Andrew Willcox (Dawson, Liberal National Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Trudy Crowley was a warrior. Having been diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2016, she was appalled to discover the lack of support and information available to patients. She found this totally unacceptable and completely outrageous. This was the drive behind her strong advocacy and her determination to make it less painful for those on the same journey. Trudy brought the fight to the halls of Parliament House, and it's because of her that today the pain is a little less for those suffering from this horrific disease. Her mantra was: 'Ovarian cancer may be a silent killer, but I'm not going to be silent about it.'

Sadly, in 2018 the world lost our warrior Trudy. But her legacy lives on within the Trudy Crowley Foundation. Last week Trudy's angels, as we like to call them, held their fifth annual soiree in Mackay. Every year this event just gets bigger and better, and it brings together happiness within the whole community. I would like to pay a special mention to the board—Pauline Townsend, Jacquie Camilleri, Luke Phillips, Damian Crowley, Sonia Crowley and Aggie Murphy—and Trudy's son Levi. To the volunteers, thank you so much for your time and effort, and well done to everyone who was part of the soiree for making this year's a huge success.