Mrs Bronwyn Bishop (Speaker) Share this | Hansard source

I would like to advise that we have some distinguished guests with us today. Firstly, we have the Hon. Peter McGauran, the former member for Gippsland and Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry in the Howard government, on the floor of the House. We make him most welcome. We have with us Mr Paul Neville, the former member for Hinkler. We also have with us the Hon. Jim Short, the former member for Ballarat and then senator for Victoria. We make you both welcome. I would also like to acknowledge the presence in the House of the members of the National Imams Consultative Forum who are meeting today with the government to discuss how we can continue to work together to tackle radicalism and violent extremism. We make you most welcome.

Honourable members: Hear, hear!

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