Middle East conflict
Iwan WALTERS (Greenvale) (10:08): Thank you to Elia Melhem, his family and all of those associated with Lebanese Forces Melbourne for hosting such a wonderful gala dinner on Saturday evening, which raised tens of thousands of dollars for displaced communities in South Lebanon. This gala coincided with a visit to Victoria of Mr Pierre Bou Assi, a member of the Lebanese Parliament for the Baabda District and a past Minister of Social Affairs in Lebanon. Lebanese Forces in Melbourne are working together with the broader Lebanese community to ensure the dignity of communities in South Lebanon and are working tirelessly for peace, stability and good government in Lebanon, which is what the Lebanese community here in Melbourne wish to see and what the Lebanese community abroad in Lebanon of course deserve.