Luke Howarth (Petrie, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

When I was seven years of age, I started judo. I did judo for many, many years and I achieved my shodan black belt and represented Queensland. When I left school, I went for a job at a place called Toombul Music—

Dr Chalmers interjecting—

The member for Rankin will remember that place. It was my first job out of school. Barry Bull said to me, 'Mate, if you've got the commitment to represent the state in a sport, you're going to do really well, and I'm going to give you your first job for that.' I mention that because there are a lot of young people in my electorate involved in sport and I want to encourage them to achieve their goals and do their best in everything they do.

I want to congratulate Jacob Caruana for triathlon who recently won a young sporting champion's grant through the Commonwealth government; Duchesse Delaney for swimming; Matthew Petzer for hockey; Jordan Conroy for swimming; Chase Duffy for golf; Jade Corney for gymnastics; Jade Starr for swimming; Jessica Bentley for ice skating; Jorden Tunstall for gymnastics; Lachlan Thomas for baseball; Maddison Jones for golf; and, finally, Sian Coates for judo. Every one of these young athletes has a great chance to achieve their goals. I want to thank their parents and their schools for motivating them and for paying for their trips to travel all around the country. I want to encourage them to do their very best in everything they do.