Mrs D’ATH (4:03 PM) —Today I talk about the Petrie Schools Summit 2010, the third annual school summit held by myself in the electorate of Petrie, that brings together students from primary and secondary schools, public and private schools across my electorate. This year the schools summit was held on 30 April 2010 at the St John Fisher College at Bracken Ridge. I thank principal Ms Maree Messer for hosting the event this year and students Jorden McMah and Jaqueline Meredith for assisting me in running the ceremonies during the day.

This year we had 115 people participate. We had 37 primary school students, 26 secondary school students, 27 principals and teachers and 25 chairpersons. I would like to acknowledge all the schools—the 26 schools—that participated this year: Aspley East State School, Aspley State School, Bounty Boulevard State School, Bracken Ridge State High School, Bracken Ridge State School, Clontarf Beach State High School, Clontarf Beach State School, Craigslea State High School, Craigslea State School, Deception Bay North State School, Deception Bay State High, Deception Bay State School, Grace Lutheran College and Grace Lutheran Primary School, Hercules Road State School, Humpybong State School, Moreton Downs State School, Mueller College, North Lakes State College, Prince of Peace Lutheran Primary School, Redcliffe State High School, Somerset Hills State School, Stafford Heights State School, St John Fisher College, St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School and St Paul’s School.

There were also amazing chairpersons: Rod Chiapello, the owner of McDonald’s Bracken Ridge; Vicky Darling, state member for Sandgate; Trent Dixon from the Redcliffe Leagues Club; Councillor Julie Greer from Moreton Bay Regional Council; Ray and Angie Gannon from Dug the Dugong; Councillor James Houghton from Moreton Bay Regional Council; Ken Leonard from Lions Redcliffe Kippa-Ring; Dr Guy Barry from the Queensland Brain Institute; Lynda Roberts from Redcliffe City News; Alan Sparks from East Coast Apprenticeships; Koliana Winchester from the local 99.7 FM radio station; Lillian van Litsenburg, state member for Redcliffe; Marcus Riley, from BallyCara retirement village; Graham Wray from Bracken Ridge Baptist Church; Jan MacIntyre, community volunteer; Kym Dwyer from CRYPAR Queensland Police Service; Maree Adshead, MobileIP; Irena Morgan from MW Training; Naomi Rayward from Moreton Bay Regional Council; Tom Streater from Aspley Hornets; Dr Boris Chern from Redcliffe Hospital; Senator Mark Furner; Dalma Bates, community volunteer; and Usha Sherwell from Deception Bay BoysTown.

These are wonderful community people who have got involved and spent an entire day chairing my working groups. This year these kids and teachers dealt with bullying, they dealt with preparing students for the future, they dealt with respect in our community and youth volunteers, they talked about work and school balance, they talked about sustainable schools, they talked about the national curriculum and technology in our schools. This is a fantastic event. I thank all of the schools and my community representatives who came along and worked together. (Time expired)