Jill Hall (Shortland, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

On Saturday night I attended the presentation of the Caves Beach Surf Life Saving Club. Caves Beach is one of the outstanding surf lifesaving clubs in the Shortland electorate. I am pleased to offer them my 100 per cent support. Members of both side of this parliament support surf lifesaving, and Caves Beach Surf Life Saving Club is no exception to that rule.

On Saturday night competitors from surf lifesaving clubs received awards. Caves Beach Surf Life Saving Club was the No. 1 surf lifesaving club in the Hunter region this year. I think when the Hunter presentations take place they will do exceptionally well yet again. They had competitors at both state and Australian titles and they had a number of winners in a number of different events in different divisions.

Caves Beach Surf Life Saving Club has been operating for nearly 85 years. They will celebrate their 85th anniversary at the end of this year. For the entire 84 years there has not been one life lost. That is a fantastic result, particularly as this beach is in a highly populated area and is strongly supported within the electorate.

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