Kevin Rudd (Griffith, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

Albo is now working on the question time pack. Could we now turn to that other place called the Senate and the role which is often equally invisible to those of us who understand the workings of this place but for whom the Senate is a foreign country and a distant planet with its own peculiar rules and procedures. I suppose, Bronnie, you would know how the Senate works more than most of us because you were one of its number. But to our own Senate leadership team, Chris Evans and Stephen Conroy: could I place on the record the appreciation which I have for the way in which they have discharged their job this year. With the change in the Senate numbers from 1 July, obviously the challenges for an incumbent government with a complex set of arrangements in the Senate require good and effective leadership, and I would like to place on record my appreciation for the work which both Chris and Stephen have done.

To the Chief Government Whip, Roger Price: well done, Roger.

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