Page 2428 - Week 07 - Wednesday, 2 August 2017
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yacht club. More than 130 people turned out, most of them dressed in speedos. I note that neither the minister for disability nor myself dressed in speedos for the occasion. People in politics know that photographs like that will never go away, and we wisely chose to turn out in support and to participate but not to dress in speedos. I also acknowledge my colleague Ms Lee, the shadow minister for disability, who turned up to cheer people on. I think she turned up because she thought that I might turn out in speedos, so I hope she was not too disappointed.
As I said, more than 130 people turned out, and I have had recent notification that at this stage the grand total fundraising for the event is $157,276. That is an extraordinary achievement, and I want to pay tribute to all the people who participated. Team Dunsteed, the team that my daughter and I put together, raised a reasonable amount of money, but we were dwarfed by the fundraising efforts of some of the other people involved. I pay tribute not just to the people who ran, shuffled, and hobbled on the day in very dubious outfits but also those people who decided to keep their Skins on and wear their Santa outfits over the top of them—my son and son-in-law are not included in that group—as well as the hundreds of generous Canberrans who contributed to this fantastic fundraising event with $157,000 raised.
It is no small effort and I want to pay tribute to the principal organisers: Heidi Prowse, the Chief Executive of Cystic Fibrosis ACT; Tania Minogue, the president; and the chief Santa, Andy Prowse, who gave his patronage to the event. I thank all those people who turned out on the day—and the dogs as well.
Question resolved in the affirmative.
The Assembly adjourned at 6.40 pm.
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