Christopher Pyne (Sturt, Liberal Party, Leader of the House) Share this | Hansard source

I move:

That the House do now adjourn.

In doing so, can I wish everybody a very happy Christmas and a peaceful Christmas this year and a very relaxing summer after what's been another exciting and gruelling year in 2017 but a very successful one, of course, for the government, and particularly today—a very historic one to end on for all sides of the House.

I would like to thank very briefly all those people who make the parliament work as well as it does, from the clerks right through to the attendants and the Comcar drivers. I won't go through the list of all the various people who help us, across the Table Office, the drafters and others, because it's too long and I think people have had quite enough today. But suffice it to say that we do appreciate very much the staff of the parliament, who make us look as good as they possibly can, which is not easy, and make sure that our democracy functions extremely well on behalf of the people of Australia.

I'd also like to thank my counterpart, the Manager of Opposition Business, who's also spent most of the day here in the House ensuring that the debate on marriage equality ran smoothly, and for his general pleasant demeanour, which makes my job a lot easier as Leader of the House. On that note, I wish everyone a Merry Christmas, and I'm sure he'll want to make a couple of quick comments as well.

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