{"id":148187,"date":"2025-01-28T18:52:21","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T18:52:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=148187"},"modified":"2025-01-28T18:53:08","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T18:53:08","slug":"liverpool-celebrates-australia-day-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/liverpool-celebrates-australia-day-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool celebrates Australia Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Liverpool celebrates Australia Day<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Liverpool celebrated Australia Day by firing up the barbie in Bigge Park, welcoming new citizens and conferring honours on residents who are making amazing contributions to the city.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Liverpool Mayor Ned Mannoun said the city celebrated its diverse multiculturalism in many ways, but especially by uniting to celebrate \u201cthe best country in the world, Australia\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">\u201cAustralia Day is not about the nation, it is about the people who make the nation,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">\u201cIt is a land of opportunities that welcomes new residents from all nations and gives them a safe and harmonious place to live.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Australia Day Ambassador Lottie Dalziel warmly welcomed the new citizens and former Prime Minister Tony Abbott joined the celebrations, telling the new citizens they had made the right choice.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Liverpool City Council awarded eight Australia Day awards, in recognition of some significant contributors to Liverpool.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">&#8220;All those who have received awards have collectively donated hundreds of hours to the community and have made Liverpool a better place to be.\u00a0 That\u2019s why we have recognised them,\u201d Mannoun said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Both Mayor Mannoun and Mr Abbot then got behind the barbeque and served free sausages to those who attended the citizenship and award ceremony in the morning.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">In the evening, thousands celebrated Australia Day in Bigge Park where they grazed on delicious variations of established dishes plus some exciting new ones, including food from Mexico, the Philippines, Bolivia, and the Balkans.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Entertainment and live music ran from 5pm until 8pm as a lead-in to the movie &#8211; the comedy\u00a0<em>Kangaroo Jack<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">There were also games and water play in the park for children as well as face painting, finger dot painting, boomerang craft making, and garden games as well as Water Wars from 5.30 to 7.30pm.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Media Contact:<br \/>\n<\/strong>Alan Gale\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"mailto:communications@liverpool.nsw.gov.au\">communications@liverpool.nsw.gov.au<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a00492\u00a0087\u00a0403<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Liverpool Australia Day Awardees<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Citizen of the Year<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Malcolm Johnson<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Malcolm has dedicated thousands of hours in the search for missing persons. He has continually advanced his training and knowledge by becoming a Lost Person Behaviour Instructor and a CASA certified remote pilot. He regularly utilises his skills to assist the community and support other not-for-profit organisations such as the Australian Civil Air Patrol.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Young Citizen of the Year<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Fariha Dean<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Fariha Dean is the current chairperson of the Liverpool Youth Council and was the driving force behind Liverpool Council\u2019s very successful Year 12 &#8211; HSC Tutoring program that was held in the Yellamundie Library. Fariha worked as an Academic Coach at Amity College where she played a pivotal role in supporting senior students, especially those from low socioeconomic backgrounds.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Senior Citizen of the Year<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Mr Bruce Clark<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Bruce has volunteered in the local community for Search Dogs Sydney and the NSW SES for over a decade. He has dedicated hundreds of hours to assisting his community in times of disaster, maintaining the facilities for the dogs, undertaking canine search and recovery training and being a proactive contributor to public education campaigns. It should also be noted that he cooks a mean sausage sizzle.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Small Business Award<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Physiofit<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">This small business started in Moorebank over 30 years ago. It sponsors many clubs and community organisations and regularly visits elders\u2019 groups such as Liverpool\/Fairfield Legacy Widows Club, giving free exercise lessons and help with mobility and other disorders. Physiofit sponsors Lifeline Macarthur and Western Sydney, the Ingham Centre International Women\u2019s Day Function and Liverpool Community Kitchen to name a few.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Fraser Environment Award<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Sewa Australia Inc, Sahyadi Sydney and Friends of India Australia<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Sewa Australia Inc, Sahyadri Sydney and Friends of India Australia joined together to launch the \u201cRespectful Devotion, Responsible Immersion\u201d program, aimed to minimise the environmental impact of idol submersion through responsible, eco-friendly practices.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">A temporary pond was installed at Haigh Park that enabled the immersion of 150 ecofriendly idols and prevented over 100 kilos of clay and 500 kilos of organic waste from entering local waterways. This was managed by a team of\u00a0volunteers.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Health Award<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Dr Glen Schlaphoff<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Dr Schlaphoff is the Director of International Radiology at Liverpool Hospital and has held this position for the last 23 years. His commitment to the Liverpool Community is evident in his ongoing push to offer the best healthcare services available. His passion and drive have seen cutting edge equipment recently installed at Liverpool Hospital, guaranteeing more effective and efficient procedures for patients and delivering quality health services to our\u00a0community.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Sports Award<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Aryan Narayan<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">All Saints Catholic College Liverpool year eight student Aryan Narayan is a rising star goalball player. He has achieved extraordinary success representing NSW at the national goalball championship in Perth. His team won the national championship and Arayan won the\u00a0all-star medal for top scorer of the tournament.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Arts and Cultural Award<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Lexie Carroll<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Aunty Lexie is a Wiradjuri women living on country. She is an active member in many First Nation groups; her forthright approach is well known, and her reconciliation, engagement and directions are very important in these times.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">She is a founding member of the Elders Coffee Club and shows ongoing commitment to supporting First Nations business, offering Acknowledgement to Country, pushing yarning circles and staying committed to the local First\u00a0Nations community.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Photos downloadable from media release section of the Council website<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpool.nsw.gov.au\/council\/Media \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.liverpool.nsw.gov.au\/council\/Media<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\"><strong>Citizenship Ceremony and Awards<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-148189\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Citizenship-Ceremony-and-Awards-01-e1738089700534.jpg\" alt=\"Citizenship Ceremony and Awards 01\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Former Prime Minister Tony Abbot, State MP Tina Ayyad and Federal MP Dai Le at the Citizenship Ceremony<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-148190\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Citizenship-Ceremony-and-Awards-02-e1738089767141.jpg\" alt=\"Citizenship Ceremony and Awards 02\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Mayor Ned Mannoun, Arts and Culture Award winner Lexie Carroll and Australia Day Ambassador Lottie Dalziel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-148191\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Citizenship-Ceremony-and-Awards-03-e1738089837698.jpg\" alt=\"Citizenship Ceremony and Awards 03\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Fraser Environment Award winners<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-148192\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Citizenship-Ceremony-and-Awards-04-e1738089910219.jpg\" alt=\"Citizenship Ceremony and Awards 04\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Australia Day Ambassador Lottie Dalziel, Health Award winner Dr Glen Schlaphoff, and Mayor Ned Mannoun<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-148193\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Citizenship-Ceremony-and-Awards-05-e1738089962820.jpg\" alt=\"Citizenship Ceremony and Awards 05\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Australia Day Ambassador Lottie Dalziel, Small Business Award winner Physiofit, and Mayor Ned Mannoun<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-148194\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Citizenship-Ceremony-and-Awards-06-e1738090019415.jpg\" alt=\"Citizenship Ceremony and Awards 06\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Australia Day Ambassador Lottie Dalziel, Senior Citizen of the Year Award winner Bruce Clark, and Mayor Ned Mannoun<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-148195\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Citizenship-Ceremony-and-Awards-07-e1738090077400.jpg\" alt=\"Citizenship Ceremony and Awards 07\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Australia Day Ambassador Lottie Dalziel, Sports Award winner Aryan Narayan, and Mayor Ned Mannoun<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-148196\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Citizenship-Ceremony-and-Awards-08-e1738090132802.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Mayor Ned Mannoun and former PM Tony Abbott serve free sausages after the citizenship and awards ceremony.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Bigge Park Celebrations<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-148197\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Bigge-Park-Celebrations-01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"518\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-148198\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Bigge-Park-Celebrations-02.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"518\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-148199\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Bigge-Park-Celebrations-03.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"1169\" \/> <\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-148200\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Bigge-Park-Celebrations-04.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"518\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; 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