Mr GEOFF CORRIGAN (Camden) [5.27 p.m.]: It was my great pleasure to attend and be guest speaker of the annual general meeting of the Carrington Computer Club for Seniors on 12 October 2009 at the Carrington Recreation Hall. Carrington Retirement Village is part of the outstanding Carrington Centennial Care, which has on the site a retirement village, assisted living, hostel care, a nursing home, community care services, carer's respite service and recreation facilities. In my opinion Carrington is not only the premier operation of its type in Macarthur but a leading facility in Australia. Full details of Carrington can be found at carringtoncare.com.au.

I could take all of my time and talk about Carrington but I want also to focus on the Carrington Computer Club for Seniors formed by the residents of Carrington. When I arrived for the meeting I was met by Rollo Doust, the promotions coordinator, and was then happy to meet president Frank Shuttleworth and the new secretary, Anne Bartyn. Anne had only just been convinced to do the job—we all know how hard it is to be secretary of any organisation and I particularly congratulate Anne. I was the last speaker on the agenda and I was impressed by the smooth running of the meeting, which got through items very quickly.

At the meeting I was happy to see the excellent state of the club's finances, which, from memory, aggregated about $28,000 for the upgrade of computer equipment and software. Treasurer Les Langston suggested I not get too carried away about the $28,000, because he planned to approach the State Government for additional funds. I told him that, as always, we would be happy to look at any request from the Carrington Computer Club for Seniors. The club has a membership of 301, and there was a large turnout at the meeting. The minutes of the general meeting held on 7 September 2009, under the heading "Training Co-Ordinator's Report", give a rundown of the courses offered. They state:

In August, two Introduction to Computer Courses, an Internet Course and a Digital Photography Course were completed and replaced by a Spreadsheet, Greeting Cards and two Digital Photography Courses. On 2^nd September a Word Processing Course commenced and a second Word Course is due to commence later in the month. Julie thanked the helpers and trainers for their assistance.

Julie is the training coordinator. The hardworking committee that was appointed at the annual general meeting on 12 October 2009 comprises: the President, Frank Shuttleworth; the Vice-President, Phil Dale; the Treasurer, Les Langston; the Secretary, Anne Bartyn; the Training Coordinator, Julie Holder; the Technical Officer, Jim Cook; the Publicity Officer, Rollo Doust; the Assistant to the committee, Eric Dixon; and the Purchasing Officer, Mary Dale. The club does a fantastic job in keeping seniors up to date with the digital age and its training courses are excellent. It was only two weeks ago that I attended a function in Parliament House about the challenge of an ageing society. One of the key points was to make sure you keep your brain active. The Carrington Computer Club for Seniors certainly does that—there are a lot of active brains attending its functions.

As I told the club's members, I always look forward to getting my copy of "The Dialog Box". Previously I received it in hard copy, but now it arrives electronically. It is an informative publication, and also good reading. Tonight I pay particular tribute to Les Langston, the current treasurer. Les will modestly say otherwise, but he did all the heavy lifting in the early years to get the Carrington Computer Club for Seniors off the ground. He managed to obtain grants from all levels of government, as well as members' fees to enable that wonderful club to be established. Les has given 10 years of his life and worked hard to get the club up and running. Despite having a couple of years off, he is still there and still enjoys going to all its functions.

I congratulate Les, who is still a very active member of the club. I know that Ministers who have visited the facility have always been impressed by his ability to lobby them for funding. I congratulate the Carrington Computer Club for Seniors. It does a fantastic job. I pay tribute to its committee and all the members. I thank them for the welcome they gave me, the attention they paid to my address, and the grilling I got in question time. It was one of the hardest I have attended, with the most thoughtful questions I have ever experienced.