Birthday wishes
Statement
Hon Sandra Carr (5:30 pm): Thank you, President. Before I begin, I would like to take this opportunity very quickly to congratulate you for your election as President again for the 42nd Parliament. I am very pleased to be serving under your sage guidance. I would also like to congratulate all my colleagues on both sides of the room on their election and re-election. I am looking forward to working with you all.
Today is a particularly special day and one might assume it is because of the swearing in ceremony at the 42nd Parliament, but that would be wildly incorrect. It is in fact my daughter's 30th birthday. I would not normally be so self-indulgent as to do this, but I have not seen her for a number of years and she lives in the UK, so I wanted to take this moment to connect with her via this process to just wish her a very happy 30th birthday, apologise that I am not there and remind her how much I love her. Thank you.
