Cybele Hewitt entered Michael McCormack's 13th annual ANZAC writing competition and was named as a winner.

More than 650 Primary and Secondary students from around 30 schools across the Riverina electorate submitted entries. This year’s theme was “Our ANZAC heroes in the Riverina and Central West.

Mr McCormack thanked the students, teachers and parents for contributing to the competition, which was created so younger generations could directly participate in preserving and continuing to honour the service and sacrifice of defence personnel not only during World Wars I and II, but more recent military operations as well.