Thursday, 9 June 2022

Queen Elizabeth II platinum jubilee

Mr RICH-PHILLIPS (South Eastern Metropolitan) (10:28): I pay tribute to Her Majesty the Queen on the occasion of Her Majesty’s platinum jubilee. The Queen’s service to this nation as Queen of Australia and of the Commonwealth is without parallel. Having acceded to the throne in the age of Churchill, Menzies and Eisenhower, Her Majesty’s service has spanned 16 Australian Prime Ministers. The Queen has more experience at the centre of world events than anyone else alive today. The jubilee celebrations of the last week highlighted what a unifying figure the Queen is in a way that a political head of state never can be. The constitutional monarchy has served Australia well since Federation, and Her Majesty has been an exemplar of faith, duty and service to its ideals.