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Good morning everybody, what a privilege to be with you right here this morning in Homebush, for a very particular occasion, the birthday of New South Wales Ambulance.

I’d like thank Michael for that Welcome to Country, acknowledge all of the alumni from New South Wales Ambulance, the paramedics who’re right here with us, in addition to Susan Pearce, Donna, the Minister for Health, Ryan, and Dominic Morgan.

And thanks, Dominic, for bringing alongside the very first ambulance that you just rode in, not that long in the past.

It’s superb. I’m not sure how to dial a U-1808, however anyway. Things have modified. It’s incredible to be right here.

In Australia, paramedics are at all times amongst our most trusted professions, and for the new recruits which might be with us in your first day, as I perceive it, that you just’re becoming a member of a very proud, very trusted organisation.

And the reality of the matter is, over 130 years, the people who’ve made up this superb division have earned that status. You’ve earned it at sports activities fields, on the aspect of roads, in residing rooms, in hospital corridors, in some of life’s hardest and loneliest locations.

Wherever people are on the most weak, you’ve been there. And right now is our alternative, on behalf of the people of New South Wales, to thanks for that care and likewise to acknowledge the extraordinary progress that has taken place within New South Wales Ambulance and paramedics.

In 1895 New South Wales was a very totally different place. Horse drawn carriages crammed our stony streets, and sadly, infectious illnesses had been rife.

Early paramedics labored with stretches on foot, then on horse and bicycle, earlier than lastly getting a motor car.

We’re now on the level the place New South Wales Ambulance responds to more than 1.5 million emergencies every year.

That’s one each 21 seconds.

We’ve acquired 250 stations.

We have fashionable drugs, fashionable tools, the fitting therapy for a coronary heart assault.

But the core of your work stays the identical because it did over 130 years in the past.

People who’re lifesavers, who’re caregivers, and anybody that’s ever needed to call an ambulance will know the sensation of reassurance that you just carry by coming via the door.

If you’re inclined, mendacity there, racked in ache after an accident, in case your baby turns into violently in poor health and also you’re not fairly sure what the reason being.

If you recognize a liked one is in dire need of help in an emergency, the sensation of realizing that there’s somebody to call and the aid when that somebody arrives, is one thing everyone on this state is aware of about and is deeply, deeply appreciative of.

For most people after they’re calling an ambulance, it might be the worst day of their life.

Most of us spend our lives making an attempt to keep away from that ache and the drama, the nervousness connected with that cellphone call.

But the reality of the matter is, people that put in your uniform should deal – should deal with that nervousness each single day of your working lives.

And I need to acknowledge that that may come at a great price, whether or not it’s bodily or psychological. But you proceed to do your responsibility, and also you do it realizing the dangers.

So, on behalf of the federal government, I need to thanks for 130 years of service.

And on a aspect observe, right now, plus a couple of days, brings a 12-month anniversary of a stunning, stunning violent crime in Bondi Junction and my affiliation with the paramedics that labored on that day, together with Ryan Park, was one of steadfast dedication, absolute professionalism and real bravery.

The paramedics they turned up to Bondi Junction on that afternoon, had no concept what they had been going through and but, each single one of them acquired there to do their responsibility.

And a member of your sister company, the New South Wales Police, Amy Scott is a real Australian hero, one which all of us owe a huge debt of gratitude to and is an inspiration to those that work in emergency companies regardless of your division in New South Wales.

So, I need to acknowledge and honour the generations of paramedics. The control centre workers, the assist workers, the docs, the nurses, the chaplains.

Thank you on your braveness and care on behalf of the people of New South Wales.

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