Mohamed Hage

Hansard ID: HANSARD-1323879322-129786

Hansard session: Fifty-Seventh Parliament, First Session (57-1)

Mohamed Hage

Mr MARK COURE (OatleyMinister for Multiculturalism, and Minister for Seniors)

——Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Mohamed Hage, who was recently awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia for his service to Australian-Arab business, trade and investment relations. Born to Lebanese Muslim migrants, Mohamed is an active member of the St George community and involved himself in local Arabic culture from an early age. His passion lies in fostering healthy relations, including trade and investment, between Australia and the Middle Eastern region. These relations positively impact many sectors throughout Australia and the Middle East, including education, health, aviation, agriculture and food, infrastructure and finance. It is so important to support the growing Arabic population within the St George area and people like Mr Hage make that possible. I would like to once again thank Mohamed for the fantastic work he does in supporting our multicultural community and congratulate him on receiving this award. I wish him all the best in his future endeavours.