Chris Hayes (Fowler, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Earlier this month, together with the Fairfield City Mayor, Frank Carbone, I attended the opening of stage 1 of Bibby's Place Sustainable Streets project. The first stage of the project involved developing the Bibby's Place cul-de-sac into a highly environmentally sustainable street with solar lighting, recycled seats, porous paving and new landscaping. The local residents and community will be able to use the street as a meeting place and also as location for a number of entertainment and recreational activities. The project is a successful example of all levels of government—state, federal and local—working together to identify and fund projects that will lead to benefits for the entire community.

Bonnyrigg is one of the fastest-growing centres in south-west Sydney. There are 11 places of worship, including temples, mosques and churches, and seven cultural clubs lie within a kilometre's radius. The Bibby's Place cul-de-sac is unique but so typical of our diversity. It is a home to a number of religious sites, including a Chinese Presbyterian Church, a Vietnamese Phap Bao Temple, a Turkish mosque and a Vietnamese cultural centre. Many of their representatives attended the opening, including Joseph Park, from the Bonnyrigg Christian Church; Toan Nguyen from the VCA; the leader of the Bonnyrigg Mosque, Imam Nurullah Karakas; and the most venerable Thich Bao Lac from the Phap Bao Temple.

Bibby's Place is a showcase of cultural harmony and environmental sustainability and will be most beneficial— (Time expired)