NICOLE McKEE (ACT): I stand on behalf of the ACT Party to commemorate Queen Elizabeth II's 70-year reign as monarch of the Commonwealth. Born in a London townhouse in April 1926, she didn't expect to rule but is doing an exceptional and consistent job for the people, as she promised she would do on her 21st birthday. Her intentions were made known well in advance of her becoming Queen when, in October 1940, she addressed children who had been evacuated during the Blitz using the BBC's Children's Hour radio broadcast. She spoke to those disaffected children as a 14-year-old herself, telling them, "And when peace comes, remember, it will be for us, the children of today, to make the world of tomorrow a better and happier place."