Andrew Wallace (Fisher, Liberal National Party) Share this | Hansard source

Murray Finch is inspiring active living and is offering boys a valuable male role model. Fisher Education Provider of the Year was Kairos Community College, Caloundra, whose unique approach to holistic group learning is giving vulnerable and otherwise disengaged young people the chance to realise their potential and to graduate from high school. Fisher Business of the Year was the QLD Group. Paul Smith and Stu Anderson have created a million-dollar landscaping and drainage business which is creating jobs and funding local community groups through campaigns like the Give Me 5 For Kids Appeal. The Fisher Educator of the Year, GreaseBoss, are fast becoming an Internet of Things and high-tech manufacturing icon across industries, all while supporting men's mental health. The Fisher Employee of the Year, Josie Tully, is a proud Gamilaraay woman and commercial analyst at HeliMods, whose work in and beyond the workplace is empowering young people and women to thrive. Fisher Senior of the Year, Cath Scully, is making a difference to the isolated and those in palliative care through her writing, radio, dance teaching and personal support. The Fisher Senior Group of the Year was Uniforms 4 Kids, who have provided over 3,000 items of clothing for young people in need by connecting law enforcement and first responders with a hardworking team of artisans in Caloundra. I actually jumped behind the sewing machine and helped them out once. It doesn't happen very often, but I did it that day.

The Fisher Environmental Leader of the Year was Mooloolah River Landcare, whose education, citizen science and practical environmental initiatives are engaging locals across generations to protect our local environment.

The Andrew Wallace Community Group of the Year was the Mooloolaba Surf Life Saving Club, sometimes referred to as South Alex. This surf lifesaving club celebrated 100 years of lifesaving patrol and community service. Thank you to all the clubbies at Mooloolaba for your vigilance and service, and thank you to all those who took part in the program.

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