Staff and families of the Educational Child Care Centre, and a special acknowledgement of Veronica Chatwin who was described in my notes as the old principal who started the process – although I am sure they meant to say former principal.
May I also acknowledge my friend Abby Savage as I expect I wouldn't have been here today – after two weeks of hearings on the city's Long Term Plan – if it were not for her. We go back a long way.