MAUREEN PUGH (National): Thank you very much, Mr Speaker. I stand, too, to speak to the Local Government (Pecuniary Interests Register) Amendment Bill. I'll start by quoting part of the pledge, I guess, that MPs actually sign up to with their pecuniary interest. It says in there that "it is central to the democratic idea that the purpose of elected public office is to serve the public, not to enrich the office-holder". And I can assure you that in the local government world—and I think my colleagues who have been in local government will attest to this—those who put their hand up to be elected on to small local councils do not do so to be enriched; in fact, it is usually a matter of social service. Very different from regional councils and from cities, their salaries are quite a lot different, but, certainly, in those small councils, it is a matter of public service only.