Doorstop – Golden Age Lunar New Year Festival
PRIME MINISTER, ANTHONY ALBANESE: Firstly, can I say Gong Xi Fa Cai, Happy Lunar New Year, the Year of the Rabbit. It’s fantastic to be here in Box Hill, one of the centres of multicultural Australia and to be here with Carina Garland, our fantastic Member for Chisholm. But also the Minister for Multicultural Affairs, Andrew Giles, and local state members. Australia has a great opportunity to be an even better country in the future. We have the opportunity to embrace all the diversity that is within our midst. And we can be a microcosm for the world as well, showing that different cultures can live side by side, benefiting from the diversity of language, food, dance, music, and indeed celebrations. So here I’m really looking forward to meeting with the local community here in Box Hill. I’ve visited here many times. It’s a vibrant community, it’s a strong part of the Melbourne economy, and it’s great to be here today.