I will never apologise for standing up for my community. That is why I stood for Parliament, and it is what I will do while I remain here. Last week I spoke in Parliament about project cost overruns of more than $33 million by Ku-ring-gai Council.

I congratulate three outstanding athletes and former members of Ku-ring-gai Little Athletics who have been selected to represent Australia at the 2026 World U20 Championships in Oregon this August.

I do not speak in this place about local government matters in my electorate unless they have a connection to State Government matters. The last time that I spoke about Ku-ring-gai Council in the House was November 2021, but today I raise some matters of concern.

Computer Pals for Seniors Turramurra is celebrating its twenty-fifth anniversary. What started with a small notice in The North Shore Times resulted in 30 people attending their first meeting in Turramurra Library.

Today I speak about a program called GoodSAM, which is quite literally saving lives across our State. Each year more than 9,000 people in New South Wales experience an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Every minute without CPR reduces their chance of survival by up to 10 per cent.

On the previous parliamentary sitting day, I spoke about the continued privatisation of public land within the Wahroonga electorate by the Minns Labor Government, specifically involving sites in Wahroonga and Turramurra. I speak again today because the concerns I outlined then have only been reinforced by further information that has since come to light.

Penny Lancaster has spent decades in the Wahroonga electorate contributing to the dance community by developing thousands of young dancers and teachers.

The Wahroonga electorate has a very vibrant Roman Catholic community, including many outstanding Catholic schools. I have had the pleasure to meet on many occasions the Roman Catholic Bishop responsible for my electorate, Anthony Randazzo, whom I have found from the deep conversations we have shared to be a very intelligent man.

At the last State election, the Labor Party put privatisation of public assets front and centre with a pledge that there would be no privatisations under Chris Minns as Premier. This election promise, which is being broken constantly, was accompanied by a false scare campaign that the Coalition would privatise Sydney Water.

I was very sad to hear of the recent passing of Ann O'Donovan, a long‑serving member of the Ku-ring-gai SES unit. Ann served in the SES for around 32 years in field operations, incident management and community engagement.

Recently I was kindly invited to St Ives to attend the twenty-fifth anniversary of the establishment of the Rotary Youth Driver Awareness [RYDA] program, which provides important road safety education. The program operates at different locations around New South Wales, other Australian States and New Zealand.

I frequently describe the schools in the Wahroonga electorate as educational powerhouses. I am delighted to share with the House that many of the schools in the Wahroonga electorate again performed exceptionally well in their 2025 HSC exams.

One in 20 children in Australia loses a parent or sibling before the age of 18. Coping with such a loss can be incredibly challenging, which is why organisations like A Friend's Place, formerly called the National Centre for Childhood Grief, are so important.

I recently awarded Imogen Connell a State Representative Award for her achievements at the 2025 Australian Junior Athletics Championships. Imogen competed in April in the under-13s discus and under-14s pole vault. She is not only skilled at discus and pole vault but also performs well at hammer throw, hurdles and shot-put.

I acknowledge the outstanding contributions of community organisations in my electorate of Wahroonga, with some receiving funding under the Community Building Partnership program. I wholeheartedly support initiatives that strengthen our communities and deliver real benefits to local people. This year's grants have funded a diverse range of projects that improve safety, enhance education, promote health and wellbeing, and foster inclusion in the Wahroonga electorate.

Glenn Bridgland of Turramurra recently received the 2025 Upper North Shore Senior Volunteer of the Year Award. Glenn is a volunteer pilot with Little Wings, an organisation that helps bring children from regional and rural New South Wales to major cities for specialist and life-saving medical treatment.

I celebrate our small businesses and raise an important issue for the small business community across New South Wales, including within the Wahroonga electorate. Last month was Small Business Month, which is all about celebrating and promoting our local small businesses and encouraging people to support their community by shopping at them.

A hundred years ago the world was experiencing the Roaring Twenties, when technology was much less advanced than today. Regular radio broadcasts were becoming more frequent. Cars were becoming more common, with horses and carts still dominating. World War II was still 14 years from commencing, and the Sydney Harbour Bridge had not yet been built.

A highlight of each year for me is when I host two high school leaders from each secondary school in the Wahroonga electorate for a tour and special dinner in the President's Dining Room at Parliament House here in Macquarie Street.

I recently met two inspiring young men who took part in the New South Wales Youth Parliament.

St Lucy's School was founded by the Dominican Sisters in 1938 in Homebush before moving in 1959 to Wahroonga, where it remains today.

I sadly inform the House of the recent passing of the much-loved Mrs Jo Harris, OAM. Jo was born in Killara, attended Ravenswood and went on to study design and costume at East Sydney Technical College.

Most, if not all, members of this house have spoken in their inaugural speech about the history of their local area and how it was settled and developed. It is very important to our identity to have knowledge of our local area and its history in order to pass that on to future generations.

I acknowledge the passing of, and pay tribute to, Stuart Clark, AM, AFSM—a remarkable member of our community. As will become apparent, the five minutes allotted to the delivery of a private member's statement is entirely inadequate to properly go into the detail of the many respects in which Stuart Clark contributed to our community.