Larissa Waters (Queensland, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

On behalf of the Australian Greens, we offer you our congratulations for fulfilling the role of President of the Senate. We look forward to a very productive parliament. We are, of course, saddened that our magnificent First Nations woman, Senator Dorinda Cox, is not sitting up there. We hope that, as the chamber continues to become more diverse, some of these conventions that support the two-party system can also diversify and evolve, and we look forward to a parliament that truly represents the community, including the echelons of those decision-making roles. But we give our heartfelt congratulations to you and particularly recognise you as the first Labor woman to fill that chair. We wish you all the best and we hope that this parliament can address the challenges that the nation faces.