Sandra Macneil OAM
Vicki WARD (Eltham – Minister for Prevention of Family Violence, Minister for Employment) (10:01): I congratulate a deeply respected and hardworking member of our community Sandra Macneil – who I know the member for Bundoora, who was just here, and the member for Ivanhoe have great respect for – on receiving an OAM in the King’s Birthday honours, which she recently celebrated at Government House. This honour is so very well deserved, as Sandra has devoted decades to supporting and working for our community. Sandra has been the president of eight community groups and many more committees over 40 years of service. This includes 35 years in local basketball, for which she received a Basketball Victoria gold award. Sandra has been an executive member of Diamond Valley Learning Centre for 10 years and participated in establishing a community garden in Macleod with the Sustainable Macleod organisation, of which she remains an integral member. She achieved all of this while raising three sons, going through university and working full time. Sandra deserves her Order of Australia Medal for all her contributions to the community. Congratulations, Sandra. We are so lucky to have you in our community.