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          <by role="office">The SPEAKER:</by>  Before I call the member for Colton, I would like to welcome to parliament today the Assistant Clerk of the Tongan parliament and three members of parliament. The South Australian parliament has a twin parliament arrangement with Tonga. In the past 12 months, we have been putting a lot of work into really energising that partnership. Each state and territory in Australia is twinned with a Pacific island nation. Victoria is with Fiji, Western Australia is with the Cook Islands and so on.</text>
        <text id="202506262e77b5e0a21f47cea0000466">We really value our relationship with the Tongan parliament. I want to pass on my thanks again for the hospitality that you extended to the President of the Legislative Council, myself and the Clerk of the House of Assembly last year. It is good to see some familiar faces here, including the former Prime Minister of Tonga. We had a couple of lovely meals together, including after question time when we went out the back of parliament and were treated to a feast of an entire roast pig. If you are looking for a member of parliament to be able to reciprocate, it may well be the Minister for Infrastructure and Transport. His dad knows his way around a spit and does a very good pig.</text>
        <text id="202506262e77b5e0a21f47cea0000467">So I would like to welcome the Hon. Hu'akavameiliku, who is the former Prime Minister of Tonga. Thank you very much for coming here. To Lord Tu'ilakepa, thank you very much for coming here. I look forward to our meeting this afternoon. To Dr Mo'ale 'Otunuku, thank you for coming to Adelaide as well. It is lovely to see you again, and I am looking forward to catching up.</text>
        <text id="202506262e77b5e0a21f47cea0000468">To someone who was very helpful on our visit to Tonga, the Deputy Clerk of the Legislative Assembly of Tonga, Dr Sione Vikilani, thank you again for all your help in the relationship. We have Callum Findlay here, who is the Second Secretary of the Australian High Commission in Tonga, and we have Tarie Dellora, who is an assistant director with DFAT. Thank you for making this trip possible. On behalf of all members of the Parliament of South Australia, we welcome you here and wish you a very good stay in South Australia.</text>
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