Honouring Excellence in Hughes
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Date: 24 June 2024
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Ms WARE (Hughes): I'm so proud to have so many outstanding and talented individuals living in the Hughes electorate. Today I recognise two of those who received King's Birthday honours in this year's list. The first is Fiona Shewring OAM from Maianbar, who was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia for services to the building and construction industry. Fiona started out as a painter and decorator. She has been a trades teacher and started the not-for-profit organisation SALT, Supporting And Linking Tradeswomen, working to change the status quo for working tradeswomen and to encourage girls and women to consider a career in trades. Fiona has toured the country running workshops to teach young women basic tools trades, and she's known as 'the female tradie'. I'm looking forward to the day when she is simply known as 'a tradie' and not necessarily with 'female' in front of it.
Next, Dr Jodie Ward PSM of Heathcote, who was awarded the Public Service Medal for outstanding public service in advancing forensic human identification capabilities in Australia. Dr Ward devised, published and promoted international best practice recommendations for establishing a national forensic identification program. This program laid the foundations for the AFP's National DNA Program for Unidentified and Missing Persons. Through her work, Dr Ward investigates and validates novel forensic techniques to identify skeletonised human remains. Both of these women are very well congratulated and recognised.