Dan Tehan (Wannon, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

Given it is Thursday afternoon, and it has been a long week in this place, I thought I would start with a little joke just to liven things up a little bit. Yes, I know that I could just say that the joke is the other side, but this joke is a little more informative than that, and it also tells a little tale about the subject that we are discussing today. It is a joke that a Scottish friend of mine loves to tell about when he was a kid. His mother would give him a pound and he would go down to the local milk bar and he would be able to get some milk, some bread, some boiled lollies, the newspaper, some bacon, some eggs and a couple of other things that took his fancy. He says that he felt sorry for the kids of today, because when they are given a pound to go down to the milk bar the only things they could get now are some bread and some milk, because CCTV cameras have been introduced.

I have got some laughter from this side of the House—not much I must say!—and I am very pleased to see that the member for Dunkley has raised a smile. I think there was a chuckle from the gallery, but not much more than a chuckle.

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