Page 3675 - Week 08 - Friday, 24 August 2012
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election in the electorate of Brindabella and who has also been a staff member across the Greens offices for the past few months. I know all my Greens colleagues would agree that we could not have done without Chris over the past few months. Best wishes also to my fellow candidates in Brindabella, Ben Murphy and Jonathan Davis.
I will apologise; I am actually going to leave to go home and catch the game and see the Broncos. I just have to say to Mr Barr: I am just ahead of you in your tipping competition, so we will see what happens in the next two weeks. I am not confident; I have been dropping steadily over the last two weeks.
Mrs Dunne: That’s because you back the Broncos.
MS BRESNAN: No, it is because I have been backing all the wrong teams, Mrs Dunne; my tipping has gone off. Best wishes to everyone in the electorate; I genuinely mean that. Everyone, go well in the election. Thank you.
MR COE (Ginninderra) (7.32): As unaccustomed as I am to speaking in adjournment debates, I will buck the trend and say a few words tonight.
Mr Barr: Do you have a telephone book to read out?
MR COE: It must be about 130-odd adjournment speeches I have done, and in spite of the jokes about going through the phone book, believe it or not, I am not up to Z yet! I have mentioned hundreds of organisations and thousands of people, but that is just a drop in the ocean of the organisations in our community that are punching well above their weight. Of course, in doing all those adjournment speeches there have been some tricky spellings and some tricky pronunciations, so I send a very special thanks to Hansard for their cooperation late in the day on 42 sitting days each year.
Tonight I acknowledge the hard work and significant contribution made to the ACT Assembly by Lainie Lowe. As we all know, today is Lainie’s last day as she embarks on a well-earned retirement. Lainie Lowe has been an attendant here at the Assembly since February 2003. I am sure everyone in this place will agree that it has always been a delight to be greeted by Lainie as she goes about her business in the Assembly.
Lainie has always been helpful and she has contributed greatly to the fabric of the Assembly during her time here. Many will be familiar with Lainie’s love of trains, and I acknowledge the contribution she has made to the ACT division of the Railway Historical Society. I understand Lainie has volunteered with the society for 18 years. I have had many conversations with Lainie about trains and her love of them, and I am sure now in her retirement she will be able to spend more time dedicated to this passion. Well done, Lainie, and I wish you the best of health and happiness in your retirement.
I too would like to join my Assembly colleagues and thank the staff of the Assembly. In particular, I thank two senior advisers that I have had in my office—Sandy Tanner and Kate Davis. I have been very fortunate to have very committed, capable, ethical and hardworking staff, as have all members of the opposition. We really are blessed to have such people working with us for a better Canberra. I also acknowledge the
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