Parliament House Matters

House of Assembly Staff

The SPEAKER (14:03): Welcome back, everyone. It is really good to see everyone's smiling faces, and I hope people had the opportunity to take a little bit of a break during the recess. I know plenty of people worked all the way through, but it is important that everyone, wherever they work, gets a little bit of a break—you come back with fresh ideas.

During the break, we had a little function to recognise some of the staff members who have served the House of Assembly so well for so many years. I would like to place on the record the thanks of everyone in the house, I am sure:

To David Pegram, who has notched up 25 years in the House of Assembly. I think he may have done seven years in the Legislative Council before he came here, so that is 32 years.

To Shannon Riggs, who has racked up 20 years of great service: congratulations and thank you to Shannon.

To Tonia Coulter, who has served the House of Assembly for 10 years.

We thank everyone for their very valuable service to the House of Assembly. We appreciate all that you do.