Ros SPENCE (Kalkallo – Minister for Agriculture, Minister for Community Sport, Minister for Carers and Volunteers) (13:01): Congratulations to Craigieburn local Lucas Mamonitis for taking home the silver medal in taekwondo at the KPNP Malaysian international championships, where he was representing Australia. Lucas was up against 20 other competitors in the 37-to-41-kilogram, 12-to-14-year-old cadet division, where he won in the first round before taking on Thailand and Malaysia’s national champions in the second and third rounds, only narrowly missing out on the gold medal. These championships are huge, with over 2500 athletes competing from over 40 countries, so just making it to the championships is a huge achievement. Our community is proud of Lucas’s efforts and cannot wait to see what he achieves next.

There have been many more recent sporting achievements in my electorate, with several Wallan Secondary students attending the northern metropolitan secondary track and field finals last week. Congratulations to Levi Tolevski, who came first in the 3-kilometre event in his age group, and Hayley Waddell for her second javelin. Cooper Nunn had an outstanding day, coming first in triple jump, hurdles and long jump and second in high jump, while Zac Nunn came home with first in discus and hurdles, second in javelin and high jump and third in long jump.

Finally, congratulations to the Hume Anglican Grammar senior mixed hockey team, who once again triumphed as state champions, with a terrific 4–0 win against Notre Dame College for their third straight victory in the School Sport Victoria state championships. Well done to all our local sports champions and to everyone who participated. Go well in your future sporting endeavours.