Kevin Andrews (Menzies, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I take this opportunity to remind community groups in my electorate of Menzies that nominations are now open for the 2022 Menzies Community Australia Day Awards. For the past 30 years, I have had the privilege to recognise individuals and organisations that have contributed to our local community with an Australia Day Award. Indeed, more than 1,200 people have been honoured. These include volunteers with the likes of the Doncare opportunity shops—people who have worked serving others in that capacity, sometimes for 25 year or 30 years—leaders of veterans' organisations, workers for social, cultural, ethnic, sporting, charitable and civic groups within the electorate and many others over that period of time. These are people who don't seek recognition for all their voluntary activities but they are the very people who deserve it. So it has been a privilege to honour dozens of them each year on Australia Day.

Nomination forms are available from my electorate office. I encourage all the civic and community groups to obtain a nomination form and to make nominations for the Australia Day Awards next year. Nominations close on 3 December. I look forward to being able to gather with so many of the local volunteers on Australia Day to present the awards.