Ted O'Brien (Fairfax, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Climate Change and Energy) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

'I am Nambour.' That is the branding and the rallying call for the town of Nambour. The town of Nambour really is the gateway to the Hinterland for Australia's most important and most beautiful region: the Sunshine Coast. Every single time I am in Nambour, I am reminded why there is such pride in that town. They can boast such pride in their past but indeed their future will be greater still, and the reason is local leadership.

There are very few places in this country other than the Sunshine Coast that have local leaders that do the heavy lifting, and you see that in Nambour. I saw it only last week when I was proud to launch the streetscape project, and I will see it again at the end of this week when I attend the Sunshine Coast Agricultural Show at the Nambour Showgrounds. That's right: the Sunshine Coast Agricultural Show is back, and it is going to be better than ever. It runs from Friday to Sunday on 16, 17 and 18 June—this month—and it has it all. If you've got family and especially if you've got little kids, there is no better place.

I can't wait to leave parliament this week. I'm going back to Nambour, and I'm going to the show. See you there!