organisations.

So, I extend my congratulations the eight new appointees to the Victorian Multicultural Commission. These community-minded people have lived experiences, representing various cultural and religious backgrounds.

The new commissioners are:

⸰ Lunorphare (Luna) Folly, Youth Commissioner

⸰ Abiola Akinbiyi, Community Representative Commissioner

⸰ Mohamed Mohideen

⸰ Jennifer Huppert

⸰ Tarang Chawla

⸰ Silvia Renda

⸰ Bill Papastergiadis

⸰ Nyangak (Lizzy) Kuoth

I congratulate Bwe Thay on his reappointment as deputy chair and thank Vivienne Nguyen for her ongoing dedication to the role as chair. I thank the outgoing commissioners (Tina Hosseini, Khayshie Tilak Ramesh, Walter Rapoport, Mohammed Yassin and Rosaria Zarro) for their work and efforts whilst serving in the role.