Thursday, 6 February 2025

Australia Day awards

Anthony CARBINES (Ivanhoe – Minister for Police, Minister for Community Safety, Minister for Victims, Minister for Racing) (10:27): I would like to add my congratulations to Australia Day award recipients, including those who received the Australian Police Medal: the late Senior Sergeant James Egan, Superintendent Kelvin Gale, Detective Senior Sergeant Tracy Meyer, Senior Sergeant Rodney Munro and Detective Inspector Anthony Wheatfill.

I would also like to acknowledge the honorary OAM that was awarded to Selba Luka for her service to the African community of Victoria. I worked with her in my past role as chair of the Victorian African Communities Action Plan Implementation Committee. There has just been stellar work from Selba Luka, and I want to acknowledge her honorary award. Also, congratulations to Elizabeth Bonetti OAM from Ivanhoe for her services to music.

Further, can I just acknowledge the citizenship ceremony hosted by Banyule City Council that the member for Bundoora and I attended with a lot of the new councillors at the City of Banyule who were elected later last year. We look forward to working with them all. It was a great celebration of the many new citizens who were at the Heidelberg town hall last week.