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

In my region, we are coming to the end of our show season. Our agricultural shows are a great celebration of all that our region has to offer. An important part of the shows is the showgirl competition. I want to acknowledge some of the entrants in those competitions in the shows in my region. I would like to congratulate the Casino Showgirl winner, Kaela McRae, the runner-up, Zoe Griffiths, and the other entrants, Sarah Lynn and Brooke Hewitt. The Miss Teen winner was Dakota Wadsworth, Miss Junior was Jessica Cruickshank, Miss Mini was Sam McLennan and Miss Tiny Tot was Emma Green. At the Woodenbong Show, the Woodenbong Showgirl winner was Tegan Jones. The winner of Miss Teen was Jemima Lee. The other entrants were Anneleise Barrett, Bessie Wilson, Chelsea Wadsworth, Cheyanne Cockram and Emily Watson. The Junior Showgirl winner was Katelyn Fletcher. The other entrants were Madison Fleming and Jemimah Williams. At the Kyogle show, the winner was Leisl Pederson. The other entrants were Carleta Owen and Desiree Little. At Maclean, the winner of Miss Showgirl was Nicole Cowling. The other entrants were Kylie Vickery and Taneal McConnell. The Miss Junior Showgirl was Georgia Everson. Colbie Cameron also entered.

The Grafton showgirl winner was Lily Weatherston. The runner-up was Mikalaya Richardson. The Junior Showgirl was Sarah Ryan and the runner-up was Samantha Diebert. At the North Coast National Lismore Show, which was held just last weekend, the winner was Janaya Everingham. The runners-up were Cassandra Keogh and Brooke Felsch. Ashlee Tindall and Genevieve Wright were also entrants. The Miss Teen Showgirl winner was Nicola McKenzie. The runners-up were Ella Robinson and Casey Rucker. Other entrants were Jazmin Eakin, Rachael Redman, Lucia Greene, Holly Rankin and Taylor Small. At the Alstonville Show this weekend, which I'm looking forward to, entrants are Joanne Hunter, Bethany Lock, Brooke Convery, Melony Chapman, Maya Layton, Angelina Marchant, Jenna Robinson, Erica Kelly, Sophie Thompson, Kayla Wright, Samara Barrett, Georgie Young and Charlee Crowley. I congratulate all those young women for getting involved in what is a great event.

I would like to recognise three organisations in my community which were recently recognised in the Resilient Australia Awards. I notice the member for Richmond is in the chamber as well. Our region was hit very hard by a flood in the aftermath of Cyclone Debbie. I would like to acknowledge three organisations who got these awards. One was the Lismore Chamber of Commerce and Industry, who did great work. The executive put together some very important public meetings to get us all focused to make sure we got category C funding and got money into the area, working with both me and the state member, Thomas George. I'd also like to acknowledge Lismore Helping Hands, who set up an amazing organisation in south Lismore. The other one I want to focus on is the Casino Red Cross, and I'd like to congratulate the executive, Betty Braithwaite, Barbra Thorley, Carrie Kennedy and the whole team, on their 'Get in the Know' emergency services forum. (Time expired)

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