Thursday, 20 June 2024

Northern Metropolitan Region multicultural communities

Evan MULHOLLAND (Northern Metropolitan) (10:08): It was wonderful to have visited Business Bloom International with Liberal candidate for Calwell Usman Ghani to see firsthand the outstanding education centre in Craigieburn, which is providing essential classes, NDIS and aged care support with a major focus on assisting our vibrant multicultural communities. It was great to have met with Dalal Samaan, the founder and director of Bloom Community Care, and Business Bloom International CEO John Haddad, who is also the president of the Beth-Nahrain Assyria Association. They do a wonderful job serving the needs of the Assyrian, Chaldean, Syriac and other Christian communities from the Middle East who are living in the northern suburbs.

It was also great to be able bring my colleagues out to the Sri Guru Singh Sabha gurdwara temple in Craigieburn to visit our amazing Sikh community in the north. I was joined by Leader of the Opposition John Pesutto, the Honourable Matthew Guy, Richard Welch, Liberal candidate for Calwell Usman Ghani and Hume councillor Jim Overend. It was amazing to see the work they do in our community cooking meals for so many families, and I think there is acknowledgement on all sides of the chamber that the Sikh community do an amazing job giving back to our community and making our multicultural state so much better.