Nola Marino (Forrest, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

I acknowledge the very genuine contribution of the member who has just spoken. I am really pleased to be able to stand and talk tonight on this motion of condolence for Alby Schultz. Much has been said about Alby—all of it genuinely true. He was one of the true characters of the Australian parliament.

When I first entered parliament in 2007, Alby took one look at me, sat down and had a yarn about the fact that I was a farmer. He was one of the few people who probably saw being a farmer as a real positive. As a farmer, it is amazing how many people you meet who, perhaps, see you as some sort of second-class citizen. But not Alby. From day one, Alby sat down and had a yarn. He was particularly supportive of the rural sector. You were never in any doubt as to what Alby thought. He shared a particularly close relationship with Wilson Tuckey. Alby and Wilson were of the same generation, in a sense, and of the same historic school of thought.

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