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The Hon. JENNIFER GARDINER [4.01 p.m.]: The Carr Labor Government is insisting upon its decision to increase poker machine taxes, and this policy will have a major impact upon the life of people in the Tweed Valley—
The Hon. Jan Burnswoods: Point of order: The member, in speaking on the issue of clubs and taxes, is reflecting on a vote of this House. Those matters were part of the appropriation bills passed by this Chamber at the end of the last session. As we know, those bills were passed on the unanimous vote of both Houses of this Parliament, and therefore it is not in order for the honourable member, in attacking the Carr Government, to reflect on decisions of this and the other House.
The Hon. JENNIFER GARDINER: To the point of order: I am speaking about the Tweed Heads Bowling Club and the many contributions it has made to the Tweed Valley community and lower part of the Gold Coast from revenue generated by poker machine tax.
The DEPUTY-PRESIDENT (The Hon. Kayee Griffin): Order! No member shall reflect upon any vote of the House except for the purpose of moving that such vote be rescinded. Does the honourable member want to speak about issues concerning a particular club?
The Hon. JENNIFER GARDINER: Yes, Madam Deputy-President.
The DEPUTY-PRESIDENT (The Hon. Kayee Griffin): Order! The honourable member may proceed bearing in mind Standing Order 78, which relates to reflections upon votes of the House.
The Hon. JENNIFER GARDINER: I draw the attention of the House to the many contributions to community life by the Tweed Heads Bowling Club through donations to many community organisations such as the Air Sea Rescue and the Anglican Church School, which has received over $50,000 from the Tweed Heads Bowling Club in the last 20 or so years. Other major recipients of donations include the Bilambil Rural Fire Brigade, the Blue Nursing Service, the Coolangatta Ambulance, the Coolangatta Bowls Club, the Coolangatta Special School, the Coolangatta Tweed Heads Air Sea Rescue, Cystic Fibrosis, the Gold Coast Hospital, the Kingscliff Volunteer Rescue, the surf lifesaving clubs at Greenmount and Kirra, Life Education, the Murwillumbah Blood Bank, the National Heart Foundation, the New South Wales Police—Tweed Heads Safety and Crime Prevention, Point Danger Girl Guides, the Salvation Army Red Shield and Senior Citizens Week.
The South Tweed Junior Rugby League Club has received more than $90,000 in donations from the Tweed Heads Bowling Club. Major donations have been made also to Sporting Wheelies, St Josephs Hostel, St Vincent De Paul, the training ship Vampire, the Tweed Games, the Tweed and Coolangatta surf lifesaving clubs, the Tweed Heads and Ambulance Service, and Tweed Heads Community Health. The Tweed Heads District Hospital has received more than $550,000 in donations from the Tweed Heads Bowling Club. Other organisations in receipt of donations include the Tweed Heads District Hospital Auxiliary, the Tweed Heads junior and senior soccer, Tweed Heads Primary School, Tweed Heads Police Service Crime Prevention Unit, Tweed Shire Vacation Care, the Tweed Banana Festival, Twin Towns Hockey, Twin Towns Little Athletics, Twin Towns Playgroup, Twin Towns Police Community Youth Club, United Hospital Auxiliaries of New South Wales, and the Point Danger Volunteer Marine Rescue.
Further recipients include the 1st Chinderah Scout Group, the Lakeside Christian Centre, the Arthritis Foundation of New South Wales, the Australian Red Cross at Piggabeen/Cobaki, Banora Point Netball Club, Banora Point Primary School, Banora Point Public School Parents and Citizens Association, Bilambil Community Preschool, Bilambil Junior Jets Rugby League Football Club, Bilambil Rural Bush Fire Brigade, Border South Bodyboard Club, Cabarita Longboarders, Camp Quality in south Queensland, Care for Kids in the Royal Brisbane Children's Hospital, CareFlight, the Carool Primary School Parents and Citizens Association, Carool Public School, Centaur Primary School, Children's Cancer Institute of Australia, and Chillingham and Tyalgum Community Preschool. I look forward to the opportunity of continuing to provide information to the House of the extraordinary the list of donations made by the Tweed Heads Bowling Club to the Tweed Community.
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