Senate debates

Wednesday, 18 September 2019

Motions

Drane, Mr Adrian

3:36 pm

Photo of Jacqui LambieJacqui Lambie (Tasmania, Jacqui Lambie Network) | Hansard source

Adrian Drane passed away peacefully on 16 September 2019. Adrian was until recently the principal of Marist Regional College in Burnie, where he was a respected and loved contributor to his local community. Adrian's contribution extended well beyond the schoolyard. He took it on himself to help Tasmania's homeless, victims of bushfires and even those who experienced some of the unimaginable abuse uncovered by the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. Adrian displayed every quality you could hope for in a leader of the next generations of young Australians. The fact that Adrian Drane is irreplaceable is all the more a shame because the world could do with a few more of him. On behalf of the Senate I offer my condolence to his wife and best friend, Sue; to his children, Mitchell and Zoe; to his broader family; and to the Marist community. He was one of the good ones.

Question agreed to.

Comments

No comments