Josh Frydenberg (Kooyong, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

On Australia Day I had the great privilege to attend Boroondara's citizenship ceremony. It was an opportunity to acknowledge some outstanding contributors to our community who selflessly help others. I acknowledge Terry Rolleston, our 2013 Citizen of the Year, for his work with the Rotary Club of Glenferrie and for his commitment to the Boroondara Family Network, the Boroondara Farmers Market, Boroondara Cares, and Parkinson's Victoria. Joel Porter is our Young Citizen of the Year, who at 18 has done some great work as a St John Ambulance cadet. Maureen Russell is Volunteer of the Year for her work in helping people with intellectual disabilities.

Outstanding Community Service Award winners were: Lorri Beer for her work with the Legacy Widows Club, the Kew Neighbourhood Learning Centre and the St Vincent de Paul Society; Jack Chan for his work with the Edmund Rice Camps; Marge Currie for her work as a Scout leader for nearly 46 years; Linden Hearn for being an outstanding principal of Rossbourne School, which supports students with identifiable learning disorders; Sarah Moss, a year 12 student at Camberwell Girls Grammar, for her work with children in orphanages in Thailand and who has raised money for communities in Thailand; Annette Subhani for founding the Sharing Circles program and supporting the Boroondara Interfaith Network; and Jane Khoo for establishing a not-for-profit dance group. All these people make a wonderful contribution to our community. So Australia Day is not just an opportunity to celebrate what is great about our nation and welcome our newest citizens; it is also an opportunity to particularly acknowledge the great leaders in our community. (Time expired)