Page 6287 - Week 19 - Tuesday, 17 December 1991
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might think that our particular ideology or our particular thoughts are going to rise above everybody else's and solve all of the problems. But it will never happen. Only together will we create the sort of Australia we could have and give an example to many countries in the world that are not as fortunate as we are.
I wish all members in this Assembly and their spouses and children a wonderful Christmas and look forward to seeing them next year.
Valedictory
MR MOORE (8.08): Mr Speaker, I am aware of the shortening time, so I will attempt to be brief. One of the most important things in this Assembly has been the committee system and I think that in the next Assembly it ought to be strengthened. At this point, as is appropriate, I need to pay particular thanks to those people in the committee secretariat who offered me support in the work, particularly Ron Owens on the Select Committee on HIV, Illegal Drugs and Prostitution, and Bill Symington, while I was chair, and still am chair, of the Standing Committee on Conservation, Heritage and Environment.
Rather than repeat all the thanks that everybody else has uttered, I just add my voice. I particularly would like to mention, in addition to all of those other people mentioned, the support that we have all had from Hansard. Sometimes it is easy to forget that they are there, but as soon as somebody mentions it we realise just how critical they are to a great deal of what we do. I do not recall anybody actually mentioning thanks to Hansard, although I see the Chief Minister indicating that she did.
It is very interesting to note the Canberra community's perspective of what has happened over the last two years, particularly with reference to people other than those in the two major parties. The Canberra community perspective is, broadly, that they have seen turnaround after turnaround. Largely, they are correct.
I would like to thank my own staff who have supported me over the last two or three yeas. I would like particularly to thank Peter Wise, who was of great assistance to me in the early stages before he went to Murwillumbah to a quieter life. I was very fortunate to have Jeannine Lee as my assistant until she was poached by the Speaker with an offer of a better deal. My thanks go also to Kylie Miller and Carol Jarmaine, whose work I have appreciated.
Mr Speaker, thank you for your efforts. Members, I have enjoyed working with you during the committee work more than anything. I appreciate that and I am pleased to have had that opportunity.
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