Joanne Ryan (Lalor, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I rise today to get on the record the fabulous efforts this morning by the politicians' netball team in defeating the press gallery. Sorry, Press Gallery, but you went down again on the netball court.

I would like to acknowledge the member for Corangamite and the members for Shortland, Newcastle, Gippsland and Petrie who played today. We had some injuries, with Senators McAllister, Hanson-Young McKenzie unable to take the court this morning, but we did not miss them to the extent that it denied us a win.

I also rise today to encourage everybody to get behind Australia's new Suncorp Super Netball competition that starts this weekend across this country. I will be attending the Vixens versus Collingwood game in Melbourne on Saturday, and I encourage everybody else to pick a team in this new great format and get behind Australian netball as we go into the new super competition.

I am pleased to say that I will be an ambassador for the Vixens this year. And I will proudly be there, waving my Vixens flag, on Saturday, as we take on Collingwood in the newest version of Melbourne rivalry. Down with the 'Pies! The Vixens will take you every day!