On the 18th of June I attended the Australian Arab Cultural Forum's creativity day, held to recognise the talents of young writers in south-west Sydney. The creative day was a fabulous opportunity to show-off short-story submissions from students in high schools across my electorate, and I thoroughly enjoyed the presentation of awards and prizes for English and Arabic works to the 56 deserving contestants. I was joined at the event by Liverpool Mayor Ned Mannoun and Nadia Bouchti from the Western Sydney Migrant Resource Centre, who joined me in giving words of encouragement to the participants, many of which have faced challenges as members of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Groups. I would like to thank for Dr Amira Issa and the Australian Arab Cultural Forum for facilitating the competition, and I wish all the contestants the very best with their future endeavours.