Tony Smith (Speaker) Share this | Hansard source

I congratulate the Deputy Speaker and look forward to working with you and, can I also place on record, my sincere thanks to the former Deputy Speaker, the member for Parkes, who worked so closely with me—our offices work very closely together. He's been a magnificent Deputy Speaker. He's now joined the ministry and that's a fitting tribute to his talents as well. From a selfish point of view, obviously, I will miss him, but welcome you, Member for Page. He's a template Deputy Speaker, can I say, and I'm looking forward to working with him very much indeed.

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