Matt Keogh (Burt, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Defence Industry) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

[by video link] After a hiatus for COVID-19 in 2020, the Kelmscott show was back this month. I was down there on Friday night and Saturday with my family, Team Keogh and thousands of others. We had a fantastic couple of days on rides and checking out displays, sheep shearing and local community stalls as well as having lots of chats. The Kelmscott show is an institution. Kicking off in 1897, it's even older than the Perth Royal Show. I've been to nearly every show every year of my life, and it's always a family affair. This year was no different, with three generations of Keoghs joining in the festivities—my son having to share this show and my parents with his new baby brother and cousin for the first time. I also want to say a very special congratulations to my mum, who won the best marmalade in show. To all the volunteers, especially the Kelmscott Agricultural Society members, who made the show as fantastic as ever: well done, and thank you for all of your hard work.

I want to take this opportunity, though, to acknowledge a giant of the Western Australian media landscape, ABC Perth's Russell Woolf, who tragically passed away on Monday night. I was fortunate enough to have met Rusty, and he was very gracious with my young son's curiosity about his beard. Russell Woolf regaled us from regional WA and Perth and even entered our living rooms with crosses from Minneapolis. He was generous, entertaining and eminently lovable. Our prayers go out to his family, friends and ABC colleagues. Vale, Russell.