Jerome Laxale (Bennelong, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

And, yes, I have had an election party there, too! I'll take that interjection. We've got Ryedales Tavern in West Ryde, right opposite the station, where I know people drop in to have a beer after work and meet with their mates. We've got West Ryde Hotel. It used to be called Mary's. They do a great job. They've got a great venue out the back that community groups can hire for free at their local pub. We've got the Royal Hotel in Ryde, right in the centre near the bus stop. I know that a lot of tradies go there after work to catch up with their mates and have a cold beer. We've got the Ubar at the university. I'm way too old to go to the Ubar now. That's one that I absolutely avoid, but I'm sure they do a great business.

We've got the people at the Ranch, who do a great job supporting local sporting clubs. They've hosted a function or two of mine, bringing our community together. They do a fantastic job. The Governor recently hosted a great forum for Labor for Housing actually as well as one of the candidate forms run by the local business chamber. They provide a community service as well. North Ryde RSL do great things. They host sporting clubs up there—a lot of sporting clubs are run under the North Ryde RSL banner. You've got the Sawdust Hotel in Gladesville. The Hunters Hill Hotel is a real meeting point for the local community, and it was only a few days ago that the local community from Hunters Hill and nearby St Joseph's College met there after a really tragic event. They went to the Hunters Hill Hotel to celebrate the life of a young man who lost his life too soon. They were able to gather there and commemorate together. There is the Bayview in Gladesville. I was there the other week playing trivia and came third. It's a great local venue to connect with local communities. We've got the Woolwich Pier Hotel—a great place to have a lunch and meet with mates.

I'm going to go through each one here, so I have a few minutes left. I'm going to go through each one, and I have a few more minutes to go before the member for Hunter. We've got the Longueville Hotel, a really great establishment in the middle of Lane Cove. The Diddy hosts great trivia as well—a shout-out to Thomas Shanahan who used to run the trivia up there—and you can get a good meal. I know a lot of locals from Longueville who go up there and have a great time. Gladesville RSL have just done a big renovation and support the local gymnastics club over there. We've got the Alcott and the Deckhouse down on Woolwich Pier.

These are businesses connected to our community, and this bill is about supporting them. It is helping our local pubs and clubs—

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