Alannah Mactiernan (Perth, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

Many of Australia's cultural icons get a guernsey in these 90-second statements, and I want to make sure that AC/DC, a band that has rocked three generations of Australians, is included in this pantheon. On the weekend, I headed down to Subiaco Oval with tens of thousands of my fellow Western Australians to engage in some 'Angus mania' and to be 'shook all night long' by this brilliant music. I never miss an 'Acca Dacca' gig. Not only does the sacred music go right to the core, but the crowds are brilliant. They are like footy crowds used to be before we had corporate boxes—from eight to 80, male and female, rich dudes and working people, all getting together to share this great music. It is a great social connector—and no-one goes to an AC/DC gig to be pretentious.

Perth has a special connection with Acca Dacca. Bon Scott grew up and started his career in Perth. Earlier this year, my son and my grandson did the great pilgrimage to Bon's grave site in the Fremantle cemetery to celebrate the life of this fabulous character. Australia should properly recognise this band and its Australian origins—Acca Dacca forever!

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