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NSW Friends of Labor – Arabic community Fund raising dinner at Sydney

(Welcome Speech of the Hon. Shaoquett Moselmane MLC)

 

·        Good evening and Welcome to you all to this NSW Friends of Labor - Arabic community Fund raising Dinner.

 

·        Let me first acknowledge the first people of this land, the Gadigal people…….and pay our respect to their elders past and present.

 

·        I Once again welcome you all to this NSW Friends of Labor - Arabic community Fundraiser in support of:

 

·         Deputy Premier of NSW, The Honourable, Carmel Tebbutt, MP.

 

·        The Hon.  Linda Burney MP,

 

·        The Member for Kogarah Cherie Burton, MP

 

·        The Member for Oatley Kevin Greene, MP

 

·        The Future member for Rockdale Steve Kamper.

 

 I wish to acknowledge the presence of the following friends.

 

          The Hon. Lynda  Voltz  MLC

 

·        The Hon Sofi Kotsis MLC and the

 

·        Future MLC Mr. Andrew Ferguson and Mrs Ferguson.

 

·        Clr Angelo Anestis and Mrs Anestis, Clr Joe Awada, Clr Shane Obrien, Clr Fadwa Kebbe, Clr Ali Karnib, Clr Mark Adler, Clr Michael Platt and Clr Nick Katris,

 

 ·        I would like to thank the following NSW friends of Labor, for helping put this function together– Clr fadwa Kebbe, Clr Joe Awada, Tarek Ibrahim, Khalil Ibrahim, Ali Ibrahim.

 

 ·        I extend special welcome to our Arabic media representatives, Joe Khoury, The Future Newspaper ,  Anwar Harb, An – Nahar News paper, Anthony  Azzi, El-Telegraph, Sayed Mikhail, Alnoujoum, Antonious Abu Rizk The Middle East herald, Tony Sabella and my friend from the Pakistani Media, Syed Zafar Hussain from Sada-e-Watan Sydney.

 

 Welcome to the Grand Roxy on this beautiful part of Botany bay, for this NSW Friends of Labor - Arabic community Fund raiser, supporting not only our hard working MPs but also our Labor Party that has for many decades stood for fairness, dignity and respect for all Australian communities.

 

I am proud to be standing up here tonight as a member of the Australian Labor Party, a political party that has always championed the rights of all Australians and delivered on Health and Education for all irrespective of health, wealth or race or colour.

 

Some argue, and I might add perhaps with some justification, that after 16 years in government, we have lost our way and it's time for change.

 

 Yes there is some truth to this, one must not lose sight of the fact however that when you look at the opposition and scratch the surface you will find that after being in opposition for 16 years, Barry O'Farrell and his team stand for nothing.

 

All they could argue is that it's time to change the direction of NSW. The election is around the corner and yet the liberals are still telling us that they will be telling us more about their "positive plans and goals". Well where these plans and what are are those goals? No one knows four weeks before the Scheduled 26 March elections.

 

Change, ladies and gentlemen should only be for the better and not for worse.

 

 I urge you to stand united with your Labor members and your Labor government and lets prevent the many achievements of the NSW labor government and vote Labor on March 26, 2011.  

 

                                                                Deputy Premier of NSW, The Honourable, Carmel Tebbutt, MP

 

 

Hon. Shaoquett Moselmane MLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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