Anthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I want to give a shout-out to Jett Jarvis, who's 12 years old from Dalveen in Queensland in the electorate of Maranoa. He's a student at SCOTS college there at Warwick, and he came in today because he's the Squiz Kids 'PM For A Day' competition winner. There he is! He had his big hat on in my office, Mr Speaker, but it's gone. He's a delightful young man here with the Squiz Kids organisation that really promote ideas and promote education and do podcasts for young Australians. His idea for the day was that people should buy fruit in supermarkets even if it doesn't look perfect, because that way we not only help the farmers but help each other and avoid waste as well. I know bananas that aren't bent the right way sometimes are rejected. They end up at Foodbank, and they still get used. But he's a bright young boy, and I wish him all the very best.

David Littleproud (Maranoa, National Party, Shadow Minister for Agriculture) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Can I firstly thank you, Mr Speaker, for the leadership role you've taken in taking the parliament to youth of Australia and, particularly, to schools. This is testament to a legacy you'll leave as a Speaker of this parliament in making sure that young people are engaged with this parliament. So thank you to you, Mr Speaker, first. I don't think there's been enough acknowledgement of that.

To Jett and to his family: you are a credit to your family and to our part of Maranoa. Jett and his family only moved to Maranoa a couple of years ago. To be able to understand how important food is, how it's produced—how farmers produce it and all the costs that they put into it—and then, if it doesn't look perfect, that they get nothing for it when it tastes the same is a great message to come from a young man with a great future. It's great to see someone from Maranoa might make it to the top one day. Well done.

Milton Dick (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Welcome to Jett.