Luke Gosling (Solomon, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

For the benefit of those in the gallery, I am the federal MP that represents Darwin and Palmerston in the Northern Territory. At the moment, it's the dry season and it's absolutely perfect—32 degrees every day. In the evenings, it's a bit cooler. It is absolutely perfect.

There are some incredible community events on in Solomon. In last couple of weeks we've had a festival with the Nepalese community and the Pakistani community. My family and I also joined about 4,000 others at the Barunga Festival. If you ever get an opportunity to go, it's a great festival that really looks at First Nations culture, music and sport. We also had the Greek festival, the GleNTi festival.

When it's the dry season in the Top End, it's festival time, and you're really welcome to come up. The Greek GleNTi—you wouldn't imagine so much souvla on the rotisserie under charcoal. You know how good a souvla burger is, Dan!

We also had the Supercars. It just doesn't stop; It's just great event after great event. The Supercars were a fantastic weekend as well. We had the flyovers by the jets, by Joint Strike Fighters, the F-35s. They wowed the whole crowd. Speaking of them, we have Pitch Black coming up, which is the Air Force's biggest exercise. That's over Top End skies—the sounds of freedom—so come up and join in.

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