Peter Slipper (Fisher, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

There was a spare seat put in and then the problem evaporated subsequently. Having said that, on a very serious note, the loss of Senator Jeannie Ferris is a grave one not only to the Liberal Party and rural Australia but to the parliament of Australia as a whole. Jeannie was a robust, direct lady who never hesitated to speak her mind and, like the honourable member for Moreton, on a number of occasions I have been told to discontinue—

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