Celebrating Tet Festival & Vietnamese Excellence
Last night, I attended the Vietnamese Community in Australia’s Tet Festival celebrating the Lunar New Year alongside Kerri-Anne Dooley, QLD State Member for Redcliffe. This year is the ‘Year of the Snake’ which is the sixth animal in the 12-year cycle of Asian Zodiac signs. The year of the snake symbolizes wisdom, intelligence, charm and elegance. […]
Supporting PNG’s 50th Anniversary Celebrations
It was fantastic to catch up with my wantoks in the Queensland PNG Community earlier today! This year marks a significant milestone for Papua New Guinea as the nation prepares to celebrate its 50th anniversary of independence. It’s an exciting time for the community, filled with pride, reflection, and anticipation for the festivities ahead. For […]
Supporting Safer Communities with Innovation
It’s really exciting when I hear back from those in our local community who have been a recipient of our Safer Communities Fund Grant Program Vital Projex was indeed one of these recipients. Vital Projex received 1.5 million dollars’ worth of grants and have used this to help some at our most at risk youth […]
Honoring Wounded Heroes’ Community Impact
I love a local success story! This morning, I had the immense privilege of attending the Wounded Heroes Australia – Veterans Centre IpswichFood4Heroes Graduation. Participants learn all aspects of meal preparation, and prepare a volume of meals which are then supplied to veterans within the wider community who are in need. It was an opportunity to […]
Celebrating 8 Years at Shree Vishnu Maya Mandir
Last weekend, I travelled to Shree Vishnu Maya Mandir, the Hindu Temple in North Maclean to celebrate their 8th Anniversary, alongside distinguished guests including, the Logan Mayor Jon Raven The Hindu Temple (also known as Shree Vishnu Maya Mandir) plays a vital role in maintaining Hindu cultural and religious values. It is encouraging to also see […]
Celebrating Karen New Year in Morayfield
It was a busy week of engagements for me last week including an invitation to attend and celebrate the New Year with the Australian Karen Organization at Morayfield Community Hall. The Karen community takes immense pride in celebrating its rich cultural heritage and traditions, and this year, that was no exception. They celebrate New Year […]
Peter Dutton Visits Ipswich
It was an absolute pleasure to join Opposition Leader Peter Dutton and Carl Mutzelburg – LNP for Blair in Ipswich this morning. Also in attendance was the Shadow Minister for Communications, David Coleman – Member for Banks . Thank you to Jamin Andrews, CEO and Founder of Conetix – Australian Web Hosting Provider for hosting our visit. Conetix is a great Ipswich success […]
The Australian-Vietnamese Community Extends A Helping Hand To Png
Recently appointed as Shadow Assistant Minister for Multicultural Engagement, Senator Paul Scarr is known in the local and wider community as personally committed to multiculturalism, supporting events and organisations in the multicultural space on a weekly basis. On Saturday 8 June, it was the Vietnamese Community in Australia – Queensland Chapter, that demonstrated what a […]