Ms VAMVAKINOU (Calwell) (4.59 pm)—I rise today to express my deep sorrow at the devastating, tragic loss experienced by my fellow Victorians. We now hear that 176 people have been killed, in excess of 5,000 people are homeless and some 750 homes have been destroyed as a result of what has now become known to all of us as Black Saturday. I join with my colleagues in offering my condolences in this parliament, and I do so on behalf of my constituents in Calwell who, like every Victorian and indeed Australian, would have been profoundly touched by this catastrophe.

Engineers Australia Gippsland Group – Innovation in Engineering 

Maria Vamvakinou MHR
Chair, House of Representatives Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Innovation 

Representing Senator Kim Carr, Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research 

8 December 2008
Century Inn
Traralgon, Victoria 

Ms VAMVAKINOU (Calwell) (5.24 p.m.)—Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker Sidebottom. I will just road-test my voice and get it back gradually. I was in the chamber last week when you were making your contribution to this bill. Can I just say on the record that I found your presentation extremely poetic, with a lot of dramatic flair. I knew then that I could not emulate that kind of narrative when talking about roads.

The Value of Interfaith Dialogue

Delivered to the National Student Leadership Forum

Parliament House

Friday 19 September 2008

At a time when international diplomacy can sometimes seem like a dying art, the concept of "dialogue", and especially inter-faith dialogue, continues to experience something of a renaissance across many local communities, universities and much of civil society.

LAUNCH OF BRITE SERVICES ‘WELLNESS PROGRAM’

THURSDAY 29^TH JANUARY 2009,

10AMBRITE SERVICES, CORNER DALLAS DRIVE AND BELFAST STREET,

BROADMEADOWS  

BY MARIA VAMVAKINOU MP, FEDERAL MEMBER FOR CALWELL