Community Recognition Statement

Mr ANOULACK CHANTHIVONG (Macquarie Fields) [1.29 p.m.], by leave: Give our young people an opportunity and they will demonstrate their many skills and level of dedication to make our community a better place. This was certainly the case at the recent Max Potential Youth Leadership Expo, where local students were asked to develop projects on issues that affect young people in our local area. I take this opportunity to recognise three students from Macquarie Fields High School on their successful projects.

Jackson Tallon developed a peer support project to help younger students adjust to high school, Jerard Tungcab had an idea about helping students come up with strong internet passwords to prevent their accounts from being hacked, and Dilki Senanayake offered a peer-tutoring counselling program for other students. These are all worthy projects that have positive impacts. Their parents, teachers and principal have every reason to be proud of these three talented students who are making a positive difference to other students and their local community. I am confident that these three students will have many successes in the years to come. I wish them all the best for the future.