Senator BRANDIS (Queensland—Attorney-General, Vice-President of the Executive Council and Leader of the Government in the Senate) (14:25): I wish to inform honourable senators that the Governor-General will be pleased to receive Mr President and such honourable senators as desire to accompany him in the Members Hall immediately. The PRESIDENT: Honourable senators, I invite you to accompany me to the Members Hall, where I shall present myself to His Excellency the Governor-General as the choice of the Senate to be its President. Sitting suspended from 14:25 to 15:00 The President and honourable senators proceeded to the Members Hall and having returned—