Bert Van Manen (Forde, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

Every year, I send out a Christmas card to the wonderful people of my electorate of Forde, wishing them a safe and enjoyable break over the Christmas and New Year period. My annual Christmas card drawing competition invites all primary schools in the electorate to encourage their students to submit their Christmas card designs, with the winner featured on the Christmas card that I send out.

This year, we had an incredible number of participants—182 students, from 11 different schools in my electorate, sent in their drawings, and the quality was as high as ever. The winner of this year's Forde Christmas card competition was Molly from Loganholme State School. Her drawing was truly fantastic, and her creativity will now be on display to over 100,000 people in the electorate of Forde.

I'd like to extend my congratulations to Molly, along with the following highly commended award recipients: Kayden from Pimpama State School; Asher from Highland Reserve State School; Mason from Loganholme State School; Gabby from Norfolk Village State School; Sarah from Mount Warren Park State School; and Imogen from Kimberley College. It is fair to say that there was no lack of creativity or talent amongst the primary school students in the electorate of Forde. To all the students who participated, thank you very much. To all the teachers who helped facilitate this, thank you for your efforts. A merry Christmas to you all.

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