Richard Pollett Memorial
Friday, 02 December 2011 09:47
MATTERS OF PUBLIC INTEREST
01 December 2011
Pollett, Mr R
Dr FLEGG (Moggill—LNP) (3.35 pm): On 27 September this year young 25-year-old cyclist Richard Pollett was killed on Moggill Road at Chapel Hill. I met with Richard’s devastated parents, both of whom are wonderful people and senior academics at the University of Queensland. Richard was a very talented musician, achieving world acclaim as a violinist, having studied in Switzerland. His orchestra, the Australian Youth Orchestra, with which members will be familiar, and his parents are establishing the Richard Pollett Memorial Award.
Honourable members: Hear, hear!
Dr FLEGG: I take those interjections. This award will be given to a young violinist who displays outstanding personal and musical attributes. This is a wonderful opportunity for people who love the arts, love music and love the delight that the Australian Youth Orchestra has given over the years to help support a struggling young musician to follow in the footsteps of Richard Pollett. I will circulate the details of this to all the electorate offices. I would appreciate members forwarding on the details to anyone who loves and appreciates this sort of classical music.
In relation to this terrible tragedy and as we approach Christmas I appeal to people to show tolerance on our roads. All road users, whether they are cyclists, trucks, cars or local residents, have a right to be on the road. We need to be careful and mindful that not everybody uses the road for the same purpose that we are using it. This particular stretch of road, Moggill Road at Kenmore, is particularly dangerous. That is an issue for another time. I will look at the report into this tragedy to see whether road conditions played a role in it.
For more information on the Richard Pollett Memorial click here.