Mr MORRISON (Cook—Prime Minister and Minister for the Public Service) (14:04): In 2020 I have never been more proud of this country than I am today as we go towards the end of this year, and I've never been more thankful to my fellow Australians for the effort that they have put in, quietly going about—not seeking thanks—looking after their fellow Australians. Opposition members interjecting— Mr MORRISON: I don't understand the interjections from those opposite, because I would assume they would share these sentiments as we express thanks to the people of Australia. This year, in my Christmas card, there are eight Australians who I want to thank because they represent that united national effort. Gerren Lowe is the Broadway Coles popular greeter. Those who have visited the Coles store there would have seen his cheery smile. He's kept people safe in that shop over the course of COVID-19.Annette Kuipers is a hospital cleaner from St Helens in Tasmania, giving encouragement and care for the sick. Nathan Watts from the CFS in SA was one, joining so many others, at Adelaide Hills and on Kangaroo Island through the black summer fires. Queensland teacher— The SPEAKER: The Prime Minister will pause for a second. The member for Shortland has been warned. He continues to interject so he'll leave under 94a. The member for Brand can join him if she wishes to, and the member for Dunkley is warned also. The member for Shortland then left the chamber. Mr MORRISON: Queensland teacher Lisa Bates kept her year 6 students learning throughout the course of COVID-19 when they had to go to remote learning— The SPEAKER: Sorry, Prime Minister. I said to the member for Brand she could leave if she wanted to. It seems she's walked. The Prime Minister has the call. Mr MORRISON: Private Frank Marrar, a proud Indigenous Australian, who answered the call on both operation COVID assist and bushfire asset; Von Harrington, who called those, as a volunteer, who were in isolation to let her fellow Australians know that while being in isolation they were not alone; and then there's 10-year-old Darcy Hetherton, who was making face masks in regional Victoria. It says on the front of the card, 'Grateful, joyful and hopeful.' We can look forward to 2021 with hope because of the extraordinary work of Australians over the course of this year. We can look to this Christmas season and seek out the joy that is available there as we come together with our families and with fellow Australians. For some Australians, that will be more difficult because Christmas can be a very difficult time of the year, particularly when, for many, there will be one less place at the table. I would ask all of us here in this place to join the House to thank Australia, to thank Australians. This has been a united national effort of so many Australians quietly going about their business to ensure that this country is amongst a handful of nations in the world to be able to come through this terrible crisis. As Prime Minister, I'm deeply grateful to the people of Australia.