Kate the koala released at Nelson Bay Golf Club

Kate the koala released at Nelson Bay Golf Club by her namesake Port Stephens MP Kate Washington.

Transcript

00:00 Well good morning everybody. We're at Nelson Bay Golf Club where we're doing our fourth release in four days

00:07 and we have in camouflage here Kate, Kate Washington and

00:11 Jen and

00:14 they're releasing Kate's namesake Kate

00:17 Who is clearly very clean to go so you can take those ochre straps off now

00:27 And just make sure she's facing if you just go back that way a bit Jen just over there

00:33 No, no, no over there with Kate and face back to me

00:36 Okay, all right take the top off

00:39 And with a bit of luck oh

00:42 See that tree up you go lean the lean it up. Oh very good. There you go

00:49 How about that Kate

00:53 Oh, okay, go well Kate

00:57 Now this is a very auspicious release too because

01:02 Kate in her capacity as the

01:05 member for Port Stephens was instrumental in gaining two million dollars in funding for Port Stephens Koala Hospital and

01:13 so whilst

01:16 Kate the koala you might not be aware of this, but you're a two million dollar koala

01:23 How about that

01:25 So Kate, what did you think of it?

01:27 Keep talking

01:33 To see

01:36 Koalas like Kate being released to the wild that otherwise wouldn't have made it so she was rescued on Nelson Bay Road

01:41 And had she not had the amazing army of volunteers at Port Stephens Koala Hospital to rescue her

01:48 And to give her the treatment she needed she wouldn't be doing this today. So

01:53 Amazing work to you and the team here. I'm just feel I feel very honored

01:58 to have had Kate named after me

02:00 and you know I've been backing you guys for a long time

02:04 You have you can see she's looking around wondering where their mother koalas are now. We've got a very good

02:12 Relationship here with Nelson Bay Golf Club and Greg has come in especially on a Saturday to

02:19 get us onto the course and

02:21 there we've got Mike and Jen

02:24 and

02:26 Michael from the examiner and Marion's over there making sure we do everything correctly

02:29 So, all right, so we need to cut the tape off. So well done Kate. Actually, we might get you out there volunteering

02:36 Well done Kate the koala and well done Port Stephens Koala Hospital

02:38 Thanks very much