Pat Conroy (Shortland, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for International Development and the Pacific) Share this | Hansard source

It's a pleasure to follow the member for Barker and reflect on his contribution and his generous farewell to the member for Hindmarsh's portfolio. I'll just concentrate on a point that is well known: the member for Barker told his preselectors in 2013 he'd be a minister within a year. So far I think he's still on the back bench. So for him—

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