Madeleine King (Brand, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

Congratulations, Deputy Speaker Hogan. At a time when this Liberal government is attacking universities and students, I am pleased to acknowledge a great student-driven institution in Western Australia known as PROSH. The 2018 PROSH was held last week, on 21 March. It was the 87th anniversary of the first PROSH, which was held in 1931. Between then and now, PROSH has raised millions of dollars for charities in Western Australia. For those who don't know what it is, PROSH is a satirical, some might say tasteless, paper written by students and sold by students—

An honourable member: Better than The West.

That is true; it's better than TheWestannually, on a Wednesday morning in the first semester. Sometimes there's a procession; sometimes there is not. PROSH has weathered many storms—it's learned from its errors and mistakes—but it survives and it thrives. Last week, students selling The Bitcoin Depreciation raised $50,000 for Leading Youth Forward, Orange Sky Laundry, the Samaritans and angelhands. It far eclipses the $25,000 we raised when I ran the show in 1995 for Legacy. I want to congratulation the 2018 directors, Jacob Colangelo and James Royer, also the UWA Guild of Undergraduates, and all those that signed the table last week. I also thank former PROSH directors Tim Leggoe, Simon Collins and Emmanuel Hondras, who today reminded me of some of the great PROSH titles past, such as TheWasted Austrian, ThePacker and, of course, that perennial favourite, TheWet Alsatian. I also want to thank the people of Perth for their generosity in giving so generously to PROSH over many years.

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