Lunar New Year
Mathew HILAKARI (Point Cook) (10:01): I rise to celebrate Lunar New Year alongside the community of Point Cook. In the suburb of Point Cook more than 14 per cent of our community have Chinese heritage, so of course there was a massive celebration over the weekend. We had more than 15,000 people attending the Point Cook Cultural Community’s festival. I want to thank former mayor Bob Fairclough, who has been ably leading the crew in making sure that that is a success year after year. Fantastically, the fireworks were back this year. I also want to acknowledge the federal member Tim Watts and the member from the other place David Ettershank, who was able to attend on the day and stood above the crowd as he usually does.