 Well thank you and thank you again for supporting this. The Easter period starts at midnight tonight. It goes for five days. Last year we had six people killed on the roads over Easter and 144 injury crashes with more than 144 people seriously injured. As of today 60 people have been killed on Queensland roads and in the last 24 hours there are three people who have been involved in crashes who are critically ill with life threatening injuries so that's a terrible number. 60 killed and three in hospital battling for their lives but minister thank you for joining us today and I invite you to say some words. Thank you very much Commissioner. Can I start off by saying that the Easter period is one in which across all of Queensland people will be spending time with family and and with their friends and it's not a time to have the loss of life. Too often we see those simple mistakes being made those fatal four that cost someone's life and let's be honest the roads in Queensland are unforgiving. The smallest mistake that you make driving in conditions that are inappropriate, speed being a factor or even just forgetting to have your seatbelt on can actually have major implications to the point of taking someone's life. Now what we know is that each life lost over Easter has a major ripple effect throughout the family and throughout the community of Queensland. As a father and as someone who lives on a stretch of the Bruce Highway which is rated as one of the worst sections of road in Australia I've had that sick feeling in my stomach when I've heard about another accident. Would it be a family, would it be a friend, would it be someone we know? I don't want any Queenslander to experience that this year. What I'm asking all Queenslanders is to take the time as they drive. Easter is an opportunity for you to be together with family and friends and that often involves travelling on our roads. Please do so safely. Fatigue is a major issue and I'd ask everybody over these next five days whether you're travelling or whether you're staying in the area to make sure that you don't drive tired. Make sure if you're travelling with someone that you ensure that they are safe. Because today I'm surrounded by some of the finest people we have in Queensland. People who have to attend those road accidents and I've spoken to some of them in my courses as the minister and I've heard those tales about having to attend a roadside accident and being there listening and seeing the heartbreak that occurs. I don't want to see any of our police, our ambulance or our fireries involved in any road accidents, attending them unnecessarily and it's a plea to all Queenslanders this Easter to drive safely. Firefighters every day across Queensland attend road crashes. Unfortunately it's becoming an increasing part of the role we play in helping to remove the injured or unfortunately the deceased from motor vehicle wrecks. We plead with people to think about their journey, plan well ahead, enjoy the break with your family and don't end up a statistic. Thank you. Paramedics are asking people to exercise common sense when they travel this Easter, prepare a trip drive safely. Paramedics like other members of the community are impacted by the trauma of attending these horrific incidents. There's nothing worse than seeing a family torn apart through the needless loss of life from an accident and a road crash that can generally be avoided. If you are unfortunately if you come across a traffic crash be prepared to ring triple zero, identify the exact location of the accident, let the communications operator know how many people are involved and where it is. Again we'd urge people to travel safely, enjoy Easter with your family and friends. Thanks very much to the minister and to our colleagues in ambulance and fire. I think that they've probably very well summed up everything that we can say about this. Essentially we're asking people to be patient, to drive according to the road conditions as the minister indicated and to obey the road rules. The police department don't want to have to book anyone over Easter for anything, we would rather avoid that. Can I just conclude my few comments there by thanking you on the media, despite the horrific nature of the road toll that continues, we have achieved great gains over the years and a big part of that has been you're getting the message out to the public and the public listening to that message and responding accordingly.