Tuesday, 13 August 2024


Constituency questions

Lara electorate


Lara electorate

Ella GEORGE (Lara) (14:50): (741) My question is for the Minister for Multicultural Affairs. How is the Allan Labor government supporting diverse communities in the Lara electorate? Last week I was pleased to visit the Macedonian community in Geelong to announce a $230,000 grant towards their community centre. Centres like this bring people from Macedonian backgrounds from across Geelong together to share their culture, their history and their religion. They have a weekly seniors program with around 80 people attending every week and host a range of weddings and community celebratory events there. I know that funding like this $230,000 will just go such a long way for the Macedonian community in Geelong, and I am really proud to be delivering it. There are many more community organisations like this in the Lara electorate, from the Croatian community to the Greek and the Sikh communities, and again I ask: how is the government supporting diverse communities in the Lara electorate?