Page 2424 - Week 07 - Wednesday, 2 August 2017
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Over 70 people participated in the event, demonstrating our community’s support for the heroes who battle NF every day. This was an amazing achievement for a first-time event. I understand that the turnout in Canberra was the biggest of any of the seven cities in Australia. Participant Cameron Elliot made an extraordinary contribution, the highest amount of money raised in all of Australia. On behalf of his daughter, who suffers from NF2, he pledged to add an extra kilogram to his backpack for every $100 he raised. On the day, he carried an incredible 66 kilos on the 10-kilometre walk, raising an individual total of $6,600.
The NF Mega Hero March showed me that superheroes are real and they live among us. I was honoured to be an ambassador and to walk among those who have NF and their supporters to help raise awareness of this important disease.
HerCanberra—women’s achievements
MS LEE (Kurrajong) (6.25): Yesterday my Assembly colleague Tara Cheyne spoke in the adjournment debate about the future generation series, the 17 faces to watch in 2017 published by HerCanberra. Like Ms Cheyne, I too was honoured and humbled to be included in this list. As Ms Cheyne spoke about five of those amazing women, I thought that tonight I would acknowledge the other women in this feature, because I am sure, as members will agree, they are all inspiring our next generation of women leaders, and that can only be a great thing.
The women include Tara Boulding, who is a member of University of Canberra’s research team developing new treatments for breast cancer, including innovative therapies to improve patients’ quality of life. Hayley Teasdale, who is about to complete her PhD in Parkinson’s disease research, is pioneering a type of non-invasive brain stimulation to help sufferers regain their balance. She does this while undergoing on a regular basis her own plasma transfusion for a debilitating disease she suffers. It is little wonder that she was a finalist in the 2017 ACT Citizen of the Year and the 2017 ACT Young Woman of the Year.
Originally from the UK, Lucy Poole has had a number of influential senior positions within the Australian public service and is acknowledged for her work in creative solutions for reform and renewal of the APS, not a job for the faint-hearted. We are blessed in the ACT with talented graduates of our own education system. Charne Esterhuizen and Chelsea Lemon are just two of our great next generation of leaders. Charne is using her training through CIT to use 3D printing technology to make clothing. She has her own clothing brand MAAK and has shown at two Fashfests, as well as making an appearance on the catwalk at Vancouver Fashion Week.
Chelsea Lemon, a visual arts honours graduate from ANU, is already winning critical acclaim and industry awards for her furniture designs. Queen of the blondes Lexi Bannister is a big name in the highly competitive hairdressing industry, having worked at New York Fashion Week and on the set of former New South Wales Premier Mike Baird’s favourite reality TV show The Bachelor.
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