Kevin Hogan (Page, National Party, Assistant Minister to the Deputy Prime Minister) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I've been advised by the Deputy Prime Minister that I am to be appointed to the ministry following the rising of the House today. As a consequence, I will be resigning from the Deputy Speaker role prior to my swearing in.

Tony Smith (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Can I thank the Deputy Speaker very much for his service. I've very much enjoyed working with him. I will miss him when he does tender his resignation to me prior to his swearing in. As the Deputy Speaker said, he'll tender his resignation to me prior to his swearing in. We will then need to elect a new Deputy Speaker by ballot. I can inform the House that that ballot will take place on Monday immediately following question time. Members will be aware that prior to question time our item of business is an address from the Indonesian President, followed by a suspension of the House before a resumption for question time. So immediately following question time on Monday we will have a ballot for a new Deputy Speaker.