Hollie Hughes (NSW, Liberal Party, Shadow Assistant Minister for Mental Health and Suicide Prevention) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I'd like to acknowledge today the work done by Global Care in Wyoming, in my patron seat of Dobell, on the New South Wales Central Coast. They are providing affordable groceries to families in need. This year I visited Global Care with the Liberal candidate for Dobell, Brendan Small. Families are able to pick out products laid out similar to a supermarket, allowing them to choose their own items rather than being told what they will get in a hamper. This provides dignity to the working poor who have been forced to use a service like this. A young mum came in whilst we were there, after feeding her family on vegemite sandwiches for over two weeks. She was in tears after spending just $15 and getting enough food to feed her family for nearly two weeks, including chicken and mince.

Due to the current cost-of-living crisis, this organisation has gone from servicing around 200 families to now over 2,200 families in need. Operated by Rachael and Marcus McDonnell, Global Care Wyoming has served the coast for eight years. I'd like to thank them and their team of volunteers for their tireless service to the community, supporting the Central Coast community in one of the most challenging environments in which sustain a family that this country has seen in many, many decades.