Ken Ticehurst (Dobell, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

I rise tonight to once again express my disgust at just how low the Labor Party will stoop, as I inform the House of the latest in a series of cheap political stunts. Failed ALP candidate and so-called spokesperson for Dobell, Mr David Mehan, has attempted to use a well-known community based charitable event for his own political gain.

The House would be aware that October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, which puts this stunt in particularly poor taste. I welcome the federal budget announcement of an additional $235 million in medical research funding, which includes a grant of $259,000 to Professor John Forbes and his team from the University of Newcastle. This is to investigate the response of breast cancers to new drug treatments, which may allow breast-conserving surgery rather than mastectomy for patients.

David Mehan is building a reputation on the Central Coast as a person who looks for any opportunity to encourage members of the ALP to commit acts of public nuisance. In his latest attempt to raise his own profile, David Mehan has appeared in our local community newspaper—

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