Page 6167 - Week 14 - Thursday, 9 December 2010
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we share is more important than most other things. I would like to thank my colleagues—Zed, Brendan, Jeremy, Alistair and Doszy—
Members interjecting—
MRS DUNNE: Actually, it is interesting because when I write notes I always write, “Zed, Jeremy and Doszy”. I am sorry, Doszy.
Mr Seselja: Likewise with Pratty. Pratty was not Steve!
MRS DUNNE: Likewise with Pratty. I would like to thank my colleagues for an extraordinary year—and great friendship and great camaraderie. I want to pay particular testament to my personal staff—the wonderful and fantastic Clinton. Belinda is new but is an adornment to our staff. The staff from the leader’s office that I have an interaction with every day are of enormous assistance to me—Steve, Ian, Tio, Adam, Keith, Nick and Maria Violi. They are just a great asset.
I want to put it on the record that I think we need somebody else to run the Liberal Party tipping competition next year because Keith keeps winning it. I thank Keith for running the tipping competition, but we might have to call in the stewards next year if he wins again.
I would also like to thank the Assembly staff—from Brian, my committee chairman, to Max and Janice, Pattie, Celeste, Anne and Olga in Chamber Support—and also Peter Bain and Stephen Argument who are advisers to the scrutiny of bills committee, without whom we could not do our work.
To Rod and all the attendants, to Ray, who fixes my telly on a regular basis, but particularly to Peter Litchfield. Peter, you have been here longer than me, which is saying a great deal, actually. I want you to make sure, Peter, that before you go you pass on to the attendant who comes after you the secret of just how much vodka I like in my water!
I would like to say thank you to the staff and the supporters of the Liberal Party—the outgoing president, Winnifred Rosser, and the incoming president, Tio Faulkner; Brian Medway, my branch president, and Sandy and all the staff of the division. To Olivia, Lyle, Tom, Julia, Bella and Conor I want to say thank you. And Jezz wins his money again.
I was thinking about what Christmas gifts we should give to people this year, but Mr Hargreaves ruined it. I had a little list and I had a calculator for him so he could do numbers for his new faction. But he told me on the way down that he was very good at arithmetic and did not need any help with that sort of thing, so that blew it out of the water.
I am going to spend a lot of time walking the dog over the holidays. I think that we should all go out—I am glad Ms Le Couteur is not here because she does not approve of dogs—and get a companion animal. Mr Seselja has been reduced from time to time to borrowing one of my companion animals when he needs one. Before they are banned outright, I think we should all go and get a puppy. We should walk them
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