David Coleman (Banks, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

Last Sunday I attended the 60th anniversary celebration of Padstow Rotary, and it was great to be there to celebrate with the club. Padstow Rotary is one of the great organisations of the Banks electorate and for more than half a century it has been doing good work in our community. Amongst the various activities of Padstow Rotary, they have recently instituted the Panania Markets, which are very popular. Every year they run Christmas Carols in Playford Park, which is attended by literally thousands of people. Every year they also run service awards which recognise the efforts in our community of local SES, fire services, police and St John Ambulance. It is always a particularly moving event, because it is not often enough that those people who serve our community are celebrated and acknowledged. Padstow Rotary does it particularly well every single year. I would also like to thank local residents from Revesby Heights, Rebecca Currier and Blake Fischer, who entertained us on Sunday with their remarkable voices. They are amazing singers who have performed all around the world, and it was great of them to be there to celebrate with Padstow Rotary on this great occasion of its 60th anniversary celebration.

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