Garth Hamilton (Groom, Liberal National Party, Shadow Assistant Minister for Energy Security and Affordability) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

It's show season on the Darling Downs. Last weekend, I went to the Oakey Show. I want to thank Judy Byers and all her team for the great show they put on. There is nothing bigger at the Oakey Show than the supreme grand champion bull. This year, Mr Jasper took it out. He's taken out titles in Pittsworth, Cooyar and Allora—a massive, massive beast. I haven't seen that much bull since the last election! He is a huge, big thing.

But my favourite event of the show season, of course, is the emerging leaders breakfast at the Toowoomba show. This is a breakfast the subchamber put on with President Lyndall Neal, Secretary Lorraine Crothers and Treasurer Adele Saville. They put it on so that the showgirls and rural ambassadors get some great experience in leadership by standing up and talking to people leading their communities. It's one of the best things on the show circuit because you get to watch the next generation of regional leaders come through. The showgirl circuit's been doing a wonderful thing in my region for a long time. It's an important part of our local communities, and it's a great way for young people to get the opportunity to speak out and to learn.

The Toowoomba heritage show has been going for 165 years. It's the oldest event of its type. This is a great event. I want to thank everyone who's involved in it. I want to thank the community who gets behind it. Every year, we get people from right across the region turning up and supporting this great community event. It's one of the best things in Toowoomba.