Thursday, 14 November 2024

 Tom McINTOSH (Eastern Victoria) (10:25): I rise to inform the house that I attended Mornington Secondary College Remembrance Day on 11 November. It was an incredible day. I am fortunate to have been able to attend a number of their services in recent years. Linda Stanton gave heartfelt stories from the front lines of World War I, and of course as usual the students did an incredible job, with student leaders leading a number of the speeches that occurred on the day and in the service. The Victoria Police Pipe Band were there, along with the Mornington Secondary drum corps. Altogether it is always an incredible event, and a lot of locals from Rotary, from Lions, various businesses and community groups and representatives from the RSL were there. It is an incredible thing they do. On the avenue of honour, in the second part of the events that Mornington Secondary hold, lone pine trees were planted with the names engraved of locals who lost their lives in wars gone by. It is an incredible event, one that I think absolutely stands out from the crowd of what schools, students, teachers and staff are doing to recognise Remembrance Day and Anzac Day.