The Federal Member for Calwell, Ms Maria Vamvakinou, has called on community groups to help celebrate Australian multiculturalism and to fight racism through the celebration of Harmony Day.

The Federal Member for Calwell, Ms Maria Vamvakinou, has addressed the issue of youth suicide in a private members business motion speech to the Federal Parliament this week.

The Federal Member for Calwell, Ms Maria Vamvakinou, has addressed the issue of poverty in Broadmeadows in a speech to the Commonwealth Parliament today. The adjournment speech follows the release of the Jesuit Social Services report into disadvantage across Victoria that identified Broadmeadows as an area of concentrated and ongoing poverty and financial hardship.

Recently the Minister for Human Services told an Australian mother who cannot get childcare for her young son that she should be grateful for the “choice” the Government has provided to parents.

The Federal Member for Calwell, Ms Maria Vamvakinou, has raised concerns over the proposed Australian/U.S. Free Trade Agreement and its impact on the local manufacturers in Melbourne’s Northern suburbs.

Having sent out and received many Christmas cards over the festive season, Maria Vamvakinou MP the Federal Member for Calwell and Liz Beattie, the State Member for Yuroke are helping the environment by recycling Christmas cards for Planet Ark.

The Federal Member for Calwell, Ms Maria Vamvakinou, has written to the LaTrobe University Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Michael Osborne to express opposition to the University Council decision to increase HECS fees by 25 per cent from 2005.

Today on World AIDS Day, Maria Vamvakinou MP, the Federal Member for Calwell called for immediate action in the Parliament from the Government on HIV Testing in Australia.