Mrs Bronwyn Bishop (Speaker) Share this | Hansard source

Before people leave the chamber, I would just like to say—on a happy note—that today the President of the Senate and I switched on the lights on the Christmas tree in the marble foyer, which is a giving tree. I encourage all members to purchase from the gift shop a red disc, which you can hang on the tree indicating the donation that you are prepared to make to the two charities involved, which are Lifeline and the Aboriginal Literacy Foundation. If people could dig deep for those two charities, I think that would be a wonderful way to express our Christmas spirit.

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