John Alexander (Bennelong, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

This Friday I'm looking forward to visiting the premier brain and spinal injury rehabilitation hospital in Australia—Royal Rehab, the Rehabilitation & Disability Support Network. This rehab hospital is one of the shining lights of Bennelong, founded by an amazing blind woman over 100 years ago. It has an incredible history of helping get people back on their feet after the toughest of tough times. Rugby league player Alex McKinnon is probably its most famous client recently, but he is only one of thousands who have benefitted from Royal Rehab's amazing work, each having incredible stories to tell.

I'll be supporting Royal Rehab's annual Wall of Fame celebration. This is held as part of national Brain Injury Awareness Week to celebrate the incredible achievements of the clients of Royal Rehab's brain injury unit who have literally reconstructed their lives. The clients publicly share the highs and lows of their rehabilitation journey and are then presented with a Wall of Fame ambassador badge and a hard copy of their story. These stories join the hundreds of others that are already lining the corridors of the brain injury unit, providing hope and inspiration to the new clients who are only now beginning their journey of recovery. Royal Rehab's Tony Staveley and Stephen Lowndes lead a wonderful staff. They should all be congratulated, and I look forward to supporting their very special day this week.