Bert Van Manen (Forde, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

I am sure, Mr Deputy Speaker, you would be pleased to know that on Saturday I took part in the Beenleigh PCYC Time for Kids event. In taking part in that, I was locked up for an hour, and I am sure you would have paid—

An honourable member: They let you out?

That is because I did not ask the Deputy Speaker for any sponsorship; he would probably have asked to keep me in longer. But this was a terrific event, with a wide range of community leaders and people involved in raising funds for the local PCYC.

The Beenleigh PCYC does an absolutely tremendous job, with a wide range of programs for kids in our community, many of whom come from very difficult circumstances at home. I would just like to acknowledge Sergeant Mark Haestier, who is the officer in charge of the PCYC, for the tremendous job that he does in running the PCYC, along with his team of volunteers, who do such a tremendous job. I would also like to put a shout out in acknowledgement to some of the people that took part on the weekend: Shannon Fentiman, Don Waters, Jennie Breene, Don Petersen, Jared Love, Bill Heck, David Look, Anje Pieper and Shane Gee. All had an absolutely wonderful day, and it was great raising funds for the local PCYC.

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