Page 6012 - Week 14 - Thursday, 8 December 2011
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I have had some support. As many of you know, I moved up to the first floor for a while and then moved back down again. I would like to thank Rick very much for assisting in those moves, and also Neal.
As many of you know, Neal works in the education office, but he also is the keeper of the key to the art cupboard. He certainly helped me out to make sure that the artworks got safely transported from one floor to the other. He also gave me a bit of a look in that cupboard, but I understand that there are some artworks off limits because, apparently, they have to rest. Neal and I did have a good chat about how you rest an artwork, but there you go. You will need to go and have a chat to him if you want to find out more about that.
Mrs Dunne: Did you get a gin and tonic as well?
MS HUNTER: I am not sure about the gin and tonic. I would also like to thank the Committee Office and acknowledge the great work of Margie and Sandra, who both left during the year. Sandra had headed up the office and had done such a wonderful job. Of course, we all wish her the best. I also mention my secretary Sam, who Mr Seselja has already mentioned. I thank Sam for her hard work since coming on board.
I would like to thank the attendants. I think it is fantastic that Andrew does keep a supply of lollies just outside here in the booth. Thank you. I certainly have dropped by on occasions. Particularly during those long debates where tedious repetition could be raised as a bit of an issue, it does help to have a bit of a sugar hit.
I would like to acknowledge the whole Greens staff team. It is a fantastic team of people who really do assist the four of us to do the work that we do. During the year we had some people leave. I would just like to acknowledge Marion, Ashlin, Justine, Helen, Pat, Chris and Wieslaw for assisting us, for being there. They have moved on. We wish them all the best.
To the rest of the team, I hope that they have a bit of a break over Christmas. We have got a big year next year. So it will be important that they have some down time—a bit of eating, drinking and being merry. I would also like to acknowledge Alex and Will over at the ACT Greens office. They also do a fabulous job and they are always helpful when we need that outside help.
I finish by acknowledging my wonderful colleagues—Shane, Amanda and Caroline—who have done a magnificent job this year. We continue to roll out a Green vision for Canberra. We continue to get legislation up, to get motions up, to make a real difference. The hard work, the dedication, the passion—I know I really thrive on your sort of input, the time that we spend together, the discussions, the work that we do. Thank you very much.
Of course, I wish all the people of Canberra a happy and safe Christmas. Hopefully, they will have a bit of a break because, as we know, next year is an election year. We all know that we are going to start appearing outside shopping centres with big photos of ourselves. There will be many people who will wish we had not quite got in their way. Hopefully they will have a bit of a break from that before 2012.
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