Graham Edwards (Cowan, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary (Defence and Veterans' Affairs)) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

In the brief time available to me I want to give a bouquet to the staff and management of the Greenwood Hotel in my electorate, in Perth. I say this because the Greenwood Hotel went to a lot of trouble to plan for the big fight between Danny Green and Anthony Mundine in Sydney last Wednesday. They got police approval to put a special marquee outside; they got police support to erect that and hold a function there. Unfortunately, at the death knock they were knocked over by the City of Joondalup. Fortunately, that was quickly resolved.

I want to give this bouquet to them because their planning and their foresight avoided the problems that occurred in some hotels in other parts of Perth where the hoteliers did not go to the trouble of planning properly and catering for this event. It was a wonderful fight and a great night at the Greenwood. I am very pleased that they went to this trouble—but it was a pity that the wrong bloke won!