Mr HASTIE (Canning) (13:49): Today I rise to congratulate the 20 finalists of the annual Canning Shakespeare Competition, which I held last month at the Mandurah Performing Arts Centre. The competition is an annual event I run for senior high school students interested in literature and drama. It's an opportunity for them to do something difficult in memorising a Shakespearean monologue and then performing it live in front of an audience. Importantly, it helps them engage with one of the greatest influences on the English language and our culture. It's great to see young people take a risk. Unfortunately, though, there could be only three winners this year. First place was won by Indi Thompson from Mandurah Baptist College, who performed as Phoebe from As You Like It; second place was won by Tom Crocker from Mandurah Catholic College, who performed as Benedick from Much Ado About Nothing; and third place was won by Ava Berryman from Mandurah Catholic College, who performed as Beatrice from Much Ado About Nothing. The performances were judged by three professionals from the WA artistic community: Glenda Linscott, Senior Lecturer in Acting at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts; Julia Moody, an established actress in her own right, who recently returned from teaching at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London; and Hamish White, a young emerging actor from Tasmania, who is studying at WAAPA himself. I thank them for their time and for supporting young artists in the Peel region, and I look forward to students performing again next year.