I congratulate my constituents, former Knights players Paul Harragon and Bill Peden, who participated in the 12-day Borneo Coast to Coast Trek to raise funds for the Mark Hughes Foundation.

The group, comprising more than 30 participants, faced temperatures ranging from zero degrees Celsius to 45 degrees Celsius and 90 per cent humidity as they followed in the footsteps of Australian prisoners of war on the Sandakan Death March before tackling Mount Kinabalu, one of South-East Asia's highest peaks.

More than $340,000 was raised, which will go towards vital research for brain cancer, the biggest killer of children under 10 and adults under 40 in Australia. Brain cancer has unfortunately been left behind in all the advancements in medicine over the past 30 years.

Brain cancer survival rates have increased by just 1 per cent in the past 30 years. I thank Paul and Bill for raising muchneeded funds for an important cause