Tim Wilson (Goldstein, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Small Business) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The Goldstein medal acknowledges the incredible efforts of so many young residents in the Goldstein community who embody the values of their school, stand up and take responsibility and most importantly show leadership at a young age. We established the medal in 2016 to acknowledge young Australians in our community who stand up and take responsibility for themselves and others, but more importantly it's a pathway to recognise them and encourage them to keep going. Of course the Goldstein medal is named after the electorate's namesake, Vida Goldstein, who was a suffragist who stood up for the right of women to vote, to buy property and to enter marriages in the same terms as men.

Last year we had an incredible array of local students who got the Goldstein medal: Abby Larsen of Beaumaris North Primary School; Zoe Bond of Beaumaris Primary School; Ruth Sharma of Bentleigh West Primary School; Allie Howard from Black Rock Primary School; Rose Muirhead of Brighton Beach Primary School; Anastasia Tsikaris of Caulfield Primary School; Gabriella Perdikis from Caulfield South Primary School; Julian Tyler of Caulfield South Primary School; Frank Bokser of Gardenvale Primary School; Isla Fox of Hampton Primary School; Joanna Szeto of McKinnon Primary School; Chloe Lightfoot of Moorabbin Primary School; Lachlan Warfe at Ormond Primary School; Milla Bade of Sacred Heart Parish School; Scarlett Williams of Sandringham East Primary School; Darcy Tolmer of Sandringham Primary School; Jack Askew of Southmoor Primary School; Leona Cunningham of St Catherine's Moorabbin; Skye Pullman of St James Catholic Primary School; Freya Bradley of St Leonard's College, primary; James Lockhart of Stella Maris Catholic Primary School; Zoe Eccles of Tucker Road Bentleigh Primary School; Lily Gorvett-Page of Beaumaris Secondary College; Isabella Kyrebel of Brighton Secondary College; Mary Lazar of Firbank Grammar School, secondary; Maleesha Dharmadasa of McKinnon Secondary College; Sarina Azad of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College Bentleigh; Holly Turner of Sandringham College; Patrick Wilson of St Leonard's College, secondary; Keira Kinsella of Star of the Sea College; Richard Gomes of Haileybury college, primary; Bella Yap of Haileybury college, primary; Mona Bachmann of Kilvington Grammar School, primary; Henry Duncan of Kilvington Grammar School, secondary; and Christine Vrahnas of Cheltenham Secondary College. We got through them all, Deputy Speaker!

They're all of diverse backgrounds. They've all made an incredible contribution to our community, and, more than anything else, they have embodied the values and the ideals that sit behind the Goldstein medal—that no matter your age you can show responsibility and you can show leadership to inspire others to do good in this world. I want to say to all the recipients: congratulations on what you have done; congratulations on what you are doing and what is yet to be done.