Guided by this year’s theme, “Culture Connects Us All”, the celebrations will culminate in the Victorian Multicultural Festival on 27–28 March at Grazeland, expected to draw large crowds for what organisers describe as the week’s flagship event.
The policy focus is overwhelmingly on care and support services. There are decreasing levels of attention to housing, transport, walkability and, least of all, cultural diversity.
The crash killed 42-year-old mother Nancy Lefrançois and her 11-year-old son Loïc Chevalier, who were travelling in a passenger vehicle struck in the collision.