Page 3662 - Week 08 - Friday, 24 August 2012
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Andrew Bailey, thank you to you all. I cannot do this job without you. Whilst I may not always show it on a day-to-day basis, I am always eternally grateful for the work that you do on my behalf. I look forward to the campaign with you and I look forward to continuing to work with you.
I would also like to place on the record my thanks to the staff of the Assembly and the executive who assist me in my role as manager of government business. First of all in the Clerk’s office, I give particular mention to Janice Rafferty. Janice has been a very effective adviser to me in all matters relating to Assembly procedure, as, indeed, has everyone in the Clerk’s office. But I particularly thank Janice in her ongoing role of advising me as manager of government business.
In the Chief Minister and Cabinet Directorate I thank Laurel Coyles and Ash Balaretnaraja. Ash has recently joined the Assembly team in the context of liaison support during sitting days. Ash, thank you for your ongoing efforts, and welcome to this role. I hope you continue in it.
Can I also mention again the efforts of Kas Paul. Kas, of course, has retired from the ACT public service, but he has been an outstanding support to me in my role as manager of government business since 2006, and I appreciate his efforts. Finally, to Jasmina Jonceski and to my directors-general, past and present—Ms Kathy Leigh, Mr David Papps and Mr Gary Byles—thank you for your ongoing support of me in my role in this place.
Finally, my thanks go to voters of the Molonglo electorate. It is always a privilege to try and represent the interests of the Molonglo community. It is something I will always endeavour to do, and I look forward to winning their support for another term in this place.
MS GALLAGHER (Molonglo—Chief Minister, Minister for Health and Minister for Territory and Municipal Services) (6.45): I thank members for the opportunity to follow on from Mr Corbell. I would like to begin by acknowledging the only voluntarily retiring member of this house, Mr Hargreaves, whom we did acknowledge this morning, and who I am sure will join us during this debate.
I would also like to thank my colleagues Andrew Barr, Simon Corbell, Joy Burch, Chris Bourke, Mary Porter and, of course, Johnno, for working with me over the last four years, except for Chris, who joined us in 2011, and for the support that they provide me in the job that I do here. Each and every one of them works incredibly hard every day. The support they have provided to me and their loyalty to me since I took on the top job have greatly assisted me to do the job I need to do.
I would like to acknowledge Jon Stanhope. He is a mentor, a colleague and a friend of mine. I would like to repeat what Simon said and wish him all the best. He did make it clear that he wanted another career following his time in the Assembly. There are probably a few arboretum staff that might be quite happy to see him move overseas—even though he has really well gained skills in how to manage his iPhone these days, so he is very able to send text messages and emails, which is significant progress for him.
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