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

I would like to pay tribute to Anne Wilson nee Fitz-Henry, who passed away on 3 September 2014 at five am. Anne was a stalwart of the Labor Party, a stalwart of the women's movement and a person who really understood what community was about. She was also a stalwart of the teachers' federation in Queensland and a person who fought for women's rights. She was absolutely passionate about education and her whole life was dedicated to ensuring that everybody had an opportunity to access a quality education without being discriminated against simply because of how much money they had or who their mother or father was.

Anne lived for quite some time in Shortland electorate. She was secretary of Shortland FEC. As well as being such a committed, intelligent, dedicated worker, she was a person that I called a friend. She was somebody I will miss in the future and somebody who gave so much to the Labor movement, so much to the Labor movement, so much to women and so much to our Australian society. Rest in peace, Anne.

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