Personal Explanation

Liberal Party Christmas Party

The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (15:27): I seek leave to make a personal explanation.

Leave granted.

The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: Earlier today, in a ministerial statement, the soon-to-be-departed Treasurer noted in his ministerial statement with regard to the 2019 Christmas party that I had got the room wrong of the Liberal Party Christmas party. He was indeed right. It was not in the Balcony Room; it was indeed in the Strangers Dining Room. I did attend that night and I note that both rooms are in the north-west corner of this building and that the furniture that is normally in the dining room had been cleared. I had viewed the photos of the room and they do look similar.

I love that the Treasurer takes great delight in the fact that the Liberal Party party was in the Strangers Dining Room—one floor down, in the exact same location, with the exact same entrance as the Balcony Room. I note on this occasion that, really, he did miss the point. We should be having a conversation about respect in this workplace, no matter what room we are talking about in this workplace.