Claire Clutterham (Sturt, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

At Highbury Primary School, in the north-eastern part of my electorate of Sturt, the students care deeply about honouring our Defence Force personnel—those who serve and those who have served our country, particularly those who made the ultimate sacrifice and lost their lives in battle. Under the leadership of Principal Belinda Smith, the commitment of the student body to honouring our veterans is apparent not just on Anzac Day or Remembrance Day but every day because their school houses are named after soldiers who grew up in the Highbury area and who signed up to serve our country.

When I recently visited Highbury Primary School to present them with pristine, new Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags for them to fly on Remembrance Day, year 3 students Ariana and Connor and year 6 students Johnathan and Dario gave me a tour of the school, showed me the flagpoles and spoke to me about why their school houses are named the way that they are. Foggo, Elliot, Smart, Tolley—four young men, not significantly older than the students who attend Highbury Primary School now, whose acts of bravery and stories are being remembered and celebrated by the students and whose lives and sacrifice are a continual reminder to the students of how to live the school values of persistence, resilience, respect and responsibility. I congratulate and thank the students for acknowledging and remembering the service of these four local veterans.

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