Tim Hammond (Perth, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

I'm sure I share with all of us here a lot of love in enjoying this time of the year. One of the reasons I do is being able to attend any number of school graduations in my electorate. I see my great mate the member for Fremantle here; I'm sure he will agree that we can't always spend as much time in those school as we would like to, because we have the privilege of serving in this place. So, in the remaining 60 seconds of my speech, I am going to try to give a shout out to all 50 of them, and here I go—with apologies to Billy Joel: Anzac Terrace Primary School, Aranmore Catholic times three, Ashfield Primary School, Bassendean Primary School, Bayswater Primary School, Camboon Primary School, Carmel School, Casa Mia Montessori Community School, Chisholm Catholic College, Coolbinia Primary School, Cyril Jackson times three, Durham Road School, Eden Hill Primary School, Embleton Primary School, Hampton Park Primary School, Hampton Senior High School, Highgate Primary School, Hillcrest Primary School, Infant Jesus School, Inglewood Primary School, John Forrest Secondary College, KIDS Open Learning School, Kyilla Primary School, Maylands Peninsula Primary School, Mercedes College, Morley Primary School, Morley Senior High School, Mount Hawthorn Education Support Centre, Mount Hawthorn Primary School, Mount Lawley Primary School, Mount Lawley Senior High School, Noranda Primary School, North East Metropolitan Language Development Centre, North Morley Primary School, North Perth Primary School, Perth College, Sacred Heart Primary School, SIDE schools, Sir David Brand School, St Columba's School, St George's school, St Michael's School, St Paul's Primary School, St Peter's Primary School, Trinity College and Weld Square Primary School.

That is all of them, Madam Deputy Speaker, and I tell you what: they all do such a good job. To all of the kids, all of the principals, the great teachers, the support staff, the ed support and all of the admin staff: you deserve a well-earned break, you do a marvellous job, and thank you very much.

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