Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

by leave—Today news has arrived of the decision of the High Court. Of course, the Australian Labor Party will respect the totality of that decision. I only make two points in relation to Senator Gallagher. The first is that she is a woman of great integrity who always acted in accordance with the advice given to her, her understanding of the legal issues, and always acted in good faith. The second point I make is this. Former Senator Katy Gallagher was an outstanding senator and an outstanding representative of the community and the people of the ACT. She is an important part of Labor's Senate leadership team and she's too good to lose.