Steven Joyce bid farewell to his fellow MPs and to Parliamentary life, with a series of stories and observations from his nine years in government.
The outgoing National MP said he’s only driven his 10-year-old daughter to school once, and he hopes that will change. (Source: Other)
But it was his detailing of the life spent with his two children in that time that left the most indelible image, of little time spent at home, of children that didn't know him outside of being a minister, and his constant fear of not being there for his children enough during that period. He choked up, as he concluded his speech, as he moved from daughter Amelia to his eight-year-old autistic son Thomas.
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