Natasha Griggs (Solomon, Country Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

and I will not take any of the interjections here from my Queensland colleagues but I would like them to take careful note of what I am about to say, because this just shows the Territory capability. Last week I had the enormous pleasure of presenting 23-year-old Abbey Holmes with the Northern Territory Football League's women's goal-kicking medal.

Abbey had a stunning 2013-14 season, which caught the eye of all AFL fans and commentators around the country, because she set a new benchmark to which all women footballers can aspire. Playing with the Waratahs, Abbey became the first woman anywhere in Australia to kick 100 AFL goals in a season. This fantastic effort was all the more remarkable because it was only her second season playing football. In many ways Abbey is the face of Territory footy: young, fresh, bold and bursting with talent.

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