Address in Reply

ADDRESS IN REPLY

The SPEAKER (15:20): I inform the house that His Excellency the Governor will be pleased to receive the Speaker and honourable members for the purpose of presenting the Address in Reply at 3.30pm today. I ask the mover and seconder of the address and such other members as care to accompany me to proceed to Government House for the purpose of presenting the address.

[Sitting suspended from 15:21 to 16:08]

The SPEAKER (16:08): I inform the house that, accompanied by the mover and seconder of the Address In Reply to the Governor's opening speech and by other members, I proceeded to Government House and there presented His Excellency the address adopted by the house on 24 September, to which His Excellency was pleased to make the following reply:

To the honourable Speaker and members of the House of Assembly: I thank you for the Address in Reply to the speech with which I opened the third session of the Fifty-First Parliament. I am confident that you will give your best consideration to all matters placed before you. I pray that your deliberations will add meaning and value to the lives of our South Australian community.