Tuesday, 29 October 2024

 Richard WELCH (North-Eastern Metropolitan) (13:39): I would also like to flag that it is Diwali season. Diwali is coming up, but many organisations are already running Diwali events. I was very pleased to attend at least two of those this weekend. One was the Indian Institute of Technology alumni event. I was literally in a room of geniuses who are at the very forefront of all kinds of research in Victoria, adding value to the Australian economy and to our innovation society. I also attended the Mission Smile community Diwali event in Mill Park, where we had 5000 people, fireworks and the usual family celebrations.