Ms OWENS (Parramatta) (13:39): As a member of parliament I receive invitations to some great community events. I can't get to them all, but there's one next week on 26 September that I'm particularly sad to miss. That's the fingerspelling bee at the Royal Institute for Death and Blind Children. I'm a huge fan and supporter of the institute, even though the latest redistribution moved my border across the road from them. So I'm across the road now, but I've been following them for many years. They do amazing things for deaf and blind children and I'm proud to have worked with them over the years. The Auslan Fingerspelling Bee campaign has only recently been launched, and hopefully this event will be the first of many around Australia. As a campaign, it has two objectives: firstly, to promote inclusivity through the teaching and learning of Auslan and, secondly, to help raise awareness and vital funds for children with hearing loss. For those who don't know, the fingerspelling alphabet—which is quite fun; google it if you don't know it—is used in sign language to spell out names of people and places for which there is not a sign. The bee is something I'd very much like to attend, but unfortunately I cannot. I would like to wish all the students participating in the bee the best of luck, and I commend the institute for their work and advocacy on behalf of our deaf and blind community. If you're watching this speech out there on social media, there will be a link in the description to where you can donate to this wonderful organisation. Now I will ask members of parliament to spell the word 'parliament' in fingerspelling, if they can—I'm not sure we can. Go!