PRIME Minister Tony Abbott has kicked off parliament's annual valedictory speeches, marking 2013 as the year Australian troops were withdrawn from Afghanistan.
Following a tribute to retiring clerk of the House of Representatives Bernard Wright, Mr Abbott praised the service of Australian troops after almost a decade in the Afghan province of Uruzgan.
"Our troops have done a magnificent job, but they've paid a high price," he said.
"We hope that the years of service and sacrifice will be honoured by a province and a country that respects the values that we tried to bring to that province."
He said the nation had also endured floods in Queensland and fires in NSW.
"But so often in this country, nature at its worst brings out Australians at their best," he said.
He noted the change of government in September and promised it would be for the better.
"I am determined to ensure that it is a very long time indeed before this country has three prime ministers in one year," he said.
Opposition leader Bill Shorten acknowledged the thousands of Holden workers who will soon be out of a job following the announcement that the company will cease manufacturing in Australia.
"We will continue to stand up for their futures every day," Mr Shorten said.
He too noted the devastation of natural disasters across the country, which began with the Tasmanian bushfires earlier in the year.
"The worst in over 30 years, through one of the state's harshest heatwaves," he said.
Deputy Prime Minister Warren Truss described the past year as "long and somewhat tumultuous" while his Labor counterpart Tanya Plibersek said it had certainly been curious.
"I don't think history will look kindly on the last parliament," Mr Truss said.
"It was raucous and I don't think it reflected well on the process of our democracy."
Ms Plibersek said people watching the nightly news would have thought the past year was almost entirely one of conflict but parliament had achieved things.
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