Wednesday, 21 September 2022

 Mr BARTON (Eastern Metropolitan) (10:46): We may not know what is going to happen as we come to November, so I do not want to miss the opportunity to thank everyone who has given me support. I would particularly like to thank my staff, including Norm, Emma, Kaya and Linda. I also want to thank the clerks for their patience—but seriously, they need to lighten up a little bit—and I want to say a special thankyou to the Clerk, Mr Young. I do wish him all the very best. He has been a great support for the newbies. I want to particularly thank the friendships that have been developed, and my luncheon partners. It has been a surprise to be able to—I should not say it has been a surprise; some of you are human. I just want to thank you for forming some friendships that will go beyond November. I want to thank all my parliamentary colleagues—an interesting group of people, challenging at times, but I think you have all got good hearts.

Ms Stitt: Mostly.

Mr BARTON: Mostly. I certainly want to thank some of the more senior politicians around here who have sort of given us some guidance and professional help. Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you and thank you. That is it. Thank you.