Anthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the House) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Mr Speaker, on indulgence, I would like to place on record my thanks. This week sees a changeover of the Parliamentary Liaison Officer, with Tony Levy leaving the position after many years of honourable service both to this government and this House and to the previous parliament. We actually extended Tony Levy’s stay as much as we could in this position. He is very professional. Members on both sides of the House would acknowledge that.

I welcome the appointment of Henry Thomson, who has worked in this area servicing the functioning of the parliament for a period of time and is an excellent appointment to the position of Parliamentary Liaison Officer. I think he has big shoes to fill if he is going to be as good as Tony Levy was in this position. I place on record my welcome, as the Leader of the House, to Henry, but particularly my sincere thanks to Tony Levy.

Luke Hartsuyker (Cowper, National Party, Deputy Manager of Opposition Business in the House) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Mr Speaker, on indulgence, I would like to add the thanks of the opposition to Tony Levy for the work that he has done in supporting the parliament during his time in this place. I think that all members of the House certainly appreciate the great work of the staff in supporting the very difficult business that we do here.

Harry Jenkins (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I would usually associate myself with the remarks but, as Tony has a couple of days left, I do not want to encourage him in leading us astray. So I will hold my remarks until Thursday.