Tuesday, 30 July 2024

 Joe McCRACKEN (Western Victoria) (15:19): Secondly, I went to a number of citizenship ceremonies. Melton had over 800 new citizens in one day, which was amazing, and Ballarat City Council also hosted a ceremony which had 87, so it just goes to show you where the growth is in Western Victoria. I was very pleased to be there and help present awards to the new recipients of Australian citizenship. It is something we should always encourage and foster, a sense of pride and ownership that we have new citizens coming into the country who are going to make a great contribution.