Julian Simmonds (Ryan, Liberal National Party) Share this | Hansard source

I rise today to speak about a very impressive young local, Ella Hussey. Whilst studying at St Peters Lutheran College at Indooroopilly she started To the Moon and Back. To The Moon and Back is an organisation that aims to spread awareness about the very serious and concerning issue of online child sexual exploitation. Together with a few friends, Ella built a website talking about this issue, created social media profiles and began advocating locally. By turning a couple of designs into items of clothing, they are now able to raise funds for their awareness campaign. Today, in the House, I'm wearing a pair of their rocket socks. I'd show the socks to the House, but I am not that limber.

Ella is passionate about reaching out to young people in Australia and globally about the problem of online sexual exploitation and helping them understand the very real danger it presents. All their profits go towards operating and improving child protection system technology that is run by Child Rescue Coalition, a global charity that has prevented over 60,000 cases of abuse. To the Moon and Back's mission is to have a world where online child sexual exploitation is only found in the history books. Ella is an incredible young local in the Ryan electorate, and I encourage everyone to google To the Moon and Back, check out their website and purchase a hoodie or a pair of socks to support this very worthy cause. Congratulations and thank you, Ella.

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