Mr REPACHOLI (Hunter) (13:40) 

We all know the Hunter is full of legends, but, recently, the biggest legends of them all were crowned. I was lucky enough to attend the 2025 Hunter Valley Legends Awards, where icons were celebrated. It was great to see Lisa Margan be inducted as the 2025 Hunter Valley tourism industry living legend. Lisa has dedicated more than 30 years to the Hunter Valley's food, wine and hospitality scene, playing a key role in supporting countless initiatives and enriching the local community.

The night just kept getting better when Lisa's husband, Andrew Margan, was inducted as the 2025 Hunter Valley wine industry living legend. This was in recognition of his longstanding commitment to securing the Hunter Valley's place amongst the world's greatest wine regions.

While this award was well deserved for the both of them, I'd like to say to Andrew: don't forget that Lisa won this award first. She was the first of you to be crowned a legend, so you're still playing catch-up, buddy. The First Creek Winemaking Services Hunter Valley winemaker of the year was awarded to Liz Silkman. The Jurds Hunter Valley viticulturalist of the year was presented to Lousie Eather, assistant vineyard manager at Tyrrell's. Alisdair Tulloch, vineyard and operations manager at Keith Tulloch Wine and co-owner of Aeon Wines was awarded the Riedel Hunter Valley young achiever of the year award.

Congratulations to all of these local legends for what you do; thank you for all you do to help promote the Hunter Valley to make it the beautiful place it is, and I look forward to catching up with you all again soon.