Garth Hamilton (Groom, Liberal National Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I want to speak to a couple of issues that are of importance to my region. Firstly, Kim Sutton is a wonderful advocate for aged care in our community. What drives her is that she doesn't want anyone to go through what her father went through in his last days—he passed in excruciating pain at a local aged-care facility. I've spoken about John many times. He was a firefighter, he was 86 years old, and I want him to be remembered for the great life he lived. Kim is fighting for his legacy. It's a promise I made to Kim that I would never politicise this issue, and I'm so pleased to say I'm grateful to Minister Sam Rae for agreeing to meet with Kim. I think it's excellent to see a minister reaching out and trying to do the right thing, regardless of where someone comes from, and I congratulate him on that.

Momentum Mental Health is a wonderful provider of mental health services in our community. They've been doing so for decades now. They are the absolute leaders in mental health in the Toowoomba region. Recently, we saw a change in funding mechanisms provided by the local PHN, which means that Momentum are facing that really difficult decision of who they can keep on and what services they can continue to provide to our community. Again, I want to thank Minister McBride for agreeing to meet with Momentum Mental Health, hear out their story and, hopefully, find a way to keep them providing the services that my community absolutely need. There's a time and a place for us working together, and I'm so happy that both these ministers are meeting their obligations. Thank you.