Tim Wilson (Goldstein, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

A healthy and prosperous society is not handed down by the government from Canberra; it's built up from citizens when they come together to form family, community and country. It is built from their enterprise and their acceptance of responsibility and from their charity. Several members of our Goldstein community have been inducted into the Order of Australia for their extraordinary contributions: Carolyn Douglas, for service to law and to the judiciary; Kim Dunphy, for service to community health through dance movement therapy; Saki Ganella, for service to education; Simon Gipson, for service to secondary education; Brian Lasky, for service to golf; Graham Ludecke, for service to the community of Sandringham; Barbara Morgan, for service to the Jewish community of Victoria; Robert Perkins, for service to film and television production and set design; Fran Pfeiffer, for service to the community; and Heather Simmons, for service to medicine, particularly to women's health.

Congratulations to each of these remarkable Goldstein residents, and thank you for your leadership in laying the bricks that construct the house of our nation. Every community has members who receive Orders of Australia as part of the Australia Day honours as well as the Queen's Birthday honours. We recognise the incredible contribution they make to the strength of our nation. May it continue.

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