Warren Truss (Wide Bay, National Party, Leader of the Nationals) Share this | Hansard source

Madam Speaker, may I join in congratulating the member for Hindmarsh on his selection and also compliment Dr Stone on her candidacy for this position. I am sure she would have also filled the office very ably.

If I may use the Leader of the House's favourite word, it has been quite an extraordinary election of new presiding officers, which I think reached a bit of a low today when the government decided to change the rules halfway through the election. It is also the final death of the new paradigm. Nonetheless, we were happy to overlook the way in which the member for Hindmarsh was elected, in the knowledge that he will undertake the task with distinction and that his manner will be well suited to keeping order and to delivering the business of the House. I congratulate the member for Hindmarsh on his election and wish the new presiding officers well.

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