Andrew Wallace (Fisher, Liberal National Party, Shadow Cabinet Secretary) Share this | Hansard source

It's with great humility that I rise tonight to renew my promise to my electors, to my people in Fisher, that I will once again serve them in the best way that I can. It's been one of the greatest privileges of my life—perhaps the greatest privilege of my life—to take my seat in this place, to be given the honour of representing my community as an elected representative in this place. Every time I drive up into this place and I see the flagpole—to the newbies in the room, I hope you never lose the special goosebumps that you get when you see that flagpole, because it is incredibly special.

This is my ninth year now serving the Sunshine Coast, and it's a great privilege. Deputy Speaker Freelander, you and I have been sparring partners and, dare I say, good friends, because you and I have done a lot of good work in this place. In all the time that I have spent in this place, some of my fondest memories here are the work that I have done with you on Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs.

See this speech in context