Gerard Rennick (Queensland, Independent) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I seek leave to make a short statement about my new status as an Independent senator.

Sue Lines (President) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Leave is granted for one minute.

Gerard Rennick (Queensland, Independent) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I inform the Senate that I have resigned from the Liberal National Party of Queensland and now sit as an Independent senator for Queensland. I also inform the Senate that I should be designated as a whip for the purposes of standing order 24A relating to the Selection of Bills Committee.