King’s Birthday honours
Anthony CARBINES (Ivanhoe – Minister for Police, Minister for Crime Prevention, Minister for Racing) (10:20): Just picking up from the member for Mildura in relation to the King’s Birthday honours list, I want to acknowledge the Honourable Jenny Macklin AC, well known to the member for Bundoora and many in this house for her work in our local electorate and the community and her leadership around the NDIS and Indigenous policy in Canberra; the Honourable Pat McNamara as well, a former Deputy Premier, who I have worked with on many community projects; Ian Caldwell OAM, in Belmont, who has been a good friend over many years; Imam Alaa Elzokm OAM, who runs and shows great faith leadership at the Elsedeaq mosque in Heidelberg Heights; Dr Julie Edwards OAM, of Jesuit Social Services; to our great friend, who shows great leadership too, Emma King OAM, the CEO of Victorian Council of Social Services; to Sandra MacNeil – I know the member for Eltham is here, and she along with the member for Bundoora will be congratulating Sandra MacNeil for her great community leadership over a long period of time; and of course the amazing Gwen Rosengren OAM in Ivanhoe, who has shown great leadership and worked around the deaf and hard-of-hearing community in education.