Melissa Parke (Fremantle, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

This afternoon the parliament welcomed Mr Ross Robertson, Labour member for Manukau East in the New Zealand parliament, Deputy Speaker in that parliament and also the international President of the Parliamentarians for Global Action. I acknowledge Mr Robertson in the Speaker's gallery right now. Mr Robertson came to Canberra from New Zealand today for the purpose of reinvigorating the Australian branch of the Parliamentarians for Global Action which was formerly led by the member for Lingiari, now a minister, Warren Snowdon. The PGA is the largest transnational network of individual parliamentarians from all regions of the world. It is an action oriented body—

Ms Anna Burke (Chisholm, Deputy-Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Order! It being 2pm, in accordance with standing order 43, the time for members' statements has concluded.