Tammy Tyrrell (Tasmania, Jacqui Lambie Network) Share this | Hansard source

We're double-dipping—that's a very Tasmanian tradition as well! I'm brand new and I'm hoping that [inaudible] Tasmania and the Senate [inaudible]. Thank you so much for your kindness and for electing me: I truly appreciate it. It has been a great year—six months only, with 5½ years to go. I'm looking forward to spending time with my family, and I have had experience with the trampoline and the barbecue, so I reiterate what Senator Lambie said: plan, plan, plan! Have a drink, have a feed and spend time with your loved ones. That's the best bit for me—spending time: no presents, just spend time with me.

And thank you, senators, for spending time with me. I know you're trapped sometimes! But I truly appreciate it. The Senate has been an experience that I would never, ever give up, and I will take for life the advice that you guys have given me: enjoy it, embrace it, do the best that you can with what you can. Thank you. I appreciate you.

I hope that Tasmanians will give me a chance in the new year to do more for them. Speak to me, listen to me, tell me when I'm wrong, because I know you will do that. That's what Tasmanians do, Jacqui tells me all the time. Trust me, I wish I could shut her up, but, sadly, that's not happening! Have a Merry Christmas, a beautiful New Year, and I'll see you all back here next year for another year of fun and games. Merry Christmas and thank you.