Condolence

Place, Ms Beverley

The SPEAKER (15:09): Members will be sad to hear that Beverley Place, a Hansard reporter, passed away on Saturday 16 January after a series of strokes following treatment for cancer. Bev commenced as a Hansard sessional typist in 1982, in the days of carbon paper and hard copy only. As technology was introduced and the typists' role ended, Bev went on to become a reporter.

Bev always said she loved being a reporter, working at parliament with great people, doing the job she loved, and how happy she was to come to work. Bev was held in very high regard by all her colleagues and by staff here at Parliament House. She worked until mid-November last year, when she commenced sick leave. She is sorely missed by her good friends and colleagues in Hansard. We wish the best for her sons, Todd and David, daughters-in-law, Anna and Abbie, her family, friends and colleagues.