Tuesday, 18 March 2025

 Paul MERCURIO (Hastings) (13:15): A big congratulations to the under-18 girls team from Somerville Cricket Club for winning their premiership.

I would like to thank the Parliamentary Secretary for Education for visiting Langwarrin Primary School with me to talk to parents about the school saving bonus and also to appear on the students’ first podcast for the year. The title of the podcast is You Don’t Put Tomato Sauce on Your Dimmies. I have tried it, and the answer is: definitely not.

I had a very busy and fun long weekend. On Saturday I was the head judge for the Golden Sausage competition for the awesome Red Hill show. On Sunday I popped into the Pink Stumps fundraiser event for Baxter Cricket Club and later that day popped over to Somerville to watch the Somerville Cricket Club women’s finals. It was a great match, but unfortunately they just missed out on the trophy. Monday was the fabulous Somerville Family Day, where I spent half an hour in the dunking machine helping to raise money for the Somerville Football Netball Club. I note that the first three people to pay money to try to dunk me were my staff. I would like to congratulate family day organisers Cally, Krissy, Leah, Anna and Leanne on their 10th family day event. I note that none of the events over the long weekend could have happened without all of the fabulous people that volunteer their time to the community, and I thank them.

Last Thursday was Thank Your Pharmacist Day, and I got around to all 15 pharmacies in my electorate with a box of locally made treats as a thankyou for all the great work they do for us in the community.