Graham Perrett (Moreton, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

As you are well aware, Deputy Speaker, on Friday, 28 October, it is World Teachers' Day. I giving clear notice to all the teachers in my electorate that I will be recognising and celebrating the great work that they do. The member for Scullin, the member for Griffith and the member for Sydney will also be doing what they can to recognise the great work of the teachers in their electorates.

I would particularly like to mention three of my teachers: Lorna Locke, Anne Reilly and Linda Noriek, or Linda Walshe, for the great influence they had on me. I had an 11-year teaching career before I found another career, and they were a great influence. I could mention various nuns as well, particularly Sister Anthony, who terrified me in grade 7! But these were people that called me to a teaching career.

I would like to mention also four of my very best friends who I make music with irregularly but we all formed a band back at teachers college—

Terri Butler (Griffith, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

What was it called?

Graham Perrett (Moreton, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The four members of that band—I can't recall the name, member for Griffith—were John Carozza, Brendan Logan, Brendan Bowinger and Sharon Weir—or Sharon Schofield as she is now called. They are all still teaching 25 years on from when we formed and are making a great contribution in music and also in shaping young people's minds. Congratulations to all of them and all teachers in the world.