Lunar New Year
Eden FOSTER (Mulgrave) (16:06): I rise today to wish all those celebrating in the Mulgrave electorate and beyond a very happy, prosperous and healthy Year of the Wood Snake. I recently had the honour of representing the Minister for Small Business and Employment at the Springvale Lunar New Year festival hosted by the Springvale Asian Business Association, and I want to thank the president Daniel Cheng and all those who put on another wonderful festival this year in its 33rd year. I want to thank the Allan government and the Minister for Multicultural Affairs for their contribution of $400,000 over four years for this event, which allows Springvale to showcase how well we celebrate our cultural diversity. I am going to give it a go in Chinese to say happy new year, xīn nián kuài lè, and in Vietnamese, chúc mừng năm mới.