Julian Leeser (Berowra, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

[by video link] Jim Tilley, who passed away recently, was a warrior for a just cause, the leading light in the British Pensions in Australia organisation, who fought hard for the right for Australia's British pensioners, determined to see them granted the same pay and indexation as British pensioners elsewhere. I first met Jim when I was running the Menzies Research Centre and I hosted the then Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Iain Duncan Smith, as a guest. Jim came to meet Sir Iain and put his case to him, as he had so often done to me and others. While he didn't convince Sir Iain, you could only be impressed by his advocacy. I was pleased to be one of the people who nominated Jim for the Order of Australia award he received at the Queen's birthday this year.

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Tony Smith (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I apologise to the member for Berowra. I have let him go a bit past two o'clock but, under the standing orders, we do now need to go questions without notice. The time for member statements has concluded.