Thursday, 6 February 2025

 Natalie SULEYMAN (St Albans – Minister for Veterans, Minister for Small Business and Employment, Minister for Youth) (10:24): Happy Lunar New Year to the electorate of St Albans. January is a very special time for the electorate of St Albans, where we are able to visit and experience the many Lunar New Year festivals. To start, we had, again, a very successful St Albans Lunar New Year, which saw 90,000 people attend Alfrieda Street in St Albans. I want to thank the St Albans business group and all the volunteers in the community for again making it a very special Lunar New Year.

At the next stop it was wonderful to join my very good friend the member for Laverton and the Minister for Multicultural Affairs in attending Quang Minh temple in Braybrook for yet another fantastic welcoming in of the Lunar New Year, the Year of the Snake, with the ringing of the bells at midnight. I do want to thank again the Venerable Thich Phuoc Tan and all the volunteers, led by Dr Pham, who has a medical clinic in my electorate of St Albans. To all the volunteers, again it was a very special evening where we saw thousands of Victorians attend Quang Minh temple to celebrate the Lunar New Year, a fantastic opportunity and cultural celebration.