Marion Scrymgour (Lingiari, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

It was my great pleasure to join my colleagues the Assistant Minister for Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs, Julian Hill, and the Minister for Indigenous Australians, Senator Malarndirri McCarthy, in a multicultural celebration held in Alice Springs on 17 and 18 October. The event was hosted by Multicultural Community Services of Central Australia, which has been supporting people coming to Alice Springs of a very culturally and linguistically diverse background since 1985. The event was well attended with great entertainers and community leaders. We thoroughly enjoyed meeting these proud Territorians who now call Alice Springs home and enjoying the celebrations of their rich cultural diversity. It was great to be part of Multicultural Community Services of Central Australia's round table, with many of the multicultural communities participating in exemplary work and leadership in the business community in Alice Springs.

Multicultural Community Services of Central Australia is a non-religious, non-partisan, community-based not-for-profit organisation and registered charity and does a lot of important work in providing new, emerging and established communities with outreach and support services that help everyone to settle and thrive in our community. It was fantastic to be part of those celebrations over the two days with the minister.