Milton Dick (Speaker) Share this | Hansard source

I am pleased to inform the House that we have present in the gallery today a group of vice-chancellor scholars from the University of Wollongong as guests of the member for Cunningham. Also, I am advised that present in the gallery today, as a guest of the member for Gippsland, is Professor Dix, the President of the International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association. Members may recall that Professor Dix played a vital role in the successful mission of rescuing 41 miners who were trapped underground when a tunnel collapsed in November late last year. While Professor Dix is a world-class disaster expert, I assure members he is here in a social capacity today. Welcome to you all.

Honourable members: Hear, hear!

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