Kevin Hogan (Page, National Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The Baryulgil Public School community are used to celebrating the success of their students. On Saturday, they will celebrate the 100th anniversary of their school. Life was very different in 1917 when Baryulgil Public School first opened its doors to the local community. There was no electricity, no computers, nor many other things that we take for granted today.

It promises to be a great day, with a welcome to country by Heather Monaghan, and with Aboriginal education officer Lynette Donnelly speaking. Former school principals Bruce Robinson and John Duroux are also returning for the celebrations. The honour of cutting the all-important commemorative cake has been given to Patricia Simmons, Heather Monaghan and Kiarla Yuke. I would like to acknowledge the hard work of the school principal, Gary Barton, Kayleen Stephenson and the school committee, who have been working hard to ensure the day is a success. I know they have a huge range of activities planned for the centenary, with over 250 people expected to attend the event. I'm looking forward to the day. It's going to be a wonderful day to celebrate.

I'd like to congratulate the 45 students from my community who recently graduated from the New South Wales Rural Fire Service Secondary Schools Cadet Program and their eight cadet mentors. This 10-week program for Year 9 and 10 students teaches the cadets skills such as basic firefighting and fire safety as well as developing an appreciation for community and the important role of emergency services. It also teaches them life skills, such as confidence, team work, leadership and initiative. Three schools in the Clarence Valley offer this cadet program; they are the Clarence Valley Anglican School, the South Grafton High School and the Maclean High School.

I'd like to acknowledge the graduating recipients from the Maclean High School: Katherine Behn, Katie Carr, Caitlin Cunningham, Jesse Davis, Eden Duggan, Thomas Everson, Sarah Kurdi, Anika Moran, Shannon Moran, Ellie Nagle, Jesse Shepherd, Angus Thompson, Flynn Versace, David Walsh, Aaron Wescott and William Woods. Their mentors were: Caleb Clarke, Kiani Clarke, Alycia Goad, Lindi Martin, Charlotte Ringland, Mya Smith, Ben Soden and Clais Szekely. From South Grafton High School we had the students Monique Petch-Dorrington, Kate Burt, Toby Henderson, Domonic Kennedy, Jarrod Chalker, Kirstian Knight, Adam Barrett, Emma Spencer-Purss, Nick Worley, Ryan Williams, Accarlia Davey, Bianca Staggard and Paul Hewitt. The graduating recipients for the Clarence Valley Anglican School were Georgina Munro, Malea Ensbey, Kiara Clark, Faith Sullivan, Zach Cahill, Dylan Freeman, Jono Wilks, Dane Collis, Josh Pattison, Jaeben Loy, Will Griffioen, Declan Keam, Jackson Craig, Deakin Ryder, Sinead Buist and Josh Wilks. I congratulate everyone involved.

Steve Georganas (Hindmarsh, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The time for members' constituency statements has concluded.