Karen McNamara (Dobell, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

I am always proud to promote in his place the great achievements of Dobell's local students. Recently I provided students with the opportunity to have their voices heard in our federal parliament. This year I launched the Dobell School Speech Competition and invited years 5 and 6 students to write a short speech on the topic 'Kids can make a difference', with the winning speech to be delivered in parliament. I received a number of great speeches from local students capturing how they see the world, full of imagination and hope for the future. The winning speech was written by Erica Field from Tuggerah Public School. I had the pleasure of recently reading Erica's speech in parliament.

Congratulations also to the following students from Tuggerah, Jilliby, Blue Haven Public Schools, St Cecilia's and Lady of the Rosary Shelley Beach for their participation and submission of outstanding speeches: Cooper Brown, Declan Chown, Ebony Cullen, Monique Devries, Taen Downes, Jamie Durham, Keumala Dyer-Darmawan, Jordan Gobsill, Noah Hamilton, Corey Hucker, Reilly Jones, Ben Logan, Elliot Mylchreest, Zoe Rosee and Satene White. To each of the participating students, thank you for sharing your thoughts with adults on how kids can make a difference. I must say to these outstanding schools that we have in Dobell: we have many talented young kids and it is about time that we promote them more. I would like to see other members promote their schools more too.

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