Speeches

HON ALISON XAMON (North Metropolitan) [9.52 pm]: I rise to say a few words in acknowledgement of the school strike that occurred last Friday. I came along to Parliament House and there were several hundred students here. They joined thousands and thousands of schoolkids across the nation who went on strike to demand action on climate change. I have to say that I thoroughly enjoyed myself. The energy, enthusiasm and commitment of these children and young people was absolutely fantastic to see. I am going to remind members that these people are the leaders of tomorrow.

HON ALISON XAMON (North Metropolitan) [6.15 pm]: I want to speak tonight because we have limited opportunities before we end up rising for the year. I want to talk about the issue of engineering registration. The timeliness of this issue for me is that last night I attended the Association of Professional Engineers Australia division annual general meeting, where I was fortunate enough to be invited to speak on a panel about the need for a mandatory registration scheme for engineers. It is a position that the Greens have been very supportive of, and quite publicly so.