Gabriel Ng (Menzies, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Last Wednesday evening was a pretty special one in my community of Menzies. I was honoured to host the 2026 Menzies volunteer awards night, to acknowledge the incredible people in our community who generously give their time, skills and care to support others. We were able to recognise volunteers from an incredibly diverse group of local organisations, including MannaCare, the Chinese Senior Citizens Club of Manningham, Sri Guru Nanak Satsang Sabha Gurdwara Blackburn, the Doncaster Dolphins Masters Swimming Club, the Whitehorse Colts netball club, the Donvale Tennis Club, the Asian Business Association of Whitehorse, the Park Orchards Community Pantry and many others.

To the recipients—Greg Bonyhady, Wen Cheng, Sumeet Chhabra, Zoe Chung, Melissa Collard, Ada Fong, Morry Freedman, Rosanne Gay, Sue Harbottle, Kathryn Lagarrigue, David Lewis, Emi Luppino, Tammy Nguyen, George Petrou, Gurmeet Sethi, Richard Shi, Rose Tavenor, Sandrajane Vincent-Corry and Bihong Wang—thank you for your service to our community, for your selflessness and for the joy you bring to so many people. You are the driving force behind our connected, peaceful and vibrant community. Thank you also to the very talented students who performed with the Doncaster Secondary School Band and to my friend and colleague the Hon. Paul Hamer MP, the member for Box Hill, for your role in the ceremony also.