We had an excellent breakfast in what has become my favourite cafe in Sydney: La Buena Mesa in Annandale Street. I wrote a poem about it once, not so very long ago.
In the afternoon I sat in Parliament suffering the infantile behaviour of question time before listening to the Ministerial Statement and Opposition Statement on Matt. It's odd to hear the words you wrote spoken back at you by a Minister of The Crown. But fair doos, he did a decent job and Matt was worthy of their minute's silence.
Hansard records it in this way:
"Mr PAUL LYNCH (Liverpool—Minister for Ageing, Minister for Disability Services, and Minister for Aboriginal Affairs) [3.37 p.m.]: All members of this House would be aware that New South Wales and Australia lost one of its most talented and courageous citizens on the afternoon of Sunday 1 March 2009. Sadly, Matt Laffan passed away at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, aged just 38 years. I note the presence of friends and family in the gallery. Matt was born with a rare genetic disorder of the spine, diastrophic dysplasia. Medical opinion declared that he would not live beyond a week; Matt made a life of defying such odds. In fact, Matt redefined the odds."
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