I wish to talk about the special status of the Audit Office, particularly in terms of the Opposition saying it should have been better supervised by the Minister. The Audit Office is not supervised by a Minister. It is an Office of Parliament. The Auditor-General is an independent officer of this Parliament, of all of us. There are three independent Officers of Parliament: there is the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, there is the Ombudsman, and there is the Auditor-General. As a Parliament, we rely on the Auditor-General so that we may perform our role of supervising the work of Government departments and inquiring into it. It is an office that ought to be cherished, in particular by the Opposition. It ought to be cherished and given the resources it needs as easily as it needs them, and, in particular, the Opposition ought to defend the Auditor-General at all opportunities. 