House debates

Monday, 29 July 2019

Statements by Members

Macarthur Electorate

4:09 pm

Photo of Mike FreelanderMike Freelander (Macarthur, Australian Labor Party) Share this | | Hansard source

I rise today to express my overwhelming gratitude to the people of Macarthur for placing their faith in me to represent them in this place for a second term.

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Thank you. As I said in my maiden speech in 2016, it was very humbling to be elected by the community—a community that I know and love—to be their voice on the national stage. Three years later, the weight of this is not lost on me, and I remain as determined as ever to serve my community well. However, this would not be possible without a loyal team of supporters behind me, and I wish to take the opportunity to thank them for their assistance throughout my election campaign. My supporters were the backbone of my positive grassroots campaign, and I wouldn't be here if it were not for their efforts knocking on doors at the weekend, phoning constituents and helping out at polling booths at prepoll and on election day. If I were to name every volunteer, supporter and branch member by name, I would be here all day. Instead, I seek leave to table and record in Hansard a list of some of my supporters' names to express my gratitude for their efforts and loyalty.

I also wish to express my gratitude to my staff and my family for their unwavering support. I look forward to working with all members of the House in a productive and respectful manner throughout the term of the 46th Parliament and thank the Macarthur community once again for the opportunity to represent them.

Leave granted.

The list read as follows—

Angelo Marangou

Con Marangou

Kim McCausland

Kellie Gale

Warren Harris

Greg West

Janet Frame

Emma Cutmore

Ashleigh Fiseris

Elsa Collardo

Greg Warren

Sukur Khan

Sharon Freelander

Rosie Freelander

Adam Abdul

Salim Kabir

Anisul Afsar

Brydan Toner

Shannon Toner

Garth Toner

Todd Steele

Soliette Maree Roa

Geoff Scott

Geoff Berry

Don Voegt

Greg Brasil

Jimmy Lopez

Vince Sellars

Rajkumar Verma

Lita Smith

Jenny O'Hehir

Sukur Khan

Anne Young

Susannah Combe

Bijendar Gautaum

William Freelander

Rudi Kollcman

Payton Rae Salta

Mark Smith

Simone Warren

Darcy Warren

Lourdes Kaiser

Kathy Sullivan

Susie Sullivan

Caroline Sullivan

Ashleigh Moss

Josephine Riley

Mitch Purser

George Breticivic

Haromi Jones

Cheryl Roberts

Dwayne Roberts

Suzie Sefian

Greg McCauley

Faird Payenda

Sylwia Wisniewska

Isabella Plust

Isabella Wisniewska

Ben Gilholme

Sharif Alam

Wayne Prior

Neil Murphy

Tom Gersback

James O'Neil

Ethan Stein

Jessica Cartwright

Antonio Parragalli

Cindy Cagney

Stuart Einfield

Patrick Duffy

Annette Duffy

Nazli Hocaoglu

Chelsea Barker

Charlie Roberts

Aidan O'Rourke

Mufazzal Bhuiya

Dempsey Bloom

Margaret Chivers

Graham Chivers

Beth Michie

David/Richard Bligh

Michelle Doan

Susie Weston

Muhammad Farooq

Madison Lord

Greg O'Keefe

Masood Chowdhury

Ramesh Niperty

Raunaq Miah

Meg Oates

Ross Oates

Danelie Lockyer

Alison Poole

Rey Manoto

Anoulack Chanthivong

Michael Manoto

Mon Calvelo

Lestor Rivero

Al Munn

Peter Brennan

Andrew Mcdonald

Jenny McDonald

Manuel Rodriguez

Tony Wagner

Beth Wagner

Warren Small

Jasaman Sethi

Darren Hixon

Mohammad Fedous Omi

Robert McGill

Jannene Kyytsonen

Damien Quinnell

Thomas Huang

Jason Kirkably

Gail Smith

Cliff Smith

Edward Freelander

Sally Quinnell

Tumpa Rahman

Rheuben Freelander

Lyn Santiago

Leigh Ninham

Mark Vine

Renee Estrella

Dianne Vidalla

Dennis Allsop

Merryn Allsop

Jennifer De Sousa

Hannah Miggins

David Ibric

Darcy Lound

George Stauffer

Garry Stanshell

John Browlee

Steve Goodwin

Matt Spalding

Edward Seulig

Mick O'Neil

Tilly O'Neil

Gary Cremming

Aaron Rule

Andrew Sekhar

Naoreen Chowdhury,

Kathryn Millar

Pikes Garcia

Tanya Bova

Azam Sarder

Foaad Abduralunan

Joanne Warwick

Lisa Steele

Julian Welfare

Blake Horcika

Chris Needs

Glenn Nightingale

Ian Fulton

Rajenda Balaretnaraja

Brian Hatton

Vicki Meadows

Linda Perrett

John McLoughlin

Sanjay Bedekar

Robyn Warren

Shirine Alroufaii