Page 2315 - Week 07 - Thursday, 27 August 2020
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Vicki, if you saw her last week when she was talking about the wage theft from the hospital and the poor doctors and Mr Rattenbury interjected, as he often does, he wound her up into full flight—Vicki Dunne in full flight in this place, with all her passion, her knowledge and her great parliamentary performance—you saw what we are going to miss about Vicki.
To my adversary over there, Gordon Ramsay: 50 bills! All I would say is that you had a whole department to manage 50 bills. I have got the very hardworking Ian Hagan, and he has had to do a lot of work. He has got to read through all those bits of legislation, consult on them and form a position. I would like to say that it has been made easier by the cooperative relationship that we have had at our level. I know that Ian has enjoyed that with your staff. I think that the collaboration that we have had has been a good one. We have had some barneys. Consorting laws was one. No doubt you will vote against them when we are in government.
The other issue that has been good one is the veterans. As I have spoken about before, I am very happy with where we are at now as a community in servicing and looking after our veterans in this town. I think it is a good thing that has been achieved by this Assembly.
Jess, in my office, is a bit disappointed because as my kids have grown older there is less babysitting for her to do, which is how she was able to afford a house. Jess has stuck on. She has now worked for more than a third of her life in my office. Maybe she is hoping for grandchildren or something that she can babysit in the future.
I have also enjoyed really good collaboration with the Jones office this term, with Giulia and her staff: Liam Develin, who is a great guy, Elli and Dan. I think that it is an unusual thing in here, Clerk, for members to work as collaboratively as Giulia and I do. It has been a real delight, I would have to say.
To my committee secretary, Hamish Finlay, who has now gone overseas, and the fellow members of my committee, thank you. We have achieved some good stuff. I think particularly of the building quality report. I have enjoyed those corridor conversations with Mr Pettersson that he talked about.
To my colleagues, thank you for all your comradeship. I look forward to rejoining you, on the other side, in but a few weeks time. Madam Speaker, I know you have enjoyed the time that we have spent together over the last four years. To you, the Clerk and all the staff, thank you very much for everything that you do.
Most importantly, thank you to my family for their support. To the great people of Murrumbidgee, thank you very much for the continued honour, which I hope will come in a few weeks time, to continue advocating and working on your behalf.
MR BARR (Kurrajong—Chief Minister, Treasurer, Minister for Social Inclusion and Equality, Minister for Tourism and Special Events and Minister for Trade, Industry, and Investment) (8.11): Thank you to everyone for their very thoughtful contributions in this adjournment debate. I am struck by the shared and collective passions that
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