Thursday, 4 June 2026

 Tom McINTOSH (Eastern Victoria) (12:54): (2370) My question is to the Minister for Multicultural and Multifaith Victoria. Since starting the Parliamentary Friends of Indonesia with Dr Heath and Ella George and others in the Victorian Parliament, we have strongly built on the relationship with the Republic of Indonesia. Indonesians here in Victoria have a beautiful community, and whether we attend events based around food or fashion and language and community, it is always fantastic for us to attend, not to mention the fact that Indonesia is Victoria’s fifth-biggest trading partner and particularly strong in agriculture, which is dear to many of my constituents in Eastern Victoria, having visited some of our farmers who are exporting to Indonesia. Whether it be cultural, whether it be economic, whether it be Indonesians coming here to study in our state or whether it be tourism, there is a strong connection. My question to the minister is: how is the Victorian government supporting a multicultural and multifaith Victoria?