Wednesday, 4 February 2026

 David SOUTHWICK (Caulfield) (09:39): I would like to offer my congratulations to those receiving honours in my electorate and the great work that they do for the community: Dr David Forbes AO for practice and research into the prevention and treatment of mental health and in academia; also to Ms Kathleen Margaret Toko AM for significant services to mental health governance; to the late Norman Abraham Faifer AM for his service to building and construction as chair of the Australian Construction Industry Forum; Dr Bernard Lustig for service to the Jewish community through a range of roles; Dr John Slutzkin for service to the Jewish community for hockey and a volunteer for the St Kilda Hebrew Congregation since 1955; Robert Bontschek OAM for service to the Jewish community and also for his work on the J-AIR radio station; Steven Curtis for service to the Jewish community and as co-founder and board member of Saltpillar Theatre since 1986; Mr Alex Leslie Dafner for service to the Jewish community, spending 52 years as a board director of Kadimah Jewish Cultural Centre and National Library; George Andrew Ermer for service to the community in a range of roles, including founding board member of Kids Under Cover; and Ms Debra Korman for service to the community in a range of roles, including coordination of Kehilat Nitzan.