Sharryn Jackson (Hasluck, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I rise tonight to call on my colleagues in this House to support Red Nose Day, which is on Friday, 27 June. I am pleased to advise you all that on the Saturday just gone I held a stall for SIDS and Kids, the sponsors of Red Nose Day, at my local shopping centre at Forrestfield. We raised over $1,000. The purpose of the day was to sell merchandise associated with Red Nose Day, to promote awareness of SIDS in the community and to raise much needed funds for research and for other services provided by SIDS and Kids, such as grief counselling. As I said, I was pleased to be able to raise well over $1,000 and I thank the people of Forrestfield who generously supported the stall. We have only two weeks to go until Red Nose Day on 27 June. I urge members: this is your opportunity to back this very important initiative in our community and do what you can to raise both funds and awareness of the important issue of sudden infant death syndrome.