House debates

Thursday, 26 March 2015

Statements on Indulgence

Valedictory

3:03 pm

Photo of Mr Tony BurkeMr Tony Burke (Watson, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Finance) Share this | | Hansard source

Madam Speaker, if I may, I would like to briefly associate the opposition with the comments you made and your wishes for Joanne Towner. We wish her well in being able to spend more time with Ed. We congratulate Catherine Cornish on the promotion as well and note that, of all the different offices throughout the Public Service, arguably the one that has always had to have the absolute trust of different sides of politics is the role of the clerks. That role continues to be performed with complete integrity and the support of the opposition.