Fraser Anning (Queensland, Independent) Share this | Hansard source

I wish to express my strong support for this motion. Lady Cilento was a truly great Australian and a pioneer in women's and children's health. Perhaps more than anyone else, she richly deserves to have a children's hospital named after her. Queensland Labor's efforts to erase the name of this wonderful Queensland lady from the hospital, especially by using fake surveys and deregistering the name in advance of any purported consultation process, is an absolute scandal. Labor are only too keen to rush to name public assets in honour of has-been Labor Party hacks, like the Clem Jones Tunnel, but take exception to having the name of a real achiever and a great contributor to the lives of so many Queenslanders. The real reason Labor wants to erase the name of Lady Cilento from the children's hospital is precisely because she wasn't one of their hard-left cronies. Lady Cilento was a high-achieving woman who held traditional Christian values. For comrade Palaszczuk and her socialist sisterhood— (Time expired)