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House of RepresentativesMonday 12 October 2026

DISTINGUISHED VISITORS

The SPEAKER (14:33): I'm pleased to inform the House that present in the gallery today is a delegation of senior Vietnam government officials visiting Parliament House as part of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade's Canberra Fellowships Program. Also in the gallery today is a delegation from the Armenian National Committee of Australia's Youth Advocates program.

This two-day program brings together a cohort of emerging Armenian Australian leaders who are gaining hands-on experience of Australia's federal political system as guests of the member for Berowra. Matilda Wilson and her mum, Ange, who is her carer, are also in the gallery. They're here for the Parliamentary Friends of Cerebral Palsy launch at Australian Parliament House, with the co-chair, Dr Freelander, the member for Macarthur.

Tilly is an 18-year-old disability advocate, content creator, public speaker and skateboarder extraordinaire who is showing what people with cerebral palsy can do. She's from the Gold Coast and she's the guest of one of the co-chairs, the member for Moncrieff. Welcome to Matilda.

Honourable members: Hear, hear!

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