Steve Fielding (Victoria, Family First Party) Share this | Hansard source

On behalf of Family First I wish all Australians a very merry Christmas and a very safe and happy new year. We have a great democracy in Australia. Some days it looks better than others, but it works well because the people in Parliament House—the staff in the chamber, the committees, security, the guards, the cleaners and the whole place—work extremely well. It is a credit to them also that we do have such a great democracy. They make sure that this place does work so well. A special thanks to Richard Pye and their team and also Cleaver Elliott, the chamber staff and Hansard, who always fix up a lot of my grammatical issues. I also want to wish all my colleagues a merry Christmas and a happy and safe new year.