Ms Anna Burke (Chisholm, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

It is a very good likeness. She took a lot of effort to do that. She says:

Dear Anna ...

How are you? We are fine. Thank you very much for coming to our school, sharing about you, making time with us, giving lots of information about you. And book marks, books for us. Also be nice to us too. I hope you have a good time every days. Bye Bye

From Pat.

On and on the letters go. The grade sixers put a lot of time and effort into doing this and into writing back to me. I also want to commend the teachers in our state system for doing such a fantastic job and for educating the next generation about government and politics. We witness so many people going into polling booths who actually do not understand the system of government. So to actually educate people at a young age about how the system works and what the levels of government are and to demonstrate that politicians are human beings—that they are accessible and that it is our job to be there—is a delightful experience. I really enjoyed my day at the school and want to thank the students so much for their fantastic letters.

I also want to thank the very cheeky Prep C children at Kerrimuir Primary School. Kerrimuir Primary School is having a competition to create the best garden area. Each grade is in the competition and Prep C has had the brains and the wit to send me a fantastic poster asking if I will help in their endeavours to create the best garden plot at Kerrimuir. I think this is a terrific idea, and I really want to commend this school. (Time expired)

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