Ms BYRNES (Cunningham) (13:55): With less than a month to go until Christmas, if you haven't got your gift-wrapping sorted yet, our very talented students at Capital Hill Early Childhood Centre have quite the deal for you. Stop by their store on the way to grab lunch or dinner today or tomorrow to pick up your one-of-a-kind and beautifully handcrafted wrapping paper and Christmas cards. I picked up mine yesterday from my little friend and budding entrepreneur Imogen Greene. When you hear, 'Next customer, please,' bellowing down the halls, make sure you stop and support a great cause.

There's another bellowing voice that I know all kids would love to hear. Luckily, until Christmas Eve, kids can call the North Pole for free from any of Telstra's more than 14,000 payphones simply by dialling ho, ho, ho, which on the keypad is #464646. While this is a simple cost-free way for kids to chat one-on-one with Santa, it is also a great way to teach kids big or small how to use a payphone and how to memorise important phone numbers. Research shows that 54 per cent of Australians can't remember a single mobile or landline number in a vulnerable situation, but with all standard national calls free from payphones all year round this is an interactive, fun and exciting way to learn. You can find your closest payphone using the finder on telstra.com.