Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Did we really Legislatively Assemble here for these jokes?

ANGELICA TRIPODI

The SPEAKER: I am advised that yesterday the Minister for Finance, Minister for Infrastructure, Minister for Regulatory Reform, and Minister for Ports and Waterways became the father of a baby girl. I am told that Angelica Tripodi was a healthy 3.6 kilograms at birth and that she and her mother, Maria, are both doing well. I am sure the House will join with me in congratulating the Minister on the new addition to his family.

Mr Chris Hartcher: And his wife, who did all the hard work!

The SPEAKER: That is a very good interjection.

Monday, June 22, 2009

Parliamentary profoundness - NSW Hansard once more

There is a deep truth here.

Mr Ian Cohen: "Dr Chopra alerted me to the fact that the food that Australia exports to the European Union has to conform to much higher standards than our own, so we produce two lots of food: food that is too good for Australians and food that is not good enough for Europeans".

Indeed. Thank you Ian.

Thursday, June 04, 2009

Best of Hansard LC Edition 4 June

Ah, love across the barricades....


Ms Lee Rhiannon: I lived on a dairy farm too. You live at Redfern.

The Hon. DUNCAN GAY: I acknowledge for the record that Ms Lee Rhiannon has dairy farming in her history. There we were in the negotiating room. She has the belief that intensive agriculture should not go ahead and I am of the view that we should have proper intensive agriculture. She has the belief that there should not be mining anywhere in the State and I hold the belief that mining is an important part of the State and should be included.

Reverend the Hon. Dr Gordon Moyes: You make a lovely couple.