Anne McEwen (SA, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

At the request of Senator Stephens, I move:

That the Senate—

  (a)   expresses its condolence for the death on 2 July 2011 of Dr Itamar Franco, a former President of Brazil from 1992 to 1995;

  (b)   notes the contribution of Dr Franco in helping set his country on its current economic trajectory, in particular, the reforms he instituted in 1993 that enabled Brazil to overcome rampant hyperinflation; and

  (c)   acknowledges Dr Franco's achievement in Brazilian public and political life, where he was elected a national senator for the Socialist People's Party in 2010, and his legacy of integrity, courage and hard work.

Question agreed to.