Kevin Hogan (Page, National Party) Share this | Hansard source

I would like to acknowledge the North Coast Combined High School girls team that recently won the New South Wales state cricket championships. The girls went through the competition undefeated, beating Sydney West in the final. The team consisted of Carly Leeson, Alyssa Luland and Shinae MacDonald, from Maclean High School; Aleesha Phoonie, from Woolgoolga High School; Amy Riddell, from Grafton High School; Natasha Rudder, from South Grafton High School; Paige Tyler, from Ballina High School; Jakira Toniello, from Lismore High School; and Matilda Lugg, from Coffs Harbour High School. Other members of the team included Kaitlyn Beaumont, Molly Mullin and Georgia Lynch. The team was coached by Grafton High School teacher Vivian Nichols. From this competition, two New South Wales teams were selected to compete in the Australian school carnival in two weeks at Campbelltown. Selected in the first New South Wales team were Carly Leeson, Aleesha Phoonie, Amy Riddell, Matilda Lugg and Kaitlyn Beaumont. Shinae MacDonald was selected in the second side. I wish the girls all the best in the competition.

The Pacific Highway in our region is a great infrastructure project. However, the new exit at Byron Bay turn-off needs to be much clearer. Lismore and indeed the whole hinterland area are not signposted well enough, and I call on local councils, especially the coastal ones in the region, to have a regional focus on that signage.

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