Terri Butler (Griffith, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Recently I held a ceremony to congratulate the winners of the Griffith Australia Day Awards—a set of awards instituted by my predecessor, former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd MP. I was very pleased and honoured to congratulate the winners of the Griffith Australia Day Awards this year: Felipe and Sara Amorim, from the South Brisbane Futsal Club at Carina; Catherine Howieson, from the Camp Hill Monday Playgroup, which she runs on a voluntary basis; Rachel Kayrooz, who is a long-term domestic violence awareness advocate and was recently featured in some national media; Mary Maher, who was instrumental in the founding of the West End Community House, which is one of our fantastic community organisations in Griffith; Glenn Maymann, who is a Gabba icon and part of the Gabba Business Association; David Murray, a passionate advocate for preserving the character of local suburbs through his work at Kangaroo Point; Warwick Rapp, a wonderful member of the Morningside State School P&C—and, might I say, an excellent builder and cake decorator as well; and the volunteer pool at the Multicultural Development Association, which has over 250 volunteers who provide settlement support to migrants, refugees and asylum seekers. I would like to thank my committee, Steve Rowan, Penny Cutting, Erin Evans and Karen Oliver, who discharged their duties and made that excellent selection of volunteers in our community who deserved recognition.