Craig Kelly (Hughes, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

On 15 February I had the great honour of officially opening the second Annual Serbian Festival at Darling Harbour, along with the Hon. David Clarke and His Grace the Right Reverend Irinej Dobrijevic, the Serbian Orthodox Bishop of Australia and New Zealand. I must say that I did enjoy the generous Serbian hospitality and culinary delights found at the festival, especially the cevapi, which is a Serbian sausage, washed down with a few cold Serbian beers.

These events are only successful because of the hard work put in by the organising committees. I would like to take this opportunity to properly acknowledge many of those who helped to make the second Annual Serbian Festival such a tremendous success despite the inclement weather that weekend. The management team was Predrag Srebro, Oggie Krstic, Aleksander Ostojic, Father George Veselinovic, Karen Veselinovic and Maja Nogic. And there were many others who assisted on the day, making it a great success, including Jelena Sarovic, Ruza Strbac, Aleksandar Popvic, Dimitrijie Grasar and Stan Srebro.

I am also pleased to be able to acknowledge three of my constituents who helped with the event: Nikola Popovic, Dragan Veselinovic and Maja Gnjatovic. Special thanks also go to the Serbian Orthodox Youth Association of Australia and New Zealand for their exceptional leadership in organising such a wonderful event. I look forward to next year's festival, and to the Annual Serbian Festival becoming an important event on our annual calendar.

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