Liberal election campaign - Treasurer Scott Morrison makes visit to Parklea Gurdwara Sahib, Sydney

In the final week of Federal election campaign, on Wednesday, June 29, Hon Scott Morrison MP, Treasurer of Australia visited Glenwood Sikh Gurdwara in Sydney.

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On his visit to Glenwood, Mr Morrison attended an open meeting with some of the community representatives to better understand the local issues including the issues pertaining to Sikh identity.

Mr Morrison was also taken to the big Gurdwara Kitchen to show how the food (Langar*) is prepared every day at no cost for one and all, which is common to the Sikh ethics of sharing and oneness of all humankind.

While talking to media, Mr Morrison made comments about Labor Party’s $750,000 grant to the Australian Sikh Association, which was never delivered. He also mentioned that Liberal party is working on the ‘five years continuous visa’ policy for the parents of migrants.

“Michelle Rowland made promises in last election that she couldn’t keep. This community was disadvantaged by her promise. Let me give an example, there was an aged care commitment to the Lebanese community by Labor MP Tony Burke. The Coalition honoured this commitment as it was done in a caretaker time period. Opposite to this, the Greenway candidate MP Michelle Rowland did this promise in election times, she made promises at different places, held up cheques, lead people to believe that these things will be honoured, and that’s not how you deal straight with people” Treasurer Scott Morrison

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Mr Morrison's visit was to promote Liberal Party’s policies at both local and federal level.  Mr Morrison was accompanied by Yvonne Keane – the Liberal Candidate for Greenway constituency.

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At Parklea Gurdwara Sahib Source: Photo Ruban Sohana

Situated at Parklea, the Gurudwara sahib is one of the prime Sikh institutions of Sydney, which is attended by more than 20,000 devotees each week.

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The seat of Greenway has one of the fastest growing Indian-Australian populations with nearly 12,000, 7.7 per cent, born in India, more than five times the national average.

Punjabi, Hindi and Tamil are top three non-English languages spoken at home, which is nine times higher than the national average. The area also boasts median personal and family incomes above national average.

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*In addition to the ideals of equality, the tradition of langar expresses the ethics of sharing, community, inclusiveness and oneness of all humankind.