Friday 11 December, 2017
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PAGE 30 LUNCH A LOT: Geelong Coast Kids’ Angie Hilton enlists kids Scarlett and Sonny to sample the wares of social media lunchbox king George Georgievski, pictured with children Kiara and Anela. Angie’s interview with George is in the latest edition of Geelong Coast Kids, available now at hundreds of pick-up points around the region. (Loisa Jones) 175661
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Hendo’s teary tribute to gay mate as MPs bring in SSM
This one’s for you, JP
By Luke Voogt A local MP gave a tearful tribute to her close gay friend as Federal Parliament prepared for the final vote on same-sex marriage this week. Corangamite MP Sarah Henderson cried as she remembered one of her final conversations with John Parker before he died months ago. “He just said to me, ‘Hendo, just bloody well get on with it, okay’,” she told Parliament on Wednesday. “And I say to JP, my dear beloved friend who I miss so dearly, ‘JP, that is what we are doing’.” Parliament was set for a final vote on the Federal Government’s same-sex marriage bill as the Indy went to press yesterday. Continued page 4.
John ‘JP’ Parker
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