Thursday, 15 August 2024

Jude Perera

Jeff BOURMAN (Eastern Victoria) (09:59): It feels like a lifetime ago when I started here, and I will start with Jude Perera. Jude was obviously coming to the end of his parliamentary time and I was at the beginning of mine. Whilst I cannot claim to have known Jude that well, he always stopped and talked to a new crossbencher who was obviously out of his depth and had no real idea what was going on. At that time that was a big thing. I had come and really did not have, and still probably do not have, a political bone in my body, and he recognised that and he would always stop and talk. I think from that I can understand why he was a good politician. Vale, Jude.