Eldridge, Ms Kim

The Hon. J.R. RAU (Enfield—Deputy Premier, Attorney-General, Minister for Justice Reform, Minister for Planning, Minister for Housing and Urban Development, Minister for Industrial Relations, Minister for Child Protection Reform) (18:30): I would just like to say that my chief of staff, Kim Eldridge, who has been a fantastic support to me and an extremely tolerant woman, has decided to follow her primary career as a high-flying legal person and unfortunately depart the scene and go off to work for the DPP and their gain is, of course, my loss.

I would like to say to Kim what an excellent job she has done. I know other members in this place have had the privilege of working with her through different pieces of work we have done, and I think everyone would agree that she is a very capable and courteous person. In fact, she is even courteous to me most of the time.

I would like to wish her all the best in her future endeavours. She leaves very large shoes to be filled—and that is not a reflection on her feet. It is what is called a figure of speech. In fact, I think she is probably quite dainty from that point of view. It is just as well that the person succeeding her does not want to fill her shoes because he is not used to wearing heels, as I understand it.

An honourable member: That you know of.

The Hon. J.R. RAU: That I know of. Can I just put on the record my thanks to her. I would like to acknowledge the great work she has done and I would like to say that all of my staff have enjoyed working with her. She has made a great contribution and I wish her extremely well in her next job. I know she will not have as much fun as she has had working with us and she will not have the challenges that she had working with us, but at least she will get a decent night's sleep a couple of times a week and will probably get to see her intended a little bit more often, so I wish her all the very best.