Senator FIFIELD (Victoria—Manager of Government Business in the Senate and Minister for Communications and the Arts) (09:32): I move the motion standing in my name: That the days of meeting of the Senate for 2019 be as follows: Autumn sittings: Tuesday, 12 February to Thursday, 14 February Budget sittings: Tuesday, 2 April to Thursday, 4 April Autumn sittings (2): Monday, 15 April to Thursday, 18 April Winter sittings: Monday, 13 May to Thursday, 16 May Monday, 17 June to Thursday, 20 June Monday, 24 June to Thursday, 27 June Spring sittings: Monday, 12 August to Thursday, 15 August Monday, 19 August to Thursday, 22 August Monday, 9 September to Thursday, 12 September Monday, 16 September to Thursday, 19 September Monday, 14 October to Thursday, 17 October Monday, 11 November to Thursday, 14 November Monday, 25 November to Thursday, 28 November Monday, 2 December to Thursday, 5 December. This motion seeks to put in place the sitting schedule for the Senate for next year, as is the orthodox and conventional practice in this place. The Senate sits in alignment with the House of Representatives sitting, with the exception of estimates hearings, when they occur on days that are House-only sitting days. And colleagues would obviously be aware that the budget sitting week is down to be earlier than is usually the case, for obvious reasons of which we are all aware. I commend the sitting schedule to colleagues.