Australia's Biggest Morning Tea

Ms JENNY AITCHISON (Maitland—Minister for Regional Transport and Roads)—Each year I have the pleasure of hosting and attending Australia's Biggest Morning Tea events to support the great work of the NSW Cancer Council. This annual event which aims to raise $15 million has been running for 31 years. Interesting other facts that I discovered at this year's Tea-rivia event include: Australia's biggest morning tea set a Guinness book of Records record in 2005 for the World's largest Simultaneous Tea party; 5 billion cups of tea are consumed across the globe each day; There are over 3000 tea varieties; The world's largest tea bag weighed in at 250kg; It takes around 2000 leaves to make 450g of tea; Each year more tea than coffee is consumed globally. While that is all interesting, what I am so grateful for is the work the Cancer Council of NSW do to support those impacted by cancer and to strive to find the answers and cures we need. Thank you to everyone who held, attended, or donated to Australia's Biggest Morning Tea this year.