Mark Boothman MP Blog - 2019 - Youth

It has been a successful working bee at the Coomera Cubs Baseball club this morning with a good group of volunteers making lite work of all the jobs that needed to be done to get the fields ready for next weekend’s 3 day baseball marathon.

Tonight almost 200 students from Gavan State School and Highland Reserve State School graduated. All your hard work over the last six years has paid off. Your next step in your educational journey will begin next year at high school. Never forget success is 99% hard work and 1% luck.  Best wishes next year!

Over 50 years of service as a teacher and 17 of those years were spent at Oxenford State School! Zan Bond has many stories to tell about her time in education. She has decided to put her feet up and enjoy her retirement but I think she will miss the students at Oxenford. She'll be back!

Last night’s speech in Parliament, I spoke about the youth crime problem throughout the State and how both Police and residents see the courts as a revolving door. Residents work hard to buy a house, a car and items, only to have items stolen, vandalised and in other cases residents are placed in dangerous situations.

Big crowds at the Coomera Soccer Club awards ceremony. Congratulations to a successful year for all the teams. Plus my little Samuel got an award, most improved player. Kicking the soccer ball around the house to his mothers dismay and sleeping with the soccer ball all paid off!