Andrew Wallace (Fisher, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

I rise today to respond to the challenge by the member for Berowra. As State of Origin and Pie of Origin grip both his state and the great state of Queensland, I accept the challenge on behalf of Beefy's Pies on the Sunshine Coast.

I would just like to point out that whilst the scorecard reads three to New South Wales and two to Queensland, you are only as good as your last game, and Queensland has won the last two Pie of Origins and we are now going for three in a row.

Every dollar from every pie sold by Beefy's will be donated to the Lady Cilento Hospital in Brisbane, another great outcome. Beefy's Pies' owner, Mark Hobbs, knows just how important it is to support Lady Cilento, as his son benefited from being in the ICU there.

Whichever bakery sells the greatest number of pies will win this challenge. Last year, Beefy's Pies raised $17,000 and this year they are trying for $20,000. It is mate against mate and state against state. Just as Queensland continues to wipe the floor with New South Wales on the football field, so too will we do with this Pie of Origin.

Sunshine Coast locals can buy their pies at Aussie World, Buderim, Cannon Hill, Glasshouse Mountains, Gympie, Mango Hill, Ningi, North Lakes and Maroochydore. (Time expired)

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