David Hawker (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I would like to take this opportunity to mark the resignation from the parliamentary service of Mr Mick Farrelley, after long and distinguished service. Mick joined the Department of the Parliamentary Library on 21 April 1969 and moved to the Hansard section of the Department of the Parliamentary Reporting Staff in December 1975. Mick was instrumental in establishing a dedicated Corporate Services Branch in DPRS in February 1990. He transferred to the new Department of Parliamentary Services in February 2004 and he leaves the department on 7 April 2006, with his service to the parliament falling just two weeks short of 37 years. His service to the parliament was recognised when he was awarded a Centenary of Federation Medal. Mick has worked in Old Parliament House, East and West blocks and in this building. I am sure we all thank him for his time with the parliament. I wish him well for the next phase of his life.