Gary Hardgrave (Moreton, Liberal Party, Minister Assisting the Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

As the member for Moreton, I particularly want to be associated with the remarks of other colleagues from both sides of the chamber regarding the passing of Peter Brock. It was, by any measure, a dreadful week in Australia’s history, to lose Steve Irwin and Peter Brock in the same small passage of time. Just as the memories of Steve Irwin have been well remembered by the conduct of his own children, I would like to say publicly how impressive it has been to watch the children of Peter Brock cope with the loss of their father and the dignified way in which they have shared their grief with the broader community and his enormous legion of fans on a number of very public occasions—at memorial services, both those directly associated with his funeral and those at other events, including Sandown and, indeed, Bathurst.

The reason I chose to speak on this was simply just to recount for the record a couple of little stories, some anecdotes. I met Peter Brock on a number of occasions in my life when I was working as a journalist for the Channel 7 program State Affair based in Brisbane.

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