Scott Buchholz (Wright, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

I rise to remind members of a catchphrase that is very popular in Queensland—'Gotta love Logan', which was made famous by no other than Mayor Pam Parker. In the upcoming local government elections Pam will not be contesting the seat of mayor. I stand to record her contribution in this national place and into the history books of Hansard for all eternity.

She has done an outstanding job. If you have met Pam Parker, you would know that her enthusiasm is nothing but infectious. In fact, I will be glad to see the back of her because when she comes to this place she bashes my ear about infrastructure funding and she bashes my ear about wanting communications funding. She is a wonderful advocate for the City of Logan. She advocates that with the amount of work that she did in that electorate over her last eight years as mayor and 19 years as a councillor she has made a contribution of between 45 and 50 years. Again her enthusiasm is infectious. She has done an enormous job on lifting the city's image. However, all and sundry in this place will remember the tragedy that she oversaw of the horrific house fire which resulted in 11 deaths. Pam was recorded as saying that it was the saddest day in Logan's history. She has overseen council amalgamations, budgetary reform, water restructuring, cultural revitalisation and large-scale infrastructure projects. Logan is one of the fastest-growing areas. (Time expired)

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