Senator URQUHART (Tasmania—Opposition Whip in the Senate) (13:59): by leave—I move: That leave of absence be granted to the following senators for today: (a) Senator Ayres; (b) Senator Bilyk; (c) Senator Brown; (d) Senator Carr; (e) Senator Dodson; (f) Senator Farrell; (g) Senator Gallacher; (h) Senator Green; (i) Senator McCarthy; (j) Senator O'Neill; (k) Senator Polley; (l) Senator Pratt; (m) Senator Marielle Smith; and (n) Senator Sterle. Question agreed to.