Ewen Jones (Herbert, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

This Sunday is 1 June. It is not only the first day of winter. It is also the day when Townsville will be up very early and active. We will be out and running in Townsville. We will be participating in Run Townsville. This is an organisation that is backed up by the Cotton On Foundation. We will be raising over $50,000 to refurbish the children's ward of the Townsville Hospital. There are two courses that we can do. We have been out and proud, very much so. We had Rachel McCully from the Townsville Fire and ex-international player and ex-Cowboy Dallas Johnson out there promoting what this run will be all about. It is all about inclusiveness, and we are expecting about 3,000 people to turn up. We will be starting on the Strand in the new redevelopment of Jezzene Barracks, a beautiful part of the world, this Sunday morning. Sam Pascoe and Amy Robinson from the Cotton On Foundation, who have actually come to Townsville to help stage this event, have made sure that they have been a great benefit to Townsville. Sam is a mum at school, the St Joseph's Catholic School on the Strand.

I will be there and I will be doing the 12-kilometre course. Oh no! Sorry, it is this Sunday. I have to get a plane back to Canberra and I will not be able to do it. What I promise my Cotton On friends to do is wear this cap in Canberra when I do my 12 kilometres next week. I will post a selfie of when I finish. You can trust me. I am the member for Herbert and I will be in Run Townsville.

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