Bob Brown (Tasmania, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

by leave—Mr President, I join in the salutations that have been expressed by you, by the Leader of the Government in the Senate and by the Leader of the Opposition in the Senate. I want to say on behalf of my colleagues that we enjoyed being here. We are much honoured and are grateful for all the work of the Presiding Officers, the clerks, the attendants, Hansard, the Parliamentary Library and the great depth and spread of people throughout this enormous parliament building, which is the fulcrum of our democratic society in Australia. I join with the previous speakers in wishing everybody here a happy, safe Christmas and a bountiful New Year, and I extend that same wish to all the people of Australia.