Tuesday, 9 December 2025

 Sam GROTH (Nepean) (12:09): I want to wish a very merry Christmas and happy new year to everybody in the electorate of Nepean as we head into the holiday period. I wish you all a safe and happy new year, and I look forward to welcoming many members of this chamber and their constituents to my electorate over the summer. I pass on a huge thankyou and merry Christmas to my staff – Barry, Julia, Edward, Ben and Marshall – for all their work this year. I also say thank you to all the clerks and everyone who works in the Parliament for the work they have done through 2025. I know everyone in this place appreciates the work that all the people that work in this chamber do.

I also, on behalf of my wife and my family, say a deep thankyou to Sue Chrysanthou and Patrick George, as well as their teams. These are two people, along with Scarlett and Jeremy and everyone they work with, who have done an unbelievable service to my family in a professional capacity but also they are two of the greatest humans I have ever had the pleasure of dealing with.

What they have done for my family over the course of the last six months is nothing short of amazing. I will be – and I know my wife Brit will be and our kids will one day understand – forever grateful to Sue and Patrick for everything they have done. I just want to put on the record in this house before 2025 finishes my absolute gratitude to Sue and Patrick for the work that they did. Thank you very much.