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

In 1982, 'Eye of the Tiger' was the No. 1 song in Australia, Malcolm Fraser was Prime Minister, and the average cost of a cinema ticket was $5. It was also the year that George Town Medical Centre GP Dr Tim Mooney AM began working at the practice. Born and raised in the town, Dr Mooney graduated from the University of Tasmania in 1979 before returning to his home town. With a commitment to both his practice and the community, Dr Mooney has been heavily involved with the Australian College of General Practitioners and the Royal Flying Doctor Service and was a founding member of the Rural Doctors Association of Tasmania. In 2017, his decades of dedication were aptly recognised when he was made a Member of the Order of Australia 'for significant service to medicine through a range of multiple practice roles, to doctors in rural and remote areas, and to the community'.

Luckily for us George Town locals, Dr Mooney has instilled his love for his community and rural medicine in his daughter Dr Caroline Mooney, who is now a principal in the practice, which he describes as a highlight of his 40-year career:

For me personally, being able to provide a service for the community for this amount of time and raise my family here to the extent that one of my daughters is now a doctor and a partner in the practice, that's very gratifying.

Dr Mooney, you are beloved by so many in our local community, and from the bottom of my heart I want to say thank you. I'm personally thrilled to hear that you have no intention of retiring soon.