I congratulate Rebel Hanlon on becoming a director of the Greater Blacktown Business Chamber. The chamber's request for Rebel Hanlon to join their board is based on his reputation as a can-do person with strategic foresight.

Rebel has served in leadership roles in his previous capacities as president of the Blacktown City Lions Club; assistant secretary of the Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union, New South Wales Construction Division; director of West Tradies Club; and various leadership and policy roles within the Labor Party. All those roles are diverse, and many would see them as insurmountable challenges in reconciling strong union principles with the management of a club.

But Rebel is no ordinary person, and due to his strong ethical stance on what is right and his belief in enhancing the community good, he can easily deliver. I congratulate Rebel Hanlon. He is truly a Rebel for a great cause with a lion's heart.