For those of us residing north of the Molonglo, our new Federal representative Andrew Leigh made his maiden speech to Parliament on Monday. Pollytics has the full transcript – here’s how it starts off:
It is hard to imagine a greater honour than to represent your friends and neighbours in our national parliament. Each of us brings to this place the hopes and dreams of the people who chose us. I am keenly aware both of the incredible opportunity the people of Fraser have bestowed on me, and the very great responsibility to them which that opportunity entails.
Let me begin, then, by telling you about my electorate of Fraser, and the city of Canberra in which it lies.
Fraser rests on the right bank of the Molonglo River, stretching north from the office blocks of Civic to the young suburbs of Bonner and Forde on the ACT’s northernmost tip. Because the leaders of the time decided that a capital city must have its own port, the electorate of Fraser also includes the Jervis Bay Territory, home to a diverse community, and a school where kangaroos graze on an oval overlooking the Pacific Ocean.
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