Louise Miller-Frost (Boothby, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

LLER-FROST () (): Madam Deputy Speaker Claydon, can I congratulate you on your election to this position.

I think most Australians would believe that sport is a really uniting part of our community, in both the fitness that it brings to us and the ability to connect with our fellow human beings. There are now less than 6½ hours before the start of the Birmingham Commonwealth Games, so I'm very excited. Of the 431 Australian competitors at the Commonwealth Games, we have five from the electorate of Boothby. We have Tahlia McGrath in the Australian women's cricket team; and Kyle Chalmers OAM, Matthew Temple, Meg Harris and Madison Wilson, all from the Australian Dolphins swim team—obviously one of our traditionally high-achieving areas. We also have a late inclusion: Matthew Northcott, who is representing Australia for Bowls Australia Jackaroos in the mixed doubles. I'm extremely excited that they're all over there. We say, 'Go, Australia!' I really look forward to welcoming them all home and celebrating, hopefully, some gold medals and some other medals.

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