Zoe Daniel (Goldstein, Independent) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Two years ago, Flynn Megahan delivered his own 90-second statement. Flynn identified a need in our community for a safer pedestrian crossing on Thomas Street, around the corner from my electorate office. Flynn's speech won the 2021 Victorian Parliament Prize, but it is our local community that today has a safe pedestrian crossing because of his advocacy.

The 2023 Bayside Youth Awards honoured Flynn, as well as Tommy Zhou, Marianne Huebel, Ben Adler and Milla Besanko. Tom is a budding journalist and is the editor-in-chief of the KidSpirit magazine. Three years ago, Tommy moved to my electorate from Shanghai, and Goldstein is lucky to have him. Marianne collects, cleans and resells outgrown toys to reduce landfill. I'm inspired by Marianne, whose projects are innovative and sustainable. Ben is a school-aged entrepreneur whose small business is helping households improve their access to emergency services by painting house numbers on the curb. Milla organises monthly clean-ups, collecting, weighing and counting litter. I attended Milla's Clean Up Australia Day event where she oversaw 30kg of rubbish collected from Brighton Beach.

This is a group of outstanding young people who are the change they want to see. They make Goldstein better, and I'm very proud to represent them in this House.