Page 2095 - Week 07 - Wednesday, 15 May 2013
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Thank you, also, Mr Barr, for highlighting the corporate volunteering area, which I had neglected to mention. It is a very important type of volunteering indeed, evidenced by many corporate groups, for instance, up at Greening Australia, joining together in the plantings.
It is interesting to reflect that not so many years ago volunteers in sport and rec, as well as volunteers in schools, would not identify themselves as volunteers as they thought that they were just parents or grandparents. Now they realise that it is not actually every parent or grandparent who is stumping up on the sports field or is at the school canteen, the library or the many other areas that have been mentioned here this afternoon.
Thanks particularly also to Mr Rattenbury for highlighting volunteering work with animals, which I neglected to recognise before. That work is extremely important. This Sunday let us not forget the Million Paws Walk. I hope to see many of you there. Remember that you do not need a dog; you can turn up without a dog.
In closing, I thank all the volunteers and the voluntary organisations who work with them. Of course, I add my congratulations to Maureen Cane and her team at Volunteering ACT. I note that at the moment Maureen is Acting CEO of Volunteering Australia as well, so she has a heavy workload and wider responsibilities.
I thank members for their support of this motion. Again, I encourage you to find a volunteer—other than me, Mr Hanson—to thank. I know you did thank your—
Mr Hanson: Easts under-7s.
MS PORTER: I beg your pardon, Mr Hanson?
Mr Hanson: Rotary I did as well. Remember?
MS PORTER: Yes, you did. You thanked your rugby team, I believe, and those who support—
Mr Hanson: And every volunteer of the year.
MS PORTER: Yes, you did. Thank you very much, Madam Speaker.
Motion agreed to.
Adjournment
Motion by Mr Barr proposed:
That the Assembly do now adjourn.
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