Page 2527 - Week 08 - Wednesday, 13 August 2014
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Greg spoke with such love and tenderness of a woman who had endured so much through her treatment and who was taken from him too soon. Maddie stepping up at such a difficult time and spoke of her love for Moira and how proud she was of her mum. Moira’s dad John gave a heartfelt speech from him and Mary, from parents who had loved this girl for 41 years and will miss her forever. Sorry, members.
Moira Lye was a wonderful person. She was generous, loving and gentle. Her warmth and generous spirit attracted people to her and this was never more clearly displayed than by the crowds who gathered to celebrate her life last month. I feel honoured and privileged to have met and worked with Moira. I am lucky to have known her.
To Moira’s family, to John, Mary, Greg, Maddie, Zach, Harry, Seb and Oliver, who join us here tonight, we cannot take away your loss or the pain you feel but we can stand with you to honour, respect, celebrate and remember Moira and I hope that this offers you some comfort at this time.
MR HANSON (Molonglo—Leader of the Opposition), by leave: Firstly, Chief Minister, I would like to commend you for the brief statement you have made today. Your words were beautiful and I am sure that Moira, listening, would be inspired by them and humbled by what you have just said.
To John and Mary and Zach who are here today, I say welcome. It is good to see you here and I hope, as the Chief Minister said, that these words do give you some comfort and certainly, if you do not know already, add to the knowledge that she has left a tremendous legacy.
She is so respected by many in our community across all walks of life but in particular those who have been touched by her personally—and sometimes directly as she took money from us in one form or another. I know that the Chief Minister and I have both been at Wellness Foundation dinners or Canberra Hospital Foundation events where we have been encouraged to dig into our pockets.
I think it was a Beatles disc that you bid on at a function, Chief Minister, or David did, and I took home the Eric Clapton signed guitar, which hangs proudly in my office. There are several thousand dollars of memory of Moira there for me to enjoy.
She has done a magnificent job. As the Chief Minister outlined, the individual initiative to take fundraising from $90,000 to $1.6 million is just extraordinary and that is money now that has gone to the hospital. It is not only saving lives but providing great comfort to people who are going through their sickness, their cancer journeys and other illnesses at the Canberra Hospital. To all of the family, I join with the Chief Minister in offering my condolences and my admiration for this magnificent woman.
MR CORBELL (Molonglo—Attorney-General, Minister for Police and Emergency Services, Minister for Workplace Safety and Industrial Relations and Minister for the Environment and Sustainable Development), by leave: Madam Speaker, I simply rise to commend the Chief Minister for making this statement this evening and to add my
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