Russell Broadbent (McMillan, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

Leichhardt. In the early dawn, six o'clock in the morning, all of a sudden out of the trees and car parks came these young people—and I mean hundreds of them. They were on the beach very early in the morning, training to be surf lifesavers in that particular area at Palm Cove. The dedication of the parents, the children and the instructors and the encouragement that was given were absolutely incredible. It was incredible for me to be just walking and hearing the encouragement. They went for a long swim that I could not swim nowadays. They went for a run that I could not run nowadays. I watched these brilliant young people being encouraged by older people, of my age, who are still in place instructing younger people through the generations.

Our Nippers program right across Victoria, and probably the rest of Australia—do you have Nippers programs in your area?

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