Speech by Reg Gulley

MEMBER FOR MURRUMBA

Hansard Thursday, 23 August 2012

THE LAKES COLLEGE FUN RUN AND FAIR; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; BATTLE OF LONG TAN, COMMEMORATION

Mr GULLEY (Murrumba—LNP) (3.15 pm): Have you ever wondered who runs fun runs? There are those of us who run in fun runs, but who are the good people who run the fun runs? I can give you a clue: they are fun guys. Being from Murrumba, which, as this House knows, is Aboriginal for ‘a good place’, I can also confirm that they are good guys, or, should I say, fun guys from a good place—fun, good guys. The Lakes College held their annual fun run and fair on Sunday, and I had fun running in their fun run but use the word ‘fun’ with tongue in cheek as I am not the runner that I used to be and confess that my 12-year-old daughter, Cassia, beat me by three minutes! So who are the fun run and fair runners? I would like to congratulate Graham Quick and Scott Johnston on a great fun run day. I also had fun listening to the school bands, conducted by Scott’s wife, Wendy Johnston, and thought her students were having fun. Reg has been on the buses in the last couple weeks—Reg Gulley, that is. A government member: Not Reg Varney? Mr GULLEY: I take that interjection—Reg Varney, On the Buses. I caught a bus on every route in my electorate and would like to say thanks to the passengers who shared with me their thoughts on what was important about their local bus service—bus run. I would like congratulate Elly Squire on a successful rock-and-roll fundraising dinner held at the Kallangur Leagues Club on 11 August. Mr Crandon: A ‘funraiser’, not a fundraiser! Mr GULLEY: It was a ‘funraiser’, correct. I know that the Make-A-Wish Foundation is grateful for her support. On an important and sombre note, last Saturday was Long Tan Day. The RSL Deception Bay sub- branch conducts an annual service on the anniversary of that battle of 18 August 1966. I attended that service as the representative of Murrumba. I would like to note the respect shown by Peter Jones, secretary/treasurer, whilst conducting that service and for his message that reminds us that 2012 marks the 50th anniversary of Australia’s involvement in that war. Lest we forget.

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