Wednesday, 12 November 2025

 Gary MAAS (Narre Warren South) (14:46): (1376) My question is for the Minister for Multicultural Affairs in the other place and concerns the naming of Guru Nanak Lake at Berwick Springs wetland reserve in my electorate of Narre Warren South. Minister, how does the naming of the lake support the Sikh and Indian communities as well as multiculturalism in my electorate of Narre Warren South? I was delighted recently to join members of the local Sikh community at the Gurdwara Siri Guru Nanak Darbar Officer for their Guru Nanak Day celebrations. It has just been over one year since the Allan Labor government officially named Guru Nanak Lake in my electorate in honour of the first guru and founder of Sikhism and to recognise the Sikh and Indian communities’ significant and ongoing contributions to our local area and to our state. They provide food relief and they help people in emergencies. So I would really like to get the minister’s response, and I would love to share that with my community.