Tuesday, 6 February 2024

Ashwood electorate multicultural events

Matt FREGON (Ashwood) (12:55): It was also a delight to attend Tamil Festival Australia’s Thai Pongal event up in Nunawading. Tamils make up a very special part of the Ashwood district, and that event is getting bigger and bigger every year. It is a fantastic opening to our multicultural celebrations.

On top of that we had Indian Republic Day, and I thank the Hindi Niketan crew for inviting us down there and president Dr Reena Dubey – again another fantastic event where Sushil Kumar, our Consul General, turned up, as always.

I would also like to extend a very happy Lunar New Year to our Chinese Ashwood community. As the Year of the Dragon approaches, I am looking forward to a year of prosperity and another year of celebrations with family and friends. To them I will attempt to say xīn nián kuài lè. Gōng xǐ fā cái. Dà jí dà lì. Xìe xie dà jīa.

Last but not least – (Time expired)