Page 4818 - Week 13 - Thursday, 28 November 2019
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To my colleagues—Alistair, Nicole, Andrew, Julia, Candice, Elizabeth known as Kikko, Elizabeth known as Elizabeth, James, Parto and Jez—thank you for your camaraderie, your commitment and your hard work, and thank you for your support of my decision not to go around again.
To my committee secretaries, Brian Lloyd and Andrea Cullen, your professionalism and capacity are always appreciated and admired. To the Clerk’s office, especially those who handle our mountain of questions on notice, and Janice for her scripts, thank you very much for your professional work. Thank you to corporate services, who keep us paid; and to the library, which keeps us informed. To the attendants and the security and maintenance staff, like Mr Rattenbury, I thank you for letting me into the office when I or my staff lock me out.
To the public servants, the officials in arts, Health and the Cultural Facilities Corporation, thank you for the briefings, for the cordiality and the professionalism with which you have briefed me over the past year. To the doctors, nurses, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, cooks, cleaners, admin staff, wardsmen, the Canberra Hospital and the Calvary Hospital, thank you for your service to the people of the ACT. Be assured that we in the Canberra Liberals have your backs at all times. For those of you who are working at Christmas, I thank you for your service and for giving up this precious time with your family.
To my colleagues who I have worked with in the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association over six-plus years, thank you for the professionalism and the courtesy with which I have been treated and the unlooked-for experience that I received in rising to the position of treasurer of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association. It is a great organisation with great potential and a great future; I hope to be of service in some way in the future. (Extension of time granted.)
To the people of Ginninderra who put me here five times in a row, thank you very much. It is a great pleasure and honour to serve and a great pleasure and honour to be with you in the community.
To my family—to Lyle and all the kids, and the dog—thank you very much for making my home life a haven so that I can do the job that I have set out to do.
I conclude by wishing all a very merry Christmas. Do come back restored in 2020.
Valedictory
MR BARR (Kurrajong—Chief Minister, Treasurer, Minister for Social Inclusion and Equality, Minister for Tertiary Education, Minister for Tourism and Special Events and Minister for Trade, Industry and Investment) (6.11): I rise in the adjournment debate to thank everyone for what has been a substantial year of achievement both in this place and for the Canberra community more broadly.
We have dealt with around 50 pieces of legislation in the Assembly. It has been a year of significant achievement for the ACT. We have seen the commencement of stage
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