House debates

Wednesday, 26 November 2008

Distinguished Visitors

3:08 pm

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I inform the House that we have present in the gallery this afternoon members of a parliamentary delegation from Singapore, led by the Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore, Mr Abdullah Tarmugi. On behalf of the House I extend a very warm welcome to our visitors.

Honourable Members:

Hear, hear!

Opposition Member:

An opposition member—They’re not having a deficit.

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I have a feeling my nemesis is back. Without inviting the member to leave the chamber under standing order 94(a) so early, when the delegation leaves the chamber, he might follow them out and have a discussion about how the Singapore government is handling the financial crisis. It might be illuminating to him.