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Member for Keppel Brittany Lauga will march alongside more than 800 students and staff from St. Brendan’s College next Friday to help raise awareness of domestic and family violence.
Ms Lauga said the Queensland Government designated the month of May as Domestic and Family Violence Prevention Month to send a clear message that domestic and family violence in families and homes would not be tolerated.
She said events were being held by community organisations, including schools, to raise awareness of domestic and family violence.
“I’m proud to be marching with more than 800 St. Brendan’s College students and staff to a beachside rally to raise awareness against domestic and family violence,” she said.
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A paddle out memorial will be held this weekend for St Brendan’s College student Rhys Yore, who was tragically killed in a single-vehicle accident last month.
Friends and members of the Capricorn Coast community are invited to the event, to be held at 6am Saturday at Yeppoon’s Main Beach.
Rhys, 16, was a passionate surfer and fisherman and those attending are asked to take along an ephemeral nature offering, such as flowers or leaves, to lay on the water in his honour.
People who do not own a surfboard are being encouraged to assemble on the foreshore.