Senator ASKEW (Tasmania—Chief Opposition Whip in the Senate) (13:03): by leave—I move: That leave of absence be granted to the following senators: (a) Senators Birmingham and Chandler for 15 December, for parliamentary delegations; and (b) Senators Molan, Payne, Hughes, Hume, Paterson, Bragg and O'Sullivan for 15 December, for personal reasons. Question agreed to.