Gavin Marshall (Victoria, Deputy-President) Share this | Hansard source

A message has been received from the House of Representatives inviting senators to attend a meeting of the House for an address by His Excellency Lee Hsien Loong, Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore.

The House of Representatives message read as follows—

The House of Representatives acquaints the Senate with an invitation to Senators, contained in the resolution agreed to this day, in the following terms:

That:

(1) the House invite His Excellency Lee Hsien Loong, Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore, to attend and address the House on Wednesday, 12 October 2016, at 10.45am;

(2) unless otherwise ordered, at the sitting of the House on Wednesday, 12 October:

(a) the proceedings at 10.45am shall be welcoming remarks by the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition and an address by the Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore;

(b) at the conclusion of His Excellency's address the House shall suspend until 1.30pm; and

  (c) the provisions of standing order 257(c) shall apply to the area of Members' seats as well as the galleries; and

(3) a message be sent to the Senate inviting Senators to attend the House as guests for the welcoming remarks by the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition and address by the Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore.