Northland shopping centre
Nathan LAMBERT (Preston) (10:27): I would like to acknowledge the events that took place at Northland shopping centre on Sunday and in particular thank the retail workers who did such a great job of implementing the centre’s initial emergency plan, closing up shutters and supporting the customers in their stores, which of course included customers who had young children, customers who had disability, customers with language barriers, and many, many customers for whom the situation was very difficult. Of course many of those workers were up very early to clean up and to reopen for their normal shift on Monday. I would also like to thank the police officers, paramedics and emergency personnel who responded so quickly and effectively. There are investigations and reviews underway, and I suppose we do welcome the new-found interest from members of the Liberal Party in Northland. I would just encourage them to look up some of the previous issues in that part of the world that they have ignored.