Ted O'Brien (Fairfax, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

The show is go. I'm referring of course to the Sunshine Coast Agricultural Show, which is all go this year. From Friday 11 to Sunday 13 June the Sunshine Coast Agricultural Show is back and it will be open. This show, like so many across the country, did not go ahead last year. It too, was a victim of COVID-19. When you're from a regional area in Australia you appreciate the importance of these local shows. Tens of thousands of people will be lining up to get their fix of the Sunny Coast agricultural show in less than two weeks from now. This is about far more than just farmers vying for bragging rights about their produce or animals, or the home chef having the bake-off, or the kids with that fistful of show bags. This is as much about the community. It's about civil society. It's about providing that opportunity for community leaders and everyday residents to again come together, and to do so in an area and for an event that is full of pride. Those showgrounds in Nambour, and that broader district of Nambour, are what it's all about. I'll see you there, Deputy Chair. I'm sure I'll be seeing everybody here at the Sunshine Coast Agricultural Show from 11 to 13 of June. See you then.

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