ADJOURNMENT

Mr VIOLI (Casey) (19:50): As the federal member for Casey, there are many highlights to my role. One of those is visiting local schools within my community to meet students and share my experience as a member of Parliament. It was a privilege to visit Birmingham Primary School recently to celebrate this year's student leaders and present them with their certificates, recognising their efforts as leaders of the school.

Congratulations to school captains Saisha and Nayak, Italian captains Kirrah and Zahra, global education captains Georgie and Hayden, STEM captains Charlie and Jeremy, visual arts captains Jessie and Lewis, performing arts captains Ruby and Jed, library captains Evie and Zac, and PE and sports captains Harper and Rhys. You're all doing a fantastic job as leaders at Birmingham Primary School.

Congratulations, and I look forward to visiting you again soon. As students near the end of their secondary journey, many are learning about the democratic processes and their responsibilities as they enter adulthood. It was wonderful to visit two local secondary schools in my community over the last few weeks: Belgrave Heights Christian School, to speak with the year 11 legal studies class, and Oxley College, to speak with and answer questions from the year 9 students after they completed their intensive election program.

They'd also visited Parliament House, so the year 11 students at Belgrave Heights had some great questions for me, including how laws are made, my role in our democracy as the representative for Casey and democracy in action. It was also enjoyable to hear from the students about their two-day trip to Canberra and what their favourite activities were, which included their visit to Parliament House, glow-in-the-dark minigolf and a trip to the High Court—from one extreme to the other.

My visit to Oxley College also highlighted how the next generation of young people are engaged and passionate about their future. I appreciated their well-thought-out questions, ranging from the first bill that I spoke on to how laws are made to a passionate interrogation on the government's recent social media ban. It was fantastic to see the year 9s so engaged with our civic system after completing the intensive 2026 election program, where they learnt the basics of government, laws, forming a party and holding an election.

We are privileged to live in a country where democracy is the foundation of our political system, and it is encouraging to see so many young people in my community engaged with the real-world issues that our country is facing. As I stand here in this House, I am grateful for my role and the trust my community has placed in me to be their representative. My community is one that comes together often to help and support each other, share a laugh and have some fun, and that was clearly present at the Big Freeze 12 at the Ville event earlier this month to raise vital funds for FightMND.

I was honoured to be asked to take on the slide at this event in tribute to all those who have fought and are still fighting the beast that is MND. As all Australians know, FightMND started due to one man's willingness to fight and never give up. That man was the great late Neale Daniher—a father, a husband, a son, a grandfather, a footballer, a coach, a leader, an inspiration and a hero, and a man who did everything he could to fight the beast.

Neale's legacy will be forever ingrained in the minds of all Australians. It was a privilege to help raise funds for this important cause, to honour him and all fighters of the beast. Thank you to Healesville Greyhounds for organising this important annual event and inviting me to join in.

Thank you to our community for your ongoing support of this important cause. On the day, $56,442 was raised. Another $96,912 was raised through the sale of MND items from the Coles within my electorate—this community.

That's $153,354 from our community all going to fight MND. Thank you, everyone.