华人参政与联邦大选

我祝贺上周六参与澳洲联邦大选的所有华裔朋友。 我们很幸运的生活在澳大利亚，一个有民主选举和言论自由的国家。

更令人高兴的是有越来越多澳籍华裔朋友热烈参与联邦大选议题，表达意见并讨论孰为最适合的政府。

我在此特别感谢所有在我选区 ( Box Hill 及周边地区) 于投票日当天帮助自由党候选人的朋友。 正因你们不辞劳苦的投入与支援，Kooyong 选区的Josh Frydenberg、Deakin 选区的 Michael Sukkar 以及 Chisholm 选区的 Julia Banks 才能取得优异的战绩。

更值得注目的是 ，在我执笔写下这篇文章时，据目前开票结果， Julia Banks 极可能突破工党防守，成功拿下 Chisholm 选区并成为新一届的议员。 与此同时，Josh Frydenberg 和 Michael Sukkar 议员分别顺利连任，并随着开票的过程持续扩大战果。

英文版/ English version

Chinese community gets involved in Federal election

My congratulations to all Chinese Australians who got involved in Saturday’s Federal election.

We are fortunate in Australia that we live in democratic country with free elections and freedom of speech. It is very pleasing that increasing numbers of Australians of Chinese background are having their say about the best government for Australia.

My thanks in particular to everyone who helped Liberal Party federal candidates in polling booths in my electorate, in Box Hill and nearby suburbs. Your hard work helped achieve excellent results for Josh Frydenberg in Koonung, Michael Sukkar in Deakin and Julia Banks in Chisholm.

In particular, at the time of writing, it looks very likely that Julia Banks will be elected as the new MP for Chisholm, winning this electorate for the Liberal Party away from Labor. As well, Josh Frydenberg and Michael Sukkar have both been re-elected with increased numbers of votes.