John Alexander (Bennelong, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

The final exhibition for the Medtronic Bennelong Schools STEM Challenge was held last Wednesday night, with over 100 people attending. It was just like a sports event, but these young athletes were competing with their brains. It was an amazing and most impressive night. Mr Darren Forrest, the event sponsor from Medtronic, and Dr Kate Patterson, from the Garvan Institute of Medical Research, joined me on the judging panel.

I say congratulations to Epping Boys High for their 'handy glove', engineered to replace a laptop keyboard for people with spinal injuries. Dilian Mannaperuma, Oden Peterson, Anthony Lai, Daniel Kwang, Bailey Shakesheff and teacher-coach Mitchell Leggo were very impressive. Carlingford High's obstacle avoidance autonomous robot vehicle really impressed. I say congratulations to James Wong, Carson Kwong, Josiah Tan, Patrick Chen, Alan Tsen and teacher-Coach John Wallace. Finally, Melrose Park Public developed an app called 'Riverside Guide'. It is a tourist guide for the riverside walk which follows the Parramatta River near their school. Well done to Jack McShane, Ashlyn Gange and Arjun Bhagotra, and thanks to Principal Clare Christensen and teacher-coach Pam Grover.

They will all be my guests at the Great Hall in Parliament House where they will join the many high-tech companies of Bennelong at the eminent Bennelong Innovation Fair this coming Monday night. (Time expired)

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