Shabnam Safa OAM
Pauline RICHARDS (Cranbourne) (15:41): I would like to take the opportunity to congratulate Shabnam Safa OAM on being awarded a King’s Birthday honour. Shabnam is very much the pride of Cranbourne, and I thought that perhaps Cranbourne Secondary College might burst with joy because they are so proud of their alumnus. Shabnam is certainly somebody to be very proud of for her continuous work, always with great modesty, on behalf of refugee rights. As a woman who herself came to Australia from Afghanistan as a Hazara refugee, Shabnam is somebody I am so proud to have in our community. I would say the apple does not fall far from the tree, and her mother Rabia is a wonderful example of what makes our Cranbourne community in the south-east of Melbourne what it is. It is just a terrific place to represent.