Jane Prentice (Ryan, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

On 8 October I was delighted to go to the western rural section of my seat of Ryan in Brisbane, to Mt Crosby. Mt Crosby State School hosted radio station 96.5FM to one of their community breakfasts. Radio 96.5 regularly have these fabulous community breakfasts where they go out to a school and learn from the local people about the benefits of living in that area and the strengths and characteristics of that area. So it was wonderful to be there with the whole of the Mt Crosby community and the school community to welcome Robbie, Liam and Ness, the morning announcers from 96.5FM, and their 'radio dog' Romeo. There was a small hiccup; I understood Romeo to be a real dog so I took doggy treats for him. He turned out to be someone dressed in a dog outfit.

Wyatt Roy (Longman, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Did he eat them?

Jane Prentice (Ryan, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Yes, they ate them anyway. Thank you, Member for Longman.

It was a wonderful event. Various community groups hosted a barbecue; we had lots of games. Towards the end, the students formed the letters MCSS on the oval, and the Channel 7 helicopter came and filmed them for that night's news with Bill McDonald.

Tragically, Mt Crosby State School was one of those schools that did not get the benefit that they should have from the BER funding. They still only have a concrete slab with two walls; they do not have a hall and other facilities like others do. But I am sure the community will rally and achieve that in the not-too-distant future.