Question regarding a community grant provided to the Consular Corps of WA for a World of Food Festival, including details of invitations, attendees, and the event program. The answer clarifies the event date and provides information on attendees and program.

AnsweredQoN 1834Legislative Assembly
Asked
18 February 2014
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Citizenship and Multicultural Interests

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I refer to the Minister's media statement of 9 July 2013 concerning a community grant to the Consular Corps of WA and I ask: (a) how many invitations were sent out by the Consular Corps to the event at Government House on 27 November 2013; (b) which community groups were invited; (c) how many, and which groups, accepted; and (d) what was the program for the day?

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Answered
18 March 2014
Responded by
Minister for Citizenship and Multicultural Interests
Response time
28 days
The Office for Multicultural Interests provided a grant to the Consular Corps to conduct the World of Food Festival held on 17 November 2013, not 27 November 2013.
(a) The Consular Corps sent invitations to the event to all 56 (at the time) Consul-Generals/Consuls based in Perth.
(b)-(c) Community groups from all 56 countries were invited to participate through the Consular Corps. The names of the organisations who were invited and attended would need to be requested from the Consular Corps.
(d) 15,000 people attended the World of Food Festival. The program included 34 multicultural food stalls and 9 multicultural performances. These performances were reduced in number from those originally planned, as Government House combined the Festival with an Open Day celebrating the 150th Anniversary of Government House. This resulted in the Program being amended to include a number of other items such as a tri service WA Cadets parade.

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