Page 2293 - Week 07 - Thursday, 27 August 2020
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an integral part of my office. I have so much admiration and genuine love for this man. He has done so much for me, and I can never truly repay him. I hope he will agree to have some role in my office should I be re-elected in October.
Thanks to Brad Clark, who was part of my original team, with a lot of political nous and a great sense of humour. This year we have added Chelsea Dempster to the team and she has been a breath of fresh air. She has just knuckled down and got on with it.
Thank you, Mr Duncan, and your amazing team. Thank you, Mr Duckworth, and your business support group, the hardworking committee team, including Annemieke. I also acknowledge the assistance from Gordon Ramsay, Mick Gentleman, Caroline Le Couteur and their staff, who generously assisted with briefings and clarifications on legislation because that is very important.
To all those opposite, I know we rant and rave and carry on at each other, but I think you all know that I love you all as individuals—even you, Steelo. It often gives me pain that we have to go so hard. It has been a pleasure being a member of the team on this side of the chamber. The support from Alistair and his staff has been topnotch and I look forward to serving Alistair as Chief Minister.
Mrs Dunne—who is not with us, but it will get back—has been amazing. I wish so much that she was going around. I still say to Mrs Dunne, “If you’d stuck around you might have been this election’s Brendan Smyth or Bill Stefaniak.” I still think maybe a role as commissioner for the South Coast might have been the go for Mrs Dunne. It could have been, but unfortunately it is not to be.
To the people of Tuggeranong, I hope that soon we will be in a position to do so much more for you. Thank you for putting your trust in me. I will be quiet now and let others get on with it. But thank you, and maybe I will see you soon.
MR RAMSAY (Ginninderra—Attorney-General, Minister for the Arts, Creative Industries and Cultural Events, Minister for Building Quality Improvement, Minister for Business and Regulatory Services and Minister for Seniors and Veterans) (6.55): Nearly four years ago, in my first speech here, I said:
I have been shaped and changed by the stories and the lived experiences of people who have shared their lives with me over these 20 years.
I have another four years to add, and it has been a great privilege to have had those extra four years as well.
The work that I have had the privilege to undertake so often impacts on the lives of the most vulnerable and the disadvantaged in the community. As I have said before, it is our responsibility to ensure that the perspectives of those who might not otherwise be seen are seen.
Amongst other areas of work, this has meant that I have presented 57 bills to the Assembly this term, over 50 of them as Attorney-General. They have come from a restorative and relational perspective. We now have better protection for children,
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