Joe Hockey (North Sydney, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

When I first spoke in this chamber on 10 September 1996, my very first words were:

I am in Canberra today because I want to make a contribution to the future of Australia.

I believe I have made a contribution to the future of this nation. I would like to begin by thanking the people of my electorate of North Sydney for giving me the honour, the opportunity and the privilege of representing them in this great chamber. We have walked a successful journey together and I appreciate the enormous effort many locals made in helping me along the way. I have prepared a report card to my constituents to let them know what I have done for the last 20 years, and I seek leave to table that and make it available to my entire electorate.

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