Senator CORMANN (Western Australia—Minister for Finance, 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 the President and senators in the Members Hall immediately. The PRESIDENT: I invite honourable senators to accompany me to the Members Hall, where I will 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—