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I am pleased to advise that the Federal Minister for Agriculture, the Hon. David Littleproud MP announced on Friday 11 March that the Morrison-Joyce Government is providing $3.2 million to the Melbourne Royal Show under Round 2 of the Supporting Agricultural Shows and Field Days program to support costs incurred from the cancelled 2021 event.

It was great to see events and exhibitions come alive at Melbourne Showgrounds in recent weeks as public confidence grows for a new year of events. Some of our first events included the Melbourne Wedding and Bride Summer Expo, and the Pool and Spa Lifestyle Expo, both of which attracted more visitors than expected.

Applications are now open to exhibit at 2022 Melbourne Royal Show, Victoria’s largest and most iconic community event.

We proudly held two highly successful Melbourne Royal events back-to-back last week in the Victoria Pavilion. On Wednesday 1 December, we held a stylish cocktail presentation to announce the trophy winners for the 2021 Melbourne Royal Australian Distilled Spirits Awards and on Thursday 2 December we held the trophy presentation dinner for the 2021 Melbourne Royal Wine Awards.

The recent easing of COVID restrictions has pleasingly enabled us to proceed with judging of the 2021 Melbourne Royal Wine Awards this week. More than 2,300 wines are being judged by 21 industry experts across four days at Melbourne Showgrounds. Established in 1884, the Melbourne Royal Wine Awards is one of Australia’s oldest and most respected wine shows recognising and rewarding excellence in Australian winemaking with the Jimmy Watson Memorial Trophy for best two-year-old red or younger, being one of the feature trophies to win.