Scott Morrison (Cook, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

Private Frank Marrar, a proud Indigenous Australian, who answered the call on both operation COVID assist and bushfire asset; Von Harrington, who called those, as a volunteer, who were in isolation to let her fellow Australians know that while being in isolation they were not alone; and then there's 10-year-old Darcy Hetherton, who was making face masks in regional Victoria. It says on the front of the card, 'Grateful, joyful and hopeful.' We can look forward to 2021 with hope because of the extraordinary work of Australians over the course of this year. We can look to this Christmas season and seek out the joy that is available there as we come together with our families and with fellow Australians. For some Australians, that will be more difficult because Christmas can be a very difficult time of the year, particularly when, for many, there will be one less place at the table.

I would ask all of us here in this place to join the House to thank Australia, to thank Australians. This has been a united national effort of so many Australians quietly going about their business to ensure that this country is amongst a handful of nations in the world to be able to come through this terrible crisis. As Prime Minister, I'm deeply grateful to the people of Australia.

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