Ms SPENCE (Yuroke—Minister for Multicultural Affairs, Minister for Community Sport, Minister for Youth) (14:18): Today I rise to give thanks to the many multicultural communities that make up our great state and for the resilience and determination they have shown during the coronavirus pandemic. The Andrews Labor government is committed to always supporting our state’s multicultural and multifaith communities, but especially at this most challenging of times. Two months ago our government invested $14.3 million and established a CALD communities task force to support interpreter and translation services, targeted engagement activities and culturally tailored outreach and welfare support. This investment has stretched to 112 community-led organisations, which have in turn supported more than 14 000 people during the pandemic. I would like to thank Victoria’s multicultural community leaders for their invaluable contribution during this time. Thank you for helping keep Victorians safe during the pandemic by partnering with us through the CALD communities task force. Thank you for helping keep Victorians connected through online events for which our multicultural festivals and events program is providing more than $800 000 to support 148 organisations to deliver their events online. Thank you to our multicultural media organisations for keeping CALD communities informed with vital health information in language, for which I was pleased to announce $500 000 to 43 multicultural media outlets across Victoria, enabling them to increase broadcasting capability and reach. And thank you to our multicultural seniors organisations for keeping people in touch with each other during a time which has been very isolating for many and to which we have been proud to provide $2000 each as part of a $2.1 million investment to reduce social isolation and to foster social connections for our multicultural seniors. This past year has been unprecedented, but our community spirit, our strength and our resilience have shone through.