Wednesday, 16 October 2024
Members statements
Wellington’s Biggest Ever Blokes BBQ
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Table of contents
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Motions
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Energy policy
- Peter WALSH
- David SOUTHWICK
- Brad ROWSWELL
- David HODGETT
- Nicole WERNER
- Emma KEALY
- James NEWBURY
- Cindy McLEISH
- Sam GROTH
- Bridget VALLENCE
- James NEWBURY
- Brad BATTIN
- Danny O’BRIEN
- Michael O’BRIEN
- Matthew GUY
- Richard RIORDAN
- Jade BENHAM
- Tim BULL
- Wayne FARNHAM
- Martin CAMERON
- Tim McCURDY
- Kim O’KEEFFE
- Kim WELLS
- David SOUTHWICK
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Motions
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Energy policy
- Peter WALSH
- David SOUTHWICK
- Brad ROWSWELL
- David HODGETT
- Nicole WERNER
- Emma KEALY
- James NEWBURY
- Cindy McLEISH
- Sam GROTH
- Bridget VALLENCE
- James NEWBURY
- Brad BATTIN
- Danny O’BRIEN
- Michael O’BRIEN
- Matthew GUY
- Richard RIORDAN
- Jade BENHAM
- Tim BULL
- Wayne FARNHAM
- Martin CAMERON
- Tim McCURDY
- Kim O’KEEFFE
- Kim WELLS
- David SOUTHWICK
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Wellington’s Biggest Ever Blokes BBQ
Danny O’BRIEN (Gippsland South) (09:55): It was a big day for the fellows in Sale on Friday for the annual Wellington’s Biggest Ever Blokes BBQ. 420 blokes piled into the Sale Memorial Hall for a day of fundraising and a few frothies, all in the name of prostate cancer awareness, funding and research. The crowd was well entertained by comedian Marty Fields and former sportsmen David Rhys-Jones and Jeff Thomson and fed by Duart Homestead in Maffra. There was also a poignant moment as the crowd paid tribute to Bruce Ellen, one of the founding members of the event 10 years ago, who tragically and ironically died of prostate cancer earlier this year. It has been a pleasure to be a bit part of the organising committee, which has now raised in the order of $800,000 over nine events, helping fund a prostate cancer nurse at Central Gippsland Health and contributing to the wider fight against this disease.