Page 4825 - Week 13 - Thursday, 28 November 2019
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compliant with the ACT’s Human Rights Act, I can assure you that I will not be singing, and I will make this brief.
To my chief of staff, Steve, to David, Sarah, Deborah, Ausilia, Elysse and Ollie, and also to Ramon and Stuart, thank you very much for all the support that you have provided to me and my colleagues in the opposition. To my colleagues here in the Assembly, particularly to the Liberals, to Nicole, Andrew, Mark, Giulia, Jeremy, Elizabeth, Candice, Elizabeth, Vicki, and James, my colleague in Yerrabi, thank you very much for your support and all that you are doing for the ACT.
My family, Yasmin, Angus and Annabel, give me enormous strength, enormous tolerance and an enormous amount of latitude when it comes to fulfilling my duties here. It is a tough role when it comes to family life, and I am very grateful for all that they contribute to my role here.
John, Kay and the team in the Liberal Party are doing a tremendous job in ensuring that we are ready for October next year. We are in the process of selecting all of our candidates, and I am very confident that the 25 candidates that we will be selecting and taking forth to the 2020 election will be a winning team.
To all of the staff at the Assembly, be they part of the government or part of the office of the Assembly, thank you very much for your contribution to democracy in this place.
Four years is a long time, and it is a very long time in opposition. I tell some people that it is a bit like prison time, I reckon. It goes pretty slowly, but we are now coming out of the preseason phase and the premiership matches start next year. We are very comfortable and very confident with the position that we are in. I am very grateful to all of my colleagues for their huge commitment and their determination to make sure that we are in the best possible position to start 2020 and that we go ahead to victory in October next year. Merry Christmas.
Valedictory
MADAM SPEAKER: Before I call Mr Steel, with the indulgence of members, I will say a few words.
I want to put on record my thanks to the Office of the Legislative Assembly team for their great work and support over this year, and to my caucus colleagues. I hope that we all enjoy a safe and merry break.
I thank my office team—Mel, Emma, Eliza, Hugh, Francis and James; indeed there is even a second generation in the office, because children of staff are now attending my office—Aiden, Liam, Nicholas and Harper.
In mentioning children, I have to give a big shout-out to three others. I did ask my three boys for their favourite words or song, but I thought it was best not to try to weave in Shotgun, We are the Champions or slang they picked up on a recent overseas visit. I give an absolutely big shout-out to my wonderful Hunter, Kade and
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