Camil Shalala

Hansard ID: HANSARD-1323879322-137385

Hansard session: Fifty-Eighth Parliament, First Session (58-1)

Camil Shalala

Mr MARK COURE (Oatley)

—Speaker, I rise to recognise Camil Shalala for his service to the Australian-Lebanese community in Sydney. He has contributed so much to the multicultural fabric of New South Wales. Camil founded the Australian Lebanese Christian Council in 1983 and through this role, he has played an important part in delivering aid and public information to the Lebanese and Arabic community in Sydney through his magazine, the Middle East Times. He has also assisted new arrivals from Lebanon with settling in New South Wales by helping with housing, education, employment, health and learning English. For his outstanding service, Camil has been recognised by a multitude of institutions, embassies and officials with many awards for the role that he has played and continues to play in highlighting Arab issues across multicultural communities in New South Wales. Camil has built a beautiful and active family in the Arab-Australian community, alongside his wife Laura Qarqaf Shalala. I would like to thank Camil for his service to the Lebanese and Arabic communities in Australia and wish him well in his future endeavours.