Mr GOSLING (Solomon) (13:46): At the Nightcliff Seabreeze Festival over a week ago, I was delighted to speak to a local poet Ynes Sanz. Ynes writes free verse, haibun and haiku, short stories and children's books. Her publications include The Pity: Unheard Voices from the Great War. Ynes gifted a copy of that to me. Part of that book of poetry is The Unknown Mother, which I will now read. I raised my son well, taught him to honour his country in respect his elders. Now he studies the Laws of War. Let him quickly learn their artful distinctions: to kill combatant is honourable, to kill a civilian, criminal, to kill 'treacherously' will bring him certain death by hanging. Let him grasp that to lay waste a man's farmlands is a necessity of war, but to steal his possessions is a punishable crime. When he left, he was just a soft boy, and now he can kill on command with bullet or bayonet. When he comes back, if he does come back, will I recognise this stranger-son? At the first glimpse of that lad they stole from me, I will reach out my arms and clasp his poor, bloodied, hands in mine. It is a powerful piece of poetry from a local artist in Darwin that reminds us not only of the sacrifice of our serving people but of their families as well.