Bridget Archer (Bass, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

It's getting close to that time of year when you can't go anywhere without hearing Christmas songs. 'Do they know It's Christmas?', released over 35 years ago, featured the biggest music artists in the world and raised over $20 million for famine relief in Ethiopia. Today I'm proud to highlight a new Christmas charity single, written, produced and performed in my electorate of Bass. Seeking to support children in need after what has been a really tough year, a group of award-winning musicians and producers in Northern Tasmania came together to record 'Light a Candle'. It's a Christmas single, with the proceeds going towards Act for Kids, an Australian charity supporting children and families who've experienced or are at risk of child abuse and neglect.

The partnership between Act for Kids and Jam Mountain Music, the producers of the single, was inspired by the strength of the community banding together for the greater good. Those involved in this incredible local project include: Matt Gower; Leigh Ratcliffe; Daniel Priest; William Bowden; Richard Gower, multi-platinum composer and lead singer of seventies iconic band Racey; The Voice's tattooed tenor Matthew Garwood; Juliane Di Sisto; Denni Sulzberger; Shanice Osita Chuku; Matt Fell; Nathalie Gower and The Buzz; and many more incredible artists from our region. Even the biggest Christmas Grinch can get behind a Christmas song that supports charity. I encourage everybody to head to Jam Mountain Music on Facebook to find out more.