Nicola Roxon (Gellibrand, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Health and Ageing) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. Congratulations on rising to this high office. I think we might have tested your new position last night. Hopefully it will not be quite so strenuous today.

I am delighted to be speaking on this matter of public importance motion today. It is indeed a matter of great public importance, and it is an honour to be speaking on this issue on the very day when we have really been able to start making repairs to and apologies for the past. It is very unusual for me to say in this place that I agree with the shadow minister who has just spoken.

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