Mr PEDERICK (Hammond) (17:20): I will try to be quick because there is a lot being said about your stellar career. I was one of 10 of us who came in here in 2006 after a raft of elections. I think the member for Light, Tony Piccolo, and I are still running at the next election and we will see what happens there.

One thing I will say is you are one of those characters in the house who is very fair and very friendly. One time, you were the agriculture minister and I was the agriculture parliamentary shadow secretary and we had a fairly solid debate during the committee phase and then immediately after that finished, we were out having a coffee together. That is how it should be. I will never forget that.

Talking about the trips: you came to me and said, 'I am going to do a trip up through the Outback and would you like to come along?' I thought, 'This is great.' David Ridgway was the actual shadow agriculture minister and I said to David, 'What do you think?' He said, 'Go along; that's good.' We had a fantastic time flying around Leigh Creek, Oodnadatta and Lyndhurst. You were very fair: you gave me the opportunity to speak to the farmers and station owners.

I remember one night in Leigh Creek, we were holed up in a room, I think Ruth was there—I do not want to name too many staff—and we just had a few light refreshments, and that is how it should be: out having a bipartisan trip around the bush.

In closing, I want to say a couple of things about the Viterra select committee that I instigated in 2010-11. Tim, the member for Chaffey, mentioned the schnitzels. We turned up in Pinnaroo one night—he knows what is coming—which was in my electorate and I had not warned the pub that we were going to need a certain number of schnitzels for dinner. We were going to be one short so the member for Chaffey and I took the hit and we had half a schnitzel each. Some people argue you only need half a schnitzel.

We have already talked about fine dining and fine wines. Three of us went on a trip to Canada: you, Leon, Geoff Brock and I. We had a dinner one night and I was getting some stressful comments from the committee staff that one bottle of wine blew the whole dinner budget out of the window. But that is what it was. You are the salesman for the parliament. It was very enjoyable and it has been a pleasure to serve with you.