Wednesday, 31 May 2023

James Moloney

Danny PEARSON (Essendon – Minister for Government Services, Assistant Treasurer, Minister for WorkSafe and the TAC, Minister for Consumer Affairs) (09:49): I rise to wish James Alexander Moloney a happy birthday. James would have turned 11 on 26 May, but sadly passed away from cancer on 9 April last year. I have got to know James’s father John and his uncle Richard in recent times as the family has come to terms with the traumatic loss of James. To quote the family:

James, is and always will be, our beautiful son and brother. An incredible mind with a deep knowledge of the nations of the world, monarchies and Pokémon. Funny, a loyal friend, especially to his beloved cousins, a researcher, deeply loving and so very kind. He also loved a burger with the lot.

James was a student at Essendon Primary School, and I have spent a lot of time with the family in recent times. This has just been such an incredibly difficult time for the Moloney family, but I wanted to use this opportunity because it is the first chance I have had since what would have been his birthday to wish him a happy birthday.