Chris Evans (WA, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Government in the Senate) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

by leave—I move:

That leave of absence be granted to Senator Wong for the period from Wednesday, 16 September to Thursday, 17 September 2009 inclusive, on account of her attendance at high-level climate change meetings in the United States. The responsibilities that she currently discharges have been shared among other frontbenchers, in accordance with the letters I have circulated to party leaders.

Question agreed to.