Eric Abetz (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

by leave—Mr President, in the absence of Senator Nick Minchin, I will be Acting Leader of the Opposition today. Senator Minchin is, along with our Western Australian Liberal colleagues, attending the funeral service for Gordon Adams, the husband of our esteemed colleague Senator Judith Adams. I am sure all honourable senators will be upholding Senator Adams and her two sons in their prayers and thoughts at this difficult time.