MARGARET WOOD, OAM

Ms JENNY AITCHISON (Maitland—Minister for Regional Transport and Roads) (19:45): I congratulate Maitland's Margaret Wood, who received an OAM in the recent King's Birthday honours for her services to swimming. Margaret has taught generations of Maitland children how to swim over her 67‑year tenure as a swimming instructor. She has been a member of Maitland Swimming Club since she was 12 years old and is the current vice‑president of the club. She has been an accredited Learn to Swim instructor since 1956, an accredited swim coach—bronze level—since 1994 and is, of course, a life member. Through swimming she has made lots of friends, even meeting her husband, Trevor, who is also a swim teacher, at the club. In 2020 her name was placed on the Hidden Treasures Honour Roll by the Rural Women's Network. She has also previously volunteered at Fingal Beach Surf Life Saving Club, Coalfields United Amateur Swimming Club and Tenambit junior rugby league football club. After teaching hundreds—if not thousands—of children how to swim, she says the most rewarding part of volunteering as a Learn to Swim instructor is the knowledge that the skill may have saved someone's life. Congratulations, Margaret, and thank you for your help.